Basic principles of hand-to-hand combat:
1) Be aggressive.
2) Keep eyes on the opponent.
3) Distract the opponent.
4) Disable or be disabled.
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5) Vary the attack to better situation.
6) Turn the defence into an unrelenting attack.
7) Feel superior to your opponent regardless of the latter size or evidence of strength.
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You know you will have little time to stop and think when engaging in hand-to-hand combat, therefore your actions must be automatic.
Remember, attack aggressively with one purpose in mind.
To kill.