The first grade is white, followed by green, blue, red, brown, and finally black, which has 10 degrees. The krama shows the fighter's level of expertise. In addition to animal styles, bokator has techniques based on Hindu deities such as hanuman and apsara.įor his school of bokator, San Kim Sean developed a krama based system similar to a belt system to organize and represent the training levels. Unlike its neighbors, Cambodia has a history of being a Hindu nation. For example, there are styles of elephant, duck, crab, horse, bird and crocodile with each containing several techniques. The art contains 341 sets which, like many other Asian martial arts, are based on the study of life in nature. In the past the cords were believed to be enchanted to increase strength, although now they are just ceremonial. A krama (scarf) is folded around their waist and blue and red silk cords called, sangvar day are tied around the combatants head and biceps. When fighting, bokator exponents still wear the uniforms of ancient Khmer armies. The Hindu god Hanuman was a great fighter just like the Roman god Hercules. The Hindu god Hanuman was idolized by the Hindu Khmer Empire and served as inspiration for many Khmer martial arts techniques. This is a bronze statue of Hanuman kicking by the Khmer Empire.
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