What Happens if you Kick a BOXER?! The Power of Kicks: Savate vs Boxing ft

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  • čas přidán 12. 02. 2023
  • One of the most fascinating studies in what happens when a boxer takes on a kickboxer who has a style of kickboxing very different than your standard Muay Thai or Dutch-style. In this dojo challenge match, Taiwanese boxer Xiao Pan aka @BOXPAN goes to seek out a sparring session with One Championship veteran Florian Garel. Florian's striking is Karate and Savate based. Xiao Pan tries his luck sticking to only boxing while enduring the crazy kick combinations of Florian's savate. Let's see the beauty of savate style kickboxing as well as appreciate what Xiao Pan did correctly with boxing! Leave your comments below and let me know what you saw and what you want to see next!
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Komentáře • 631

  • @BOXPAN
    @BOXPAN Před rokem +133

    Savage is an amazing fighting style!!

  • @kevinlobos5519
    @kevinlobos5519 Před rokem +617

    That savate dude is stupidly skilled at kicking, that was beautifull to watch. Almost like a freaking videogame character. That low kick near the end that almost swept the boxer is actually more of a leg pull it seems, using the foot. Super f'ing cool man.

    • @FightCommentary
      @FightCommentary  Před rokem +35

      I’m going to look for more savate footage. One of my coaches did some savate training, so I might look at some of the sparring footage I have.

    • @kevinlobos5519
      @kevinlobos5519 Před rokem +11

      @@FightCommentary great, I'll love seeing more of it!

    • @1individeo
      @1individeo Před rokem +4

      That kick is basic stuff in shotokan

    • @jestfullgremblim8002
      @jestfullgremblim8002 Před rokem +13

      @@1individeo I mean that is also the case in most Kung Fu Styles, Pencak Silat, almost every other Karate Style, every Capoeira Style, Hapkido, Taekkyon and the Chung Do Kwan style of Taekwondo (it kinda is present on the other taekwondo styles but they just do not practice those tecniques anymore). but that does not make it any less cool

    • @1individeo
      @1individeo Před rokem +2

      @@Adimoolah karaté? Ashi barai? Look for Karate for mma by Lyoto Machida

  • @MrByaeger
    @MrByaeger Před rokem +105

    Most Savate kicks are designed to be done wearing shoes . They pop you with the hard toe or heel in a whip like fashion so it hurts a lot more than it might look like. They pick very precise targets. It's a great art to study on it's own or as a supplement to what you already do.

    • @connorperrett9559
      @connorperrett9559 Před rokem +21

      Sounds like a good martial art for modern France where basically all self-defense weapons are illegal. Can't outlaw good boots.

    • @miguelprimo491
      @miguelprimo491 Před rokem +3

      @@connorperrett9559 France also has france combat wich is like the equivalent of U.S.A 's MCMAP

    • @senecaknowsbest8380
      @senecaknowsbest8380 Před rokem +6

      In competition some savate kicks are illegal because they will disembowel you.

    • @cantaloupegodling352
      @cantaloupegodling352 Před rokem

      ​​@@connorperrett9559 Part of it's development was because the Fist was classified as a deadly weapon so a fighting style based on kicking and slaps was made.

    • @888thawk
      @888thawk Před rokem +2

      @@senecaknowsbest8380 😂😂😂

  • @sexybluelady
    @sexybluelady Před rokem +86

    This felt like a Tekken practice mode match.

    • @stoopidhaters
      @stoopidhaters Před rokem

      Is there any Savate fighters in Tekken?

    • @tsyrendambaev9675
      @tsyrendambaev9675 Před rokem +3

      ​@@stoopidhaters pretty sure Law and Lee got some moves from savate

    • @jovanleon7
      @jovanleon7 Před rokem +3

      ​@@tsyrendambaev9675 They got it from Bruce Lee, and Bruce made JKD with some cristalized elements of Savate and Taekwondo.

    • @crisalcantara7671
      @crisalcantara7671 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@tsyrendambaev9675 stop being ridiculous , every kicking marital arts is savat to you 😂😂

    • @danlomanalo4161
      @danlomanalo4161 Před 10 měsíci +3

      ​@@crisalcantara7671lol Most of the modern kicks came from savate. Your point?

  • @FabianKreutzerSound
    @FabianKreutzerSound Před rokem +215

    I did a little Savate in my twenties. Was a lot of fun, but this Savate guy is a true master. Our teacher always told us Savate is like fencing with legs and fists. Watching this video, I see what he meant. The moves are so fluent. Awesome to watch, thanks for this video and commentary 🙏

    • @mkleng
      @mkleng Před rokem +2

      Wtf.. fencing uses swords. Boxing uses hands. Dickie Lee!

