Originally posted by McP
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Yep.Dooku manages to lay physical attacks on Skywalker as well. I'm wondering why people still believing that "Makashi is weak against strong forms" and are completly ignoring that Dooku was able to overcame both, Anakin and Obi-Wan at once, in a saberlock (which throw them off balance and enabled him to lay kick on Skywalker and choke on Kenobi).
The Saberlock can be explained away by precise positioning of his blade on their blades. Makashi is very precise. But I doubt his one arm is actually stronger than both of Kenobi's and Anakin's combined lol.
That said I actually think Makashi is almost ideal at defending against Power blows, much like Soresu (but being very distinct from Soresu being a one handed style therefore having to give more ground but using less energy). We see that in Savage's training session where Dooku's easily side stepping and deflecting Opress's power blows to the side, tripping him up. We also see that when he's defending himself against Anakin and Obi-Wan's combined assault in TCW and in ROTS, and against Anakin's rage enhanced assault in TCW- Crisis on Naboo.
No idea where the rumour began that Dooku is the one who is weak to physical attacks. Considering when Anakin has landed that one kick on Dooku in Crisis on Naboo it was no where near as lethal as the kick Dooku landed on Anakin in ROTS.
Aside from that I don't remember Dooku getting hit (physically) very often, if at all.