At Neak Ta Pradal Serey we are focused on quality over quantity to give students the opportunity to meet their goals.
Neak Ta Pradal Serey is the first traditional Khmer Boran martial arts school in Canada that specializes in the art of Pradal Serey, which translates to "freedom fight or freestyle fighting". Pradal Serey is a style of Kickboxing practiced in Cambodia that pre-dates the more commonly known style of Muay Thai. This is a rare opportunity to learn and discover for yourself the secrets of Khmer Boran Neak Ta Pradal Serey.
Pradal Serey is an unarmed martial art from Cambodia. It is commonly mistaken for Muay Thai. Pradal Serey is a military martial arts that dominated South East Asia that pushed the Mongolian hordes back to the China plains where a race named by the Khmers as Syam (Siam) followed the Khmer warriors back to South East Asia where they adopted the Khmer culture then was known as the Siam Kingdom. In 1949 they changed to Thailand and Muay Thai was mass marketed.
Major difference from Pradal Serey and Muay Thai are the stances and other combat techniques, throws, sweeps, clinch, striking and wrestling. At Neak Ta we mainly work on Dragon stance which morphs into other stances like monkey, tiger, rooster and other stances, where as Muay Thai mainly works with horse stance.
The head Kru (teacher), Kru Sam Lok, was born in Serey Sophon, Cambodia and after fleeing the killing fields he ended up in Canada. He is very well versed in the martial art and brings a wealth of knowledge, technique, spirituality and history. Taught in the 80's by grandmasters Kru Veasna Choom, Kru Chay Cheas, and Kru Nimith Nhean an older version of Pradal Serey called Neak Ta Pradal Serey.
Kru Sam Lok offers rare moves in traditional Khmer Boran Pradal Serey recognized by other Khmer martial arts schools worldwide as authentic Khmer boran style fighting with grappling and wrestling. Be amazed at the knowledge that he teaches.
Pradal Serey is an unarmed martial art from Cambodia. It is commonly mistaken for Muay Thai. Pradal Serey is a military martial arts that dominated South East Asia that pushed the Mongolian hordes back to the China plains where a race named by the Khmers as Syam (Siam) followed the Khmer warriors back to South East Asia where they adopted the Khmer culture then was known as the Siam Kingdom. In 1949 they changed to Thailand and Muay Thai was mass marketed.
Major difference from Pradal Serey and Muay Thai are the stances and other combat techniques, throws, sweeps, clinch, striking and wrestling. At Neak Ta we mainly work on Dragon stance which morphs into other stances like monkey, tiger, rooster and other stances, where as Muay Thai mainly works with horse stance.
The head Kru (teacher), Kru Sam Lok, was born in Serey Sophon, Cambodia and after fleeing the killing fields he ended up in Canada. He is very well versed in the martial art and brings a wealth of knowledge, technique, spirituality and history. Taught in the 80's by grandmasters Kru Veasna Choom, Kru Chay Cheas, and Kru Nimith Nhean an older version of Pradal Serey called Neak Ta Pradal Serey.
Kru Sam Lok offers rare moves in traditional Khmer Boran Pradal Serey recognized by other Khmer martial arts schools worldwide as authentic Khmer boran style fighting with grappling and wrestling. Be amazed at the knowledge that he teaches.