    • @mkleng
      @mkleng Před rokem

      @Jack Was i talking to you? I didn’t @ Jack, right? Well, if you think you’re so dang knowledgeable, fire away, Dickie Lee!

    • @healthyandrew5294
      @healthyandrew5294 Před rokem +2

      ​@@mkleng I'm here. I did @ you. I need to know which style wins

    • @FabianKreutzerSound
      @FabianKreutzerSound Před rokem +5

      @@mkleng You are right, and still there are similarities. In fencing you avoid being hit and dodge, since every hit could be fatal. Compare Muay Thai and Savate. In Muay Thai you take the hit or block, in Savate you try more to dodge imo.

    • @FabianKreutzerSound
      @FabianKreutzerSound Před rokem +1

      @@mkleng You are right, and still there are similarities. In fencing you avoid being hit and dodge, since every hit could be fatal. Compare Muay Thai and Savate. In Muay Thai you take the hit or block, in Savate you try more to dodge imo.

  • @Saiyan4eva
    @Saiyan4eva Před rokem +26

    You can see why Bruce Lee loved Savate so much & the influence it had on him as a martial artist

  • @cutcutado
    @cutcutado Před rokem +69

    This Savate guy makes my TKD self blush

    • @bjjbro
      @bjjbro Před rokem +18

      Savate is the best way for tkd people to transition to kickboxing. They have a lot of similarities 🤙

    • @Kid-A2
      @Kid-A2 Před rokem +7

      @@bjjbro I mean it is the first form of sport kickboxing, Muay Boran was a military martial arts and not a sport. Karate took the full contact esthetics and kicks from Savate! So yeah, you're right.

    • @KevinHuangPhasorQuantaG
      @KevinHuangPhasorQuantaG Před rokem +7

      Taekwondo pretty much descended from Savate through karate.

    • @alexmajax
      @alexmajax Před rokem +3

      TKD kicks are great, but they don't teach you how to use your hands.

    • @bjjbro
      @bjjbro Před rokem +5

      @@alexmajax it's true. Which is why tkd guys who go to savate learn boxing and get balanced out

  • @mastajon44
    @mastajon44 Před 10 měsíci +30

    The Savat guys name is Florian Garel. He’s trained in Wing Chun, Muay Thai, Kyokushin karate and some other stuff. Met him in Taiwan years back. It was a nice surprise to see him featured here. Super nice guy.

  • @misubi
    @misubi Před rokem +30

    What’s amazing is his control. His ability to pull his kicks, his spinning kicks! His balance and vision. Wow.

  • @Dave-lx3vt
    @Dave-lx3vt Před rokem +53

    As someone who did Savate for three years, I loved watching this. Thanks!

    • @FightCommentary
      @FightCommentary  Před rokem

      Do you have any footage of your savate training?

    • @Dave-lx3vt
      @Dave-lx3vt Před rokem +5

      @@FightCommentary I'd have to look. I'll get back to you. If I do it'll be embarrassing, though...😳

  • @Just_a_Reflection
    @Just_a_Reflection Před rokem +21

    That combo at 1:15 was thing of absolute beauty.

  • @ILYAS88992
    @ILYAS88992 Před rokem +7

    The correct meaning of light sparing

  • @anthonyvanced5420
    @anthonyvanced5420 Před 6 měsíci +5

    The savate techniques I see here are very similar to the taekwondo I was taught 15 years ago! I love it!

  • @daniel-san836
    @daniel-san836 Před 8 měsíci +5

    definitely the best savate demonstrations i've ever seen as well. i just thought it was an old fashion thing, but no it's apparently very fight ready.

  • @danteeudora6330
    @danteeudora6330 Před rokem +153

    People I spar with don't expect my kicks to be as fast and accurate as they are. I kick like that because of Savate. I learned a little bit of it 23 years ago and it's still there to this day. It's truly a legit, underrated fight style.

    • @FightCommentary
      @FightCommentary  Před rokem +10

      Do you have footage you can send us? Would love to see!

    • @ronniejamesdio6889
      @ronniejamesdio6889 Před rokem +1

      I would like to watch your performance too 🤩 plz

    • @justinclark3793
      @justinclark3793 Před rokem +1

      Try using the kicks in a real fight against someone who only trains boxing. You'll probably stop using kicks

    • @guy229
      @guy229 Před rokem +3

      ​@@justinclark3793 boxers are known for their great kick checks after all.

