wldcat

Eurpean Savate players all wear cups!!! In fact cups are manadtory
for competition in Europe.

Savate allows kicks to any part of the body except the groin and
throat.

Round kicks in savate are snap kicks but savate also has more pushy
style kicks called 'chasse' which are basically front push kick and
side kicks.

I hope that makes things a little clearer

Liam


--- In salledesavate@y..., Eugenio Traballano <eutrab@y...> wrote:
>
>
> wldct_1998 <no_reply@y...> wrote: I've been a member of this
group for a while, but never posted until
> now. I train in Muay Thai in Arizona, but am interested in
learning
> a bit more about Savate. Are there any places out west, or are
there
> ever any seminars out here, where one could learn more about savate?
>
> Also, I was reading the post from several months back
> entitled "injuries" about fighting with shoes. It's a totally
> different dynamic for those of us in Muay Thai. Also, my
> understanding is that Savate kicks are pretty much all snap kicks.
I
> can see how that would hurt, especially with the shoe!
>
> So what are the legal target areas in savate competitions? Does it
> allow leg kicks like in Muay Thai/international rules kickboxing?
>
> Also, a friend of mine who is involved with Savate said it is not
> Savate tradition for fighters to wear cups. That sounded really
> suspicious to me. Are they crazy in Europe? Or is that just how
> they keep population growth rates down. ;-)
>
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> salledesavate-unsubscribe@y...
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service.
>
>
>
> I don't know about your friend but it is risky not to wear a cup.
Of course we use them in Europe, we do want to contribute to our
population growth rates.
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]