I've practiced Savate for only 6 months after having practiced other styles during about 5 years and I've noticed a significant improve in my defense. Specially because where I practiced I had to spar every day. In the beginning I came home with my ear ringing every day. At the end of the six months I'd practically never get hit in the face, and I was hitting my opponents a lot more too.

Highly underrated art.

Savate is so dynamic and fast !

a good savate figther is such a pain to fight against. i have immense respect for them, they are like 'ring mastermind'. they create false opportunity and punish you hard. they are such good technician

2:23 fucking unreal kick right there. the timing, landing, balance and recovery was just pitch perfect.

Savate is pretty underrated

Ive trained muay thai for many years....my coach always used to speak praise about savate how they have speed in their kicks....I see y now...that lead leg front kick from pinnachio was amazing

I'm a savateur but practiced muay thai years ago. The combination of these two is a brutal mix. Great fight

The experience of Pennacchio... Always composed, always in savate style. I like how he keeps the arms close to his face, making it more difficult to estimate his arm range

The only disadvantage for the savate fighter in this match is, because he can't wear his shoes, he can't kick with his toes.

My seminar with Francois Pennacchio over 10 years ago was the highlight of my combat sport education (along with another seminar with Sylvain Postel). Savate has soooooo much to offer to any standup practionner, and even MMA. Crazy how so many of their concepts have yet to be used in other sports. (granted, we are seeing more and more of these concepts with top level UFC dudes)

I used to practice savate for ten years and know only since few month I practice Muay Thai, and that is true we move a lot more in savate with all those little jump and we also deal better (I think) with the distance.

I like the Savate guy because he has more rhythm. He can immediately followup some punches after he kicks.

8:45 Just beautiful.. especially the last little kick to the supporting leg :)

It's interesting to see the differences in principles between Muay Thai, Savate and Kickboxing and in my opinion Savate combines striking and kicking best. In general.

The Savate fighter has really nice technique . the other guy seemed a little limited and always dropping his guard. muito bom video.

Savate is way the more fast and dynamic of the fighting arts. The concept is to make the opponent to fail, and to punish him, not using strenght but finding the sensible points. The golden rule is to attack always with at least 3 hits, the first hit is to make your opponent open and then you hit with the tip of the shoes (damnly hard) on liver, stomac, ribs, tendon, always finishing with front arm/leg in order to keep distance after the attack . Check again what Pennachio does... Another thing: in kick boxing and thai is forbidden to use the sole of the foot below the belt. When you receive a kick above the knee with the sole or even worst the heel meanwhile you are going towards your opponent, you knee is over extended, you are stopped, with no guard and balance, completely passive to your opponent. This simple kick is the worst weapon of savate that is never used (or even forbidden) in fighting sports.

You can see here how Savate uses the left leg (right handed fighter) way more than than Muay Taî, right is more powerfull, but left is way faster, it's like a Jab with the leg.

Huge respect for both fighters

Man I've never watched this fight before and I gotta say, Pennacchio is very good here. He lands some very clean strikes and shows an amazing management of distance. It's a pleasure to watch. Made us savateurs proud lol

Savate is fast and utilize boxing very well! Love those fancy kicks too!

Savate: boxe française Elle est nettement plus élégante , merci pour les commentaires positifs de cette boxe trop peu connue ...

The way the savate guy throws his low kicks with his guard up is pretty cool. Istead of focusing on generating maximum power by swinging his arm down and exposing his chin. He instead just snaps the low kick out while guarded, still effective and much more safe.

savate style is more focus to combination move than muay thay

François c'est un super combattant doublé d'un super mec...j'ai participé avec lui au tournoi "kinf of the ring" au kirghistan lui en - 67 kg moi en - 63 kg. Nous avons mis les gants pour nous préparer à nos combats respectifs...et je peux vous dire que mine de rien ..CA FRAPPE !!!! sur tous les impacts. Il à d'ailleurs gagné le tournoi dans sa catégorie. Un mec humble, vrai guerrier et qui ne lâche rien avec en plus une intelligence du ring. Trop méconnu. Quelques images d'époque que de souvenir des précurseurs du pied/poing...bon visionnage a tous. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r6ljZrJ8rNvKpac.html

Holy crap! That David guy can take a hit. He just wouldn't give up!

14:53 man, what a kick Pennachio is a joy to watch fighting

great francois! great champion!

I realise that a lot is down to individual fighters in any fight but the few savate fighters I have seen have impressed me as has the style.

Pennacchio totally owned it...

Going to start watching savate fighters now...I am impressed.

Hergault's strategy seems to have been to get Pennacchio to punch and kick him repeatedly in the head to tire him out.

@Kai Watts, MMA fighter? David Hergault is a traditional Muay Thai fighter (Asian Style), which you can see by looking his stance and fighting style: low focus on boxing, high focus on kicking, low focus on combos, high focus on single hits, not very light on his feet. This is a good fight to see the difference between the 2 styles.

Le chassé latéral haut jambe avant reste un des plus beaux coups de pieds que l'on puisse voir en boxe pieds poings, magnifique combat. Pennachio represente les tireurs de savate a l'ancienne, aussi forts qu'elegants, jai vu ce combat des dizaines de fois et je me régale toujours autant.

Thank you for the video. Savate and Muay Thai are both very powerful self defense arts.

Highly underrated art and it is therefore dangerous. :)

Tremendous fight, thanks for uploading!

Both did a great job although they were both limited by the rules. MT cannot go for the sweep or throw and his elbows and knees were limited to be used during the clinch. Savate guy had the least limitations because his art suits well for the rules, but couldnt use Savate's signature shoes so his kicking power was significantly lowered. My reflections on both arts. In my opinion Savate is faster, with better footwork, has more reach and has a much better defense than Muay Thai. However Muai Thai is much more resourceful (eight limbs, clinch, throws and sweeps), develops an outstanding punishment tolerance and generates whole a lot more kicking power, although power difference is reduced when Savate has its shoes on. I still think Muay Thai kicks are stronger. Both are great arts and here we are looking at two great fighters.

