SAVATE THE DEADLY OLD BOOTS KICKING ART FROM FRANCE: Historical European Martial Arts

by Andy Kunz

Everyone in the martial arts community likes the feeling of walking the mean streets, confident that he will be able to defend himself when the need arise. However that kind of feeling can be dangerous when you found out on the dark alley that you’re wrong. Always keep in mind that it didn’t take 10 or more years for the crack head on the street who will assault you. The muggers just did his fighting techniques the practical way, by mugging and assaulting experience. This Handbook will give you techniques that helps you improve your technical knowledge and skills in self-defense. The classical and modern forms are shown step by steps with easy to follow photo and illustration guides. International Edition. Additional Technical content was added in this edition. "So Long as Ignorance and Misery Remain on Earth, Book like this cannot be useless – Victor Hugo”

278 pages, Paperback

Published June 23, 2022

Reviews

[Elena Ye · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very interesting book.

[Dragan Milojevic · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice idea, poor execution

While the persons demonstrating the techniques in the book are fairly skilled, the penmanship is quite poor, which makes reading hard to understand, especially in the introductory section.
The translation of the historical sources used is done sub-par, while the sources themdelves are not even mentioned.
I was fortunate enough to have travelled to France for training on several occasions, as well as to acquire a library of more than a dozen savate related books. Unfortunately, this one is the weakest of them all.