Saturday 10 September 2022

 

Savate is the longest range of KB

it groups with largo mano stick and taijutsu in that it deliberately keeps distance and picks the opponent apart from long range

mainly focussed on kicks and a form of koshi jutsu - the kicks are snap and whip kicks with the hard shoe to specific targets

one of the targets is the liver, called kanzo in Japanese, which is struck with the uppercut and the fouette with point of boot

the koppo jutsu version of this punch or kick would be to break the floating ribs

in savate sport, boxe francais, punches score one point and even a punch ABC can only be one point

kicks are scored on height
1 for bas, 2 for median, 3 for figure

savate de la rue, street savate, is based on kicking the opponent's legs and groing with hard boots

"savate" means "old shoe" and referso to work boots

in a street fight you would preferably have a weapon in your hand and would only choose "empty hand" as a last resort

a walking stick becomes "la canne", a fighting form a lot like largo mano

in old days men would have a sword, rapier or some equivalent, and a lot of la canne is based on fencing