I agree. Dragon Ball is much better than Z, and especially Super. Hell, I liked GT more than Super! At least GT had a little bit of that adventure feeling the original DB had...
And BTW, yes, Goku could indeed use the Bukujutsu during the 23th Martial Arts Tournament. He just isn't very good at it yet... and also wanted to keep it secret so he could use it as a last resort move to surprise his opponent. Even Krillin managed to show some sort of levitation at that point of the series.








