I was thinking about how the game could be easier for new players.
And since it's not that easy to change the game and make it easier to learn.
I think the best thing is to make a better in-game tutorial.

Tutorial:
I know Toribash takes practice but most of us didn't even know what the joints do when we were playing.
Some of us kept trying but a lot of people just quit Toribash because it's too hard.
So making a more detailed tutorial that teaches us what each joint does would be great.
Because let's be honest, every noob knows what the knee does. cause it was used in the tutorial.
and among my friends which I forced to play Toribash, they always used the knee right but had no idea what to do with the rest of the body.

Missions:
It would be fun to have a list of missions to play against uke and some other computer characters.
Mission one: defeat uke doing nothing
Mission two: defeat Connor doing a very defensive move
Mission three: defeat jack doing a bad kick

And for the better players missions, it could be like this:
Mission fifty: defeat LMG after he lifted you and you're about to dq outside the ring. You get to control tori from (example) frame 390.