I agree with almost everything posted here besides getting used to fighting on the edge of range, its currently a very bad habit i have and am trying to get rid of especially if you want to be able to deal damaging shots rather than point scoring shots, in my experience fighting on the edge of range will allow a good opponent to use this to his advantage by using that range with a few tricks to dissolve your shots much easier than it would be when your stood in range, will probably lead to reaching. standing in range is what will put pressure on a fighter much more and allow you to counter on their shots a lot more effectively you can then use the time you have to counter to set yourself properly rather than spending it closing the range, of course it depends what counter your using but in general i think this is true.