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!
