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- San Kim Sean was born on March 24, 1945 in Kingdom of Kampuchea. He was an actor, known for When Two Masters Meet (2019) and Surviving Bokator (2018). He died on June 3, 2025 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- In March 2025, his passion for the art form and those who practice it was on display when he attended the National Kun Lbokator Championship, held in Phnom Penh.
- His significant contributions to reviving the ancient Khmer martial artwork which led to its eventual inscription in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list in 2022.
- He also studied judo and Hapkido, at a youth club near Wat Phnom, now the site of the US embassy.
- In 1973, he earned a third-degree black belt. After 1975, he was forcibly relocated by the Khmer Rouge to Battambang province, where he endured heavy labour as a blacksmith making knives, axes and ploughs, often working under gruelling conditions and sometimes surviving on leaves and grass for weeks.
- In 1984, he received a fifth-degree black belt and became an assistant Hapkido instructor at a martial arts school in California.
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