It's easy to criticize when you're not in the heat of the moment, but...here are my impressions.
1. What is the love affair with strangle?
2. At one point, you started with like 3 trips, when he was at full health. Huh?
3. Would have to re-read the log, but it looked like at one point Ophanlu lost his wakizashi due to low strength (not big kot), and spent the rest of that bout w/o a dual wield. Need to get two really light weapons, or more strength gear.
4. 89hp and blind? Yeah. I'd have been out of there. Gutsy to stay. But, once he'd retreated, why stand around at centurions, with nobody in the area to attack, at 220hp?