    • @justinclark3793
      @justinclark3793 Před rokem +1

      @@guy229 you don't have to know how to fight at all in order to block kicks. You just have to use your hands faster than they use their feet, which is easy. The only time I've ever had to worry about getting hit, it was against people who knew how to use their hands. I've been in dozens of real fights, even against other martial artists. I've literally never been hit by a kick in my whole life. This is McDojo BS

  • @aluisiofsjr
    @aluisiofsjr Před rokem +58

    0:58 - the most deadly technique is not realized. The last kick was a toe kick to the ribs/liver. I remember training Savate and those sneaky kicks was a pain to deal with. They come from nowhere! Sometimes it looks a normal roundhouse kick and they switch to those precise point kicks. That was devastating.

  • @DrMACPOW
    @DrMACPOW Před 8 měsíci +5

    I'm at the gym watching this and I'm about to practice Savate and Muay Thai. I gotta say that Savate is probably the most effective martial art for the streets.

  • @WAHB50YY
    @WAHB50YY Před rokem +13

    I am long time Savateur, I started in France in 1990 and then in italy where I won a Savate coaches tournament in 1998. I still train in Savate even though I mainly trained in Muay Thai and Kickboxing, but I use a lot of my Savate kicking techniques in Muay Thai and it works so well as it confuses the opponenet quite much!

    • @FightCommentary
      @FightCommentary  Před rokem +3

      You got any footage?

    • @kingofdjembe
      @kingofdjembe Před 11 měsíci +2

      Do you use chassés bas? I trained savate for some time, now when I do muay Thai I can't prevent myself from doing chassés in the legs. But it seems uncommon so I don't know if it's appropriated in Muay Thai.

  • @NetGuyMsia
    @NetGuyMsia Před 7 měsíci +3

    That was cool to watch. Boxer is a bit disadvantaged because he only uses his hands. I wonder how will Savate fare against Muay Thai?

  • @seancowboy4721
    @seancowboy4721 Před rokem +12

    Great "assaut" (light-touch sparring). That Florian Garel sure is good! Beautiful demonstration of the variety of Savate kicks. Thanks for shedding light on our sport.

  • @AntiTrollable
    @AntiTrollable Před 4 měsíci +5

    The most effective thing about savate is using shoes to attack with toes and heels. Most blocks are penetrable and a sharp point creates more force to things like the liver or even the Calf muscle.

  • @LibertyJefferson
    @LibertyJefferson Před rokem +12

    1:37
    That parry-cross-roundhouse combo was nasty.

  • @ianbrewster8934
    @ianbrewster8934 Před rokem +10

    Savate is severely underrated

  • @shengchenfan
    @shengchenfan Před rokem +16

    I always loved Savate, very quick and elusive kicking method.

  • @kwest-fr
    @kwest-fr Před 8 měsíci +3

    Savate didn't grow to its full potential because it was not professional in France, meaning the fighters (the "tireurs") had to get a regular job to pay the bills and were doing that only because of their passion for it. Turning PRO meant switching to Kickboxing or Muay Thaï.
    It has always been knowned as one of the best school for standup fighting and I wish I had been curious enough to choose that instead of Karate 1st.
    There are specific rules for you to score when kicking (the way you prepare your kick, you can only hit with the shoe etc .). When you come from Karate or Muay Thaï, it's frustrating and you are never at the "proper" distance to throw your own attacks. Result, you get lit up by so many kicks before you even realize 😀. They are all about combinations and movement. It's beautiful.

  • @FrankJeeves
    @FrankJeeves Před rokem +11

    MORE Savate please

  • @yopchagi79
    @yopchagi79 Před rokem +9

    Savateur was very skillful and fun to watch. You couldn't have choreographed anything more beautiful to watch. He pulled quite a few kicks not to damage his opponent and had amazing skill to counter punches with kicks. Most kickers eat punches once the puncher is in range.

  • @danielgron8954
    @danielgron8954 Před rokem +9

    Expert level kicking on display here. Great upload.

    • @FightCommentary
      @FightCommentary  Před rokem +1

      I’ll do another video with the boxer. He did some amazing sparring with functional tcma too!

  • @Shoegazebasedgenre0.
    @Shoegazebasedgenre0. Před 7 měsíci +3

    even though i have never trained the martial art. I have always being a superfan of savate a long time ago. I am surprised that most martial art CZcamsrs finally recognize the style although it has always been influential in the old era of martial arts.

  • @MrTheil
    @MrTheil Před rokem +52

    Savate is mad underrated.

  • @cedriche1797
    @cedriche1797 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Savate aka French boxing ❤️🇲🇫

  • @FightCommentary
    @FightCommentary  Před rokem +34

    Definitely go follow Xiao Pan who uploaded this to his channel. All the links are in the title or the description!
    拳击小潘的账号链接在标题和介绍里。

  • @errolthomas9426
    @errolthomas9426 Před 7 měsíci +3

    There are elements of Savate in Jeet Kune Do

  • @baterg2344
    @baterg2344 Před rokem +7

    Capoeira vs Savate will be legendary

  • @brdr6012
    @brdr6012 Před rokem +44

    One of the better boxer vs kicker matches was Ray Mercer vs Musashi - one of the best K1 fights ever. There was a much better skill level parallel between the two there, and Mercer put up a REALLY good fight.

