I enjoyed this article. Coincidentally, I was able to visit Paris
last month, and trained at both Masseran and Choisy-le-Roi France!

It was a fabulous experience being at both clubs -- both were tough
work-outs with friendly people, as the article describes. It's great
getting to train with another schmo in jogging pants, and then
finding out they are a member of the French national team, or a
district champion.

One interesting sight was watching Jose prepare a guy for his first
fight -- he did five rounds against five different experienced
fighters, some from assaut and some from combat. He had a one-minute
rest between each, and a fresh opponent each round. Not an easy
exercise!

I was also able to visit the club called Lavallois. The training
there was excellent, although the atmosphere is not quite as warm.

M. Le Duigou suggested that for a North American visiting Paris, a
good way to arrange to do some training is to introduce yourself and
what you're looking for on the message board at the French Federation
website - http://www.ffsavate.com.

cheers,

Janesse
Savate Ontario

--- In salledesavate@yahoogroups.com, bjjsavate <no_reply@y...> wrote:
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> Training Savate in France
>
> This was for the ARSIC newsletter from about 4 years ago. Its
really
> reads more like a travelogue piece, but I thought some folks
> interested in Savate would enjoy reading it.
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>
> While at the site, feel free to check out the Savate area and see a
> quick clip. That's my wife, who has fought Savate and was part of
the
> USA Team to Belgium in 2002. She's not training anymore, since
she's
> carrying twins. :-)
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> http://wayofnoway.com/articles_france.html
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>
> Armando
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> BASULTO ACADEMY OF DEFENSE