No Vaapad was a completed form by the time of TPM. No that doesn't make any sense considering Form II is weak against direct assaults like that anyway.
And? Serious fight between Windu and Dooku is possible only after AotC. In any case friendly Jedi sparrings have little weight. Agen Kolar could fight Windu evenly in sparring, yet, in real fight it took Sidious couple of swings to finish him.
In case of fight with Opress I actually will defend Dooku. He more than capable to defend against strong attacks as he demonstrated in fights with Anakin. Anakin won simply because he was far more powerful, not because of Dooku's style weakness. He simply didn't expect Opress' attack to be THAT strong and he never fought such strong opponent before, thus didn't need to invent apropriate tactics to handle him.
Dooku is in a different league swordsmanship wise though. Maul has never displayed the raw talent Dooku lcharacter in the mythos.
O yeah? Quality is more important than quantity. Maul fought Qui-Gon and Kenobi simultaniously relying on his combat skills ONLY.
In turn Dooku ALWAYS relied on offensive Force use. He handled Anakin with lightning, so he could fight Kenobi alone. He handled Opress with lightning, so he could engage Ventress alone. He handled nightsisters with lighting. And finally he handled Kenobi with Force, so he could fight Anakin alone. Dooku never fought more than one opponent without relying on Force attacks, however, Maul did.
In fight with Opress Maul used one-handed grip. Instead of blocking attacks outright, he blended with them and redirected without using much strength. Despite him being Juyo practitioner, he demonstrated perhaps the best example of refined and subtle grace of Makashi.
And on top of that he demonstrated that masterfully executed unarmed technique can overcome even Opress' strength.
Only blind will not see exceptional skill and raw tallent in Maul's combat.
Except we see Dooku using 2 hands for saber locks all the time when he is serious.
Dooku adapts different tactics for different situations and uses second hand, when he needs extra strength. Noone said he can't use Form I, when situation requires.
In any case one handed style is as good as two-handed. Proven by real life. Proven by Dooku, when fending off Kenobi and Anakin
with one hand in RotS. Proven by Luke, when fighting Lomi Plo. Proven by Caedus, when fighting Jaina. Proven by Maul, when stomping Opress. Proven by Kenobi, when right after Adi's death he used one-handed grip to defend against both brothers. Countless evidence proves your assumption completly wrong and unreasonable.
Yes that's exactly why he did. He wore down Dooku's defenses.
And how is it relevant to your statement about unarmed combat???
By blasting Anakin across rooms with his TK? Totes only defense.
He was forced to go full defence with lightsaber, that's why he started using Force attacs on first place, to survive.
Not opinion at all.
'It would have been difficult to fight the entire Jedi security force, but dealing with you will be easy.'
Obviously Anakin is not an easy foe for Tyranus. But he likes to think so.
Are you seriously trying to use a mocking statement as evidence? In that case Dooku took Yoda lightly as well because he was similarly mocking him.
K then why are we even discussing this?
Because you felt need to say my believe is wrong. I said Maul "might" be above Dooku in combat. I used word "might" to signify that I am not certain myself, not willing to prove it and it doesn't matter in general.
Dooku's performances against speedy opponents like Yoda, and duel performances against multiple foes, and him defeating Ventress and the Nightsisters while blind and drugged, lead me to believe that he could defeat Maul with moderate difficulty.
And you are entitled to believe so. My point is that both of them one or another way demonstrated exceptional combat skills and offensive Force use. My opinion is that their fight would be more or less even and outcome would depend on circumstances and luck rather than one stomping another.