Pradal Serey

PRADAL SEREY (Khmer free-style Boxing) is the name of many centuries’ oldest kickboxing and it is a national sport of Cambodia.  Pradal Serey evolved from the original 12 MAE KUN BORAN of Kbach Kun Boran Khmer calls SNEET BOMBAK (break down techniques).  Today version of the Pradal Serey breaks down to fives foundation elements which consist of, Dal-punches, Kaeng-elbows, Tiet Smoang-shin kicks, Chunggong Boat-bending knees and Jro Bab-clinch.  Each of these five core techniques break down to different variation as follows.

Jro Bab - clinch is also used to wear down the opponent as found in the Kbach Kun Khmer Boran, but conceptually used to trick the opponent for easy target for elbows or knee.

Pradal means fight and Serey means free, Kun means martial art, no MAE (core techniques) or TVEAR (door) just SNEET - techniques; in short everything goes.  Many of its students are all over of the South East Asian and now making it way to United States, Europe and Australia by the Khmer former Pradal Serey fighters or students.  Modern Sneet Pradal Serey differs from the original ancient angkorian art of Kbach Kun Boran Khmer.  The techniques and moves of the art change to support the sport events, rules and regulation. 

 Pradal Serey is now being calls “Kun Khmer,”.  It is a spectacular sport of the South East Asia, and its events very popular, much like football, basketball or Soccer in the west.  Pradal Serey is a way of life in the South East Asia, everyone possess at lease a few SNEET (styles) for self-defends.  It is very similar to Muay Thai in Thailand, Tomoi in Malaysia, Muay Lao in Laos, and Lethwei in Myanmar.  Compared to the Thai counterpart, the Khmer Sneet Kun Pradal Serey version tends to emphasize more elusive and shifty fighting stances. The Khmer version also tends to utilize more elbow techniques than any other in the regions.  The Khmer elbows blows techniques are more victories than any other based technique.

A Pradal Serey bout prior to the European expansion, which boxing ring was implemented