https://youtu.be/D825cdcXKpoVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Savate Lesson: where to put your feet? (Footwork fundamentals). (https://youtu.be/D825cdcXKpo) Watch full lesson (online members).
How do you start learning a combat sport such as Savate during the covid crisis if you cannot train in a group? To begin training Savate online, all you need is some safe space (indoors or outdoors), internet access, a few fitness pointers, and some technical coaching. We have the last two sorted if you…
Recent Savate fight. Here is my final from last year’s European Savate Assaut Championships in Cogoleto, Italy. See what you can observe going on in the tactics and push-and-pull of the fight as it progresses. The final result is 3-2 split with the judges, so it stands to reason that you should see exchanges, rounds,…
The champion’s strike is a concise idea about winning matches in Savate Assaut. My corner spoke. “Yes, you are winning, but show me you are the CHAMPION!” He gestured the technique he wanted me to apply. A spin, jump, or high kick on the break. “Now, GO!” I did what I was asked as best…
London Savate coach James Southwood completed an interview with Jeremy Lesniak at Whistlekick Martial Arts radio. It goes into detail about James’s boxing career, the philosophy of martial arts, and coaching, You can listen to the whole episode below. It was a highly enjoyable conversation – thanks Jeremy for your support and your time. Follow…
Agility in Savate. Fighting is often regarded as a battle of strength. From the Colosseum to the octagon, a strong fighter fulfils the public vision of a warrior. This vision would be all but self-evident if it were not the case that in the unfolding of a competitive fight, it is frequently the more agile…
Using limitations. A common way to coach a fighter is to try to ensure they can do everything – defences, advances, attacks, fitness, mindset, low, middle and high strikes. Cover every strategy, every possible opponent, every movement. This way, they are ready for anything. Whilst it seems natural as a teacher to offer this kind…
To be successful when learning to spar an athlete must master simultaneously the personal and physical aspects. Alongside every increment in technical ability, an equal gain must be made in temperament, emotional awareness or self understanding. Failing to heed this will result in technique without internal control, which is to say no technique at all….