    • @FightCommentary
      @FightCommentary  Před rokem +7

      I will definitely have to look at that soon! Probably for a dojo breakdown!

    • @calebhu6383
      @calebhu6383 Před 4 měsíci +1

      In contrast to Ray Mercer vs Remy Bonjasky, where Ray quit after he decided he didn't want to be kicked in the head.

    • @saihemebillings2820
      @saihemebillings2820 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Ray Mercer also koed Tim Silvia in an MMA match that no one in MMA ever brings up like it never happened. Ray Mercer wasn’t well past his prime not boxing anymore while Tim Sylvia still was.

  • @FrancFanatic
    @FrancFanatic Před rokem +3

    I’ve watched a bunch of your vids over the past few years but this one of my favorite👍🏾👑. I’ve heard of savate but what I just saw there really blew me away and inspired me to get back in the gym( Muay Thai). Thanks for another great vid 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @seanclements7917
    @seanclements7917 Před rokem +9

    as a karate guy, boxers i've trained with have NOT had a response for the sidekick i kept sticking in the ribs. At that time, i did NOT know how to defend against a left hook (OUCH!) lol! This savate brother's kicking is like WOW.

    • @crisalcantara7671
      @crisalcantara7671 Před 11 měsíci

      How did you get hit with a left hook and what type of block did you use to defend it ?

  • @omari2306
    @omari2306 Před rokem +2

    How to beat a kikboxer as a boxer, start using long range combinations, shots like the power jab adding some shots after it and the leaping hook.

  • @ytb460
    @ytb460 Před rokem +7

    Fantastic. The Savate guy controlled it and conditioned the boxer to lean back every time his leg came up so by the end went up then down . This would then confuse the boxer so he then gave up and went it. He realised he needed to get close. Round 2 would have been great. Much respect.

  • @sukotsutoCSSR
    @sukotsutoCSSR Před rokem +4

    Savateur François Pennacchio's matches shows a true clinic on how to deal with Muay Thai with savate - both at the top level. Those are must see matches!
    Ernesto Hoost's trademark combos and leg kicks are heavily influenced from Savate as well

  • @Autonamatonamaton
    @Autonamatonamaton Před rokem +12

    Come to think of it, wearing shoes would make crescent kicks a much more viable technique because the side of the sole of a shoe could easily cut someone or leave a more damaging mark than the side of your foot (always felt like crescent kicks don't really have anything on them), so perhaps some of the kung fu styles that make heavy use of crescent kicks were intended to be thrown with shoes on?

    • @jessecerasus9621
      @jessecerasus9621 Před rokem +2

      They had reinforced shoes with steel ad sometimes, retractable blades. Imagine this dude with 2 inches razor-like blades on his shoes! I would be running for my life!

    • @DemuDesu
      @DemuDesu Před rokem +3

      Shoes help front snap kicks too because your toes are protected to some extent and you don't have to be that careful about landing with the ball of the foot.

  • @romainrousseau259
    @romainrousseau259 Před rokem +2

    Magnifique Savate ! C'était beau à voir ! Merci !

  • @HybridMMAExtreme
    @HybridMMAExtreme Před rokem +16

    Savate is a legit martial art I remember I was sparring against my sambo coach he also does savate as well one time in the kickboxing class i was sparring against my coach he was using savate and I was using muay thai he was very unpredictable when I was sparring against him got some graceful kicks which I had a hard time checking them and dodging them as well when I closed the distance and had him in the thai clinch about to throw some knee strikes he ended up switch to judo and use a leg trip on me yes he also have a background in judo as well but I ended up landing on my ass when he used a judo leg trip lol but yeah savate is a pretty awesome martial art.

    • @Evilj82
      @Evilj82 Před rokem +4

      Savate Judo sounds like a sick combination.

    • @aleksxmarinov
      @aleksxmarinov Před rokem +1

      And Sambo ☠️☠️☠️

  • @shadowfighter6445
    @shadowfighter6445 Před rokem +8

    This was amazing, I would love to learn savate 🥊😍.
    Thank you for sharing ☺️.

  • @mythx123
    @mythx123 Před rokem +3

    This was a beautiful match!

  • @apxsports5904
    @apxsports5904 Před rokem +42

    The boxer can eliminate this man's kicks simply by closing distance and fighting up close in the pocket. In the same way you can take away a grapplers or wrestlers strength by bringing the fight to the outside, you can take away a kickers kicks by not allowing their feet and legs to generate momentum.

