I took a couple of years worth of fencing classes, and have a Katana in my room, so yeah...i'd say I'm pretty much good
I am also really good at tripping people in a fight (sounds stupid, but is really effective when done correctly) this one asshole at highschool tried to punch me, I tripped him and he basically went face first into the lock of the locker.....that must have been really painful
Anyway, what you do is, when you are close, move to the left, and forward really quickly, stick your right foot out, and put your right hand behind their back and push. hard. when done quickly it almost always works, because no-one ever see's it coming
I learned that when fooling around on the trampoline when I was like ten, but then I realized it transfers over to normal ground too