Definitively closed for cessation of payment, the Fair-Play dojo which ensured a real social bond in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, and for which an entire district fought, continues to mobilize support. And could be reborn elsewhere.
“CLOSING – We regret not being able to continue the FAIR-PLAY-SPORT adventure. Thank you for the trust you have shown us for years. We wish you a great summer, we will meet at the start of the school year in another place. The formula, clear and limpid, put an end to the hopes of all those who had united in the mobilization for its survival on social networks. The Cité Champagne dojo has lowered its curtain and no one can do anything about it. Unless he lives a little further away. And with the same mindset.
For a few weeks, when his owner demanded that all arrears be paid, Jean-Pierre Vignau, 77, had felt sadness overwhelm him. This dojo, the sensei had built it with his own hands in the last century to provide his karate lessons to children and adults in this working-class district, at unbeatable prices. A real social bond in which…
Christophe Lacaze-Eslous
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