Okay: 1970's draw back: if anyone has seen Return of the Dragon...Bruce Lee himself used the rear oblique kick-front round kick combination against Chuck Norris in the final fight!!! Legit stuff
@GlasgowBlueBear1690 You may know it as "The Way of the Dragon" I can't remember which title it was released under in the USA. Anyway, it's a Bruce Lee movie about a man (Lee) who travels from Hong Kong to help his extended family deal with a local crime syndicate in Rome. His final fight is against Chuck Norris, who had just become a world Karate champion in full contact fighting. They fought in the Coliseum.
Is there a particular reason they throw their high sidekicks, roundkicks, & hook kicks with a straight (even looks locked out) supporting leg? If you let that knee bend during kicking you can drop your hips/bodyweight into the kick more.
I'm not really sure, i did taekwondo and i can tell that it's not unique to this style to maintain the supporting leg straight. Maybe is for training, because in actual combat you would change it to however it fits better.
In Savate you want to move as fast as possible, even if it means to lose some power. Given that you fight with shoes (hurts a lot) precision is more important than extra power. But believe me when you get hit by a Savateur it does hurt a lot and eventually it's as efficient as any kind of kick boxing. It's hard for a regular kick boxer to land hits at a Savateur.
they have a unique way to execute moves.damn i gotta incorporate some of these moves for diff combinations.seems like there is a slight bend on supporting leg
