About Us

Duke Dudley is co-founder and coordinator of the North American Sport Savate Association. He has 30 years involvement in the Martial Arts. He has trained Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Full Contact and Savate with Jerome Turcan and Jean-Claude Luyuer. He also holds Black Belts in Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, Kuk Sul and Shotokan. He has trained competitors and competed in a variety of competition styles including Tae Kwon Do, Open Point, and Kickboxing.

Jerome Turcan has more than a quarter of a century in training, teaching and competing in the Martial Arts. Jerome is a specialist in all styles of Boxing and Kickboxing. He is the co-founder and the Technical Director of the North American Sport Savate Association (N.A.S.S.A.).

Jerome started his competitive carrier at the age of 18. After a successful 31 fight amateur carrier (28 wins 2 losses and 1 draw, 15 of the wins by knock out) 3 French titles and a bronze medal at the WAKO World Championships. Then Jerome went professional and between 1987 and 2002, he accumulated an impressive record of 65 wins (37 by knockout) 4 French championship titles, 1 European and 2 World titles, he won the French Savate title in 1989. In 1995 Jerome finished Vice-Champion in the K-1 (200 pound) World Championship tournament.

Jerome has produced many top fighters in a various fighting disciplines. Boxing, Savate, Full contact, Kickboxing & Thai Boxing are the styles he has produced champions in.

Boxing

  • 8 Golden Gloves Champion
  • 1 California State champ
  • 3 Regional champs
  • 1 National champ
  • 3 French champs
  • 1 Intercontinental champ (IBF)

Full Contact

  • 14 French champs
  • 2 European champs
  • 3 World champs
  • o Kickboxing
  • 2 European champs
  • 2 World champs
  • o Muay Thai
  • 2 European Champs
  • 2 U.S. National champs