    • @aluisiofsjr
      @aluisiofsjr Před rokem +10

      Savate is not only kicks, you know? It is the closest fighting style to the boxing.

    • @SanDiegosGreatest
      @SanDiegosGreatest Před rokem +1

      Agreed , high guard , close distance and hit that body .

    • @Limemill
      @Limemill Před rokem +11

      Well, that in general is what you'd tell an infighter facing an outfighter. Does that work 100% of the time? Nope. In fact, it probably works less often than it doesn't because it's hard to close the distance with a really good outfighter with an excellent footwork. Meanwhile, you'll be eating kicks and punches as you try to close in on him. At the end of the day, it's the skill level that matters, of course. There's one more thing, though. Savate works really well with shoes. The whole point of kicking of this style is that they wear relatively heavy shoes with pointed hard tops. What they do is obliterate the liver with precision kicks in those. It really doesn't take much of effort in that kind of shoe to do that if you're really accurate, which is what they train 24/7. This guy held off a lot of times during this spar if you pay close attention

    • @leonidasthermopylae3378
      @leonidasthermopylae3378 Před rokem +7

      The only problem is that a savate boxer is as good as boxing than the boxer. So if the boxer closes the distance (which remain to be seen). He will still have a problem.

    • @hautplaceduf.cflemme9454
      @hautplaceduf.cflemme9454 Před rokem +1

      ​@@SanDiegosGreatest mike tyson

  • @davidcdun8896
    @davidcdun8896 Před rokem +5

    Boxe la Francaise (french kickboxing) is newer version of Savate, because Savate didn't have boxing hand strikes. Savate added boxing hand strikes, because they got their ass whopped by british pugulists boxers. that is how Savate developed and became Boxe la Francaise.
    Love the french kickboxing guy, really good control of his kicks. and also very light on the feet too.

    • @Sacrevert
      @Sacrevert Před rokem

      Boxe française*

    • @davidcdun8896
      @davidcdun8896 Před rokem

      @@Sacrevert Yes, my bad. Thanks for the correction.

    • @Sacrevert
      @Sacrevert Před rokem

      @@davidcdun8896 with pleasure !

  • @memolano100
    @memolano100 Před rokem +7

    The Savate guy it’s so skilled that he can pull his kicks and just touch the boxer without inflicting damage. That’s when you know someone has complete control of his strikes. A perfect partner to spar with.

    • @ericpietraszewski5913
      @ericpietraszewski5913 Před 8 měsíci

      That's because one type of Savate style is called touch. If your opponent is ko you lose. You need to control every kick. You almost always practice this style at the beginning. When you re good enough you can go with competition where ko is allowed.

  • @KO-iq2kv
    @KO-iq2kv Před rokem +2

    Looking forward to more savate videos.

  • @curtiswilliams7306
    @curtiswilliams7306 Před 7 měsíci

    Keep this calibur of content coming!!

  • @kidd32888
    @kidd32888 Před rokem +5

    this savate guy is good

  • @blissfelix
    @blissfelix Před rokem +1

    That Savate guy is super skilled, so graceful, fluid and in control . Best kicker I've seen.

  • @jestfullgremblim8002
    @jestfullgremblim8002 Před rokem +41

    Modern Karate actually took it's high kicks from Savate! And therefore, many of the ones done in Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do are also from Savate.
    So even tho Savate isn't that famous, it really left it's mark on the martial arts world.

    • @The31st
      @The31st Před rokem +6

      Didn't French sailors take kicks can from Asia to create Savate? It all probably came from China originally.

    • @jestfullgremblim8002
      @jestfullgremblim8002 Před rokem +9

      @@The31st that's just a theory tho, but yeah it could be. In the end, most things come from China lol
      My point still stands, Taekwondo, Karate and Tang Soo Do took their kicks from Savate. Which makes the art really, really important even tho it is not that famous

    • @peterclarke7240
      @peterclarke7240 Před rokem

      The circle is complete.

    • @nikithanayaer6302
      @nikithanayaer6302 Před rokem +2

      ​@@jestfullgremblim8002 well Chinese one came from India and an ancient martial art called Kalari was introduced to China through buddies monks which later turned into kunfu sooo....

    • @jestfullgremblim8002
      @jestfullgremblim8002 Před rokem +2

      @@nikithanayaer6302 yes indeed! Kalaripayattu and Shuai Jiao gave birth to basically every Kung Fu style, which in turn gave birth to the Japanese Grappling styles (Sumo, Daito Ryu, Judo, Aikido and the grappling from every kind of Jujutsu) and many of the striking and weapon styles as well!
      Kalaripayattu and Shuai Jiao are definitely the two most important martial arts ever.

