Savate : the french name is "la savate", where you mainly use kicks to disable your opponent. AKA French kick boxing.

Foreign legion = "Légion Etrangère".
Created in 1831, this corps is mainly made of foreigners.
One of their most famous act of bravoure took place in Cameron, Mexico : 65 men, under Captain Danjou command, held back a mexican army, of over 2000 men.
Nowadays, the recruitment takes place in France only. An average of 1 candidat out of 8 is in fact recruited.
"Légionnaires" are tough guys, used on tough missions. Some 30 years ago, it was men from the 1st R.E.P. (foreign paratroopers regiment) who jumped upon Kolwesi, in the then called-Zaïre, Africa, to ensure security of french (and belgian, canadian, aso..) nationals.

www.br-legion.com/ang/accueil.htm : that's the english version of the official site
www.legionetrangere.fr : site of old timers, in french
www.legion-etrangere.info : the english version of this site is only an automatic translation by google (not really nice ...)


Alain