Your legs can deliver approximately five times the amount of destructive force as your hands. This may be the reason why about 70% of all karate techniques involve the use of your legs. The only caveats to using your legs over your arms is that techniques involving leg motion are slower, and they demand more on proper balance. If your balance is not correct when you deliver your kicking techniques, you can lose from 60-70% of power! Due to the fact that your leg techniques are slower, they are more prone to grabs and locks.

In order to be effective with kicking techniques, kicks must be delivered strong and quickly. Your kicks should snap back as quickly as you snap them out. In Chinese Goju, instructors will teach the proper techniques for speed and balance in kicking. The concept of speed and balance are inseparable in kicking techniques as one relies on the other. You can not kick fast without proper balance and you can not balance properly without fast kicks.