Glad you kept on with it!
They're very cute, although the animation itself was kind of slow. Less tweening, more animation, okay? (This is where I insert into this random advertising spree about tutorials. Haha...nah.But really, if you don't know how to do something, there are tutorials, and for everything else there's practice.)
Anyhow, well choregraphed fights are a bit faster than that.
I'm so glad that you didn't give up after the first try! It really shouldn't have gotten blammed, but yeah. Maybe you came across the wrong people. You definitely have potential. Keep working on it!