I Tried Savate (french shoe fighting)

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I Tried the French Martial Art of SAVATE. And it hurt my shins.

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SenseiSeth
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Highly underrated kickboxing style. Wish it got more attention

MrTheil
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A savate guy came to my Muay Thai class and I got to spar him a bit, and couldn’t land a hit on him because of how weird the movements and agile of the kicks, I wasn’t at all used to it and the sparring match was basically both of us dancing around each other and occasionally he would throw out these surprise high kicks that I didn’t even know were possible at the range they were thrown lol.

caravaneerkhed
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I am watching this video as if I was there! That’s crazy!

KevinLeeVlog
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Professor Nicholas was excellent. He was so clearly passionate and I loved that he put in the effort to get everyone's names

fopitz
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it was french self defense for street fights. That's why you fight shoes on (at the time you had very hard leather shoes that could easily injure the opponent).
You avoid clinch/close combat to avoid getting stabbed.
You also have walking stick techniques that come from all over Europe

Kansaidorifuto_
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Savage influenced Karate a lot believe it or not. It’s where the high kick came from and the formation style of training. The Japanese originally modeled their modern military off of the French which is where the influence came from.

NeviQAdnariM
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Savate is one of the most underrated kickboxing styles. The shoes change more than you would expect, also because you are kicking with the tip so suddenly the distance on which you block needs to be different. It's also a very footwork oriented style - quite elegant in fact- but that makes it a very good style for when you are for example smaller than your opponent, or your oponent is a constant forward pressure fighter. I personally really like it.
To see some of the best savate in action, just look for Pennachio vs Dekkers where you can see a top savateur against a top muay thai fighter and you can really see the different approach towards fighting.

And when I mean the shoes change a lot. When I did savate for the first time I already had a lot of experience in striking, be it karate, full contact karate or K1 style kickboxing. My opponent threw a roundhouse to the mid section/liver. I blocked on the distance as if the kick was thrown with the instep/shin. So basically, the width of my arm away from my body.
The kick was thrown with tip of the shoe. So instead of blocking, that tip of the shoe simply penetrated my body before his leg hit my block. Wrong distance. Down I went. The shoe changed a lot a lot, the point of contact is suddently 20 cm closer than it would be with the instep/shin. Highly recommended to cross train in.

jarnovandevoorde
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Savate is cool because it acknowledges that people actually wear shoes. Not only is the force painfully concentrated at the tip of the shoe (toe kick in the temple = lights out), but that extra distance really does sneak around your normal guard.

tomanderson
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I live in France and i used to train kickboxing for self defense. But then I tought: I’m not bare foot on the streets. So I’ve started to learn savate(which by the way at least in Paris we call it French boxe) and it uses a lot more the parts of the foot to kick cause the foot it’s protected.

PhilippeArantesTina
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The karate nerd did a video about how karate implemented the high Kicks from savate.

Marc_Motzkugel
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I did Savate during 11 years in France and the difficulty mastering the technics finally made french boxers winning some competitions in kickboxing for example, where minimal distance, well armed kicks are not required. Beautiful sport, very classy, and very hard.

MyMerlocK
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1:55 yes Serbia is one of dominant in savate! I was traing savate and i love it still. Greetings from Serbia.

aleksandarjankovic
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I'm a mariner and I've trained combat sports for decades. At work we wear steel capped safety shoes and I've always wondered how devastating they would be. I can safely kick a solid steel structure with one, without feeling a thing.

operatori
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You did awesome Sensei Seth! It was awesome to meet you and I commend you on your versatility as a martial artist! Congrats on your Blue Glove!

SHaDyFiGuRe
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I remembered that Bruce Lee studied Savate and incorporated it into Jeet Kune Do. You can see it when he blocks kicks with kicks.

andrewhalmo
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Because they kick with shoes and boots, this makes savate perfect for the streets. Combined with bare knuckle boxing and purring, it's a complete art .

lonew
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Two savate videos, from Kevin to here in one day! Awesome to see how Seth applies savate to his karate. Super cool

camiloiribarren
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One of my first mma coaches was huge on savate, it’s a very calculated and technical style with great movement. Although I’ve never formally competed or even trained in it I have respect for it

lucasbiohazerd
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Savate has influenced my kicking as a Karateka! Aside from learning from the videos of the late Professor Salem Assli, I've been studying from Professor Nicholas Saignac online too. Also I have books on Boxe Française Savate.

otisbeck