IF CAN MUST
Bridgeman Savate motto
est 1969

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La Boxe Francaise is an art of self defence.
Joseph Charlemont 1899

Audacity, audacity, forever audacity.
Napoleon



Savate is exactly the same as Boxing, except that its all the opposite.
Alexandre Dumas c1840

..... 1871

In 1898,......It is interesting to note that French boxing was far in advance of anything found in the oriental systems.
Harry Cook 1985

.1877.

La Boxe Francaise is a profound science that demands a great deal of self control, calculation, agility and strength. It is the very best development of human vigour; a contest without other than natural arms in those circumstances in which one should never be taken unawares.
Theophile Gautier 1847

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1877........................................1885

The French method of the noble art of self defence. The method might be, if only to help comparisons, divided into four sections: Boxing, Butting, Wrestling, and Chausson.
Georges d'Armoric 1898

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1885...........................................1899

Boxing with the feet has been reduced to a science in France.
Garcon 1898

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1892........................................1899

The Great Stick.......Its practice is employed in the Italian and French armies, partly to supple the men, for which purpose it is an admirable and highly interesting gymnastic exercise.
Alfred Hutton 1889

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Be bold, bloody and resolute.
William Shakespear

.1896.

A perfect knowledge and method of Self Defence is a "desideratum", but if this knowledge ever turns "defence" into "defiance" it becomes an "odium"!
Georges d'Armoric 1898