1. Robert Paturel is a French Savate boxer and RAID veteran, born in 1952 in Rueil-Malmaison.
10 Facts About Robert Paturel
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Robert Paturel won the French Boxing championship six times in France, and became a European champion in 1984.
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Robert Paturel began his professional career as a pastry chef and then as a nightclub doorman.
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Robert Paturel became a policeman in the French Police Nationale in 1976.
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Robert Paturel was detached to the Instruction Company in 1980, as an expert in self-defense.
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Robert Paturel imported the tonfa to France - a Japanese baton - and codified its use in the official program of the French Tonfa-Safety Training ; with this method being now taught in police academies.
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Robert Paturel joined the elite RAID in 1988, the police's special intervention unit, where he served for 20 years as an operative, operational instructor and then negotiator.
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Robert Paturel has published eight books, including L'esprit du combat and Tonfa securite.
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In 2010, Robert wrote his first novel, Les pantheres noires de Bievre; a work of fiction inspired by his experience with RAID.
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Robert Paturel wrote the ADAC repository book - Boxe de rue, techniques et etude comportementale.