Anonymous at Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:52:54 UTC No. 161652

>>161641
In savate you mustn't use your knees and shins, which means you can only kick with your feet and you need to dodge low kicks in other ways than checks. Also, in savate you fight in shoes and goofy ass clothing.

Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 04:09:09 UTC No. 164573

Anyone know where to get some good savate shoes??

Anonymous at Fri, 1 Sep 2023 12:08:27 UTC No. 164604

>>161641
shoes and frenchmen

>>164573
https://www.savatelive.com/

Anonymous at Sat, 9 Sep 2023 04:15:20 UTC No. 165829

Are there any savate gyms in Southern California???

Anonymous at Sat, 9 Sep 2023 04:27:28 UTC No. 165831

>>165829
Yeah, next door to the Bokh gym and across the street from the Irish collar and elbow gym.

Anonymous at Sat, 9 Sep 2023 09:27:22 UTC No. 165843

>>165829
Southern California is one of the only places you can actually train in savate in America. Nicolas Saignac is the highest ranking savateur in the US and is based in LA. I believe CSW in Fullerton also offers savate in affiliation with him.

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Sep 2023 01:29:53 UTC No. 165958

>>165843
Do you were exactly Nicolas Saignac gym is if he has one? I’ve been looking but can’t seem to find an address.

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Sep 2023 03:51:15 UTC No. 165968

>>165958
I think he mainly does seminars and private lessons nowadays. Try emailing him.

Anonymous at Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:08:13 UTC No. 169289

>>161641
Savateurs don't use their shins or knees - they strike with their feet, and the boxing aspect in it is primarily more for defensive work. The offense is in the kicking. Lots of toe kicks and heel kicks, and in those thick plastic shoes they hurt like a bitch. Savate fighters also have a few kicks you don't really see in kickboxing, namely stomps towards lower joints - turns them into career-enders if they're spiteful enough.
I wouldn't recommend it simply because outside of those oblique kicks, it's just not conducive to martial arts in a broader sphere of martial arts since toe kicks fuck up your feet without conditioning or shoes.

Anonymous at Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:30:29 UTC No. 169323

>>161641
Pretty good vid right here.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hviZeCISWQA

Anonymous at Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:58:27 UTC No. 169353

>>169289
Sauce?

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:38:50 UTC No. 169363

Didn't expect this thread to still be up after all this time.
So what about Sanda? I know it's supposed to be based on traditional chinese martial arts but it doesn't seem all that different compared to western kickboxing.

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:55:12 UTC No. 169367

>>169363
it's rules are more comparible to Muay Thai than western kickboxing. Throwing, elbows, knees etc.

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:37:41 UTC No. 169393

>>169363
Sanda is like kickboxing with sumo. You get the most points for pushing someone off the arena (reference to lei tai). You can also get many points for a throw.

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:58:36 UTC No. 169417

>>169363
Sanda kick catches are amazing

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Sep 2023 17:10:00 UTC No. 169428

>>165831
I think its actually in the same area as all the Lethwei dojos and the Bartitsu schools

Anonymous at Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:01:06 UTC No. 173634

>>169363
well its basically what >>169393 said, the only change its its approach to training, which looks more "traditional" (lots of drills, lots of conditioning), they also train some interesting techniques but most of them don't work with the ruleset.

also depending on where you are learning you might have to learn a traditional style or form alongside sanda.

Anonymous at Sat, 28 Oct 2023 03:40:29 UTC No. 173666

>>173634
Sanda as a sport is kickboxing plus wrestling. You can shoot for a takedown but there's a time limit for how long you can stay tangled before ref separates you. Kicks can be caught and swept. This is one area it's better than kickboxing in ONE. Catch and sweep scores higher than strikes, takedown counts for 2 points, but if you go down with the opponent you only get one. 3 contact points with the ground counts as a takedown

Anonymous at Sat, 28 Oct 2023 08:12:27 UTC No. 173676

>>161641
Savate is pointless unless you live in France, just do Myau Thai.

Anonymous at Sat, 28 Oct 2023 08:13:43 UTC No. 173677

>>173676
Muay Thai*

Anonymous at Sat, 28 Oct 2023 17:49:27 UTC No. 173713

>>173676
Why is it pointless and why would living in france make a difference?

Anonymous at Sat, 28 Oct 2023 22:27:26 UTC No. 173746

>>173713
bigger competition and prize pool in France.

Anonymous at Sun, 29 Oct 2023 18:27:43 UTC No. 173818

>>173676
Naw. I mained in MT (in actual Thailand) and picked up some interesting tricks by training and sparing against a buddy of mine that mained Savate. Its a repectable art

Anonymous at Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:05:09 UTC No. 176652

>>169289
It's ogre for chang.