Last week, in a Pixie and Dixie cartoon from the early 60s (part of the Hanna/Barbera stable) that ran on Cartoon Network. My 6-year-old son and I watch old toons together, and there, in that P&D short, was a French cat who went around kicking things, yelling "Le Savate!"
Plus, I studied some savate when I was involved in the martial arts world. As with many things French, it was inferior to better systems, in this case mostly Korean and Chinese (gotta love that, eh Lou?).
DP