Originally Posted by Mike Brewer

Some years ago, I was fortunate to have a week-long session with Daniel Duby. Some of you may know him as one of the co-founders of the first Savate school in the US. He considers himself first and foremost a JKD man, but his true gift os with Savate. All of our workouts were in street clothes, and he wore cowboy boots. It should go without saying that his kicks did considerably more than make me feel sick and ill. He is astonishingly accurate and deceptive with his kicks, and when he landed them, it was like getting hit with a stun gun. Try and imagine even a friendly, well-controlled tap behind your ear with the toe of a cowboy boot. Or a nice, deeply sunken toe shot to the liver.

With shoes on, savate is an impressive kicking art. Maybe one of the very best.