At 6:57 you see the essence of Muay Thai (Maximum Brute force) vs Savate (Timing and enough power).

Penacchio: le chassé-figure jambe avant, au premier round : absolument magnifique !!! (Et le fauchage du deuxieme round n'est pas mal non pus !)

Combining Muay Thai and Savate would be one deadly combination. Dynamic long range attacks and fluid footwork with devastating close quarters striking.

Pennachio beat Ramon 'Diamond' Dekkers! The original Dutch guy that beat the Thais on their own turf and rules. I'm considering Erik Paulson's STX (savate X thai boxing), can't hurt to learn a few hybrid combinatons

In Savate you train to take kicks to the legs , instead to defend against them. You lean with you leg in an enemy kick, to take away his speed and room for get hard. That alone makes fighters to really, really strong tanks. Thats why the savate fighter could counter the kickboxers kick like a cheesecake

The Savateur....mobile heavy artillery. Very effective!

I can't believe it..!! That's a muay thay fighter, its an incredible fight.

Le revers figure de penachio est juste extraordinaire

Nice axe kicks, you don't see those often. Props to Hergault for using the classic Rocky strategy of blocking strikes with his face.

Savate ❤

Good video. Thank you for sharing

I'd like to see a top Savate fighter fight a top Muay Thai from Lumpini.

I don't know a lot about savate but is the reason the kicks can come at you so deceptively and fast because of how the kicks are chambered? Can someone who is a savate practitioner answer what aspects savate focuses on compared to Muay Thai

Savate is heavily underrated fr

2 Magnifiques combattants!

Это было потрясающе!

Is it allowed to clinch and knee under kickboxing rules?

I liked the resilence against the knee strikes

Sou do Muay Thai mas acho que esse juiz salvou de mais o cara do Muay Thai, não ?

Damn! Savate is very good! No wonder Bruce Lee studied this art.

savate combo made the difference.

Western striking arts like kickboxing and savate have advantage to traditional Muay Thai due to English boxing mixed. Superior hands is a big thing..

From what I have observed, savate fighters have a good sense of distancing which is why they have pinpoint accuracy in their kicks.

Props to the killer Savate fighter! I annoyed his footwork and setups! 👍🏽 As a Muay Thai fighter myself, I know this guy is not an elite Thai boxer. He doesn't know how to clinch properly, his leg kick technique specifically is complete shit. On top of that, his defense is atrocious..

très beau match, dommage que la savate est moins mise en avant, surtout avec la lutte parisienne

Really good fight.

What event was this?

Great savateur Pennachio !

Joli combat.

I am learning Savate and Krav Maga and my instructor told me to watch this video. Now I know why... :)

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 real fight 1:21 🥊 👇❤

Боец савата великолепен!

That was a great fight

Is not it great when the winner is announced and the camera is outside of the stadium?

French boxing is the best boxing to begin to fight fist and feet...

Très beau combat.

nice fight ... Saware ..is not often to seen .. But very effective....early of founding of Jkd was based very skills of this martial art

Savatte fighters start to think about getting into MMA after legalization of the sport in France, so we'll probably get to see some guys with savatte background in UFC in a few years, actually if guys like Gane or Dumbe are so good in striking it's also because of this french boxing history, tons of french striking coach have savatte background or have fought or learn savatte at one stage of their life. It was a university sport also

Savate is a system of fighting with hard soled shoes, with shoes these body kicks would have broken ribs and split the liver.

Tres beau combat

nice fight i'm a little bit surprised though the french boxer didn't used tricks such as sweeping the thay boxer, especially when he was stuck in the ropes and tried to hit him with the knees

A few people know, the, VEGA´S STYLE OF COMBAT in STREET FIGHTER GAMES IS "SAVATE", easy to see in the STREET FIGHTER, THE ANIMATION MOVIE IN THE 90´s, a lot "joints" kicks, and similar kicks

Wow

Somebody was catchin' those hands!

Savate is like ballet and kick boxing. It uses deception of kicks and combinations. Very versatile while muay thai is very linear.

Gr8 upload

The only thing I don’t approve of in Muay Thai is how flat footed most Thai fighters are compared to kick boxers and other striking styles. When I think of a dangerous striker I think of someone who is absolutely fluid and can effectively strike and avoid being struck

Muy buena pelea

Pour avoir rencontrer François Pennacchio je peu dire que c'est un vrai champion

La BF est vraiment le plus bel art martial

The ref was doing his best for any reason to stop this fight. Hergault, though game, was just outclassed.

i adore savate ....intelligence...mobility agaisnt brutality of muay thai

tres bon combat, tres dynamique.

Why does the Muay Thai guy have a tennis racket on his head?

All I have to say is "it was a good match."

son buenos los savateurs!!

Savate fighters are very technical and have good movement and fast and sharp kicks

That axe kick was beautiful. Announcers said side kick I believe it was a axe kick

damn that kick to face. Fucking hell

Why aren´t there more savateurs in K1? Its´s a shame, their style is good and effective and it would be a win for any K1 event.

good fight

For once I'd like to see a match between an elite savateur and an elite practitioner of Muay Thai. Clearly you can see that Pennacchio has a much higher degree of expertise and dominance of Savate than Hergault has of Muay Thai and if not, it seems Hergault was very off his game. It would be amazing to see a proper Thai fighter from Thailand mix it up. The level of speed dexterity and tenacity of the Thai fighters would look great against the flair and agility of the Savateurs. Just my humble opinion.