Jar'Kai (Powerstaark)

Jar'Kai, origionally known as Niman before Niman was made the name of Form VII, was a style of lightsaber combat where the user would weild two blades at once.

Practitioners of Jar'Kai would often combine their dual blade technique with one or sometimes more than one, of the main forms of lightsaber combat. For example Sora Bulq combined his Jar'Kai practice with Vaapad among other styles and Asajj Ventress used Ataru. Juyo and Makashi with her Jar'Kai. Jar'Kai practitioners would often use one lightsaber to attack and the other to defend though some would use them purely for defensive or offensive purposes. A well trained practitioner of Jar'Kai could be a deadly opponent but there were weaknesses in the style. For one thing, some duelists idn't have enough physical strength to block power blows with one hand and they could also not have enough strength to use power blows themselves with one hand. A strong user of Jar'Kai could overcome this weakness. Another weakness was that some duelists, most notably the Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress, relied too much on two blades and were therefore at a disadvantage if they lost one.

Stance and maneuvers
The opening stance of Jar'Kai was to hold one lightsaber out in front of the body with the blade horizontal. The other blade would also be horizontal and positioned above and slightly behind the head. Jar'Kai users would often attack one part of the opponents body and then use their free lightsaber to attack a different part while the opponent was blocking their first lightsaber.

A well known maneuver of Jar'Kai was known as the 'Rising Whirlwind' where the user would whirl the blades swiftly around the body, Another technique was known as the 'Twin Strike' where both blades were swung towards the opponent in a deadly power attack.

Practitioners
Asajj Ventress was a master of Jar'Kai, combining it with a deadly combination of Juyo, Makashi and Ataru. Her skill with dual blades was formidable but at first she lacked the physical strength to block or use power attacks. She gained more strength as the clone wars went on and overcame this weakness. Ventress was also too reliant on her second lightsaber and was at a disadvantage if deprived of it.

General Grievous was also a master of Jar'Kai using a powerful combination of Juyo and Djem So to overwhelm his opponents. Thanks to his cyborg body he had great physical strength and agility. Grievous could even split his arms nd weild for lightsabers at once though he usually saved his extra arms for worthy opponents.

Sora Bulq was also a master of Jar'Kai, using a Shoto as his second weapon. Sora would only resort to Jar'Kai when facing a worthy opponent or a huge number of opponents.

Kit Fisto displayed impressive skill with Jar'Kai using it against General Grievous after the death of Nahdar Vebb. Joclad Danva was also a master of Jar'Kai but was shot down in the battle of Geonosis. The deceased Jedi council member Micah Giiett was also a master of Jar'Kai. Serra Keto practiced the Ataru variant of Jar'Kai.

Aayla Secura was also known to use Jar'Kai on some occasions using a Shoto as her second weapon. Mace Windu displayed a deadly amount of skill in Jar'Kai during his mission to find his fallen former Padawan, Depa Billaba. Anakin Skywalker was also proficient at Jar'Kai notably using it during his first duel with Count Dooku but despite his skill, Skywalker's Jar'Kai was no match for Dooku's Makashi swordplay. Many Jedi and Sith lords used Jar'Kai at some point.