'HOW HIGH CAN YOU KICK?'

This question arises when people, influenced by movies and TV,etc. find out you know something about martial arts of some kind,which I do not think they ask ballet stars or dancers,etc. the same thing, but martial artists are singled out for this inquiry because kicking, especially the spectacular kind that demands extreme agility and flexibility as well as coordination, is associated in their minds with martial arts, possibly the endall/beall of such. Bruce Lee is taken as model for you to emulate as well. As every martial arts person and fighter knows high kicks do not insure winning any fights or battles except perhaps in movies scripts. Kicking the air is one thing and kicking a person is another.