General Combat Instructions
To use the following skills :
Fencing
Swordsmanship
Macefighting
Wrestling
Archery
Parrying
Tactics

Equipt a Weapon/Bow of the type u wish to use or a Shield and press peace
button in your paperdoll (or alt+c by default UO settings), to enter warmode
now double click on a the target u wish to engage combat with and the skill
will automaticly raise if u earn gain, Tactics is gained with all combat
skills and parrying only when equipt a shield offcourse.