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The problem with lightsaber styles is threefold:

1. They were based on assumptions from AotC and later embraced by EU.

2. GL and his fight choreographer opted to remain oblivious to them and therefore do not incorporate them, regulating them to C-canon at best.

3. EU has been grossly inconsistent with correctly showing the styles. In one case, Form I, the basic form of basic stuff, is told to be "animalistic" and has "primal fury" according to The Cestus Deception. Then, KotOR has Makashi suck at blaster bold deflection because of game mechanic balancing, and that became a brain-bug. And of course you have Stover attempting to justify Skywalker's one-up on Dooku by exploiting "kinetic energy" in his swings, also known as "****ing swinging a saber like everyone else".

The end result is that saber forms are about as useful as martial arts forms in real streeet fights. Sure, A knows Muay Thai, but if B knows Krav Maga and he's a better/bigger/smarter fighter, guy A is ****ed.

Dooku never lost to Anakin because of any weakness of Makashi to Djem So.

That's a myth. One that too many people have clung to.

The only scene where this is mentioned to be a factor is when Dooku is dealing with 2 opponents and he's just realised Anakin's form so is reflecting he can't go head to head with him especially whilst dealing with another opponent.

He then takes advantage of Djem So's weakness (lack of mobility) to put Anakin on his rear.

Thing is Makashi does not by it's nature go head to head. It parries, deflects. Even just completely evades the attack.

Remember the Dooku vs Ventress & Opress and how good Dooku was at just completely evading their lightsaber strikes.

Also in the AOTC novel Dooku just evades many of Anakin's attacks because they were powerful attacks.