翻子拳的劲道讲求脆、快、硬、弹。近数年来，翻子拳与戳脚、劈挂拳相配为伍，并行传习，因此，也追求吞吐发力、辘辘翻扯、搅靠劈重的通备劲道。其特点为发力迅猛遒劲，架势俯伏闪动，双拳密集如雨，全套一气呵成。拳谚称：“翻子一挂鞭。”原始套路只有一趟，近几十年逐步发展为两趟。现已成为竞赛项目之一。
The force techniques of Fanzi Quan are brisk，fast，hard and bouncing.Fanzi Quan is in the same group with Foot-poke and Pigua Quan，so it also emphasizes on force with stretching out and drawing in.Fanzi Quan features include fast and powerful force，dodging postures,intense fist punching，and the integral sets of postures.There is only one original Taolu and it has developed into two nowadays.Now it has become one of the Wushu competition events.