If you're used to other games of this type then you wont have that hard of a time. I'm familiar with the the combat, still got it handed to me a few times in a few sections. Honestly about the same as the Souls/Bloodborne games. Learning how to do the stances at the right time and how to time the ki pulse perfectly while in combat can take awhile to get used to, even longer to master. Trust me later on you'll have to ki pulse on a debuff while standing in it to get it off the ground or you'll be extremely limited in your space making already difficult fights harder.

This will be punishing to someone new while still providing a challenge to others.