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They say it could be considered a weakness, but then go on to give an argument for why it isn't a weakness for Anakin. That isn't really the same thing. I also think the framing of "does not have any weaknesses" is itself a bit wrong when the form itself is notably slightly lacklustre without Force abilities. This is something I go into in the post so I won't reiterate it here.
You are misconstruing what I was meaning to say here. To put it bluntly, Anakin is likely to turn it into less of a disadvantage, when you compare him to the average Jedi. He is quite literally, built different. The form itself isn't weak or strong without the force, as per canon. It takes from all the other styles that preceded it, diluted them all down, and then molded it together into one cohesive whole. This means that as I previously stated very clearly, it has no weaknesses or strengths as it's own thing. Now when you add force powers to the mix, then it actually gets a lot of it's "kick". But let's be perfectly honest with ourselves, the other styles don't just stay away from using the force in battle, that would be stupid for Jedi to do, considering that's their whole thing. Niman simply doesn't commit to anything, which means in place of this physical commitment with your lightsaber you're instead leveraging the force because you have that opportunity where other styles would not.
In short, this is the trade off. It has no weaknesses or strengths. Which is a weakness, ironically enough. But this lack of comittment lets users of Niman slot in "The Force" as it's commitment. Am I making myself clear to you?
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