Buber's Basque Page: Zipota

There is a Basque art similar to [the French fighting style] Savate called Zipota (shoe) which also survives and contains some stick-fencing. It is a very rough sport, involving a lot of leaping kicks and throws even in competition. The use of the Basque walking stick, a light five foot shepherd's staff, is taught in an aligned discipline called Malika. Several practitioners have competed very successfully in Savate-Boxe Francaise and la canne de combat.

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anom at anom dot com 11-Feb-2008 11:19	`#6954`
`Wait... Some guy is a matriarch?... that's funny. I'm Basque and never hear nothing about it, is some fake martial art from a McDojo.`

coolarrow at texas-hunts dot com
10-Feb-2008 23:28 #6950

actually Kevin Menard was at one time my student and became my first silver glove. Zipota was taught to me by my uncle Isidro Chapa who was taught be my Great Uncle Nicefore Buitron. Danse De Rue Savate is in partial to the majority of the system made up of the ebaketas and lerraduras as well as the sugaars of zipota. To the person stating objection it is easy to object what you do not know. I invite you to train for free at any of the seminar to find out for your self what Danse De Rue Savate is. Frankly what I hav been schooled in is very much real. It is true to what Mr. Buber states Menard mentioned this back in the early ages of the internet. Nonetheless, there are plenty nodays who claim what is not theirs. Prof. Paul R. Buitron III www.savatedansederue.com

xjefflarrieux at aol dot com 03-Sep-2007 17:33	`#5966`
`i've been searching for information on zipota for a while and have come up completely empty handed.`

angusmacbride at hotmail dot com
23-Aug-2007 21:20 #5889

It has never existed this "zipota" it�s only another american martial fake. There�s no other evidence apart from their promotional page and a wiki article made by themselves. An antique basque martial art that you can only practice in texas? give me a break! Nunca ha existido nada parecido a la "Zipota". Es s�lo otra enga�ifa marcial americana. S�lo hay evidencias en su p�gina promocional y en la entrada de la wikipedia hecha por ellos mismos. �Un antiguo arte marcial vasco que s�lo puedes practicar en Texas? venga, hombre.

nilgaius at sbcglobal dot net 01-May-2007 22:46	`#5102`
`Brothers, The only place to find this unique and absolutley devistating martial science is in Laredo Texas. The art of tejano combat is called Danse De Rue Savate. It is based upon the Basque Zipota. Paul Raymond Buitron is the Matriarch of this Style. Theres no one better in my opinion in a crisis situation,armed or empty handed.`

blas at buber dot net 12-Mar-2007 10:18	`#4755`
`Actually, this article appeared on my site long before Wikipedia was even conceived. The ones ripping off another are them.`

trash at dev dot null 12-Mar-2007 7:08	`#4753`
`ripped from wikipedia uncredited. nice.`

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