Yeah, it'd be safer to take out the minions first. While you of all people know that size does not equal slowness, it is certainly easier to keep track of them.

"Leeray males and a female, huh? Come on Threes, I'm no amateur. Make them a bit more intimidating! Give them some skills!"
With a pop, the two Leeray male heads change to Jaxtians, glaring at you at the point of holographic, harmless knives. They look very real, but it's all a simulation.

"Yeah, like that! Begin!"

You've won many hard victories right here in the simulation chamber; holograms are quite the real deal, but with physical robots overlaid with eye-like levels of detail and simulation, it's as close as you can get with no real danger. You spin your pole around, eager to prove yourself. The two smaller opponents approach first; false knives in hand. You raise the far end of your pole and jab at them, keeping them back. It has no point, but nobody wants to be on the end of your fearsome rod- except maybe a very excited female Jaxtian, har har!

You just have to wait for one of the robots to slip up and fall for the oldest trick in the book; trying to grab the end of the pole...