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Also known as | French boxing, French footfighting[1] |
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Focus | Kick |
Hardness | Full contact |
Country of origin | France[2] |
Creator | Michel Casseux, Charles Lecour |
Famous practitioners | (see notable practitioners) |
Parenthood | Boxing, Ancient footfighting |
Descendant arts | Kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do,[3][page needed] Mixed Martial Arts |
Olympic sport | only the 1924 Summer Olympics[4] |
Savate (French pronunciation: [savat]), also known as French Boxing (Boxe Française) or French Foot Fighting, is a French full-contact combat sport that combines boxing elements with a wide variety of kicking techniques.[5][6][7][8]
Unlike many other kickboxing styles, which incorporate the use of knees and/or shins, savate involves striking exclusively with one's feet but practicioners can nonetheless target any part of the body. The sport is also notable for requiring footwear to be worn by the competitors, as would be expected from practicioners in the streets. A male practitioner of savate is called a "tireur" while a female one is called a "tireuse".[9]
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