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A form of boxing in which blows are delivered with either the feet or the hands.

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  • He was well-practised in the French form of boxing known as la savate.
  • It combined jujitsu, English boxing, French savate and walking stick fighting.
  • "Baritsu" was just a misspelling of Bartitsu, which was a real martial art combining jujitsu, boxing, savate and walking stick fighting.
  • Of the three principal characters, one is a savate expert and another is a master of la canne de combat, and is shown posing and fighting with the Vigny walking stick.
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