Italian military sailors - NAVY (marine corps) - educated in savate

Biagio "Gino" Bianchi was born in Genova, Italy on 14th of June 1914. As a sailor he was educated savate in China while serving his military duty in Tien Tsin - Carlotta. You probably know about warm relations in history between Japan and China. And later in 1964 savate was changed with ju-jitsu.