Savate vs. Muay Thai

[cross_trainer]

...or as close to it as we're going to see these days. Not "pure" on either side, and the rules are unusual. Pennacchio couldn't wear shoes, and Dekkers couldn't use the knees and elbows.

Still....these guys were world champs in their respective disciplines. I give you: Pennacchio vs. Dekkers.



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[OuterDrake]

I'll pick dekkers to win this fight(haven't seen it yet)

muay thai is more aggressive.

[OuterDrake]

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[cross_trainer]

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Heh heh heh.

[Grievesy]

Isn't Savate just kickboxing but without the knee strikes and the fact that it's French? Or are there some other differences? Because if not I wonder why they don't just call it Kickboxing.:conf

[cross_trainer]

Isn't Savate just kickboxing but without the knee strikes and the fact that it's French? Or are there some other differences? Because if not I wonder why they don't just call it Kickboxing.:conf

It was originally VERY different from modern kickboxing:

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Much closer these days due to cross-training, though.

[sugarngold]

Savate is nice because of the emphasis on kicking with footwear. That is useful in the streets. I'd much rather kick someone with the point of my boot than with my shin - as they are not conditioned by kicking banana trees.

[Beebs]

Interesting fight, but essentially under Savate rules; certainly closer to savate than muay thai. Savate produces very slick style fighters, like French Machida style types.

[Grievesy]

It was originally VERY different from modern kickboxing:

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Much closer these days due to cross-training, though.

Ahh I see. Thanks!:good

[cross_trainer]

Ahh I see. Thanks!:good

If you're interested, there's a lot of information about old school savate here:

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And starting on page 346 of Allanson-Winn's "Boxing" on Google Books.

[ufoalf]

From what I remember of Savate, it was meant to be fought with hard toed shoes. Which makes the likes of liver kicks with raised toes very devastating. But I don't see how it can be more useful than TKD(which can be somewhat useful if used like Machida style) in MMA match.

[cross_trainer]

From what I remember of Savate, it was meant to be fought with hard toed shoes. Which makes the likes of liver kicks with raised toes very devastating. But I don't see how it can be more useful than TKD(which can be somewhat useful if used like Machida style) in MMA match.

Well, it has punching for one thing. (I know that TKD technically does, but good luck getting a punch scored).