Short History Of BOKATOR CAMBODIAN MARTIAL ARTS Bokator is a Cambodian martial art form that involves close hand-to-hand combat, ground techniques and weapons.​ Bokator is one of the earliest Cambodian martial art and is said to be the close quarter combat system used by the armies during the Angkor era. Practitioners are trained to strike with knees, elbows, hands, feet and even the head. Short sticks are commonly used as weapon. There have a lot of technique in the first level of Bokator Martial Arts of Cambodia.