Hey guys. I just posted a link on Le Blog
<http://web.mac.com/georgehruiz/iWeb/CalSavate.com/Le%20Blog/Le%20Blog.h\
tml>   to that amazing Pennacchio-Dekkers fight
<http://web.mac.com/georgehruiz/iWeb/CalSavate.com/Le%20Blog/B8A26259-31\
0C-4340-B7F8-D4403D571FD2.html>   that Pugli mentioned. Enjoy!


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Michael no longer trains out of Insosanto Academy - he now runs his
own school - The School of Savate in West Hollywood (I train with
him). His students have bee quite successful in our Souther California
competitions. And you're right, it's a great clip showing how
effective Savate can be in the ring!

George
www.calsavate.com

--- In salledesavate@yahoogroups.com, bjjsavate <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Great clip of our friend Michael Giordani winning the Muay Thai title.
>
> Those of you who were with us on the US TEAM in 2000 or 2002 will
> remember him as the team captain.  He fights out of/trains at the
> Inosanto Academy.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oejU60qT1tY
>
> Notice the Savate skills coming through (hand/foot combo balance,
> mastery of distance, kicking/punching from range).
>
> Congratulations Michael!
>
> BASULTO ACADEMY OF DEFENSE
> www.wayofnoway.com
> www.NCSavate.com
>

Please visit the GBSF Forum (The Savate Universe) from time to
time to get a feel for what's happening over this side of the pond:

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=74832&subF
orumID=215536

Pugil

Just to inform you that Gilles le Duigou will be coming back to
Cambridge at the end of the month (Sat 27 Jan 2007) to conduct
another seminar. He will be accompanied by Florence Suire, a
many times Savate Champion, including French, European and
World.

For those of you who don't know who Gilles is, please read the
following:

Gilles le Duigou

30+ years in Savate

114 competitive fights in total (rough breakdown in brackets):

Savate (60) only lost 4 times in Savate competition; English
Boxing (20) 14 amateur and 6 Pro fights (won 4, lost 2) was
amateur Boxing Champion of Paris, and winner of two other
amateur tournaments; Kickboxing (14); and Full-Contact (20).
One of Gilles' Full-Contact trainers was the legendary Dominic
Valera.

In 1985, Gilles fought and beat the fabulous Francois
Pennacchio in the semi-finals of the French Championships.
After losing the first round, to the highly-skilled and fast kicking
Pennacchio, Gilles switched tactics and used his English Boxing
skills to win the next four rounds.

(Pennacchio later went on to defeat Ramon Dekkers, the Thai
Boxing legend, in a kickboxing challenge match. "The Dutch
sensation fought in Milan in the 1990s losing a spectacular
match against French Savate Champion Francois Pennacchio.
Nobody expected Pennacchio to last more than a few minutes,
but the Frenchman found out that Savate sweeps were effective
against Dekkers and used them to build a victory on points.")

In 1986 (before there was an official World Championships),
Gilles beat everyone he met in the ring, including Daklaoui (Fr),
to become Champion of Europe. In that same year, he also
fought a Japanese Full-Contact fighter, who was an extremely
powerful kicker. Gilles had been ill in the weeks before the fight
and, possibly as a result of that, he had both arms broken when
he tried to block a particularly strong round kick. Gilles continued
to fight, even though he knew one of his arms was broken, and
eventually knocked out his opponent in the fourth round with a
fouettй (whip kick) to the liver.

Some time after breaking his arms in that fight (he now has at
least one steel plate as a result!), Gilles fought the remarkable
Richard Sylla, but lost in the third round to an uppercut punch to
the liver. So now you know why he likes that particular target!

Please email me in the first instance for further information, or if
you are interested in attending: info@...

Pugil

Great clip of our friend Michael Giordani winning the Muay Thai title.

Those of you who were with us on the US TEAM in 2000 or 2002 will
remember him as the team captain.  He fights out of/trains at the
Inosanto Academy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oejU60qT1tY

Notice the Savate skills coming through (hand/foot combo balance,
mastery of distance, kicking/punching from range).

