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Hi
A fairly easy one to get more people playing. Which of the main characters does (or did) a martial art, what martial art is it, and where do we see them do it?

Calculus practise the odd sport of savate as seen in Flight 714.

Well done. Savate, or french boxing, as seen on page 7. Your turn, but remember - you have 48 hours.

In the original Ile Noire, Wronzoff (Pushov) practises the jiu-jitsu, whereas Tintin himself practises the 'savate' (p.52)!
Tintin is a main character, and is present in eleven more many albums than Calculus...

Maybe there are more weird links between L'Ile Noir* & Flight 714, the Tintin adventure that takes place in Sondonesia, i.e. the East Indies* ?

What about the Black Island's English version? Does Tintin practise the savate too?

See two related links
http://www.ffsavate.com/Anglais/cadre.asp?taille=1200
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savate

* please search for related threads.

Well done, yamilah, that extra information is very interesting, I believe that you should also have a point. Yes, Tintin does say in the french original version, that he is doing savate, but in the english final version, he says that he is giving a straight left to the jaw, I suppose as english readers wouldn't know what it is.

If I am permitted, I will give both lab. road 26 and yamilah points, as this is exceptionnal circumstances. If member labrador road 26 doesn't post a question in 48 hours, yamilah can do it.

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[Response from admin: sounds fair enough to me - points to members labrador road 26 and yamilah. Congrats! :-)]