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AGE:
42
LOC: Thailand
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: April 16
LOC: Thailand
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: April 16
I am an adventure travel writer, living in Asia. To date, I have published four books:
The Monk from Brooklyn: About my experience studying in the Shaolin Temple
Boats, Bikes, and Boxing Gloves: Assorted adventures in Thailand, including living in a Muay Thai monastery
The Desert of Death on Three Wheels: About my solo crossing of the Taklamakan Desert.
I have a completed manuscript, Discovering the Khmers, the only adventure book written about Cambodia. I need a publisher and an agent for this book.
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Antonio (The Monk from Brooklyn) Graceffo is working as a martial arts consultant for the History Channel’s new martial arts TV series, “Human Weapon.” The show features two American MMA fighters who travel around Asia, studying different martial arts. Each episode closes with the Americans fighting a local master or champion. Graceffo had this to say about being selected to work on the show. “When they called me and told me about the show, I laughed. I said, that just sounds like my real lif...
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What you Practice is What You Master By Antonio Graceffo “We are hard on the outside and soft on the inside.” Says Kru Pedro, who was once a professional fighter and a Buddhist monk. Some professional fighters have trained their bodies to perfection, Kru Pedro helps them fill their spirit. Kru Pedro Villalobos came to Thailand and fought as a champion Muay Thai fighter. Later, he realized that his spirit wasn’t fulfilled by his ring success. So, he became a monk, and learned the precepts of B...
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Modern Arnis, the Philippine Art of Stick and Knife Fighting By Antonio Graceffo A flash of brown, an image blurred by speed, the end of the deadly stick slices through the air. A strike to the head CRACK! The weapon is deflected by the opponent’s stick. A strike to the knee smashes directly into a blocking stick. Two opponents, sticks in both hands, four sticks striking in succession, left right, head shin, head, shin Each one expertly blocked, with perfect timing. A sinister thrust to the n...
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By Antonio Graceffo One of the smallest ethnic minorities in Asia, The Sea Gypsies were virtually unknown by the outside world until the 2004 Tsunami ravaged South East Asia. One of the most amazing stories reported by the international press was that not one of the Sea Gypsies died. Having lived in close communion with the sea for centuries, the Sea gypsies knew well in advance, when the Tsunami would hit, and they all took refuge in the mountains. Soon after this story broke, international ...
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A Puncher’s Chance On the Philippine island of Palawan, athletes like everyone else struggle to make a life for themselves and their families By Antonio Graceffo To understand a place, culture or a people you need to integrate yourself into the daily life of the country. You need to learn the language. But most importantly, you need to participate in activities, clubs, and associations with local people. For me, martial art is often my gateway to a foreign culture. As soon as I land in a new ...
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hey, this was really something. there is a famous french novel by robe grille (spelling probably wrong) called jealousy. jelousy has two meanings. one is the same as english. the other is what we in america call venitician blinds. so in france or in germany they would say open the jealousy meaning open the blinds. the whole book is about this guy watching a woman and getting jealous of her suitors and friends...and in the end it turns out he is standing behind the blinds. your piece reminded ...
kind of a pesimistic view of writing. but if that is what you feel, you have expressed it. I didn't miss the irony/humour in how your anti-writing piece fololowed the predicatable pattern that you were ostensibly writing against. But, the story could be more entertaining, funny, interesting, to make it more readable. i am curious, where are you planning on publishing this piece? or said another way, where would such a pieec be published? and would you work it into a longer piece? or would it ...
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