ALLEZ! – Begin!
ARBITRE – Referee
ARME – Ready position before a kick
ARRIERE – Rear, Behind, Backward motion
ASSAUT – Light contact contest emphasizing technical skill
AUTORISE – Allowed, authorised
BAS – Low (level)
BALANCE – Leg swing
BLOQUEE – Block
BOXE – Boxing
BRAS – Arm
CASQUE – Headguard
CHASSE – Driving or forcing away
CHASSE LATERAL – Side kick – using the heel of the shoe to ‘smash’
CHASSE D’ARRET – A stopping kick to the body
CHAUSSURE – Footwear
COIN – Corner
COMBAT – Full-power contest
COMPTE – Count
COQUILLE – Box (Protector)
CORPS – Body
COUP – Blow
COUP DE PIED – Kick
COUP DE PIED BAS – Low kick – using the inside arch of the shoe to ‘cut’ or sweep
COUP DE POING – Punch
CROCHET Bras Avant – Hook (punch) with the front hand
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bras Arriere – Hook (punch) with the rear hand
CROISE – Crossed
DEPLACEMENT – Distancing movement or motion – also DECALAGE
DIRECT Bras Avant – Lead hand Straight punch (Jab) – also DU GAUCHE
DIRECT Bras Arriere – Rear hand Straight punch (Cross) – also DU DROIT
DROIT – Right
ENCEINTE – Ring
ENCHAINEMENT – Sequence of blows, combination
ESQUIVE – Avoiding technique, such as ‘slipping’ or ‘bob & weave’
FIGURE – Face
FLANC – Side
FOUETTE – Whip – using the toe of the shoe to ‘stab’ when kicking
FRAPPE – Strike
FRONTAL – Front, or to the front
GANT – Glove, or with colour to indicate grade (as shown below)\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bleu = blue; Vert = green; Rouge = red; Blanc = white; Jaune = yellow
GARDE – Guard position
GAUCHE – Left
GROUPE – Chambering the leg (ready position) before a kick
HANCHE – Hip
HAUT, EN HAUT – High (level)
HORS COMBAT – Knockout (KO), or unable to continue
INTEGRALE – One-piece body suit (Unitard, or Catsuit)
INTERDIT – Forbidden
INTERIEURE – Inside
JAMBE – Leg
JAMBE TENDUE – Straight or outstretched leg
JAMBIERE – Shinpad
LATERAL – Sideways
MARCHE-CROISE – Cross-step (in front of, or behind, the lead leg)
MEDIAN – Middle (level)
NON COMBAT – No decision – where both fighters are disqualified, or the match is abandoned due to spectator behaviour for example
PARADE – Blocking technique
PESEE – Weighing
PIED – Foot
POING – Fist
PRE-COMBAT – Middle category contest with full contact & full protection
PROTEGE-DENTS – Mouthguard, gumshield
REGLEMENTS – Rules, regulations
RECONTRE – Match
REMISE – Counter with the same technique
REPRISE – a Round – usually one, one and a half, or two minutes
REVERS FRONTAL – Outside crescent kick, cutting with the outside edge of the shoe – keeping the kicking leg straight throughout
REVERS LATERAL – Turning (spinning) kick, with a straight leg throughout
REVERS Jambe Tendue – Reverse whip kick, slapping with the sole of the shoe
RIPOSTE – Counter (immediate)
SAUT – Jump
SOIGNEUR – Second, ring attendant
SWING Bras Avant – A front-hand thumb down long-arm curving punch
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bras Arriere – The same punch delivered with the rear hand
TENDUE – Straight
TENUE – Costume
TIREUR, TIREUSE (f) – Boxer
TOURNANT – Turning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ALLEZ! – Begin! ARBITRE – Referee ARME – Ready position before a kick ARRIERE – Rear, Behind, Backward motion ASSAUT – Light contact contest emphasizing technical skill AUTORISE – Allowed, authorised BAS – Low (level) BALANCE – Leg swing BLOQUEE – Block BOXE – Boxing BRAS – Arm CASQUE – Headguard CHASSE – Driving or … <\/p>\n