Michel Casseux

Michel Casseux, also known as "Pisseux"^[1] (1794 - 1869) was a master of Savate.^[2]

He is widely considered one of the pioneers of this sport.^[3][4]

He is even repeatedly named as its inventor and subsequently its first teacher.^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Based on streetfighting techniques he developed around 1820 "L'art de la savate". ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

He banned certain street-fighting manners ^[14] and developed a regulated system for self-defense and competition.^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

Due to his efforts the new sport got even eligible for members of the French upper class^[21] who consequently attended his Savate gym.^{[22] [23] [24]}

He elaborated the first training system for Savate^[25] and his gym (or "salle") was the first official Savate dojo at all.^{[26] [27]}

It was his student and successor Charles Lecour who eventually added boxing techniques to Savate and made it what is nowadays established as French Boxing.^[28]

References

1. ^ "The first person to make an attempt to systematise savate was Michel Casseux (aka) Pisseux". http://www.martial-way.com/savate.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
2. ^ "The very first person who attempted to make a system out of savate was Michel Casseux, who opened the first training establishment for it.". http://fightingstyles.net/martial-arts-fighting-styles/savate.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
3. ^ "Two men were key in taking Savate out of the streets and into the modern sport world, Michel Casseux and Charles Lecour". http://www.worldwidedojo.com/sport-based/savate. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
4. ^ "The two key historical figures in the history of the shift from street-fighting to the modern sport of savate are Michel Casseux (also known as le Pisseux(1794-1869), a French pharmacist, and Charles Lecour". http://www.ursportsarena.com/savate_si. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
5. ^ "Michel Casseux dit Pisseux ouvre sa salle en 1825, il est le premier à enseigner l'escrime traditionnelle et le nouvel art de la savate : l'escrime des pieds". http://savate-champs.fr/histoire.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
6. ^ "The creation of Savate is attributed in part to Michael Casseux". http://www.kombatarts.ca/toronto_savate.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
7. ^ "Le véritable créateur de la savate fut Michel Casseux qui a su réunir des styles différents pour créer ce sport.". http://www.france-sports.fr/athletisme/doc/boxe-francaise-savate-techniques,229.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
8. ^ "1820 :Michel Casseux invente la Savate :combat de rue dont les coups sont donnés avec la chaussure et les mains ouvertes". http://ipecformation.typepad.fr/ipec_formation/files/document_atelier_mutualisation_eps_boxe_francaise_juin_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
9. ^ "En 1825 le maître d'armes Michel Casseux est le premier à enseigner l’art de la savate : l'escrime des pieds.". http://tetsujin.canalblog.com/archives/savate_boxe_francaise/index.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
10. ^ "Michel CASSEUX... est connu comme le premier Français à avoir recensé et organisé les différentes manières de se battre... dans les dans un traité qu'il appela "l'Art de la Savate"". http://www.douarnenez-boxe.com/pages/historique-de-la-savate-defense.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
11. ^ "Michel CASSEUX fut l'un des premiers à tenter de codifier ces techniques". http://martial-sport.e-monsite.com/rubrique,sport-de-combat,22320.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
12. ^ "D'abord pratiquée essentiellement dans la rue, c'est Michel Casseux qui a décidé de codifier ce sport". http://www.qctop.com/articles/boxe-francaise.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
13. ^ "D'abord utilisée dans les combats de rue, la boxe française fut codifiée vers 1820 par Michel Casseux.". http://www.savate-champs.fr/histoire.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
14. ^ "Casseux opened the first establishment in 1825 for practicing and promoting a regulated version of chausson and savate (disallowing head butting, eye gouging, grappling, etc)". http://martialinfo.com/newsletters/2011/april/. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
15. ^ "Michel Casseux was the first to standardize Savate". http://fisavate.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29&lang=english. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
16. ^ "La méthodologie de la Savate s’est développée sous l’influence de Michel Casseux". http://jamespatrickhogan.wordpress.com/. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
17. ^ "Casseux defined and categorized these fighting techniques and then taught them to the rich and other members of high society, thus popularizing the art". http://www.fitnessjp.com/026_57_savate+offers+kickboxing+with+soles. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
18. ^ "Michel Cassaux started a training school teaching a regulated and more civilised version of savate – no gouging or head-butting". http://www.yourdiscovery.com/fightquest/fightquestguide_savate.shtml. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
19. ^ "in the 1800’s, a gentleman named Michel Casseux cultivated Savate". http://www.novama.org/events/17303829/?eventId=17303829&action=detail&value=Savate+Boxe+Fran%E7aise+Seminar. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
20. ^ "The most prominent personality who changed the game from a street fighting passion in to a professional sport was Michael Casseux". http://www.fightingisyourfriend.com/savate/. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
21. ^ "Michel Casseux’s knowledge in this unique form of street fighting sparked the interest and popularity among many wealthy noblemen like the Duke of Orleans, heir to the French Throne.". http://www.ussavate.org/history.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
22. ^ "Casseux worked on defining the techniques in street fighting and promoting them into a new version of chausson and savate for his rich students.". http://articles.mmaanalytics.com/details.aspx?item=47. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
23. ^ "he instructed many noblemen and famous students in his "salle" or gym.". http://www.peterlockhart.iwarp.com/Savate.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
24. ^ "Casseux’s found favor with French aristocrats who saw foot-fighting as a possible substitute for dueling, so Casseux opened an academy teaching his methods in the Parisian district of Courtille". http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/201/300/ejmas/kronos/2001/03-01/NewHist1700-1859.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
25. ^ "Master Casseux was the first one to develop a real training system.". http://web.me.com/martialmikeresch/MartialMikeResch_english/Boxe_Fran%C3%A7aise_Savate.html. Retrieved 2011-08-27. 
26. ^ "Michel Casseux (aka) Pisseux (1794-1869), who opened the first 'official' Salle (training establishment) in 1825". http://www.traditional.ws/savate.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
27. ^ "The very first 'official' Savate training establishment 'Salle' was opened by Michel Casseux, aka Pisseux (b. 1794), in 1825.". http://www.savate.org/joomla15/index.php?view=article&id=22%3Aorigins-of-savate&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=72. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
28. ^ "Later Casseux’s student Charles Lecour incorporated the English art of boxing into savate to create the sport of boxe savate francaise.". http://www.yourdiscovery.com/martialarts/europe/savate/index.shtml. Retrieved 2011-08-27.