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Category Archives: Black Atlantic

4th January 2025
General, Black Atlantic, Brazilian Empire, Other martial arts

The origins of savate, chausson and French boxing (1798-1842)

Savate, “chausson”, sailors and the sea in the development of French boxing, 1798-1875 By Jean-François Loudcher Savate, as a duel of kicks and punches, originated…

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17th July 2023
1st Republic, Black Atlantic, General, Maranhão, Other states

Sailors, Moleques and “Heroes”: Capoeira in Maranhão in the First Republic

By Roberto Pereira. When the gunboat Lamego, of the Brazilian Navy, left São Luís, on 18th June 1887, the city breathed a sigh of relief.…

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