Universally,
the French martial arts are usually called by one of
follow names:
Savate, Escrime, Boxe or Lutte. With hundreds of years of armed conflict between
many cultures, Savate is the consolidation of their vast combative influences,
A merge of the following cultures includes : English, Castilian, Catalan, Basque, Bretagne & Flemish. Savate blended together the proven fighting techniques of Europe, into an art that is aristocratically gentle with back alley brutality. Its traces can by found to date back to the mid 1500s.
Many talk about the fact that thugs, sailors, and nobles where contributors and lead to many philosophies which blended into a Love of Respect and over all life.
Buitron’s
Danse De Rue Savate(sm) is a system of combat that is named after the family who
developed it as well as a phrase that is internationally used to start a fight “ do you
want to dance”. Which the name of the art means the Danse of the Street. Buitron’s Savate
Danse De Rue(sm) is but a system that represents the
western pugilistic arts.
Danse De Rue Savate(sm) is the systematical blend of the true disciplines of western
pugilism that have been inherited by the Buitron’s for more than five
generations. This systematic system is a merge of Boxing, Savate, Chausson,
Lutte Parissienne, Canne de Combat, Zipota, Saca Tripas, Baton and Panache.
Many believe that Danse De
Rue was developed in France, **WRONG**
this system was developed in Texas to be precise. When the International Guild
of 
Danse De Rue Savate was formed
on July 17 1994.
The name savate was chosen over zipota by a panel of Professors. Who were: Isidro Chapa, Jonathan Ayers, Robert Paturel, Jean-Paul Viviani, Peirre Change, Dr. Paul R. Buitron, Paul-Raymond Buitron III, Andre Germe, Keith See and Dominick Dacklue.
The Technical Director or Head of the Guild is Professeur Paul-Raymond Buitron III, but a Practitioner of Danse De Rue Savate(sm) is called a zipotero, unlike its counter parts of Boxe Francaise which are called savateur's'. Its Zipoteros are now using the term "on point all the time" to describe the system.
Danse de Rue Savate(sm) is effective why: it shows responses to the body's reactions of the opponent, acknowledgement of striking points, respect of each type of attack and above all accepting reality.