Soulcalibur IV

Since Yoda is a tricky character to master, select Normal mode.

Some of his best moves involve pressing X and Y simultaneously, and his unblockable attack is unleashed by holding down on the joystick and pressing X + Y. This takes a considerable amount of health away.

All in all, not too frustrating. Just use the earlier stages to get a feel for Yoda and you'll be fine.

I noticed what works well, while it's rather cheap, is to get the initial grab and throw (by pressing LT or A+X) and wait for them to get back up and time the same grab over and over again until your foe has fallen. If you don't get the timing down well, then you can still block after their initial attack and then go in for the grab (will count towards your 1000 Blocks Achievement). But I used this method and still had 75% health left on the final Stage.