Savate Terminology

Savate Terminology
- A -
• ALLEZ! - Begin!
• ARBITRE - RefereeARME- Ready position before a kick
• ARRIERE - Rear, Behind, Backward motion
• ASSAUT - Light contact contest emphasizing technical skill
• AUTORISE - Allowed, authorised
- B -
• BAS - Low (level)
• BALANCE - Leg swing
• BLOQUEE - Block
• BOXE - Boxing
• BRAS - Arm
- C -
• CASQUE - Headguard
• CHASSE - Driving or forcing away
• CHASSE LATERAL - Side kick - using the heel of the shoe to 'smash'
• CHASSE D'ARRET - A stopping kick to the body
• CHAUSSURE - Footwear
• COIN - Corner
• COMBAT - Full-power contest
• COMPTE - Count
• COQUILLE - Shell (groin Protector)
• CORPS - Body
• COUP - Blow
• COUP DE PIED - Kick
• COUP DE PIED BAS - Low kick, using the inside arch of the shoe to 'cut' or sweep
• COUP DE POING - Punch
• CROCHET Bras Avant - Hook (punch) with the front hand
• CROCHET Bras Arriere - Hook (punch) with the rear hand
• CROISE - Crossed
- D -
• DEPLACEMENT (also DECALAGE) - Distancing movement or motion
• DIRECT Bras Avant - Lead hand Straight punch (Jab)
• DIRECT Bras Arriere - Rear hand Straight punch (Cross)
• DROIT - Right
- E -
• ENCEINTE - Ring
• ENCHAINEMEN T- Sequence of blows, combination
• ESQUIVE - Avoiding technique, such as 'slipping' or 'bob & weave'
- F -
• FIGURE - Face
• FLANC - Side
• FOUETTE - Whip, using the toe of the shoe to 'stab' when kicking
• FRAPPE - Strike
• FRONTAL - Front, or to the front
- G -
• GANT - Glove
Colour to indicate grade:
_ bleu - blue
_ vert - green
_ rouge - red
_ blanc - white
_ jaune - yellow
• GARDE - Guard position
• GAUCHE - Left
• GROUPE - Chambering the leg (ready position) before a kick
- H -
• HANCHE - Hip
• HAUT, EN HAUT - High (level)
• HORS COMBAT - Knockout (KO), or unable to continue
- I -
• INTEGRALE - One-piece body suit (Unitard, or Catsuit)
• INTERDIT - Forbidden
• INTERIEURE - Inside
- J -
• JAMBE - Leg
• JAMBE TENDUE - Straight or outstretched leg
• JAMBIERE - Shinpad
- L -
• LATERAL - Sideways
- M -
• MARCHE-CROISE - Cross-step (in front of, or behind, the lead leg)
• MEDIAN - Middle (level)
• NON COMBAT - No decision: where both fighters are disqualified, or the match is
abandoned due to spectator behaviour for example
- P -
• PARADE - Blocking technique
• PESEE - Weighing
• PIED - Foot
• POING - Fist
• PRE-COMBAT - Middle category contest with full contact & full protection
• PROTEGE-DENTS - Mouthguard, gumshield
- R -
• REGLEMENTS - Rules, regulations
• RECONTRE - Match
• REMISE - Counter with the same technique
• REPRISE - A Round: usually one, one and a half, or two minutes
• REVERS FRONTAL - Outside crescent kick
• REVERS LATERAL - Reverse whip kick, slapping with the sole of the shoe
• REVERS Jambe Tendue - Turning (spinning) kick, with a straight leg throughout
• RIPOSTE - Counter (immediate)
- S -
• SAUT -Jump
• SOIGNEUR - Second, ring attendant
• SWING Bras Avant - A front-hand thumb down long-arm curving punch
• SWING Bras Arriere - The same punch delivered with the rear hand
- T -
• TENDUE - Straight
• TENUE - Costume
• TIREUR, TIREUSE -(f) Boxer
• TOURNANT - Turning

