Zenkichi" which makes his hands as sharp as blades. In the manga series Kengan Omega, Nicholas Le Banner uses a martial art he calls 'Sahate', created by incorporating techniques from Fencing, Savate, and Karate. Ash Crimson from The King of Fighters fights in a basic savate style that uses his own green flames. Ash himself is portrayed by SNK as a character with an unknown origin, because his lineage as descendant of Saiki (Those from the Past's leader), but it says too that he was raised by the Blanctorche clan, a French family. Remy from Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike uses savate in a majority of his kick normals, combined with charge command specials reminiscent of Guile and Charlie Nash. His kick normals have a long reach but are slow and punishable, placing him low among competitive 3rd Strike tier lists. John Crawley from Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters uses savate in his martial arts style. In the Tekken series, Brazilian character Katarina Alves uses savate as her fighting syle. In the mid to late 1980's, WWF commentator Gorilla Monsoon would often refer to the reverse kicks thrown by the French-Canadian Rougeau Brothers as "savate kicks." Notable practitioners Michel Casseux Joseph Charlemont Gerard Gordeau Professor Cuthbert Calculus (fictional character) Gioachino Rossini Lord Byron Baron Castleshort (James Gerard Richard Shortt) Charles Lecour Bruce Lee William E. Fairbairn Christian M'Pumbu Mickey Hardt Robert Paturel Ludovic Millet Alexandre Dumas Richard Sylla Fred Royers Fedir Shchus Pierre Vigny Silvia La Notte Tom Watson (fighter) Vitor Miranda Patrice Quarteron Cindy Perros Jasmine Harman Pierre Baruzy Peter Lee See also Federation Internationale de Savate References Further reading Description de la Savate à partir de ses formes techniques de base par Amorous (Manuel d'éducation Physique Tome 1, page 414). Défense et illustration de la boxe française. Savate, canne, chausson, Bernard Plasait, 1972, Paris, Sedirep L'art de la savate, Michel Casseux. Théorique et pratique de la boxe française, Joseph Charlemont, 1878. La Boxe Française, historique et biographique, souvenirs, notes, impressions, anecdotes, Joseph Charlemont, 1899. External links Official website of the Fédération Internationale de Savate Official website of the Fédération Française de Savate boxe Française et DA Official website of the Federation Russia de Savate Techniques of Savate Combat sports European martial arts Sports originating in France Mixed martial arts styles