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  1. From: Stovall@f88.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Stovall)
  2. Sender: Jpunix@urchin.fidonet.org
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!jpunix!urchin!Jpunix
  4. Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
  5. Subject: Savate
  6. Message-ID: <725174873.AA07224@urchin.fidonet.org>
  7. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:54:04 -0500
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  10. PH>Apparently the practice of foot-fighting arose among the rougher
  11. PH>elements of French society around 1800, for reasons that are
  12. PH>unclear; around 1820, someone...systematized this practice...
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  14. It seems I read somewhere that it was a serious offense to strike
  15. someone with your hand back then, so the baser elements developed
  16. a form of foot fighting. Then again, the story might be apocryphal.
  17.  
  18. Happy holidays,
  19.  
  20. Tom
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  23.  X SLMR 2.1a X ...noli permetere illigetimi carborundum
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