a French kickboxing style

History: Savate is a French kickboxing style that began among French sailors in the seventeenth century.

a French martial art in which both the hands and feet are used as weapons

Savate is a French martial art in which both the hands and feet are used as weapons.

a type of French martial arts also called French foot preventing, French kickboxing and French boxing which includes utilizing both the arms and feet as weapons

Savate is a type of French martial arts also called French foot preventing, French kickboxing and French boxing which includes utilizing both the arms and feet as weapons.

old shoe' in French

Savate actually means 'old shoe' in French.

the fighting art from France

Savate (aka Boxe Francaise) is the fighting art from France.

the only style of kickboxing in which the fighters habitually wear shoes

Savate is perhaps the only style of kickboxing in which the fighters habitually wear shoes.

a 1995 martial arts western directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Olivier Gruner

Savate (film) Savate (also known as The Fighter) is a 1995 martial arts western directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Olivier Gruner, promoted as the allegedly true story of the world's first kickboxer.

just a term meaning Savate-Boxe Française

Nowadays, savate is just a term meaning Savate-Boxe Française.

‘old shoe

The term savate (savat) means ‘old shoe’ and originally referred to the disdained old shoe so often used in street fighting.

to the disdained old shoe so often used in street fighting

The term savate (savat) means ‘old shoe’ and originally referred to the disdained old shoe so often used in street fighting.