Congratulations Michael!

BASULTO ACADEMY OF DEFENSE
www.wayofnoway.com
www.NCSavate.com

Hi from Toronto, and Happy New Year to all savateurs...

Great footage from the last posting! Very cool to see a little history
in motion.

We just updated for our website, now strictly about savate:
http://www.trinitymartialarts.com.  It now includes a slideshow of a
few pics from the recent Championnat du Monde Assaut. I would be
interested in trading links with other savate pages and  kickboxing-
oriented sites as well, so feel free to email trinitysavate@...
if you're interested.

We also have a MySpace page if anyone wants to check it out and
become "friends" with their page: http://www.myspace.com/trinitysavate.

Checked out NCSavate.com and also added listed it in the savate
section of http://www.dmoz.org. Looking good! The calendar is a great
option.

This is some very old (silent film era) footage of a woman doing
Savate.


It looks rather silly by today's Savate standards, but still cool to
watch to see the early practice of the art (notice the takedowns and
defenses, not allowed in the ring anymore).


Enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJme1iy6qOc

NCSavate.com is now up and running. Still adding to the site, but the
matrix is now up. Please check out the site. Any pics or articles
appreciated.Thanks.

1) Is over 25 (i'm now closing in on 29) too old to start training in
Savate?  I used to back and I'm currently training in Aikido, as well
as  starting to powerlift and yoga.  I also boxed on and off in the past.

2)Is there a school in New York where I can train in Savate?

Great clip of Savateur Farid Khider fighting in K-1, the Grand Prix of
kickboxing (check out his use of the barefoot chasse bas!)

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Farid+Khider

Really good show of Savate (Khider is a Savate
champion in France).   He just incorporates some fundamental Thai
knees and clinchwork goes to town.

Keep training hard!

BASULTO ACADEMY OF DEFENSE
www.wayofnoway.com

At TEAM BAD (home of NJ SAVATE) we always set the bar high for
training intensity and training integrity.

Our philosophy was to not provide instruction in techniques
and "styles" but instead to provide immersion in diverse "training
experiences".    Many of those training experiences and scenarios
required "full commitment" from participants.   Every training
session was "student-centered" not "instructor-centered".

This demanded a lot of self-motivated dedication to a high level of
athleticism, even if only part of the time during training cycles.
Our unofficial mantra was "we'll provide the boat but you've got to
do the rowing".

Many people with best intentions were at times discouraged to find
out the commitment and hard work necessary for "real-world" ring or
fight-survival skills.

I'd like to recommend a great article regarding "real-world" training
written by Ken Good, former Naval Special Warfare operator and head
of Strategos International, a top notcht training facility for
security professionals and private contract operators.

It is a long article, but well worth the read.   I highly recommend
it.

Who is Training Whom?
"I have been in sort of an ongoing debate with some in the tactical
training community regarding the concept of "high level" training
verses "lowest common denominator training."  High-level, being
defined as challenging, difficult, slightly beyond the trainees'
capability, type of training where everybody does not
necessarily "get it" right away; in some cases, never. Training that
could be considered steak instead of the disgusting, blended carrots
you spoon feed to a toddler……"

Full Article Here:

http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=32291

BASULTO ACADEMY OF DEFENSE
www.wayofnoway.com

Check out this clip of Ali Kanfouah, Savate champ, fighting Muay
Thai.  He is the fighter in the green trunks.

Notice in this fight
- his use of distance
- great handwork from Savate
- some strong coup pied bas
- good kicking out of punching combos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUIv6_9enK0

Armando

BASULTO ACADEMY OF DEFENSE
www.wayofnoway.com

Especially when training hard, I've always warned our fighters about
cutting back to much on your fat intake.

