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    Mercenary, formerly of the French Foreign Legion. He is one of the most formidable unarmed combatants in the world. He has mastered numerous martial arts and is perhaps the world's leading master of Savate, the French art of kick boxing. He is an accomplished thief and smuggler.

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    #1  Edited By whirlwind6

    It's a real form of combat.  Does anyone know it?

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    #2  Edited By fesak  Moderator

    Coincidentally i saw a program on TV yesterday on Savate.
    Two US MMA champions went to France and had five days to learn Savate before going up in a real match.
    They did pretty good, but got their ass kicked in the end.

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    #3  Edited By the creator

    Quote from Wikipedia (sorry).

    Savate also known as boxe française, French boxing, French Kickboxing or French Footfighting, is a Frenchmartial art which uses both the hands and feet as weapons and combines elements of western with graceful techniques. Only foot kicks are allowed, unlike some systems, such as and Silat, which allow the use of the knees or shins.Savate is perhaps the only style of kickboxing in which the fighters habitually wear shoes (savate being a French synonym for "old ").

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    #4  Edited By The Comic Vine Avengers
    fesak said:
    "Coincidentally i saw a program on TV yesterday on Savate.
    Two US MMA champions went to France and had five days to learn Savate before going up in a real match.
    They did pretty good, but got their ass kicked in the end. "
    I love that show! Did you see the episode where they were learning Kung Fu? They almost won that one.
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    #5  Edited By fesak  Moderator
    The Comic Vine Avengers said:
    "fesak said:
    "Coincidentally i saw a program on TV yesterday on Savate.
    Two US MMA champions went to France and had five days to learn Savate before going up in a real match.
    They did pretty good, but got their ass kicked in the end. "
    I love that show! Did you see the episode where they were learning Kung Fu? They almost won that one.
    "
    It was the first time i saw it, Fight Quest or something?
    I'll have to check it out some more, actually pretty entertaining.
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    #6  Edited By Superskrull86

    Nope, not until now.

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