“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 everyone had found themselves when it was necessary to step up.
12,300 euros collected when 90,000 were needed
With only €12,300 collected (when 90,000 were needed), and despite hundreds of signatures and the support of the town hall of the 20th arrondissement, the fight was lost in any case.
Blame it on a devastating pandemic.
The bankruptcy filing has therefore been recorded but there will be no receivership.
When he returns from his internship in the south of the country, Jean-Pierre Vignau will make an appointment with the real estate agent mandated by the owner (who lives in New Caledonia) to hand him the keys.
Parents who are not yet aware will find the door closed when bringing their children to the start of the school year.
Unless, as the message indicates, another solution is found by then.
One of the ideas launched by several people from the support group is to find another room, if possible not very far away, with the same teachers.
“The district needs these specialists recognized in their discipline, insists Hélène, whose son was taking lessons from the former master stuntman.
We must try to save them.
It's not the location that matters.
That's what we do there.
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Charly Hoang wants to revive the Cité Champagne dojo in the 20th arrondissement.
Professor of boxing and grappling (ground wrestling) in the old structure, Charly Hoang for his part brought out a two-year-old project that he intended to set up… in Yonne.
"The idea is to have a room open even during the holidays so that young people don't roam the streets and do mischief," warns the chef.
My concern is also to keep the soul of this dojo, and not to lose the little ones.
“Discussions are underway with the municipality.
The project, if it is still far from being completed, therefore at least has the merit of existing.
Jean-Pierre Vignau will never give up.
"It's crap!
But I want to continue giving lessons and finding a room.
I cannot leave the children orphans,” he concludes.