LOW-FAT DEAD

     The American public has been told to reduce dietary fat for the
last 30 years with the justification that it would lead to better
weight loss, lower plasma cholesterol and reduced heart disease and
cancer risk. An enormous amount of effort has been put forth to
subsequently test that hypothesis.

In fact, the biggest study ever to test the
effects of reducing fat cost an estimated $415 million dollars and the
results of that study were just published in a series of studies in
the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study involved
just under 20,000 women who were instructed to reduce fat and increase
intake of vegetables, fruits, and grains. The control group included
nearly 30,000 women who maintained their normal diet. After a mean
follow up of 8.1 years, the intervention group successfully reduced
fat by 8% and this resulted in a decrease in blood cholesterol levels.
However, there were absolutely no differences in the incidence of any
heart disease. Other studies published from this database indicated
little effect on weight loss and no effect on risk of getting cancer.


These findings provide compelling evidence to reconsider the premise
that reducing dietary fat is the healthiest dietary approach. The link
between dietary fat restriction, cholesterol reduction and heart
disease has always been tenuous at best. It is too bad we spent 415
million to try and prove a faulty hypothesis. A significant amount of
research has shown benefits of lower carbohydrate diets that are
higher in protein and healthy fats.

     Notes: Howard BV, Van Horn L, Hsia J, Manson JE, Stefanick ML,
Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kuller LH, LaCroix AZ, Langer RD, Lasser NL,
Lewis CE, Limacher MC, Margolis KL, Mysiw WJ, Ockene JK, Parker LM,
Perri MG, Phillips L, Prentice RL, Robbins J, Rossouw JE, Sarto GE,
Schatz IJ, Snetselaar LG, Stevens VJ, Tinker LF, Trevisan M, Vitolins
MZ, Anderson GL, Assaf AR, Bassford T, Beresford SA, Black HR, Brunner
RL, Brzyski RG, Caan B, Chlebowski RT, Gass M, Granek I, Greenland P,
Hays J, Heber D, Heiss G, Hendrix SL, Hubbell FA, Johnson KC, Kotchen
JM. Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease: the
Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification
Trial. JAMA. 2006 Feb 8;295(6):655-66.

I am in Austin,TX and would like to train in Savate for the street not the ring.

Can anyone give me any info on clubs in the state of Texas and were I can find
in
struction in Savate?

There is a guy in Laredo but I went on his sight and saw that 90% of his
students
havew not kept up with the system or left it all together?

I think it is Savate Dans Derue or something of that nature and it is located 
in Laredo
Texas and is way to far for me.

Hello all who takes interest savate! I'm from Ukraine and also learning
savate.I would like with somebody to become acquainted that more
detailed to know about savate in others countries! And on possibility
to somebody told about savat in my country!
I hope my letter interested somebody!

There is actually. My name is Eugenio and I am a silver glove from Italy. If you
are willing to come up to Manchester New Hampshire I'll be pleased to teach you.

   Take care.

joepas56 <morpheus999@...> wrote:



Hi Krum, thanks for the link, but yes, I have been there many
times. I found it very interesting and informative, and
unfortunately it only made me want to learn Savate even more.
It seems like there isn't a savateur within two states of me :(
Oh well, I'll keep on looking!

                        thanks again,
                             Joe








>
> Hi Joe!
> My name is Krum. Im from Bulgaria. I suppose you know these place
www.savateaustralia.com
>
> ? If you dont know, from
> here you can to learn very much about savate.
> Take care and good luck.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> >Относно: [Salle de Savate] Hi all.....
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Hi Krum, thanks for the link, but yes, I have been there many
times. I found it very interesting and informative, and
unfortunately it only made me want to learn Savate even more.
  It seems like there isn't a savateur within two states of me :(
  Oh well, I'll keep on looking!

