So far I have manage to create some lines of code: 

stop(); anastance_mc.step=15; anastance_mc.stance=0; this.onEnterFrame = function() {        if(Key.isDown (Key.RIGHT) )        {                anastance_mc._xscale = -100;                anastance_mc.stance=1;                anastance_mc._x+=anastance_mc.step;                anastance_mc.gotoAndStop("stand");        }        else if (Key.isDown (Key.LEFT) )        {                anastance_mc._xscale = 100;                anastance_mc.stance=1;                anastance_mc._x-=anastance_mc.step;                anastance_mc.gotoAndStop("stand");        } }

This probably means absolutely nothing to you, but it pretty much allowed me to take a character and have them walk left and right across the screen. (http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1339949583)  

I found a REALLY easy way to autoflip the characters so that they can move left and right and face that direction too. We'll have to talk about that later. I tried uploading the .swf file straight onto tumblr but they rejected it (butts). Once I get some more animations (even if they are only wireframes) I can start working on actually getting proper walking animations down as well as crouching/jumping/punching/kicking/taking damage and so on.