What is Francombat?
'''Francombat''' is a French [[martial art]] similar to [[jiu-jitsu]]. It was created in the year [[1988]] by Alain Basset and Dominique Dumolin. Francombat is practiced especially in the south of France. There are schools of francombat in [[Paris]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Montpellier]], and in other [[wikt:locality|localities]]. This martial art is based on the strategy and on the knowledge of the human body. During the trainings, the instructors are dressed in red clothes and the students are dressed in green ones. According to the persons that practice this discipline, the efficiency in combat depends on three factors: good physical form, good knowledge of the techniques and of the strategy, good control of [[Stress (medicine)|stress]]. The training of francombat is based on: * intensive practice of physical exercises, * complete learning of techniques of combat in the limits of the strategy that has main goal: the true efficiency, * mental and physical preparation for stressful situations, * respect for the law. ==Other websites== *[http://francombat.fr/ Site Officiel de l'Union Française de Francombat] {{in lang|fr}} *[http://www.pompiers.fr/index.php?id=1004 Francombat et sapeurs-pompiers: www.pompiers.fr] {{in lang|fr}} *[http://francombat48.free.fr/ Francombat Langonais] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809161835/http://francombat48.free.fr/ |date=2013-08-09 }} {{in lang|fr}} *[http://www.77francombat.net/ Club de villevaudé (77)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105190332/http://77francombat.net/ |date=2011-01-05 }} {{in lang|fr}} [[Category:Sport in France]] [[Category:European martial arts]]