                        thanks again,
                             Joe








>
> Hi Joe!
> My name is Krum. Im from Bulgaria. I suppose you know these place
www.savateaustralia.com
>
> ? If you dont know, from
> here you can to learn very much about savate.
> Take care and good luck.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> >От: "joepas56"
> >Относно: [Salle de Savate] Hi all.....
> >До: salledesavate@yahoogroups.com
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Hi Joe!
My name is Krum. Im from Bulgaria. I suppose you know these place 
www.savateaustralia.com

? If you dont know, from
here you can to learn very much about savate.
Take care and good luck.








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>Относно: [Salle de Savate] Hi all.....
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Hello everyone,  I'm Joe and I'm interested in learning more about
Savate.  If anyone knows of an instructor in southeastern
massachusetts, please let me know, as I haven't been able to find
anyone who knows anything about the art.
   Well, I've got a lot of posts to read through here, so i guess I'll
get busy :)
                           thanks, Joe

Sean,

Thanks for the information.  San Jose is just a little out of my
range, except for the occaisional seminar.


I've bookmarked their site.


d

--- In salledesavate@yahoogroups.com, "S. Casey" <scasey1960@y...> wrote:
>
>
> Dirk,
>
> Jerome Turcan offers group Savate classes every so
> often.
>
> See:
>
> http://www.akakickbox.com/instructors.html
>
> I believe he is offering a group class on Sunday Oct
> 30 at AKA kick boxing in San Jose.  The class starts at
> 2 pm and you need to be at AKA around 15 minutes before.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Sean Casey
>
>
> --- In salledesavate@yahoogroups.com, "dirk" <mediavore@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > It's been about a year since I've posted to this list, though I read
> > all the digests as they come out.
> >
> > I found one place here in the Bay Area that teaches savate, but only
> > as private lessons.
> >
> > It's Amsterdam Gym, and their website is here:
> > http://amsterdamgym.com/
> >
> > According to the posted schedule, they dont' have a scehduled time
> for
> > group classes, but private instruction is available. It's a bit
> > pricey, but if there's enough interest, perhaps a savate class could
> > get started up.
> >
> > dirk
> >
>

Dirk,

Jerome Turcan offers group Savate classes every so
often.

See:

http://www.akakickbox.com/instructors.html

I believe he is offering a group class on Sunday Oct
30 at AKA kick boxing in San Jose.  The class starts at
2 pm and you need to be at AKA around 15 minutes before.

Best wishes,

Sean Casey


--- In salledesavate@yahoogroups.com, "dirk" <mediavore@y...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> It's been about a year since I've posted to this list, though I read
> all the digests as they come out.
>
> I found one place here in the Bay Area that teaches savate, but only
> as private lessons.
>
> It's Amsterdam Gym, and their website is here:
> http://amsterdamgym.com/
>
> According to the posted schedule, they dont' have a scehduled time
for
> group classes, but private instruction is available. It's a bit
> pricey, but if there's enough interest, perhaps a savate class could
> get started up.
>
> dirk
>

Hello all,

It's been about a year since I've posted to this list, though I read
all the digests as they come out.

I found one place here in the Bay Area that teaches savate, but only
as private lessons.

It's Amsterdam Gym, and their website is here:
http://amsterdamgym.com/

According to the posted schedule, they dont' have a scehduled time for
group classes, but private instruction is available. It's a bit
pricey, but if there's enough interest, perhaps a savate class could
get started up.

dirk

Hello Medicosoy

Chat away; be interesting to hear some information.

What art do you have first hand information / experience of?  I'm not at
all familiar with the Venezuelan arts.

James
UK

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Subject: [Salle de Savate] afrovenezuelan method or methods.

We can chat about it, im venezuelan, with first hand information.

Nsala ma le cum.






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We can chat about it, im venezuelan, with first hand information.

Nsala ma le cum.

The following is a breakdown of a Savate seminar featuring Armando
Basulto at Team Trident Martial Arts on the Outer Banks (OBX) of
North Carolina.

First just let me Thank Armando for an excellent work out. My people
were complaining about all sorts of things hurting, that weren't
hurting before..good job! It's nice to mix it up a bit.

