@article{ref1,
title="The origins of French boxing: bare-knuckle duelling, savate and chausson, 1820-45",
journal="International journal of the history of sport",
year="2001",
author="Loudcher, J. F.",
volume="18",
number="2",
pages="168-178",
abstract="Savate, also called chausson, or French boxing is a combat activity characterized by kicking and punching. Its inception reaches back to the Restoration and the monarchy of Louis-Philippe (1818-48) although it was not recognised as a combat sport until the twentieth century. This article, based on a variety of rich sources (police reports, newspapers, books, etc.) demonstrates how, on the one hand, the origins of savate can be traced back to the bare-fisted duels of the Restoration and, on the other hand, its emergence corresponds to the mutation of structural order as put forth by M. Foucault.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0952-3367",
doi="10.1080/714001559",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/714001559"
}