Most of that came from the Red Ribbon Army who had far better weapons than the World Army. Even then, only White's energy gun knocked Goku down and it was because he allowed it. Black was also only allowed to get into his Battle Jacket because Goku told him to go away instead of outright killing him. Finally, Goku was weak in the beginning of the series because he spent most of his life in the mountains and not developing his skills outside of what his grandfather taught him. He was a big fish in a small pond and he didn't really grow.FoolsGil wrote:1) Because Goku has been damaged before with standard weaponry, along with battle jackets, and it wasn't until he's trained with Master Roshi and Korin that he had the strength and stamina to wipe out an army. Even if you don't believe training is necessary, he would still have to gain enough strength and stamina to do so, and that's going to take time to develop. Time, that he may not have if he reveals himself to the world early.HeroR wrote: What makes you think the world army could even tickle Kakarot?
Actually the other way around. It's assumming that Kakarot bit more off than he could chew against a martial artist, and they were unable to keep him from escaping.And that is assuming if Kakarot left any survivors who can identify what he looks like.
That's assuming that Kakarot meets that certain martial artists before he's ready. Even at the beginning of Dragon Ball, there weren't too many people who could kill Goku.