The seminar was open to the public for the first day, and the second
was closed to only my staff.

Day one started with footwork essientials, this is why my people
can't walk..hehe. "Up on the toes", was the name of the game. You
fellow Savatuers out there should be familiar with this phrase.

Next we moved into tool development. In this, we did
somewhere between ten and a billion rounds of focus mitts and glove
work. It was great. Everyone loved it.

Finally, we did some sparring or "Assault" as they say. This is where
we got to play and really get to see what we learned.

Day two we finished with testing.

Armando is an exceptional instructor, and has a way of communicating
technique in a fun and easy to learn manner.  All in all it was a
great experience. My students and I really enjoyed having him out,
and look forward to having him out again in the future.

The following is a review of a BF SAVATE seminar in NJ, written by
Rolando Garcia, of BAD FACTORY, NYC.

-----

Just wanted to post a mini-review of the awesome savate seminar
Armando gave a couple of weekends ago here in NJ.

Saturday was basically a six-hour (yep, you read that right) savate-
fest. He covered:

- footwork management: purposeful, rhythmic, natural footwork that
can fit into your stand-up game. Introduced very simple drills to
develop logical footwork that can be executed by anybody.

- tool development drills: expanding on the footwork theme, these
drills develop the tool as well as proper distance management when
executing them. The difference between a successful 5-strike combo
and a failed one is often distance. And these drills allow the
student to take advantage of the constantly changing ranges, and
adjusting their tools around them.

- manchete: a strike unique to savate, Armando emphasized it less as
a strike, but more of a set-up for power shots with decalage
footwork. Showed uses for fighting against the ropes or cornering
someone in the turn-buckle.

- close-range savate: showed proper head-placement, arm placement for
applications on the mat (boxe francaise) and off (lutte). Even showed
nasty head-butt set-ups that can be easily hidden during a ring
match.

After the seminar, Armando surprised us by saying "several of you are
ready to test", and he proceeded to put several of us through the
paces of a savate test!! This, after 5 hours of savate training! We
all did well, but talk about sadism!! LOL!!

All in all, a fantastic seminar literally changed some beginners into
savateurs on the spot.

Oh yeah, that was all Saturday stuff.

What does he cover on Sunday? Well, he's an assistant wrestling coach
in NC now, so he covered...

...stand-up wrestling set-ups! 2 and 1/2 hours of scrambling,
knockouts, tie-ups, 2 on 1's, sprawling, takedown setups, hip shock,
barrel rolls, drilling criteria, structure, collar&elbow, underhooks,
etc. He knew I was prepping for NAGA, so he gave this mini-seminar
(for free!).

AND, just when you thought he was done...by special request he does a
mini ginastica seminar! Tigre, cachorrao, some foot slappy thingy
whose name I forgot, great stuff!

Everything is sore! My toes are sore from the fouettes I threw, my
hip flexors are sore from the decalage/deplacement work, my back is
aching from all the punching, my lower back and butt are sore from
all the level changes....GREAT TRAINING WEEKEND I SAY!!!!







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Boxe Francaise Savate Seminar
with
Armando Basulto, Certified BF Savate Moniteur 2nd Class International
BF Savate Federation, France

WHERE: CSK Martial Arts, 1375 Paterson Plank Rd Secaucus, NJ
WHEN: Saturday, July 23rd, 11am-3pm (w/ a short lunch break)

To reserve your spot for this seminar,
please contact:
Rolando Garcia III at badfactory1@....

Check out the latest article...."10 Seconds to Fight" at
WayofNoWay.com (home of the NJ SAVATE FEDERATION).

For those training for self-preservation, as well as for the ring,
this will provide some great insight into the mental aspect of The Fight.

Read the article here:

http://wayofnoway.com/articles_10seconds.html#top

Keep training and stay sharp!

New updates covering international savate tournaments have been placed
in the 'News' section of Blair Moore's web site  www.sportsavate.com

All the best ,

Craig G