Robert Paturel is a French

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boxer and

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veteran, born in 1952 in

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. He won the French Boxing championship six times in

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, and became a European champion in 1984. Nicknamed ''"Gorille"'' (

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), he is famous in France and often appears in newslets and movies teaching martial arts techniques.

Biography

Robert Paturel began his professional career as a

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and then as a

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doorman. He became a

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in the French ''Police Nationale'' in 1976. He was detached to the Instruction Company in 1980, as an expert in

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. He imported the ''

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'' to France - a Japanese baton - and codified its use in the official program of the French Tonfa-Safety Training (''Formation française de tonfa-sécurité'', FFTS); with this method being now taught in police academies. He joined the élite

(Research, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion) in 1988, the police's

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intervention unit, where he served for 20 years as an operative, operational instructor and then negotiator. In 2002, he created the concept of ''"Boxe de Rue"'' (Street Boxing), which stems from his practice of combat sports and his experience in the field. He also joined the Academy of Combat Arts (''Académie des arts de combat''
ADAC
of his friend Éric Quequet, as Street Boxing Expert, in charge of training for T.P.A.I, Negotiation, Tonfa and Telescopic baton. Over the past few years, Robert Paturel has acted in several films in which he was often also a technical advisor for themes such as intervention groups, combat and boxing; but also playing minor roles. Those movies include ''

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'', starring

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, and

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, starring

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. He has published eight books, including ''L’esprit du combat'' and ''Tonfa sécurité.'' In 2010, Robert wrote his first novel, ''Les panthères noires de Bièvre;'' a work of fiction inspired by his experience with

. His autobiographical ''Mémoires du RAID'' (Memories of the RAID) was published in 2011. He also wrote the ADAC repository book - ''Boxe de rue, techniques et étude comportementale''. In 2015, Robert published three books. The first being ''Le RAID à l'épreuve du feu'', followed by ''Boxe de Rue II, sensibilisation et défense contre armes'', ADAC's reference book and sequel to the first opus published in 2011. Finally, ''IMPACT 357 - Préparation physique pour intégrer les différentes forces d'interventions (Police Nationale, Armée, Sapeurs Pompiers)'', written with Christophe Pourcelot, deals with physical preparation for candidates to the different military and paramilitary special forces in France. In 2015, Robert Paturel created the site ''Adrenalib.com'', through which he offered the first online street boxing courses, in order to democratize the learning of self-defense among the civilian population. He also contributes occasionally to the ''

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. In October 2016, he was called to become the spokesperson for the movement of non-unionized police officers during police demonstrations following the Molotov cocktail attack on four officers on 8 October 2016 in

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. In the same year, Robert participated in the comedy movie

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as a self-defense instructor to the protagonist, officer Johanna Pasquali ( Alice Pol).

Bibliography

* Robert Paturel and Alain Formaggio, ''tonfa sécurité'', Chiron éditeur, 2001 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/421954363 * Robert Paturel, ''l’esprit du combat'', Chiron éditeur, 2002 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/469498418 * Robert Paturel, ''les panthères noires de Bièvre'', éditions Baudelaire, 2010 * Robert Paturel, ''Mémoires du Raid'', Collection Xénofon, 2011 * Robert Paturel, ''Boxe de rue, techniques et étude comportementale'', Atelier Fol'fer, 2012 *Robert Paturel, ''Boxe de rue, se défendre en toutes situations.'' *Robert Paturel et Eric Quequet, ''Boxe de rue 2, self-défense contre armes.'' *Rudy et Robert Paturel, ''Défense de rue.''

Filmography

* 2005 : ''

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'' * 2006 : ''

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'' * 2007 : ''La Vie en rose'' * 2008 : ''Go Fast'' * 2008 : ''Cold-Blooded'' * 2011 : ''

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'' (season 2) * 2012 : ''

'' * 2014 : '' The Connection'' * 2016 : ''

References

External links

Robert Paturel's official site
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1984 European French Boxing Cup
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