this emphasis on speed and agility is a characteristic of taekwondo and has its origins in analyses undertaken by choi hong hi the result of that analyses are known by itf practitioners as choi theory of power choi based his theory of power on his understanding of biomechanics and newtonian physics for example choi observed that the power of a strike increases quadratically with the speed of the strike but increases only linearly with the mass of the striking object in other words speed is more important than size in terms of generating power this principle was incorporated into the early design of taekwondo and is still used