Why do enemies put up with each other

The miscommunication being that 'more powerful' and 'better' are not one and the same. Anakin IS the most powerful force user of all time. Since he never fully harnesses this power, however, he can never be the 'best' force user.

Good point. Ah, semantics you gotta love them 😛

So many plot holes and logic problems in the SW fillms can be solved with the following truth: Its a movie, and it looks cooler to do it that way.

Lightsaber battles look incredibly more cool than two guys pointing at each other with constipated looks on their faces.

I'm a huge EU fan, and I like to figure out why certain things are done certain ways, and how sci-fi tech works and all that...but for you canon spouting "movies are the only truth" folks out there, youre gonna find that "it looks cooler that way" explains almost every illogical thing Lucas does.

Where's the fun in that?

It is explained in 'Shatterpoint' that Padawans learn to counter Force-kinesis before they even start lightsabre training.

I havent read the first page of this thread so if someone already said this blame it on the vodka...lol...but hey you want to counter a force choke you use a force push! Simple! Go play Jedi Knight II