Well, now you know the first rule! No excuse not to use it now.

[Ah, Kashuu logic... He steps delicately around a fallen log, and makes a wide sweeping gesture out in the direction of the rest of the muck.]

It'll do you good no matter where you are, 'cause you'll be able to prepare for things a little better. Like here! Keep an eye above and below - enemies are most likely to come from those directions rather than from the sides, since they'd be way exposed there.