The Star Wars Philosopher’s Guide to Form VI of Lightsaber Combat

Exar Kun is underrated

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Chapters

0:00 Intro
1:06 Style of the Diplomats
3:19 The Moderation Form
6:27 A Mirror of the Self
8:59 Outro

[PeteTemplar]

Darth Maul gets a lot of credit as a Juyo master, but when you watch the Duel of the Fates, what he actually does, fighting defensively and retreating to the reactor chamber, is actually more in line with Niman. Of course, once he had Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan isolated in the chamber, it's textbook Juyo, but his Niman skills shouldn't be discounted

[haydenj.powers]

Niman is deadly if you are Exar Kun, Revan, Darth Kraut, or Starkiller. If you're anyone else stay way from Geonosis if Niman is what you plan to use.

[InfinityOrNone]

The greatest form of all once mastered, unrivaled in flexibility and fluidity, with no great weaknesses and the potential to harness all of the strengths.

Of course, that's the real catch: "once mastered." With a form which is touted as being easy to learn and most suited for those who don't want to spend excessive amounts of time on it, mastery is rare. There's a reason exactly 0 Form VI users survived the First Battle of Geonosis.

[inquisitorgarza]

A jack of all trades, and really one that could be the most powerful and deadliest in any combat scenario. The usage of different styles of combat and merging them together with the usage of the force will make them truly combination of abilities and styles that will defeat any enemy if used properly.

[PeteTemplar]

I've always imagined a true Niman master as someone who can adjust the many aspects of the style to combat any opponent.
Your foe is using Form IV? Fight defensively using the elements of Soresu and Shien until they wear themselves out.
Form V? Use the speed from Ataru and outmaneuver them.
Being able to tailor your style around known strengths and weaknesses is an amazing advantage.
It's no wonder Exar Kun and Revan favoured it when you consider their strategic minds

[Kyzen_Wrell]

What I love about Niman is something you touched a bit on but sadly didn’t elaborate more on. That Form VI is blank slate that practitioner’s can configure into whatever they need it to be. Revan using it as a tool for timing, going with the flow of battle, being offensive or defensive as the situation desired it. Exar Kun, an offensive dervish who created an (at the time) unorthodox weapon. Darth Krayt, while simlar to Kun’s mindset, focused more on the physical aspect trying to be as sketchy and unpredictable as possible with an abrupt change of styles.

[gwenweight]

All the niman practitioners dying at geonosis says more about the decay of the jedi than the validity of the form. The perfected force heavy style is by definition more advanced and effective than it's parts.
When studied lightly as a cheat to reduce time spent on martial abilities it is only useful against pirates and cowards.
When studied for combat it's a lethal skill set but the jedi treated it like taebo. Consulars studying any form other than Soresu was criminally negligent homicide on the part of jedi instructors.

[rustyshackleford]

Kreia could be describing a fart and its like life altering knowledge. She's got a mythical voice and such a way with words its mind bending.

[Cwronaga]

This style sounds right up my alley. I would also think that more Force users would use precise Force pushes and pulls on their opponents kneecaps and legs in the middle of a fight or use the force in their offhand to push their opponent's blade off Target preventing them from ever blocking. The Force is basically the perfect tool for sweeping the leg

[amanzeihedioha]

To my mind, the greatest will always be Grievous or the late and great Exar Kun. They had the most distinctive personalities amongst most users

[wristofkings]

Exar Kun and Darth Krayt are two of my favorite Sith of all time. Despite being a form based around moderation and flow, it took an embrace of the Dark Side to really see Niman's potential fulfilled as one of the deadliest combat forms in the galaxy.

[TheFirstCurse]

I still wish that you would've shown every style's default stance. For example, Form III's is Obi-Wan's battle stance where he has the blade parallel to his left arm. Form IV's is holding the blade to your right pointing upwards with both hands.

[alejandromolina]

I remember hearing from Jensaarai that Satele Shan's Jedi Master, Kao Cen Darach, is the best depiction of a Niman Master. His style was unorthodox, mixed with blade work and Force powers, signs of the form. Niman, to its highest form, is pretty cool.

[michaelandreipalon]

Dual wielding Jedi Consular... well, that's mostly my Revan in KotOR. Extremely fitting.

[darylsdesigns]

My favorite Form VI practitioners:

1. Exar Kun
2. Darth Krayt
3. Johun Othone
4. Darth Plagueis (suggested)
5. Kao Cen Darach (suggested)

[andrewgarrett]

Out of all the lightsaber forms, Form VI was the one I knew the least about. Having learned more about it through this video, I can honestly say that I find it incredibly intriguing and awesome.

[williamcostigan]

The most underrated of all the classic forms in my opinion. A master of form VI would have had to master all previous forms and combined all that knowledge into a form unique to the user, which would make them a dangerously unpredictable opponent to someone unfamiliar with them.

[brianjohnson]

One of the greatest mysteries of the force is how the diplomats form got the term "way of the rancor"

[randycheow]

I think Form VI might be my favorite lightsaber form since it’s the most interesting

[OllamhDrab]

This treatment of it actually sounds a lot more like my own style of things than it usually comes off, almost a Jeet-kune-do philosophy of things. Especially lending to thinking with both hands, (I think I'd be terrible with a double lightsaber, but *paired* swords, that I've done very well with.) Anyway, dunno where to go with this but I think you're doing a nice treatment of lightaber forms here. :)