Michel Casseux

France
Born 1794?, La Courtille, Paris
Died 1869

Also known as

Michel Pisseux · Michel Lepisseux · Michel, called Pisseux

Description

Parisian savate and canne master, known as Michel or Pisseux. He opened the first savate salle about 1825 at La Courtille and later taught in the rue Buffault. His students included Charles Lecour, and an 1843 savate treatise was written by one of his students.

Students (1)

  • Charles Lecour
    sports_martial_artsSavate Probable
    Probable
    His own account, as Charlemont relays it.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1824)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    His own account, as Charlemont relays it.
    “Il commença très jeune à prendre des leçons de savate, il eut pour professeur le célèbre Michel Pisseux, fort réputé à cette époque. C’était en 1824, il avait alors 16 ans”
    — Charlemont, Joseph. (1899). La boxe française, historique et biographique : souvenirs, notes, impressions, anecdotes link info
    “il apprend la savate et le maniement des armes affinitaires de cette discipline (canne, bâton) auprès de Michel (dit « Pisseux »”
    — Charles Lecour - Wikipédia (fr). Wikipedia (French) link history info
    “Michel Pisseux a aussi formé Charles Lecour qui ouvre à son tour une salle d’entraînement en 1832.”
    — Michel Pisseux - Wikipédia (fr). Wikipedia (French) link history info

Sources

“Il est à l'origine de l'ouverture de la première salle officielle de savate, vers 1825 à la Courtille, et le premier à avoir enseigné cette discipline.”
— Michel Pisseux - Wikipédia (fr). Wikipedia (French) link history info
“The author was a student of Michel alias “Pisseux,” one of the most famous savate masters at that time.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info
“Another was the self-defense model, stemming directly from the original practice, which was used by Michel Casseux (alias Pisseux) and others.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Identifiers

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Michel Casseux. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JG4Y25TKZ9ESTG89MCD7WJ - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JG4Y25TKZ9ESTG89MCD7WJ, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Michel Casseux}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JG4Y25TKZ9ESTG89MCD7WJ}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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