if you have a guy in front of you who is not a grappler, or he is not trying to clinch with you, a good way to go in is to decide how close you want to get in first. like are you going close enough to jab only (stick and move), close enough to power punch, close enough to kick with the shin, close enough to kick with the foot, or close enough to clinch, or clinch and strike. there is a distance you need for one of those.
the first thing is to practice and decide which footwork you will use, a slide or a step. the best way when you use one of those is to step or slide in BEHIND you opponent foot. and while you moved in or a half second before you moved in you should throw a hand technique or foot technique to get you opponent reaction. this way when you see his reaction, you will know what you will do second, because that determines what will you do third, which is the beginning of what you really plan to do in the first place.
my favorite entering technique is to very bravely slam my round kick to my opponent about every five seconds to make sure it hurts. then i set up a good angle and distance to my opponent, then i initiate a fake round kick (my leg only comes up about one or two feet) then i put it down while i slide in, take my opponent front hand and follow it up with hands. i use it whenever i need to let him know who is boss, because it works for me almost every time. it use it in full contact matches and point fighting and continuous point. sometimes i skip the trap and go right to punching if my opponent is real slow.
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