Boxing & Savate [Translated]

by Matthew Lynch

Whether you want to know how to "pickle the hands" to "make them hard as stones" in the old time bare-knuckle tradition or simply throw a proper coup de pied bas, this is vintage book you're looking for. Julien Leclerc, who published this book in 1911, was a passionate martial artist whose gym was a driving force in developing fighters in turn-of-the-century Paris. He taught La Boxe Francaise or Savate alongside what was then known as English boxing, which at the time had only recently adopted the practice of wearing gloves. Here he provides a very clear outline of boxing punches and Savate kicks complete with photos. There are also descriptions of fights featuring Jack Johnson and Jim Corbett, along with some details regarding the giants of the ring like John L. Sullivan. So while you are waiting for the rest of the class to show up at your dojo, why not kick back and read a few pages of Boxing & Savate?

108 pages, Paperback

Published March 31, 2018

About the author

Dr. Lynch is a Chair and Associate Professor of Education at Langston University, a blogger for the Huffington Post, a columnist for Education News, and a education advice columnist for Education World. He spent seven years as a K-12 teacher, which gave him an intimate view of the impediments that hinder genuine education reform. He has focused the second stage of his career on researching topics related to educational policy, school leadership and education reform, particularly in the urban learning environment.

Dr. Lynch’s scholarship is intended to make a redoubtable, theoretically and empirically based argument that genuine school reform and the closing of the well-chronicled achievement gap are possible. His research and commentaries have been featured in publications throughout the United States and have centered on issues ranging from school reform to politics. Throughout his career, he has been interested in developing collaborative enterprises that move the field of education forward.

Dr. Lynch is the author of It’s Time for a Change: School Reform for the Next Decade, the newly released A Guide to Effective School Leadership Theories, and the forthcoming The Call to Teach: An Introduction to Education (Pearson, 2014). In addition, he is the editor of the following projects; Before Obama: A Reappraisal of Black Reconstruction Era Politicians (Praeger, November 30, 2012), the book series Studies in Anti-Intellectualism and Academic Disengagement (Rowman & Littlefield), and a forthcoming book entitled Reimagining School Reform and Innovation (Sense, 2013). For more information, please visit his website at www.drmattlynch.com.

Reviews

[Dana Ling · Rating 2 out of 5]

Could have been better if the photo quality are good.
The layout is done poorly.

Done by an amateur book lay out artist