Last weekend was the savate workshop given by Mr Le-Duigou. It was a
great workshop and I had great time. It was well worth waking up at
6:30am on a Sunday morning! I learned many things, in particular a
lot of French savate words. That surprised me since I speak French,
so in order to help my fellow savateur I wrote some of them below.

Désengagement: lit. "to disengage", to break up. Préparation,
Exécution, Désengagement.

Organisé/Désorganisé: lit. organized/disorganized.
Désorganiser
l'adversaire: to mess up your opponent.

Tir de barrage: lit. (volley of fire shots??, like in soccer when
they go in overtime and shoot freely at the goal). Firing straight
punches, like a straight blast in JKD.

Rompre: lit. to break up. Note: 'Rompre' is often used when
talking about human relationship, while 'désengager' is used for
situation like a business deal, a battle, etc. Drill where you
backup and pak (more JKD words..) an incoming chassé latéral
médian
so that his upper body balances forward and you can punch him.

Pao: focus mitts

la danse du loup: lit. dance of the wolf. A fouetté bas drill.

Reprise: round

Respirer: lit. to breath. Meaning break, end of drill. (That's a
good one btw, 'break' is one of those English words that's short &
sweet. It's hard to translate and so easier to just use as is
instead of saying something that doesn't make any sense. But I
like 'respirer').

Prise d'information: lit. gathering data. Reading your opponent's
moves.

Arme: lit. weapon. Any of your two fists or foot. "Une bonne garde
est une garde où l'on peut utiliser ses quatres armes à tout
moment". A good guard is a guard where you can use any of your four
weapons at any moment.

Appuyer: lit. to lean, to rest. When he says, "Appuyer le
deuxième
coup de pied", it means to put power on the second kick. And of
course the célèbre "L'appui c'est la puissance" quote.

Gauche/Droite: lit. left/right. I think he uses that for jab/cross
but I'm not sure.

Some trivia:

"ermine" (sp?): small animal, symbol of Choisy-le-Roi school. The
story behind it is pretty good, maybe I'll post it later or somebody
else can write it...

"Le roi Dagobert": French song, I don't know the lyrics but he sang
it on observing that one savateur had put his tenue intégrale
inside-
out. Mr. Le-Duigou is one funny guy :)