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Joseph Charlemont
Born1839
Lesdain, France
Died1918
NationalityFrench
OccupationInstructor
Known forSavate
ChildrenCharles Charlemont

Joseph Charlemont (born 1839 in Lesdain, France - died 1918) was a French savate and Canne de combat teacher.[1] His son Charles Charlemont (1862 - 1944) was also a noted savateur.

Life

Although Charlemont has often been described as a student of Charles Lecour, he was instructed by Louis Vigneron.[2] 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.[3] He gained recognition by taking on representatives of other schools and different styles.[4] His fighting style and own teachings and developments were built on the modern version of savate as promoted by Charles Lecour.[5] His detailed update of Lecour's French Boxing established Charlemont's reputation.[6] He described his system[7] in two books, where he described a system built around four ranges of combat (i. e. striking distances,) where striking and grappling were to be used in conjunction with one another.[8]

Legacy

His books established a new standard where system forms the technical syllabus which modern sport of savate is based on.[9] Moreover, he founded an association for French boxing, the Society of French Boxers (Société des Boxeurs Français).[10]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "Joseph Charlemont, professeur de boxe française et de canne". Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  2. ^ "Joseph Charlemont, a student of Louis Vigneron". Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  3. ^ "Charlemont was among the best boxers in France". Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  4. ^ "Various other fighting systems". Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  5. ^ "Joseph, a student of LeCour's helped develop Savate professionally". Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  6. ^ "Joseph reputation". Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  7. ^ "His system". Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  8. ^ "He wrote two manuals on French boxing". Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  9. ^ "Charlemont's system forms the technical syllabus". Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  10. ^ "Vers la fin du 19e siècle, Joseph Charlemont, de retour en France crée la " Société des Boxeurs Français "". Retrieved 2011-08-10.

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