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Free Boxing enters a new dimension

Classes, training, events and equipment for Free Boxing practitioners, coaches and clubs.

The Academy

Boxe Libre Académie gives access to the resources of the discipline: rules, grades, videos. It educates coaches and referees, trains practitioners and equips clubs in their colours.

A hybrid martial art created in Marseille in 1993 by John Lelong: striking, gripping, throwing, submission.

What the Academy does

Four pillars
for Free Boxing

Four pillars. One discipline.

Organise

Making the rules, refereeing principles, grading syllabus and history of the discipline available to all.

  • Rules
  • Refereeing
  • Grades
  • History

Find out more : Organise

Train

Passing on techniques, helping practitioners improve and supporting coaches through training courses and workshops.

  • Coaches
  • Referees
  • Workshops

Find out more : Train

Coach

Group classes in Simiane-Collongue, one-to-one coaching and sessions for businesses.

  • Classes
  • Coaching
  • Businesses

Find out more : Coach

Equip

Jackets, shorts, T-shirts, gloves, headguards, Thai pads, focus mitts and bags customised with your club logo.

  • Clothing
  • Protective gear
  • Equipment

Find out more : Equip

The discipline

A shared framework.
A style of your own.

The rules, uniforms and grades are the same for every club. Within this framework, each practitioner builds their own way of fighting.

What is Free Boxing?

  1. The rules

    Educational and amateur Free Boxing: written rules, the same from one club to the next.

  2. Refereeing

    Clear principles for overseeing bouts and judging fairly.

  3. Technical grades

    From white belt to 5th-degree black belt, a clear progression.

  4. History

    Born in Marseille in 1993, first tournament in 1995, now practised in several countries.

  5. Technical freedom

    Each instructor passes on “their” Free Boxing, and each student chooses their own tools.

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On YouTube

Free Boxing
in pictures

Techniques, bouts, courses and gradings: watch the Academy on its channel.

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Who is it for?

An Academy open
to everyone

Practitioners

Group classes, one-to-one coaching, grading: progress at your own pace.

  • Group classes
  • One-to-one coaching
  • Grading

Find out more : Practitioners

Olivier Blanco in a fight jacket and black belt, arms folded, in the Simiane-Collongue gym

The instructor

Olivier
Blanco

Professional sports coach and 4th-degree black belt Free Boxing instructor, training since 2003. He teaches in Simiane-Collongue and runs workshops in France and French-speaking countries.

His background

Competitions

Upcoming
events

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