"Boxing vs. the savate" in 1899

**Bneterasedmynam** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 1:03pm

So basically the boxer was winning until the savate guy decided to use krav FTW. Is there any real difference between savate and tkd??

**erezb** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 1:24pm

look

**Gluckmann** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 2:25pm

Originally Posted by Bneterasedmynam

Is there any real difference between savate and tkd??

Do you mean that rhetorically/jokingly or do you really not see any meaningful difference between taekwondo and savate?

**Bneterasedmynam** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 2:41pm

Originally Posted by Gluckmann

Do you mean that rhetorically/jokingly or do you really not see any meaningful difference between taekwondo and savate?

No it's a serious question, from the vids I have seen it looks similar, just with spandex and a mime shirt instead of a gi. MimeKwanDo lol. But in seriousness I don't know enough about savate to say which is why I'm asking what makes it different??

**DdlR** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 3:01pm

Originally Posted by Bneterasedmynam

But in seriousness I don't know enough about savate to say which is why I'm asking what makes it different??

Did you watch the documentary erezb posted above?

**Bneterasedmynam** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 3:18pm

Originally Posted by DdlR

Did you watch the documentary erezb posted above?

I can't watch it until I get home, my phone doesn't load vids correctly. I have however seen a few vids of savate, the ones I have seen have alot of side kicking from a side stance which seemed to be similar to tkd. But I will watch this one as soon as I get home.

**Bneterasedmynam** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 3:33pm

Ok so wait, I got that vid to load, but just no. It's human fucking weapon for christs sake. That's the "documentary" you want me to watch hahahahahaha. That fucking show bloats every martial art out of proportion. And no watching it I don't see a difference from tkd, in fact in probably matches their tkd episode.

**Rene "Zendokan" Gysenbergs** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 3:50pm

**Rene "Zendokan" Gysenbergs** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 3:56pm

**Bneterasedmynam** · Posted On: 12/03/2012 4:10pm

Originally Posted by Rene "Zendokan" Gysenbergs

From these vids it looks like they added boxing to it, but I thought originally it was feet only. Didn't the French come up with it because they refused to box the same way as the English?? And yes I have seen a few tkd places that use boxing, granted they are few.