  • @BWater-yq3jx
    @BWater-yq3jx Před rokem +2

    Beautiful to watch; I notice he wasn't flinging the rear arm back which is signature to the style.
    Looks like fencing, but apparently the idea of that rear arm is to hold onto something while fighting on a ship. What I heard, anyway.
    Clearly he's adjusted the style to the circumstances, so it looks like really skilled kickboxing.

  • @bjjbro
    @bjjbro Před rokem +2

    I love this video! Big fan of savate!

  • @jessecerasus9621
    @jessecerasus9621 Před rokem +9

    Savate fighters had special steel-reinforced shoes and sometimes retractable blades. Imagine that guy with blades on the tip of his shoes? I run for my life.
    In the 1800s, the greatest savate fighter was a 6'4'' french-canadian called Joe Montferrand. He never lost a fight! A monster

  • @The_Ballo
    @The_Ballo Před rokem +2

    Amazing balance and fluidity

  • @benjaminthai9915
    @benjaminthai9915 Před rokem +5

    As someone who started at a traditional boxing gym and transitioned into Muay Thai then mma, I’d argue that showing these videos show almost the same extent of people who don’t know how to grapple going into a wrestling match… show boxers who know how to check at the very least or even how to chain their punches with their kicks and vice versa… you’ll see how boxing can definitely be efficient in non boxing rules. I’ve won my first few kickboxing fights by being self aware with my checks and using kicks to close my distance then ending the show with boxing combinations. Hopefully I can record a sparring session sometime this week and send to you.

    • @FightCommentary
      @FightCommentary  Před rokem

      Looking forward to seeing your footage!

    • @naj4261
      @naj4261 Před rokem +7

      Whaaat. You have won in a kickboxing match by using kickboxing 😨😨😨

    • @MatthewNguyen-zx3de
      @MatthewNguyen-zx3de Před 6 měsíci

      Its called boxer vs savate, not kickboxer vs savate lol.
      As soon as you start dabbling in checks and kicks, you aren't even a boxer anymore what are you about? And Savateurs can punch well, so your point is moot.

  • @jacobpaint
    @jacobpaint Před rokem +1

    Apart from the Savat guy putting on a great demo, the video is high quality is great. The dynamic range and the colours look great, they could shoot a film scene… although i wonder what happens with people sparing next to plate glass windows 😅

  • @koraegi
    @koraegi Před rokem +1

    Watching the savate guy kick is like watching an artist at work wow

  • @sovcast8760
    @sovcast8760 Před 8 měsíci +3

    If Savate wasn't French it would be more popular. I try to tell people how legit Savate is, but as soon as they learn it's French Kickboxing it's always 3, 2, 1, bad pun or joke or some comment about WW2. People are just people, people!
    P.S. I love watching a Savature kick circles around some slow, every technique most be thrown at 200% power, Muay Thai guy.
    P.P.S. I love Muay Thai too, they just each have their own times of best usage.

  • @roninjovlog
    @roninjovlog Před rokem

    Awesome video!

  • @EduardoRodriguez-ks4em
    @EduardoRodriguez-ks4em Před rokem +3

    I have practiced Savate for more than 40 years. Living in South France (Toulouse and Montpellier) it made easy to learn and become an instructor. This is basic stuff and friendly sparring. Real Savate matches are much more powerful and faster.

  • @IntergalacticPirateRadio

    Aaaaah Savate... beautiful, elegant Savate!
    Created by French Sailors, used to great effect on the wild streets of Paris. They teach Paris Cops Savate you know.
    Savate literally means "Old Shoe", because Savateurs wear specialized shoes when fighting.

  • @chrisdudedurian1305
    @chrisdudedurian1305 Před rokem +9

    Savate is what TKD wishes it was

  • @anselmdsouza8018
    @anselmdsouza8018 Před rokem

    This is what i love.. in many such fights, i have seen the martial artist will try n work like a boxer and so obviously gets outclassed... Here he is using his strength irrespective of his opponent being a boxer.. results will differ in many cases if this is done.

  • @crandallexpo0648
    @crandallexpo0648 Před rokem

    Great Trapping from the savate man 🤘🏾

  • @tsoliot5913
    @tsoliot5913 Před rokem +1

    Really good stuff. I wish I could see some savate vs greco

  • @bronzetiger6360
    @bronzetiger6360 Před rokem

    Savate Dude is extremely skilled, a distance King. Great stuff.

  • @Nak_Muay_Farang11
    @Nak_Muay_Farang11 Před měsícem +1

    Most people wouldn't know what to do against this guy. Savate is the foot equivalent to boxing.

