Good luck. And don't fail to horribly. Kusari is a rival of mine, and he's nothing to sneeze at.
I wish I could have taught you the basics a bit before you started, but this will have to do:
Go here:
http://pasbl.upnetwork.net/
Look at attack descriptions to see what works well.
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-bw/
This should be up to date on all Pokemon and most of the moves that they can use. Try not to order moves that your Pokemon don't actually learn like Blaze did. XD
Also, when you're ordering first, try not to get nervous about what to pick. Just be offensive at first, and force your opponent to either defend or take those attacks! Good luck!