JKD Terminology

Bai Jong - Ready Position
Biu Gee - Thrusting Fingers
Biu Sao - Thrusting Hand
Boang Sao - Deflecting Hand (Raised Elbow)
Chi – Has a Few Definitions such as “Energy,” "Spirit" or "Breath,"
Chi Sao - Energy Hands also called sticky hands
Chop Choi – extended knuckle punch
Chung Choi - Vertical Fist
Cup Sao - Scooping hand
Doan Chi Sao – one hand Energy hands training
Da – Hit or strike
Do – or “Tao” Meaning “Way”
Dum Tek - Stomp Kick
Fon Sao - Trapping Hands
Fook Sao - Horizontal deflecting hand
Gin Lai - Salute
Go Da - High Hit
Gon Sao - Outer Wrist Block
Gua Choi - Back Fist
Gua Tek - Inverted Hook Kick
Gum Sao - Pinning Hand
Ha Da - Low Hit
Ha Pak - Low Slap
Hay - begin
Hou Juk Tek - Back Side Kick
Hou Tek - Back Kick
Huen Sao - Circling Hand
Jang - Elbow
Jao Sao - Running Hand
Joap Hop - Line Up or Group Together,
Jeet - Stop or Intercept
Jeet Gurk - Shin Block
Jeet Kune Do - Way Of The Intercepting Fist
Jeet Sao - Intercepting Hand, as used in the shoulder or bicep stop
Jeet Tek - Intercepting Kick
Jern – vertical Palm strike
Jik Chung Choi - Commonly Known as the Straight Blast Meaning Straight Vertical Fist. Used For Overwhelming an Opponent With Vertical Fists Down His Center to Find the Opening Using Forward Energy
Jik Tek – Straight kick or Front Kick With Toe
Jin Choi - Uppercut
Jong Sao - Dummy Hand
Juen So Tek - Spinning Heel Kick
Juen Tek - Spin Kick
Juk Tek - Side Kick
Jung Da - Middle Hit
Jut Sao - Jerking Hand
Kow Tao - Head butt
Kune (Kun) - Fist
Kwoon – School
Lao Sing Choi - Lateral Hammer Fist Strike or a Chop With a Closed Fist
Lee Jun Fan - Bruce Lee's Chinese Name
Lie Sao - palm up pulling deflection using the edge of the thumb/wrist area (sometimes confused with Tahn Sao, though they do look similar) to redirect the force of a linear strike always done from the outside line.
Lin Sil Da - Simultaneously defend and hit (Lin Sil Die Dar)
Lok Sao - Rolling Hands
Lop Sao - Pulling Hand
Maun Choi – Jab (lead punch)
Maun Sao - Front Hand, Inquisitive hand or asking hand
Mook Jong - Wing Chung Dummy
Na – Locking or submission
O'ou Choi - Hook Punch
O'ou Tek – (sometimes spelled “now tek” due to the sound of the word with an almost silent “N”) - Hook Kick (commonly known as a round house kick in other martial art styles) Bruce Lee referred to the round kicks as Hook kicks
Pak Sao - Slapping Hand
Ping Choi - Horizontal Fist
Saat Da – Knee Strike
Si Bak - Your Instructor's Senior
Si Dai - Your Junior
Si Fu - Teacher or Instructor
Si Gung - Your Instructor's Instructor
Si Hing - Your Senior
Si Jo - Founder Of The System
Sil Lim Tao - First Wing Chun Form Called “The Little Idea”
Si Mo – Wife of Your Instructor or Female Instructor
Si Sook - Your Instructor's Junior
So Tek - Heel Kick
Sut Sao – Slicing hand or commonly known as to Chop
Tahn Sao - Palm Up Deflecting Hand
Tek - Kick
Tok Sao - Lifting arm or lifting hand (lifting under the elbow(s) like you would see in the way the Mook Jong forms end)
Tow Dai - Student
Tow Suen - Student's Student
Wong Pak – Outside Cross Slap
Wu Choi – Cross (as in Jab, cross)
Wu Sao - Rear Hand or Protective hand
Wu Tek - Rear leg
Yu Bay - Ready

Salem Assli Seminar Notes

Savate

Warm up - 2 minutes shadowboxing

Focus Pad Drills

Drill #1

Counters off the jab

Feeder feeds jabs and holds for Counter Combinations
1 - Parry & return jab
2 - Parry & return cross
3 - Parry & return jab/cross
4 - Parry & return low jab
5 - Parry & return low cross
6 - Parry & return jab/cross/hook/cross
7 - Parry & return jab/cross/low hook/cross
8 - Parry & return jab/cross/upper cut/cross

6-8 can also be done without the jab : cross/hook/cross, cross/low hook/cross, cross/uppercut/cross