  • @Arthurparistaipei
    @Arthurparistaipei Před 9 měsíci

    Florian Garel is my coach here in Taiwan, great guy, amazingly skilled and passionate

  • @PazCristo
    @PazCristo Před rokem +2

    Savate guy got ‘mixed karate’ as base. Pan said he did not expected he would be taken down by ‘karate guy’

  • @leodouskyron5671
    @leodouskyron5671 Před rokem +2

    Glad to see Savate getting some love. Though no style is better then another in general - ALWAYS it is the attitude, person and situation. This boxer was much less skilled but it does not matter because I have seen good boxers - I don’t get to see good savate very often.

  • @granvilleeversley9023
    @granvilleeversley9023 Před rokem +1

    Love Savate!!! It's so fluid!!

  • @1mattlove1
    @1mattlove1 Před rokem +1

    Thats beautiful sparring,

  • @granddaddy_funk
    @granddaddy_funk Před rokem

    Savate guy 100% trains boxing. Those parrys were clean

  • @balabharatb
    @balabharatb Před rokem +2

    This is the pinnacle of kicking. His kicks are awesome. It will be deadly if we mix Muay that kicks with Savate kicks

    • @Limemill
      @Limemill Před rokem +4

      You don't really mix them, although you can cross-train of course. But the two approaches to fighting are kinda the opposite. Savate is all about an insane outboxing-style footwork, an impeccable sense of distance and timing that is drilled 24/7, and uber precise kicks in hard top shoes to the vulnerable parts of the body, such as the liver (which is a 100% knockout when done well). It also uses a lot of dodges (you can actually see how the savateur dodged the counterpunch to the body at some point in this video by ever so slightly blocking it from above with a glove while essentially rounding his back and sucking in his belly to avoid the punch by mere centimetres / an inch or so. Muay Thai has a rather simplistic footwork but imposes an unrelenting pressure, delivers naked-foot kicks that may be less precise but are devastatingly powerful and tries to square it off whenever possible to meet the opponent in the pocket and turn on those deadly elbows and knees. These are two styles that are at the opposite ends of the spectrum and I'd say it makes more sense to choose one that works for your body type and natural inclinations rather than try to cross train and switch from one to the other

    • @rory2698
      @rory2698 Před rokem

      ​​@@LimemillI wouldn't say it's 100% impossible. Check out Muay Thai fighter Saenchai if you haven't. He has a really unorthodox style that utilizes evasive footwork, jumping switch stances, feints, precice counter-striking even occasionally chambered/ jumping kicks.
      His style is comparable to (but not equal or above) Savate and most kickboxing styles imho. Granted, Saenchai is elite tier and the only Muay Thai guy I know that can fight like that. Your arguement stands for the most part.

    • @Limemill
      @Limemill Před rokem

      @@rory2698 Saenchai is his own martial art, lol. He can blend whatever: muay thai, capoeira, savate, boxing, you name it

    • @rory2698
      @rory2698 Před rokem

      @@Limemill
      So true, I would say he's one of those millennium talents 😂.It would be nice to see more MT guys like that, but I guess thats what Savate is for.

    • @redwithblackstripes
      @redwithblackstripes Před 11 měsíci

      Savate Kicks tends to get blended in a lot of other styles, Karate and Dutch style Kickboxing were enormously influenced by Savate (no wonder Gerard Gordeau competed as a "Savate" practitioner at UFC1), JKD of course, you can see it in MMA and as you mentioned even some Muay Thai fighters add a Savate like twist to their game.

  • @Cenyon
    @Cenyon Před rokem

    The savate guy’s mobility is freaking incredible.

  • @sogomn
    @sogomn Před rokem

    Those kicks are ART

  • @gretashapiro4118
    @gretashapiro4118 Před rokem

    In been wanting to study savate for years but it's rare.

  • @reductio1000
    @reductio1000 Před 8 měsíci +1

    3:02 4 kick combo, yes the fourth kick would have hurt him, possible Ko , but it is the SECOND one that is truly brutal, liver kick with point of savate shoe. Small reinforced object hitting your liver and ribs with the force of the legs in a snapping motion. You will go down. That liver "point of shoe" kick and multiple attacks to the knee joint + rasping down the shin of opponent with shoe edge are typical for savate.

  • @phuongdo2663
    @phuongdo2663 Před rokem +3

    Wow Florian Garel is no joke

  • @thibaultbethencourt
    @thibaultbethencourt Před 8 měsíci +1

    Très bon travail. Félicitations

  • @3stilo13
    @3stilo13 Před rokem +4

    Queixada is the name of the Capoeira kick you were trying to remember. From a side stance, the kick make a crescent movement across the head of the opponent to the outside in which then you have options to land it, whether back to ginga, the opposite side stance to throw another with the opposite foot, slide out into esquiva baixa, etc. Capoeira sparring Savate would be awesome, so would combining the two. There's also a Japanese martial art similar to Capoeira called Taido.

