As I mention on my home page, my current passion is savate, French
kickboxing. Every few months the
California Savate Association
sponsors a tournament on a Sunday afternoon. In the May tournament,
thirty fighters competed, including myself-- for the first time! It
was an experience like no other.
Punch...
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Kick...
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Victory!
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Click here for
more images of the May tournament - and my name immortalized as the
winner of match #14.
Assaut Savate Tournament
(February 29, 2004)
Here are more savate photos, these are from the February 2004 competition
held at the new Bodies In Motion
gym. I lost to Angie in a split decision. Click on the photos for a
larger view.
Savate L.A. Cup
(September 12, 2004)
Still dealing with several running injuries, and with virtually no
sparring practice, I was not suprised that I lost my L.A. Cup match
to Tina. Her aggressiveness took me by surprise; the lesson is that
I need to become more aggressive myself. Anyway, I don't have any good
action shots from this match, but I do have this neat photo of me getting
expert advice in my corner between rounds.
Nicolas - my instructor, me, and Francis
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Assaut Tournament
(November 6, 2005)
After more than a year, I got back in the ring during the CalSavate
November competition. A lot of nerves led up to the event. Aside from
becoming completely exhausted and forgetting half of what I knew, I am
happy to report that I won my match, by disqualification-- as my opponent
got herself disqualified in the third round for using too much power.
I would have liked to see the fight to the end, though. One of the judges
told me afterwards that when the fight was stopped, I was ahead on points,
so I would have won anyway. Next time.
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