Remember to keep hands up

Try to maintain a steady rhythm

Drill #2

Counters off jab/hook

1 - parry/cover Return hook, cross, lead fouette bas, rear fouette bas
2 - parry, bob weave - return cross, hook, cross, lead fouette bas, rear fouette bas

Boxing Glove Drills

Drill 1 - Avoid the Fouette Median

One partner feeds fouette median from the lead or rear leg, other partner attempts to zone to the left or right and ride the kick

- maintain your lead
- stay in range to respond (don't back away)
- look to the shoulders to read partner's intention


Drill 2 - Counters off the Fouette Median

One partner feeds the Fouette Median while 2nd partner zones and either parries or rides the kick and returns Fouette Bas/ cross/ hook/ cross/ fouette median

feeders objective is to "stab" opponent with shoe



Drill 3 - Savate Combination

Double jab (catch/slip)/ cross (slip)/ lead fouette bas/ rear fouette bas/ lead fouette high

try to stay light not on feet



Drill 4 - Counter off the Double Jab / Cross

Feed double jab/ cross - counter with double catch/ hard parry (shift lead leg out)/ rear fouette bas/ lead fouette bas/ long step out & back with lead leg/ chasse median (hop in)



Drill 5- Counter off jab/ cross

feed jab/ cross - counter with parry/ parry/ jab/ cross/ lead fouette bas/ rear fouette high



Drill 6 - Counter off jab/ cross

feed jab/ cross - counter with catch/ parry/ cross/ lead hook (step to the side) / rear fouette bas/ lead fouette high



Drill 7 - Fouette Bas

one for one fouette bas - back and forth



Drill 8- Avoid the Fouette Bas

As per drill 7 but receiver tries to avoid Fouette with
Erase the leg
Lift the leg
Switch stance and return

don't run away/ stay in range to return strike



Drill 9 - Double Lead Fouette

Throw combination of two lead Fouette kicks: low/ low, low/ median, low/ high, high/ high and the reverse coming down

- foot may touch the ground between kick going from low to high
- coming from high to low is faster without touching the ground



Drill 10 - Double lead Fouette/ Rear Free Kick

Throw double Fouette combination off lead leg and follow with any kick of rear leg.



Street Savate

Technique #1 - Response from Wrist grab

When grabbed by the wrist arm up and out, opening the line, and deliver fouette to groin or solar plexus followed by Chasse to the knee


Kali - Double Stick

Drill 1

High "X" left and right then high/ low/ high on both sides
- add footwork



Drill 2

Upward "X" 3 count/ low backhand/ high backhand - both sides
- add abanico 3 beat/ low backhand/ high backhand - both sides



Drill 3 - Pass and Hit

One partner feeds angles 1 - 5 while other partner passes (gunting) working from open or close position, and returns one backhand or forehand strike after each angle.
- make sure to work both left and right



Drill 4

As per drill 3 but add redondo following the forehand or backhand strke



Drill 5

As per drill 3 but return 3 strikes after backhand or forehand - retracting with a roof block



Stick and Knife

Drill 1- Pass and Hit

Hit as double stick drill 3 but add dagger thrust after every two stick angles. Zone to the outside of the dagger thrust, and strike 3 times with stick and dagger

- Dagger can be fed once or twice



Drill 2

Feeder attacks with 1/ 4/ 1 - counter with pass/ pass/ hit and dagger thrust/ slide dagger hand down arm to wrist and strip stick/ raise weapons to draw line thrust/ stop with stick and thrust with dagger to body/ grab attacker's daffer arm and use forearm disarm to remorve dagger/ follow with 3 variations of stick throw (1) neck (2) under arm(3) between legs


Drill 3 - Snake

Feeder attacks with #1 - counter deflection (sweep) and dagger thrust/ snake with dagger arm and hold high (to draw low thrust) / scoop with dagger and raise for double thrust (stick and knife)



Single Stick

Drill 1 - Strips off Angle 1

snake and strip

grab wrist/ turn/ and strip (forearm, triceps, stick or thrust)



Drill 2 - Takedown off angle 1

Hit/ stepthrough and hyperextend elbow/ roll to armbar and sweep leg back/ knee to shoulder/ stepthrough (behind foot)/ unbalance and sweep/ follow with kick to ankle

- can be done the same with empty hand vs stick