Combat moves?

[Unfocused]

I've heard that apart from power attacks, there are also some other combat moves, like bashing someone with a shield. I've been also wondering whether it's possible to make combo's like the enemy does. Moreover, sometimes the enemy can block your attack and then immediately after that counterattack (I'm speaking of low level characters; I'm level 4 right now wth my Swordsman), while I can't do that.

I'm asking these, what may seem, noob questions, because the two characters I've been playing with, didn't use the sword as a main weapon. Now I created a Heavy Armor Swordsman type and would like to know some more about sword combat.

 

[Steven]

I don't think you can hit someone with a sheild but what you can do besides power attacks is cause an opponent to recoil by blocking with a sheild, use a dodge jump when you reach a certain acrobatics level and do some other kind of move if you hit the mouse at a certain point in an attack.
I'd also recomend leveling up your block skill and getting a cool sheild to be better at hitting opponents when there recoiling from a sheild.

 

[CookieCuttah]

Level up your block early, everything else will come much quicker.

 

[Danimal]

I think a master of block has a chance of automatically bashing the enemy with his/her shield in battle.

 

[JNightshade]

Meh, I don't need that. Mastery of sword is cool enough for me
EDIT: And Light Armor. And a bunch of other crap