Makashi is the best of the seven forms of lightsaber combat as recognised by the jedi order.

Let me start this off by saying that the goal of this debate wasn't to spread misinformation and in my haste to what I understood as logical fallacies I failed to read over your final source. Now to clear things up I never argued that makashi was as fast as vaapad what I argued was that a makashi user, because their defensive strategy consists of dodges and parries, could feasibly close a gap between them and a lone or small condensed group of gunman, but because of the increasing rarity of lightsaber wielding opponents I do agree that makashi falling out of fashion makes sense. In the effort for total clarity, to give the voters on this debate all the information they need to accurately place their votes, it needs to be said that source three, the source stating everything on vaapad, is almost entirely non canon and the canon version only notes that form 7, vaapad, is named juyo or vaapad and that it was the most aggressive and unpredictable of the seven forms. That means almost everything stated by my opponent about vaapad cannot be canonically proven, if my opponent wishes to keep this as evidence of it being the better form then we have to create another debate for I can't fit all of the newly accessible evidence into one argument (I only just realized his evidence is non canon). Now then lets talk about the force, so there are a lot of misconceptions about the force for one there is only one force, not two, the dark side and light side are just two, well... sides, for ease of explanation I'll refer to the light side as the side of control and the dark side as the side of power. Now on one side of the force spectrum we have the side of power and on the other, the side of control, now many assume that if you wield the dark side then you're a sith and if you wield the light your a Jedi, but that's not the case, splitting the force into to two like many do or stretching it into a line doesn't work often times it's a mix of power and control that makes the most deadly of force wielders most of the time their force capabilities are generalized to one side, now you may argue that if you use the "dark side" your a sith but that's not the case in fact in star wars the old republic if you take the dark side route encounter the remains of a sith lord who's holographic projection asks you to spread the message that using the "light side" could be beneficial, as a sith you have to decide wether to spread the word or destroy it, in any case, this just shows that the dark side is not intrinsically linked with sith, same goes for jedi ( that was more or less a rant to educate and defend my theory on mace windu, he could have fallen to the "dark side" under the quise of ending the sith, you do not have to be a sith to wield the "dark side"). I'd like to note that my coverage of makashi has been less than adequate up until now, so instead of just giving a list of pros for makashi let me give a rundown on the form. Makashi is the second form of lightsaber combat it was created because shii sho (form 1) was inadequate at fighting lightsaber to lightsaber, makashi was designed specifically for lightsaber vs lightsaber combat when viewed many people stated it was dance like because of the elegant footwork and constantly moving blade. Wielders of makashi often moved in straight forwards and backwards movements and tended to focus on balance (keeping yours and making your opponents lose theirs). Makashi focused on precision choosing to strike accurately instead of using brute strength (djem so) or fast movement (Ataru) (while my opponent claims that vaapad strikes hard and fast, there is no canon evidence of this, in fact, if you watched the battle between Sidious and Mace Windu you'll note that Windu's strikes aren't very fast at all, instead his speed seemed to mostly match Sidious' movement speed, also if you watch the video when Windu first cornered sidious he planned to arrest him but after barely deflecting sidious' lightning volley, likely requiuring he feed on more power letting loose his passion and being over come with hatred thinking of all the horrible things sidious had done ultamately overtaking him leaving windu to go against the jedi way (this is a personal theory and seeing as we have given way for the form to be wielded on either "side" of the force this holds little ground on the debate at hand). Now while some claim that makashi is just fancy prancy footwork, if you consider how makashi is so often compared to fencing you'll see how useful it is. Makashi is often wielded with one hand allowing the wielder greater range of motion and reach so that they may strike where ever need be. The curved hilt was designed to specifically go with makashi, its ergonomic design allowed it to fit in the palm better giving wielders a better grip and allowed the wielder to adjust their grip on the handle and change where the blade was coming from adding a layer of unpredictability into the wielders arsenal. Now, this is the part where my makashi bias is most evident. My opponent claims that, because makashi fell out of fashion, it isn't the best form but the only reason it disappeared at all was because the use of lightsabers, in general, was disappearing now some forms may be able to survive a little longer than makashi but it wouldn't be long until the rest of the forms disappeared as the lightsaber itself inevitably goes the way of the dodo. After watching over the fight between Sidious and Windu I can further state that there is no evidence of vaapad giving the wielder the blinding speed and strength my opponent claims and only further promotes that a strong dueling form that can last long battles would have the ability to keep up with this so-called "super form", the reason Sidious was unable to defeat Windu on his own was not because vaapad is the best form but because Ataru, the form Sidious was evidently wielding, is not meant for sustained combat. Commonly a wielder of Ataru would try to end the combat quick for it is difficult to sustain the way Ataru users manipulate the force (they use it to strengthen their body to allow them to fight through injuries or even old age). Furthermore, a lot of my points in earlier arguments didn't seem to have much evidence backing them, but that is because I myself am that evidence. While I don't as of right now participate in Ludosport (the international sport of lightsaber fighting) I do practice lightsaber dueling with. Aprofesional grade lightsaber (saberforge) and I am a practitioner of makashi I have wielded it to great success against numerous opponents wielding a variety of forms in free-form combat and I would like to note that I have never struggled keep up with any form as of yet, the constant motion of the blade has allowed me to attack with acceptable strength and speed and dodge techniques have allowed me to not only survive but surpass forms which relied on either brute force or speed and even if vaapad was everything that is said about it, I hold no doubts about my ability to handle anyone wielding it. Finally, Dooku was not defeated because of the "forceful, staccato strokes" that defeated Dooku, Dooku was defeated because Anakin and Obi-Wan started the fight taking basic combat stances and then changing forms to their higher level forms (Djem So and Soresu) surprising Dooku to the point in which he was unprepared for those "forceful, staccato strokes" not to mention there were two Jedi there versus the lone sith and Anakin and Obi-Wan still only just defeated Dooku (having to rely on the form switch I noted above). you may say that the argument never only asked which form was the best not which form was the best in the canonical sense but it's quite blatant that this debate is supposed to be set within the canon of star wars otherwise we could just say whatever we wanted and be technically correct. not to mention your argument bashes me for "contradicting the lore".