Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20150826013454/@comment-24891101-20150910230732

Phantom: More there is to the Force than mere combat. Hmph.

And yeah, there's plenty that a proper Jedi (real, non-Disney) can do about being shot in the back. Like their short-range precog that gives the illusion of incredible reflexes. Maul is a combat savant, and nothing more. He eschews the esoteric applications of the Force, whereas Qui-Gon is clearly more of a student of said esotericism.