Descripción: Images of Bokator, the martial art of ancient Cambodia, can be seen depicted in bas-relief on the walls of Angkor Wat, the famous temple located in northwest Cambodia, in the capital of the once mighty Khmer empire. A hand-to-hand combat system used by the ancient Angkorean army, Bokator played a crucial role in Angkorean domination of much of the Southeast Asian mainland from around 800 A.D. unti...

Descripción: Thailand, then Siam, defeated Angkor in 1431, beginning a long struggle with Vietnam over control of the Khmer kingdom, before France intervened in 19th century and proclaimed a protectorate over the region. Greater turmoil struck Cambodia in the mid- to late-20th century, when the Khmer Rouge Communist army seized the country's largest city, Phnom Penh. Some 2 million people were killed and the v...

Descripción: Though the tradition of Bokator was nearly lost during the bloody Khmer Rouge era it was revived in recent years with the return of relative peace to the region. In 2001, one of the sport's grand masters, Sam Kim Saen, returned to Cambodia some 20 years after fleeing the Khmer Rouge. He and other Bokator teachers worked to revive the ancient art, holding the first Bokator conference in Phnom Penh ...

Descripción: Footage of Bokator/Pradal Serey and Khmer Classical Dance at Angkor Wat in the 1930s. Video: "Jungle Bound" Travel Archives Audio: "Damnoeu Knong" from Khmer Passages

Descripción: Bokator fighters, known as yuthkhun, train in a wide variety of styles, each based on the fighting motions of a particular animal. Monkey, lion, elephant, crocodile, crab, horse, bird and dragon are only a few of the hundreds of different fighting styles. Instead of belts, Bokator uses colored kramas, or scarves to indicate the fighter's level. In Bokator, any part of the body can be used as a wea...

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Descripción: Jason Chambers vs OPhou Thong

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Descripción: A small demo from Sam lok's Neak-Ta school of Pradal Serey. Pradal Serey traditionally has striking with knees, elbows, fists, kicks, headbutts, wrestling, and grappling. Modern pradal serey has been made to fight in ring matches but traditional pradal serey is a free for all fighting hence the name Pradal Serey which means freestyle fighting. Grappling is very similiar to the japanese Jiu-jits...

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Descripción: Four times Khmer boxer champion VS. Jason Chambers the Human Weapon. **PRADAL=BOXING **SEREY=FREE STYLE

Descripción: Oat Phuthoung fight Von Savee Oat Phuthoung is Eh Phuthoung's younger brother. Oat Phuthoung is on the red gloves, Varn Savee is on the blue, blue gloves. Oat Phuthoung is 24 years old. Varn Savee is 23 years old.

Descripción: Er, they originally called it Water buffalo Horn Fighting. That's a bit of a mouthful, though, so I'll go with the cooler sounding Double Elbow Slash. It's a counter in which you land not one, but two elbows to your opponent. Ouch!

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Descripción: This really doesn't seem like the guy's being serious at all, imo. He kept on throwing the same things at Jason. He looked pretty chill throughout... I'm going to try to upload some Fight Quest fights so I can show you fellas the difference. PS - As always, show your support by subscribing to my channel!

Descripción: Compilation of some of the best Kun Boran Khmer matches put together.

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