Effects of using a pushing technique

When a pushing side kick strikes a heavy bag, it will make very little sound and the bag will be shoved backward.
When a pushing side kick strikes a large stack of hand-held boards and the boards do not break, the board holders will be shoved backward. The holders will not experience any pain or discomfort.
When a pushing side kick is used in a real fight, the opponent will be shoved backward with some continuous pain at the point of impact.
Most all of the body mass is applied to a pushing technique. This makes a strong force at the moment of impact. The force is applied for a longer period of time but the initial impact force is not as great as with the snapping or thrusting technique. Since there is more mass applied to a pushing technique, it is useful for moving a person backward. Which would you rather have happen to you, Mike Tyson hitting you with a quick snapping jab that breaks your face, or Refrigerator Perry hitting you with a slow pushing jab that shoves you backward?
Even if a pushing technique hits its target, since body mass is committed into the technique, the user must make a lot of compensating movements to retain stability or take a step forward. If the technique misses its target, the user is either off balance or has had to take a step to retain balance, either of which will leave the user vulnerable to a counterattack. Due to their long reach and off balance state, pushing techniques are very susceptible to grabbing and pulling.
Since pushing techniques have deeper target penetration, they have a longer reach than snapping or thrusting techniques so, even if the opponent steps backward to avoid the strike, he or she may still be hit.

Criticisms

Opponents of snapping say that forcibly stopping a technique's forward motion does not make any sense. These opponents are usually trying to justify the techniques used by their styles (those techniques that supposedly make their style superior to other styles). However, all techniques must stop their forward motion at some point. Opponents of snapping do not seem to understand the concept of control and focus. A snapping or thrusting technique is not stopped or pulled by the user; it stops because it has reached the end of its motion. The point at which it stops is determined by the position of the body when the technique is executed. A pushing technique also stops at the end of its motion. The point at which it stops is also determined by the user at the time of execution. However, because of the reaching or other movements of the body, the distance covered by the motion is much greater than with the snapping or thrusting motion.

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