Joseph Charlemont
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Joseph Charlemont
Joseph Charlemont (born 1839 in Lesdain
, France
- died 1918) was a French
savate
and Canne de combat
teacher.. His son Charles Charlemont (1862 - 1944) was also a noted savateur.
, he was instructed by Louis Vigneron. After he had fought Hubert Lecour (who was Charles Lecour's brother and a savate instructor himself), Joseph was considered one of the best competitors within French boxing. He gained recognition by taking on representatives of other schools and different styles. His fighting style and own teachings and developments were built on the modern version of savate as promoted by Charles Lecour
.
In 1887 he opened a gymnasium, it attracted high-profile people of the time, amongst them the popular author Alexandre Dumas who had already attended the salle of Michel Casseux
. His detailed update of Lecour's French Boxing established Charlemont's reputation. He described his system in two books, where he described a system built around four ranges of combat
, where striking and grappling were to be used in conjunction with one another. Hereby he created a new standard where system forms the technical syllabus which modern sport of savate is based on. Moreover he founded an association for French boxing, the Society of French Boxers (Société des Boxeurs Français). As a result of his achievements, savate increased in popularity. Due to the efforts, the French kick-boxing art reached its pinnacle of recognition, respectability and social acceptance towards the end of the 1800's.
Joseph Charlemont (born 1839 in Lesdain
Lesdain
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, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- died 1918) was a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
savate
Savate
Savate , also known as boxe française, French boxing, French kickboxing or French footfighting, is a French martial art which uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of western boxing with graceful kicking techniques. Only foot kicks are allowed unlike some systems such as Muay...
and Canne de combat
Canne de combat
Canne de combat is a French martial art. As weapon, it uses a cane or canne designed for fighting. Canne de combat was standardized in the 1970s for sporting competition by Maurice Sarry. The canne is very light, made of chestnut wood and slightly tapered...
teacher.. His son Charles Charlemont (1862 - 1944) was also a noted savateur.
Career
Although Charlemont has often been described as a student of Charles LecourCharles Lecour
Charles Lecour , who 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....
, he was instructed by Louis Vigneron. After he had fought Hubert Lecour (who was Charles Lecour's brother and a savate instructor himself), Joseph was considered one of the best competitors within French boxing. He gained recognition by taking on representatives of other schools and different styles. His fighting style and own teachings and developments were built on the modern version of savate as promoted by Charles Lecour
Charles Lecour
Charles Lecour , who 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....
.
In 1887 he opened a gymnasium, it attracted high-profile people of the time, amongst them the popular author Alexandre Dumas who had already attended the salle of Michel Casseux
Michel Casseux
Michel Casseux, also known as "Pisseux" was a master of Savate.He is widely considered one of the pioneers of this sport.He is even repeatedly named as its inventor and subsequently its first teacher....
. His detailed update of Lecour's French Boxing established Charlemont's reputation. He described his system in two books, where he described a system built around four ranges of combat
Combat
Combat, or fighting, is a purposeful violent conflict meant to establish dominance over the opposition, or to terminate the opposition forever, or drive the opposition away from a location where it is not wanted or needed....
, where striking and grappling were to be used in conjunction with one another. Hereby he created a new standard where system forms the technical syllabus which modern sport of savate is based on. Moreover he founded an association for French boxing, the Society of French Boxers (Société des Boxeurs Français). As a result of his achievements, savate increased in popularity. Due to the efforts, the French kick-boxing art reached its pinnacle of recognition, respectability and social acceptance towards the end of the 1800's.