Abilities of GOKU

Through vigorous training, Goku has achieved many extraordinary abilities, like incredible superhuman strength and durability. He also possesses super speed^[36] and Light speedreflexes. Through his life force manipulation/natural energy manipulation/(Ki) Power/Ability, he can manipulate supernatural natural energy known as ki and exert powerful & devastating concussive beams. Through another sub-technique of Ki manipulation, he can put a aura to surround himself in natural energy, gaining nigh invulnerability. As a child, Goku wields the Nyoi-bo (如意棒 lit. "Power Pole"^?), a magic staff that extends and retracts on command, given to him by Grandpa Gohan; but as he grows older and stronger, Goku eventually stops using the staff. Goku's first means of conveyance is a magic cloud called Kinto-un (筋斗雲 lit. "Somersault Cloud"^?, renamed "Nimbus"), given to him by Master Roshi in return for saving Roshi's pet sea turtle.After training with Kami, he learns to fly by virtue of the technique Bukū-jutsu (舞空術 lit. "Air Dance Technique"^?) and uses the cloud less frequently.

Goku's signature move is the Kamehameha (かめはめ波 lit. "Turtle Destruction Wave"^?), a technique learned from Master Roshi. Kamehameha is created when you concentrate all of your body's latent energy and focusing it at one point, (it was usually concentrated at the palms of both of your hands, but Gohan once did it with only one hand at Super Saiyan lv. 2 form against Cell), . Master Roshi spent about 50 years to create the technique, but Goku performed a miniature version of the technique in his first try, which was enough to damage a car.

Another notable technique of Goku's, taught to him by King Kai, is the Kaiō-ken (界王拳 lit. "World King Fist"^?), an attack that multiplies his Ki and strength for an instant, but can also strain his body afterwards, or could even kill him, (similar to the 8 Gates on Naruto). Goku's most powerful attack is the Genki Dama (元気玉 lit. "Spirit Bomb"^?), an energy sphere created by gathering Ki from surrounding animals, nature and humans, which he also learned from King Kai.Goku also learns ateleportation skill called Shunkan Idō (瞬間移動 lit. "Instantaneous Transmission", (usually shorten to "Instant Transmission")^?), which he learned from the inhabitants of the planet Yardrat.

Goku is the only Saiyan in the series to achieve all known Saiyan transformations seen in the manga. In Dragon Ball, he can transform into a gigantic monkey-like creature called an Ōzaru (大猿 lit. "Great Ape"^?) when he stares at a full moon while possessing a Saiyan tail. Goku loses the ability to make this transformation when his friends cut off his tail. Although it grows back, Goku's tail is later permanently removed by Kami. Goku becomes the second Super Saiyan (first in the manga) in a thousand years; becoming enraged when Frieza kills Krillin on the planet Namek.Each metamorphosis changes Goku's appearance and enormously enhances his abilities. After training to better control the 1st and 2nd Levels of Super Saiyan, the 3rd Super Saiyan form causes Goku to act in a much more serious manner.

Another ability Goku has is to fuse with others, so long as their power levels are equalized. In the Majin Buu Saga he uses thePotara Earrings presented to him by the Elder Kai, which results in a 'perfect fusion', but it's an permanent fusion. Goku first attempts to fuse with Gohan, but this fails when the latter is absorbed by Buu, and so he persuades the newly arrived Vegeta to fuse with him, creating Vegeto ("Vegerot" in Viz Media's manga translation). In the film Fusion Reborn, the two use theMetamorese Fusion Dance, which creates Gogeta, who sports slight visual differences from their previous merger. If the dance is performed incorrectly, though, it forms the obese Veku or an underweight Gegito.