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Charles Lecour (1808 – 1894) had started his studies of Savate at an early age, was a student of Michel Casseux who merged Savate and English Boxing to a fighting style he eventually called French Boxing. == Life == While still in France Charles Lecour watched English boxing on a high level when he was a spectator of an official match Owen Swift vs. Jack Adams in 1838. It has been reported that Lecour would have sparred with Owen Swift although Charles Lecour as a savateur wasn't used to exchanging fist blows. Due to Savate's roots in street fighting, Savateurs even held their guard low. In order to establish Savate as a fair sport Michel Casseux had dropped a number of fighting techniques that henceforth had been considered unsporting. Subsequently fighting a boxer at very close range (infight), especially someone who had cause the deaths of two English boxers was difficult for him because the use of elbows or knees was no part of the sport version of Savate. Charles Lecour would mainly have to score with techniques that in English boxing should have led to his disqualification and the fight result fueled Lecour to learn English boxing too. Even so, Charles Lecour discovered that the previous evolution of Savate justified the addition of fistfight techniques. Moreover, he realised the compatibility of Savate and English boxing. Pursuing a synthesis of both kinds of fighting he trained English boxing with Jack Adams. Therefore, his new eclectic style could also be described as Anglo-French kickboxing. Following his boxing training he returned to France where he opened his own gym in Montmartre and introduced boxing gloves which now have a unique meaning in Savate since they display (instead of belts as in many Asian fighting systems) the ranks and hereby symbolize that participation in competition is mandatory for a Savate student who wants to advance beyond beginner's degrees. He and his brother Hubert Lecour (1820–1871) also organised public demonstrations of French Boxing and their schools we prosperous. Like Michel Casseux they also had particularly wealthy gentlemen among their students. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Lecour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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