    • @alexkozliayev9902
      @alexkozliayev9902 Před 8 měsíci

      He mentioned hook kick, so he could mean gancho, which is more looks like to what savate guy was doing

  • @irvinjaycarranza6828
    @irvinjaycarranza6828 Před rokem +1

    Feels like I'm watching a character from Tekken. Good kicks!!

  • @gianandreagiacoma
    @gianandreagiacoma Před rokem +2

    Savate is super underestimated

  • @zachariahz
    @zachariahz Před rokem

    Wow, just fantastic kicking skills.

  • @csibi5
    @csibi5 Před rokem

    Very nice spar

  • @defaultset
    @defaultset Před 8 měsíci +1

    I can see a lot of Modern karate within Savate! But the path or both arts obviously differed hard, I hope Savate never gets watered down.

    • @radjalomas8854
      @radjalomas8854 Před 3 měsíci

      More like modern Karate took a lot from Savate, for real.
      During the modernization period of Japan, the Japanese brought in many foreign military advisors to train their army. Including many from France.
      They introduced Savate training into the Japanese army, and guess who was in the army at that time? The son of the founder of modern Karate, not sure of the name, so I won't say it. But anyway, he was influenced by that experience and that is why modern Karate has similarities with Savate.
      But don't take my word for it, look it up!

  • @MilkANDMagic
    @MilkANDMagic Před rokem +5

    Honestly the most underrated striking art, wish it was as big as muay thai

  • @bkk_savateur2437
    @bkk_savateur2437 Před rokem

    A great representation of Savate.

  • @Beave98
    @Beave98 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Savate guys making tkd guys look slow and mechanical in comparison, that's fire

  • @fimfengius
    @fimfengius Před rokem

    This is a good exhibition of how a kickboxer owns a boxer.

  • @tomanderson6140
    @tomanderson6140 Před rokem +1

    I like how Savate uses shoes. It's not only realistic, but kicking with the toe is sneaky due to the extra reach, plus it hurts with a shoe.

  • @1_Bad_Z
    @1_Bad_Z Před rokem +2

    This reminds me of when I did Karate Tournament fighting. I'm a Kung Fu stylist with various kicks that include; front, side, pointed toe round house, shuffle front kick, along with switch kicks, various side kicks, delayed kicks, low high kicks, crescent kicks. The thing that obviously is throwing off the Boxer is; the constant stance switching of the kicker due to, depending what kicks he is throwing. Rear round house kick, front round house kick which is faster, lead side kick, doubling on side kicks (follow up) via lead side kick. Sweeping the Boxer's lead leg, sweeping the Boxer's lead leg with back hand follow up. Also spinning back hand. Now there are levels. A yellow belt won't be able to do against a good Boxer what an Experienced Black belt will. For the Boxer; their edge would be what I already mentioned before. Catching that switching of stances. That's were it has to be timed correctly to score against an experienced kicker.
    I prefer the kickers style of Martial Arts because... it works far more efficiently for me. Not because I believe that it's better than Boxing. I'm 6' 1 @ 180.
    Anyone remember Kick Boxing Legend Don "The Dragon" Wilson? He's from a Kung Fu system White Dragon Kung Fu.
    His style, identical/ similar to my fighting style. Cool video

  • @mikeylitchfield4651
    @mikeylitchfield4651 Před rokem +1

    Never heard of Savate. I'm liking what I'm seeing though.

  • @reptileodinson2750
    @reptileodinson2750 Před rokem

    Amazing....he kicks. Just like every single other form of martial arts.
    Also your voice reminds me of a cartoon character but I can’t place the name right now. I’ll be back as soon as I remember.

  • @Sira628
    @Sira628 Před rokem +5

    savate is like a mixture of kickboxing and tae kwon do

    • @cahallo5964
      @cahallo5964 Před rokem +7

      Taekwondo is like savate* savate is much older

    • @ronniejamesdio6889
      @ronniejamesdio6889 Před rokem

      @@cahallo5964 how old is savate?

    • @cahallo5964
      @cahallo5964 Před rokem +1

      @@ronniejamesdio6889 difficult to say, but there are references in England of French boxers kicking from at least the 1700s.

  • @altermellion6984
    @altermellion6984 Před rokem +2

    Thanks for the commentary on this video.
    What you call axe kicks aren't. They are reverse kicks, with the dole if the shoes aimef at slapping the face or lowering the guard.
    This club is in Taiwan and is called Cyrano Savate Club Taichung.

  • @76kamikazi
    @76kamikazi Před rokem

    Don F Draiger the martial researcher in his book fighting arts around the world wrote about a savate artist that he met.The way he described the guy kicking skills as lethal and dangerous.