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Home   What's New Competition In Guildford 2009 Mickey Gilmartin Holly Gilmartin Julie Gilmartin Sean Gilmartin Main Menu Home What is Savate Savate Techniques The News & Messages Our Club Member's Profile Picture Gallery Videos Calender Of Events Links Search Contact Us Who's Online We have 2 guests online Statistics Visitors: 57850 Home What is Savate What is Savate What Is Savate Savate [savat]), also known as boxe française, French boxing, French Kickboxing or French Footfighting, is a French martial art which uses both the hands and feet as weapons and combines elements of western boxing with graceful kicking techniques. Only foot kicks are allowed, unlike some systems, such as Muay Thai and Silat, which allow the use of the knees or shins. Savate is perhaps the only style of kickboxing in which the fighters habitually wear shoes (savate being a French synonym for "old shoe"). A practitioner of savate is called a savateur (male) or savateuse (female). Read more...   History Of Savate Savate or "French Kickboxing" can be traced back to the 18th century when sailors from the port of Marseilles practised a sport known as "Chausson". This was purely a kicking sport, it is presumed that the styles of kicks were taken from fighting systems seen whilst visiting the eastern oriental countries. Read more...   [ Back ]