Apsara Pich School

Lesson, Initiation, Demonstration Apsara Dance and Yuthakun Khmer Khöm (Bokator) Yuthakun Khmer Khöm (Bokator ) is the original Khmer Martial Art.

Various technique are depict at the base of the entrance pillars to the Bayon Temple ; two men grappling, two fighters using their elbows, a man facing off against a snake and a man fighting a large animal. The techniques were teach to the army explaining certainly the domination of Angkor King in Southeast Asia. Now, and even if the Khmer Rouge regime tried to annihilate it, YKK still alive and c

ontinue to be teach by around 20 masters (krus) around the country. The Yuthakun Khmer Khöm is composed of 12 core techniques, 8 doors system/special footwork, and weapons. Inside theYKK 2 principals technique are teach :
o AniYuth (armed technics)
o AtmaniYuth (physical fight)
Kun Chbabb (traditional khmer wrestling)
Kun Daï (hand to hand traditional khmer free fight) : literally Pradal Serey in khmer language)
Practitioners begin each training session by paying respect to Brahma as Buddha does not accept any violence. Also, when YKK had been creating, the principal religion was Brahmins from India and India which influenced the region, also practiced sword fighting and empty-hand techniques. Apsara :
Apsara Dance is one of two major forms of Khmer dancing and incorporates parts of the other much older traditional or popular dancing, which has its roots in animism and primitive magic with Hindu forms introduced during the time of Indian influence beginning in the 1st century due the dance is in turn drew its inspiration from the mythological court of the gods and from its celestial dancers, the Apsaras. However, the dance took on its own unique form adding movements and meaning, during the reigns of Jayavarman II and Jayavarman VII as well as the foundation of Angkor era. By the 13th century, the dance received a Khmer identity rather than Indian, unlike any other dance form in the world. It got a soft movement and a loudly traditional Khmer music during its performance. In that era, Apsara dance only found to be dance for the notable class like the King.No any notes to be announced for the first apsara ballerina during Angkor time but estimates are that there were 3,000 Apsara dancers in the 12th Century court of King Jayavarman VII. Between the 12th and the 15th centuries, Apsara dance portrayed a highly blooming until the Thais sacked Angkor in the fifteenth century with took a troupe of dancers back home with them as the decline of Cambodia Royal Ballet. However, The beautiful and wonderful not deal to be lost according to Thousand of Apsaras already represent an important motif in the stone bas-reliefs of the Angkorian temples in Cambodia. Apsara dance does not require specific physical ability. This dance is centered on teaching positions and smooth movement: The ideal core muscle strengthening exercises!

24/06/2013

Please visit our new page, all information update and details are there! ;)

Selapak Eager to understand more about the centuries old Khmer culture? Dance and Martial Art Initiation,or Children and Adult - Collective class, Exclusive class

10/06/2013

Dear all, do not forget that this page will soon desapear as Apsara Pich School is now : SELAPAK. To foolow us please like the SELAPAK PAGE!

Selapak Eager to understand more about the centuries old Khmer culture? Dance and Martial Art Initiation,or Children and Adult - Collective class, Exclusive class

28/05/2013

Hello! Today we announce you that we do not have choice to change our page because the Admin does not allow us to change the name. As the Apsara Pich School become SELAPAK, please Like our new page where we will give you updates!
Bonjour! nous vous annoncons que nous n'avons pas le choix et devons changer notre page Facebook parce que l'Admin Facebook ne nous autorise pas a changer de nom. Comme Apsara Pich School est devenu SELAPAK, nous vous invitons a visiter la nouvelle page, Liker, nous vous proposerons l'actualite de SELAPAK sur cette page.

Selapak Eager to understand more about the centuries old Khmer culture? Dance and Martial Art Initiation,or Children and Adult - Collective class, Exclusive class

24/05/2013

A wonderful website with very old pictures of Cambodia. Enjoy!

Accueil Site consacré à l'oeuvre photographique de Pierre Dieulefils en Indochine entre 1885 et 1925.La plus grande oeuvre photographique consacré à L'Indochine de cette époque couvrant le Tonkin,l'Annam,la Cochinchine,le Yunnam,le Cambodge.

23/05/2013

Hello everybody! The place is nearly finish, we need some more time to make it "perfect"! Aspara dance room is really "khmer" and the Yutha Kun room is going better and better. We will have lot of surprise for the opening mid-june....lets enjoy the Khmer heritage soon!

21/05/2013

Here is the article!

21/05/2013

A great article about Selapak in the Advisor, page 5!

http://theadvisorcambodia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Issue-73-lo.pdf

21/05/2013

What's Up, AsiaLife,...soon in a lot of newspapers and magazines! Happy to see the interest on Khmer culture!

20/05/2013

What is Yutakun?

20/05/2013

Hello everybody, last week before opening! We are excited, we will be ready ;)

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