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[Star Wars: TMP] How were Obi Wan and Qui Gon prepared to fight Maul?

Follow my reasoning here. In the movie it is mentioned that the Sith have been extinct for a millennia. So no Jedi has been in a real life or death lightsaber duel in that long. 

Jedi do learn basic lightsaber techniques and they have many varieties of fighting styles. Which they do learn and practice. But these are only PRACTICE duels. Learning by dueling other light sided Jedi. But when you fight a Sith you are fighting a different animal all together. Sith fight using the full dark side, using aggression and dirty tricks. 

Wouldn't it be like taking a person who learned boxing under The Marquess of Queensberry Rules and having them square off against someone who grew up learning back street fighting.
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> Wouldn't it be like taking a person who learned boxing under The Marquess of Queensberry Rules and having them square off against someone who grew up learning back street fighting.  

Yes.  Which is why Maul was capable of holding his own against the two of them at the same time, and only lost to Obi-Wan when he got stupidly overconfident.