Street Savate

[Eddie Smith]

those of you who watched human weapon will recognise the silver haired gentelman in the clip, from the Savate episode. He is an instructor at RAID the SWAT like orginazation in France.

I had heard he had some vidoes on Savate applications for street fighting, I think this may be some of one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJvy972sKxc

From what I know of early Savate, the Lutte Parisian, Parisian wrestling, was an intergral part, as here.

It is interresting how this compairs to earlier styles.

[Eddie Smith]

I found the link to the first part.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nsu1KeiIco

[RayMcCullough]

Is Savate a Renaissance Martial Art?
While I find it interesting I don't think it is a Renaissance M.A.

[Eddie Smith]

it isn't, but it comes up here from time to time and I was mostly listing it for comparitive reasons. In part to show hoe Ren. arts MIGHT have evolved

[Mick Keller]

Savate descends from Zipota and Makila, which predate the Renaissance.

[Sal Bertucci]

Where does that info come from? I'll admit I'm ignorant, but a passive internet search says otherwise.

[Jay Vail]

Savate descends from Zipota and Makila, which predate the Renaissance.

Nobody knows where savate came from.

[Mick Keller]

http://www.savatedansederue.com/

This is Paul-Raymond Buitron's new site. His old site had some articles about his family's Savate history and it's relationship to Zipota. I am not qualified to debate, other than to say that he has discussed the relationship between Savate and Zipota on the old site and in some emails to me a few years ago.