[wycs]

In that picture you shared wycs you have it set to "in combat" under combat status. Have you tried changing that to "any"?

Yes I've tried both it makes no difference.

If someone else wants to test, just make a blank profile and try get Fists of Fire to activate without starting combat. I have no problem getting other classes skills which give buffs (Aetherflow for example) to activate without starting combat, it just seems to be monk skills.