Ironberg Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Both are foot fighting. Savate is the lesser known art that originated completely in France. This comparison is meant to reveal more about the arts, not stroke the egos of either style. I know little about Savate. "An enlightened man would offer a weary traveler a bed for the night, and invite him to share a civilized conversation over a bowl of... Cocoa Puffs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironberg Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hmmm... Less must be known about Savate than I originally thought. "An enlightened man would offer a weary traveler a bed for the night, and invite him to share a civilized conversation over a bowl of... Cocoa Puffs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDevilAside Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 from what I've seen, Savate seems to pretty much be identical to kickboxing. "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfighter Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Savate contains allot more boxing techniques, and is more or less similiar to kickboxing, cept with allot more kicking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironberg Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 So basically, if you took two equally trained fighters from both styles, the TKD and Savate guy would basically be the same at long range, except the TKD guy will possibly fall when the hands are in range? "An enlightened man would offer a weary traveler a bed for the night, and invite him to share a civilized conversation over a bowl of... Cocoa Puffs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfighter Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 in the ring most likely, but in the street i dont know, tae kwon contains many hand and arm techniques, such as elbows and knife hand strikes that could easily end a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironberg Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 Finally! Someone else who realizes that TKD contains elbow and knee strikes in it as well. "An enlightened man would offer a weary traveler a bed for the night, and invite him to share a civilized conversation over a bowl of... Cocoa Puffs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt jiujitsufighter Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 ironberg savate did not complete originate in france, get your facts straight, it was originated when french soldiers we're in asian ports and picked up some skills, than they brought those skills with them back to france. savate is very similar to western kickboxing. I don;t know much about tkd other than what i've seen, so no comment there. a little boxing, a little wrestling, a little muay thai, and a lot of jiujitsu( brazilian) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironberg Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 ironberg savate did not complete originate in france, get your facts straight... Hey, that's why I'm here - to get facts straight. Thanks for the post. "An enlightened man would offer a weary traveler a bed for the night, and invite him to share a civilized conversation over a bowl of... Cocoa Puffs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sAtelitte Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 As it happens a saw a documentary on savate few days ago From what i saw there it looked indeed a lot like kickboxing, although they seemed to focus mainly on distracting the opponent, they could really hit you on places where you never saw it coming. Another thing is that the style also includes a weapon, some sort of walking cane they use like you would use a sword in fencing. What the documentary also said was that savate was used alot by the french rich class around 1900 to protect them against muggers. So i wouldn't underestimate savate on the street. Anyway thats all i know and it isn't much but hope it helps a little https://www.shaolin.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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