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Pradal Serey ((クメール語:ប្រដាល់សេរី)) or Kun Khmer ((クメール語:គុណខ្មែរ)) is an unarmed martial art and combat sport from Cambodia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The A-Fighters: Reviving Cambodian Culture Through Khmer Martial Arts )〕 In Khmer, ''pradal'' means fighting or boxing and ''serey'' means free. Thus, ''pradal serey'' may be translated as "free fighting". The sport consists of stand up striking and clinch fighting where the objective is to knock an opponent out, force a technical knockout, or win a match by points. Pradal Serey is most well known for its kicking technique, which generates power from hip rotation rather than snapping the leg, Pradal Serey consists of four types of strikes: punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes. The clinch is used to wear down the opponent. In the clinch, opponents battle for dominant position for short range strikes by way of elbows and knees. Scholars believe that all South East Asian Indochinese kickboxing styles originate from what is thought to be the Indianized kingdom of Funan〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Funan - Khmer Civilization Cambodia )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ancient Cambodia, Khmer kingdom, Funan, Vyadhapura, Phnom Penh )〕〔http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/people/faculty/Stark/pdfs/From_Funan_to_Angkor.pdf〕 just prior to the creation of the Khmer Empire; consequentially Kun Khmer, Muay Thai、Muay Lao、Lethwei and Tomoi all share similar stances and techniques. Cambodian fighters tend to utilize more elbow strikes than that of other martial arts in the region. In pradal serey, more victories come by way of an elbow technique than any other strikes. ==History== Fighting has been a constant part of Southeast Asia since ancient times and eventually led to organized combat systems. In the Angkor era, both armed and unarmed martial arts were practiced by the Khmers. Evidence shows that a style resembling pradal serey existed in the 9th century, which may be one of the reasons why the Khmer empire was such a dominant force in Southeast Asia. The kingdom of Angkor used an early form of pradal serey, named Yuthakun Khom, along with various weapons and war elephants to wage war against their main enemy, the Vietnam-based kingdom of Champa, and later, Siam. Re-enactments of elephant battles are still recreated at the Surin Elephant Round-up. At this time, the kingdom of Angkor dominated and controlled most of what is now Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.〔Michael Freeman, Claude Jacques: ''Ancient Angkor'', Asia Books, ISBN 974-8225-27-5.〕 As a result, Cambodia has influenced much of Thai and Lao culture.〔(Cambodia: History ), britannica.com (retrieved January 28, 2009).〕 This leads the Khmer to believe all Southeast Asian forms of kickboxing started with the early Mon-Khmer people; they maintain that Pradal serey also has influenced much of the basis Muay Thai. On top of oral stories from their ancestors, the basis of this argument are the bas-reliefs left behind by early Khmers in the ancient temples of the Bayon and other Angkor temples. Much of the writing on ancient Khmer art has either been destroyed or adopted by the invading Thai armies when the Siamese sacked and looted Angkor and took Khmer captives including members of the Khmer royal court back to Ayutthaya.〔(The Ayutthayan period ), britannica.com (retrieved November 5, 2006).〕 The Khmer warrior-king Jayavarman VII and the founder of a unified Laos, Fa Ngum, were among the military leaders believed to have been trained in the old fighting styles of Cambodia. During the colonial period, martial arts like pradal serey were considered by the European colonists to be brutal and uncivilised. The French turned the art into a sport by adding timed rounds, a boxing ring and western boxing gloves in an attempt to lessen injury. Originally matches were fought in dirt pits with limited rules while hands were wrapped in rope. Some matches had boxers wrap seashells around their knuckles to increase the damage that could be inflicted. In the 1960s, Cambodian boxing promoters held inter-martial art exhibitions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pradal serey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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