kHMER BOXING
KBACH KUN BORAN KHMER PRADAL SEREY, TRADITIONAL
CAMBODIAN FREE FIGHTING, BETTER KNOWN AS KUN KHMER AND TO THE WORLD AS
KICKBOXING, HAS COME TO SIEM REAP.
You can find it carved on the
temple walls and now, thanks to CTN, you can see it live in the ancient capital
of Cambodia, the Kingdom of Wonder.
Kun Khmer is Cambodia's national sport. For proof, just see how much kickboxing goes on in the modern capital, Phnom Penh: six television stations broadcast weekly tournaments, with CTN alone broadcasting three days of kickboxing live from its arena on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. That's over 50 live bouts of traditional kickboxing every week, or more than 200 a month.
Kun Khmer is Cambodia's national sport. For proof, just see how much kickboxing goes on in the modern capital, Phnom Penh: six television stations broadcast weekly tournaments, with CTN alone broadcasting three days of kickboxing live from its arena on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. That's over 50 live bouts of traditional kickboxing every week, or more than 200 a month.
But, until now you had to be in Phnom Penh if you wanted to see regular Khmer
boxing live in person. That was until CTN opened its brand new Angkor Arena in
Siem Reap on the road to Angkor Wat. Now you can see some of the
biggest names in Kun Khmer take each other on in the square ring for five
rounds of one of the toughest stand-up contact sports in the world.
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Neak Pradal (boxers) may
strike each other with their fists, elbows, knees and feet.
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They may not strike the groin
or the back or top of the head.
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They may grapple (clinch)
each other during a bout.
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If grappling boxers fall to
the mat they must disengage.
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They may not hold the ring
ropes for support.
·
They may not strike an
opponent lying on the mat or who has three limbs touching the mat.
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A bout can end by
doctor-stoppage, referee stoppage or knock-out.
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If a bout lasts five
scheduled rounds the winner will be decided by the judges' scores.
·
All bouts will be accompanied
by traditional music.
CTN
ANGKOR ARENA'S PROGRAM SCHEDULE:
KUN
KHMER PROGRAM
2Day
a week (5Matches a day)
-Monday at 5:30 PM till 7:30 PM
-Wednesday
at 4:00 PM till 6:30 PM
Ticket Price: 15$
KUN
KHMER & BOKATOR SHOW
-Monday at 7:45 PM till 8:45 PM
-Tuesday to Sunday at 7:00 PM till 8:00 PM
Ticket
Price: 10$
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