Savate

NANTES – The French have amassed nine gold and three silver medals at the 1st edition of the World University Savate Championship in Nantes, France. Eleven other nations also mounted the medal podium. For the FISU Technical Chair for Savate Alexandre Walnier, the inaugural edition was a success. ‘I consider this first event as a […]

  NANTES – Yesterday, June 25th, the first edition of the World University Savate Championship officially kicked-off in front of a huge crowd. After the marching pass of the participating delegations Mr. Luc Pillot, the President of the Organizing Committee, took the floor to stress the importance of University Sport and the honor for the […]

      NANTES – Student-Savate Athletes are travelling to Nantes these days as the inaugural edition of the World University Savate Championship will take place in the French city from June 25th to 26th. Being a savate-hotbed, the University of Nantes accepted the challenge to host the first edition of the FISU Championship in […]

At the recent SportAccord Convention in Dubai, UAE, FISav, the International Savate Federation, was accepted as a member of SportAccord by its General Assembly. This global acceptance of the sport in the world wide sport family adds an extra dimension to the inaugural edition of the World University Savate Championship which will be hosted by […]

    Monday, March 1st, the FFSU held a work meeting regarding the inaugural World University Savate Championship. The following persons attended the meeting: Monique Paulou, FFSU Director Vincent Rognon, FFSU Deputy-Director Daniel Lemoine, FFSU Chair for Boxing and Savate Bertrand Gautier, FFSU Regional Director and head of the OC for the WUC Savate Jocelyne […]