Michel Casseux

[2] He is widely considered one of the pioneers of the sport, and is even credited as its inventor.

[3][4][5][6] Based on streetfighting techniques he developed around 1820 "L'art de la savate".

[7][8] He banned certain street-fighting manners and developed a regulated system for self-defense and competition.

[9][10] Due to his efforts the new sport even became attractive to members of the French upper class who consequently attended his Savate gym.

[13] 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.