#savate

me and @yelotelo playing

shoot by @waforrbrowncastle

Quite true.

He dances well and he practices "savate" and "chausson". I tried looking up their differences but I keep finding the same results for both words. It's not boxing, it's also called French boxing but it's much more similar to kick-boxing. It originated in Parisian and Marseillais slums but it later got popular among aristocracy as well. You use kicks and slaps, punches were introduced around 1830.

According to the brick, Grantaire is very good in stick fighting too. I always found interesting he is the only one among Les Amis (as far as we know) who is actually trained to fight and he is the one who doesn't lift a finger. It's emblematic of how he has the potential to serve the revolution, he doesn't apply it deliberately.

It's said he also sings constantly, even if I don't think it's very good since it's drunk singing.

He's very knowledgeable in history, he reads english mortality statistics, he has a classical education from what we know but he randomly talks about acids in a drunken rant and once I read (I don't remember where so it may not be reliable info) that what he said was correct and academic knowledge in 1832.

Savate 101: Chasse Bas A Quick Comprehensive Guide.