Deadly Arts — Season 1, Episode 5: Savate
Documentary • 47 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
Josette travels the forgotten «ruelles d’un Paris malfamé» to discover the little known French martial art Savate, and train with its top masters. Through them, she discovers a two-hundred-year-old martial tradition, and gets the chance to train along with the French SWAT team in Savate Défense and the elegant art of cane fighting known as «La Canne» with Maître Lafond.
About Deadly Arts
Follow Black Belt Josette D. Normandeau through six spectacular episodes as she travels the planet to seek out and train with the world’s greatest martial arts masters. Josette sets out to uncover the history and culture that shaped these six martial arts: Aikido in Japan, Savate in France, Capoeira in Brazil, Karate in Okinawa, Muay Thai in Thailand and Kalaripayattu in India.