SAVATE - FRENCH BOXING - 1894 - Boxe francaise

http://www.savate.tk - BLOG. Early photo animation of savate fight from 1894. Times of Charles Lecour. Photo technique was one year later in 1895 patented by brothers Lumiere (fathers of moving pictures - film). But savate was always first.

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[Kunstdesfechtens]

I doubt the sailors got kicking from the far east. Accounts from Roman authorities detailed the effective kicking and punching arts of Gaulish tribes. A kick is a kick, after all. You don't have to go across the glove to learn how to do it. :)

[kalach44300]

Probably filmed with Nokia ...

[steve0281]

@Kunstdesfechtens That, essentially, was my thesis statement for my term paper.

[NateHowl]

@THEpillows100

Bruce Lee was smart and took techniques from many styles.

[THEpillows100]

wow, i can see how savate influenced Bruce Lee's kicking methods

[WarriorBoy]

@Kunstdesfechtens: You're absolutely right. The Greek art of Pankration also had kicking, and there are terra cotta pots with depictions of kicking in combat, and it's well documented that the Spartans used a stomping type kick in battle.

There is a snobbery and assumption in modern times amongst people who think they know about martial arts that kicking is something that is strictly East Asian. In reality, human bodies are all the same and the way we fight isn't that different at it's core.

[kaindrg]

@maskdesmith77 that guard is more effective for bare knuckle as it evovled specificly for that but wiht the glove teh evolution changed to what we have to day. hitting head was stupid and risked ur profession on it as u had a 80 % chance of breaking ur wrist and the golden button was teh solar plexus and it would ensure extreme pain, KO, plus chance ot death.

[kaindrg]

@Kunstdesfechtens (cont ) in public. and the the civlianized militray arts and foot games would lead to boxing venetian boxing and savate(not entirely french as it was dominate in the mediterrenean). in germany certain schools may even do rapid fire punches like wing chun yet not like wing chun. do i make sense?

[kaindrg]

@Kunstdesfechtens but the problem is almost all roman arts and roman era greco roman era arts disappera both by law and lack of neccessity. during the dark ages empty hand fighting was useless other than combat grppling(it is uses in conjunction wiht the sword iw german school and italian). im not discrediting the european origin im merely stating that historically it would only come about during the baroque, rococco, classical, and colonial era because ti became uncommon to carry weapons

[modernblacksmith]

BOOT TO THE HEAD!

[zacatetas]

punch you in the balls with a baguette. end of story

[gregdancingmachine]

Looks like they need to shovel more coal into the camera's engine.