I accepted the challenges to enter the ring because, for me, it didn’t make sense to practice a competitive sport without competition. He trained me very seriously, and very naturally, the fight propositions followed. Then, when I returned to France, I met Jérôme le Banner, who had started his career in Japan. It was a brand-new experience, but for me, still linked to Aikido: I wanted to know the difference between an atemi, which is a symbolic strike that we retain in Aikido, and giving and receiving real blows. It is true I discovered kickboxing in Japan at the Kuramitsu Gym. What motivated you to take this new direction? You started fighting in kickboxing after discovering it during your stay in Japan, where it is very popular. So, when I had to teach in France when I came back, or even when I practiced as a student, I obviously tried to retain the Japanese way of practicing. They show the movement but without too many explanations. Also, the sensei, especially at the Hombu Dojo where I passed my second Dan of Aikido, speak much less. There is a sense of discipline that we don’t always find in France. Of course! In Japan, the practitioners show more respect to each other. To reach such a diverse public is comforting: it means that my subject went beyond the discipline of Aikido, and that it was valid in other fields too.ĭid your stay in Japan change the way you see and practice martial arts in France? This is obviously very gratifying.īut above all, I was able to see, even in France, the diversity of readers who were interested in it: choreographers, osteopaths, dancers, musicians, and scientists invited me to speak at conferences about my book. I was very surprised to see the public interest in a book that is, after all, a very conceptual work of philosophy! In Germany, the German translation of my book was studied for a whole semester at a German university. Since our previous interview, your book L’art du combat has also been translated into languages other than French.
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