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