SAVATE TERMINOLOGY

ALLEZ!
ARBITRE
ARME
ARRIERE
ASSAUT
AUTORISE
Begin!
Referee
Ready position before a kick
Rear, Behind, Backward motion
Light contact contest emphasizing technical skill
Allowed, authorised
BAS
BALANCE
BLOQUEE
BOXE
BRAS
Low (level)
Leg swing
Block
Boxing
Arm
CASQUE
CHASSE
CHASSE LATERAL
CHASSE D'ARRET
CHAUSSURE
COIN
COMBAT
COMPTE
COQUILLE
CORPS
COUP
COUP DE PIED
COUP DE PIED BAS
COUP DE POING
CROCHET Bras Avant
CROCHET Bras Arriere
CROISE
Headguard
Driving or forcing away
Side kick - using the heel of the shoe to 'smash'
A stopping kick to the body
Footwear
Corner
Full-power contest
Count
Box (Protector)
Body
Blow
Kick
Low kick - using the inside arch of the shoe to 'cut' or sweep
Punch
Hook (punch) with the front hand
Hook (punch) with the rear hand
Crossed
DEPLACEMENT - also DECALAGE
DIRECT Bras Avant
DIRECT Bras Arriere
DROIT
Distancing movement or motion
Lead hand Straight punch (Jab)
Rear hand Straight punch (Cross)
Right
ENCEINTE
ENCHAINEMENT
ESQUIVE
Ring
Sequence of blows, combination
Avoiding technique, such as 'slipping' or 'bob & weave'
FIGURE
FLANC
FOUETTE
FRAPPE
FRONTAL
Face
Side
Whip - using the toe of the shoe to 'stab' when kicking
Strike
Front, or to the front
GANT
colour to indicate grade:
bleu
vert
rouge
blanc
jaune
GARDE
GAUCHE
GROUPE
Glove

blue
green
red
white
yellow
Guard position
Left
Chambering the leg (ready position) before a kick
HANCHE
HAUT, EN HAUT
HORS COMBAT
Hip
High (level)
Knockout (KO), or unable to continue
INTEGRALE
INTERDIT
INTERIEURE
One-piece body suit (Unitard, or Catsuit)
Forbidden
Inside
JAMBE
JAMBE TENDUE
JAMBIERE
Leg
Straight or outstretched leg
Shinpad
LATERAL Sideways
MARCHE-CROISE
MEDIAN
NON COMBAT
Cross-step (in front of, or behind, the lead leg)
Middle (level)
No decision - where both fighters are disqualified, or the match is abandoned due to spectator behaviour for example
PARADE
PESEE
PIED
POING
PRE-COMBAT
PROTEGE-DENTS
Blocking technique
Weighing
Foot
Fist
Middle category contest with full contact & full protection
Mouthguard, gumshield
REGLEMENTS
RECONTRE
REMISE
REPRISE
REVERS FRONTAL
REVERS LATERAL
REVERS Jambe Tendue
RIPOSTE
Rules, regulations
Match
Counter with the same technique
A round - usually one, one and a half, or two minutes
Outside crescent kick
Turning (spinning) kick, with a straight leg throughout
Reverse whip kick, slapping with the sole of the shoe
Counter (immediate)
SAUT
SOIGNEUR
SWING Bras Avant
SWING Bras Arriere
Jump
Second, ring attendant
A front-hand thumb down long-arm curving punch
The same punch delivered with the rear hand
TENDUE
TENUE
TIREUR, TIREUSE (f)
TOURNANT
Straight
Costume
Boxer
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