La Boxe Pratique, Offensive et Defensive, Conseils Pour Le Combat Dans La Rue

During the early 1900s Julien Leclerc wrote an important treatise on French boxing according to the principles and techniques of his teacher Charles Lecour. The book, entitled –“La Boxe Pratique Offensive et Defensive Conseils Pour Le Combat Dans La Rue”, covered the practical application of both offensive and defensive techniques from both la boxe Anglaise (English boxing) and la boxe Française (French boxing). Leclerc’s detailed manual would become the creative influence for the stand-up striking skills that comprise Defense dans la Rue.
Close to two hundred training exercises are included within Julien Leclerc’s manual. These exercises are designed to be practised with a professor or fellow student and include, amongst other things –
Attacks and parries
Parry and riposte
Evasion
Evasion and stop stops
Being close to a barrier
Exercises from the false guard
Evasion and stop hits from the false guard
Exercises to get clear when one is against a barrier
Exercises of parries against kicks
Parry and riposte against punches
Riposte against the coup de pied bas and the chasse bas
Parry and riposte against high kicks
Stop hits against a step forward
Stop hits against the coup de pied bas
Leg captures
Means of defending oneself against the leg catch.