Bokator/Pradal Serey, Angkor Wat Cambodia 1930s
Jun.29, 2010 in
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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…
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June 29th, 2010 at 11:45 am
i just noticed that this isnt a real bout…. bout sum sort of choreagraph play i think to entertain ….i wonder how a real fight would look.. in the 30′s….
June 29th, 2010 at 11:45 am
BOKATOR was a father of all ALL KUN KHMER. The western word BOX came from the Khmer word BOK = BOK A TOR means HIT A LION that carved on the stone wall of Khmer temples over 1000 years ago.
June 29th, 2010 at 11:55 am
show de bola, anigasso!
June 29th, 2010 at 11:55 am
ya i dig, but i hope you know where i’m coming from with the values of practicing and wearing your own traditional garments. Why should these beauty be placed over in favor of the “modern”, are our styles are not classy enough for the 21th? I see Hindus wearing Hindu clothes, Burmese wearing Burmese garments, no reason why it is out of fashion for Viet to wear Ao Dia or Khmer to wear Sampots and other things that we wear right?
June 29th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
This image and the sound can be terribly relaxed. thank you
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June 29th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Some real shit right here…
June 29th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Ahhh… So this is where UFC came from.
June 29th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
1930′s? this is awesome. =)
June 29th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Great!!
June 29th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
i think my gandpa was in there but he died so sad
June 29th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
wow…that’s is awesome…that is something for you to be proud of…your uncle witnessed one of the most ancient martial art in the world…
June 29th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
@insanox thx for clarification. by the way, this looks nothing like prdal serey..only an fool …..
June 29th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
i dont consider jeans n tee shirts westernize…i consider it “modern”…i hate when people use the word “westernized” kuz it gaves these whites folks a big head and makes it sound like everything modern is european…fuck that, were modern 21st century asians not westernized euro-whorshippers ya digg?
June 29th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Kbach Jabab! or Khmer wrestling, was the most boredom of Khmer Martial Arts. Alot of the old tymer prefer Pradal Serey, Kbach Kun Boran, or in some villages refer to Kbach Kun Bokatao(Bokator).
We are from Battambang, Martial Arts capitol of Cambodia. Before the war, Battambang also has its own ring which hold many fights and events. My family Martial Arts teaches the 12 Mae’s of Boran, Mae Bokatao was number 8! Previous to hand to hand combat, Bokatao was the two short sticks.
June 29th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
so true.
June 29th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Bokatao shorts stick, hence the name it was given” KBach Dombong Bokatao” ..By the way so glad we have these lost footages, keep them coming.
June 29th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I like the way everyone dresses. Now people dress in jeans and all western clothes. Cambodia loses so much charm by westernizing. I think we should westernize in our modern thinking but should protect culture and custom.
June 29th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
I prefer to watch this over ufc. Ufc entrance suck and too many beer drinker fighters.
June 29th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
It is any difference on: Khun Khmer, Bokator eller Pradal Serey?
June 29th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
One of them was my uncle.