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Mr. Antonio Graceffo
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Originally from New York
City, Antonio spent much of his childhood in the Appalachian Mountains of
Tennessee. He spent seven years in the United States Military, in both the
Army NG and the US Merchant Marines. Antonio is fluent in German, Spanish,
Italian, and Mandarin Chinese. He holds diplomas from Tennessee State
University, University of Mainz, Germany, Trinity College, England, Heriot
Watt University, Scotland, Universidad Latina, Costa Rica, as well as
advanced degrees in business and Taxation from various universities in the
United States. Antonio has studied and competed in martial arts and boxing
for over twenty-five years, and has studied at the Shaolin Temple, in
Mainland China and a Muay Thai temple in Thailand. He works as a full time
adventurer and writer, and currently lives in Cambodia, where he is making
Kung Fu movies.
Antonio's writing has appeared in the following
publications: Escape Artist, Travel in Taiwan, Taiwan Ho, Travelmag (UK),
Good Morning Chiang Mai, Travellers Impressions, The Chiang Mai Mail,
Marco Polo, The Huahin Observer, Centered on Taipei, The Pattaya Trader,
Life Style Taiwan, Canoe (Canada), Views Unplugged, Kung Fu Magazine,
Yellow Times, Bike China, Small Boat Forum, Holiday Times (Thailand),
Writing World, All Things Global, The Write Market, The Rose and Thorn,
Blueberry Press, The Elizabethton Star, Go Nomad, Close Quarters Combat,
Hack Writers, Go World, Bike League of America, Martial Arts Planet, The
Travel Rag, Black Belt Magazine, The Bristol Herald Courier, Radical
Adventures, , The Investment Advisor, I Soldi, America Oggi, The Italian
Tribune, Pagina Uno, and The Italian Voice, The Writers Journal, and
Buddha Fist (online).
Antonio's book about his studies at the
Shaolin Temple, "The Monk From Brooklyn," has been accepted by GOM
Publishing, and will be available in 2004.
His book, "The Desert of
Death on Three Wheels" is currently under review for publication, in 2004.
His book, "Adventures in Formosa," will be published in Taiwan, in June of
2004.
Film Credits: Buffalo Protecting Child, First foreigner to
fight in a Kung Fu movie in Cambodia |
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