Attacking

Press the arrow key(s) in the direction of the green ◎ and the "SHIFT" key.

Defending

Press only the arrow key(s) (and nothing else) in the direction of the red □

Special Move (Player)

Successfully attacking and guarding will cause the special move guage to increase.
When the guage is full, a yellow ◎ will appear.
While (but not before) pressing the arrow key(s) in the direction of the yellow ◎
press the attack button to execute a special move.
However, if you act too slowly, the special move will be countered.
If no button is pressed, the special move will not be executed (nor countered).

Special Move (Opponent)

If the opponent evades 2 of your attacks, she will execute a special move.
In VERY HARD mode however, special moves are executed at random.

Circle to Behind

If the attack button is pressed 4 or more times while defending against the opponent's attacks,
the opponent will circle around the player and attack from behind.
If this attack hits, the player will be driven into a corner and face a rush of attacks.
(the back-attack can be fended off twice, but the third and all subsequent attacks are unavoidable)

In order to escape the corner rush,
the player must land 2 attacks without being hit meanwhile,
then successfully evade 3 times.