The advantages of kicking

There are many advantages, and disadvantages on kicking. Kicking in street fights will most likely send you off balance etc, but I would like to point out some advantages of kicking rather then punching.
1:The muscles in the legs are much stronger then in the arms. Ofcourse it's not all about muscle, but you can train kicking as much as you can train punching to make the kicks very fast.
2:The legs are longer then the arms, and can also be used at short range (knees, foot stomps, low roundhouses etc.)
3:Kicking can be very surprising, since there are only few people who can kick well.
4:Ever tried blocking someone's kick, when it comes at full speed and when the kicker has his shoes on? It hurts, and even if you can block it, the impact will most likely to be so big that it damages the blocking area.
5:Kicks tend to have more power then punches.

Don't get me wrong, this is only my opinion, since I'm a kicker. I've experience, so I don't make this things up :)
How do you feel about this? I don't want to start a flame thread.

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