Savate ( French pronunciation : ( savat ) ) , also known as boxe française , French boxing , French kickboxing or French footfighting , is a traditional French martial art which uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of western boxing with graceful kicking techniques .
Savate , also known as boxe française ( French boxing ) or French kickboxing , is a French martial art - a kind of boxe pieds-poings - which use the hands and the feet as weapons and includes elements of Western boxing , techniques of grappling and techniques of leg ( only with the feet : neither knee , nor shin ) .