Podcasts about warrior odyssey

New episode alert! In our latest entry, I interview my good friend, Dr. Antonio Graceffo aka The Brooklyn Monk! Currently based out of Mongolia, Antonio is a true renaissance man: martial artist, author, researcher, professor, long-time Black Belt Magazine columnist, pro MMA fighter and so much more! Antonio and I discuss his life-long journey in the martial arts, being one of the only foreigners to ever live in the actual Shaolin temple, earning a Phd completely in Chinese, as well our experiences training together in Southeast Asia! If you are not familiar with Antonio's work, he has literally HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS on YouTube (brooklynmonk1) including his long running documentary series ‘Martial Arts Odyssey'-which I HIGHLY recommend watching if you are at all interested in martial arts training in Asia. You can also purchase his books ‘Warrior Odyssey' and ‘The Wrestler's Dissertation', both on Amazon prime! This was an extremely fun episode for me and I hope you guys enjoy. Remember to subscribe, download and share with your friends!

Hi Atlas and Listeners, I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down and speak with Robert Vargas he is (In my opinion) one of the greatest artists in history.  Tune in as we speak about stories that molded him into the artist he is today and the legacy he is leaving for future generations.  Robert's art and talent is for every person from every walk of life to enjoy and relate to from the Native Americans the inhabited Los Angeles to The Golden Boys of our society. To gather more perspective on who Robert is please read the piece from wescover.com below. Robert is not only an Artist, he is a real Angelino and it shows in how real his work really is. Please take a listen, I hope you enjoy I know I had fun recording this episode with an old friend. "Robert Vargas is a contemporary artist known for his mixed-media portraits, murals and live events. He was born and raised in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Vargas is a leading creative force in the revitalization of Downtown LA's art scene. His paintings and drawings infuse classic genres of portraiture and nudes with an avant-garde explosivity that not only captures the visage and likeness of his subjects but seems to excavate the intimate aspects of their character. Vargas selects his subjects intuitively at his highly attended live-painting sessions, creating powerful and sublime representations of the human connection through his portraiture. His visual vocabulary pulls from life experience, a viscerally sensual approach to line and texture, and an almost mannerist choreography of abstraction and representation that combine to unforgettable effect in his portraits. His best-known works include a City of L.A. commissioned mural "Can't Stop" of legendary Suicidal Tendencies frontman, "Mike Muir, and his "Warrior Odyssey" mural of skateboard Icon and Z-boy legend, Tony Alva for the Kinney Hotel in Venice. In 2013, Vargas was a key figure in helping Los Angeles lift its street art ban while creating his masterpiece, "Our Lady Of DTLA" a four-story mural on Spring street in the heart of downtown L.A. In May 2011, Vargas was named one of LA Weekly's People of the Year and was featured on a limited-edition cover of the issue. His public mural works both in Los Angeles and throughout the world, he sees as a means to reach a wider audience and promote accessible art and community through the creative process. Continuing to shape the way the city's history is written, in the Summer of 2017 he will begin work on his biggest project yet: a fourteen-story mural in L.A. that will rank as the largest mural in the world by a single artist."

Antonio Graceffo PhD China-MBA, is a life-long martial artist who has been living and training in Asia for nearly 20 years. He worked as an economics researcher and university professor in China for seven years. Currently, he is serving as a senior program manager in Mongolia. He holds a PhD from Shanghai University of Sport Wushu Department where he wrote his dissertation “A Cross Cultural Comparison of Chinese and Western Wrestling” in Chinese. He is the author of 11 books, including The Wrestler’s Dissertation, Beyond the Belt and Road: China’s Global Economic Expansion, A Deeper Look at the Chinese Economy, and Warrior Odyssey. Antonio completed post-doctoral coursework in economics at Shanghai University, specializing in US-China Trade, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and Trump-China economics. His China economic reports are featured regularly in The Foreign Policy Journal and published in Chinese at The Shanghai Institute of American Studies, a Chinese government think tank.  In this episode we talk in depth about Covid 19 and his martial arts background spanning over two decades. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/todd-atkins8/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/todd-atkins8/support

Antonio Graceffo is a true martial arts anthropologist and adventurer. Learning obscure styles of martial arts all over southeast Asia, Antonio shares his experiences of studying at the Shaolin Temple, a Muay Thai Temple in Thailand and studying with other locally known masters of styles such as Kuntaw, Bokator and variations of Muay Thai. He’s the host of the "Martial Arts Odyssey" author of “The Monk from Brooklyn”, and the “Warrior Odyssey”, among several others. Discover what life is like for a a man who has dedicated his entire life to preserving the legacy of the martial arts. Antonio Graceffo is truly inspiring to anyone interested martial arts history. Learn more about Antonio at his website: SpeakingAdventure.com/

Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast, episode 17, Are You Calling Me a Mook? Part 2 A lifetime of poverty makes you good at being poor. Although Antonio Graceffo desperately needs a job, he almost storms out of his orientation, when the manager tells him: A lifetime of poverty makes you good at being poor. Although Antonio Graceffo desperately needs a job, he almost storms out of his orientation, when the manager tells him: “We encourage the teachers to use pair work, but what will do if you have an odd number of students?” “You’re joking, right?” “No, I am serious. Sometimes you will have an odd number of students. What could you possibly do in that instance?” “That is a difficult problem.” Answers Antonio, “one that I have never encountered in 26 semesters of working as a school teacher. If that happened, I would probably just commit ritualistic suicide.” Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of the books, “Warrior Odyssey’ and “The Monk from Brooklyn.” He is also the host of the web TV show, “Martial Arts Odyssey,” which traces his ongoing journey through Asia, learning martial arts in various countries. Get Antonio’s books on his website www.speakingadventure.com Brooklyn Monk in 3D Order the download at http://3dguy.tv/brooklyn-monk-in-3d/ Twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk facebook Brooklyn Monk fan page Brooklyn Monk on YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1 Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast (anti-travel humor) http://brooklynmonk.podomatic.com

Being broke and unemployed has the advantages of giving Antonio more time for reading, writing, and working out. But when the pressure of lack of money finally gets to him, he has to go find a job. Sitting through the orientation is one of the most demeaning experiences of his life. The manager tells Antonio, “Many of our teachers are intelligent. But some do not know how to operate a CD player. Please demonstrate that you can insert a CD in the CD player and press play.” ‘Insert this’ thinks Antonio. Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of the books, “Warrior Odyssey’ and “The Monk from Brooklyn.” He is also the host of the web TV show, “Martial Arts Odyssey,” which traces his ongoing journey through Asia, learning martial arts in various countries. Get Antonio’s books on his website www.speakingadventure.com Brooklyn Monk in 3D Order the download at http://3dguy.tv/brooklyn-monk-in-3d/ Twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk facebook Brooklyn Monk fan page Brooklyn Monk on YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1 Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast (anti-travel humor) http://brooklynmonk.podomatic.com

The worst part about travel is leaving home. At the airport in Hanoi, Antonio Graceffo is faced with a choice of paying for his overweight baggage or leave his possessions behind. He chooses instead to scream, holler, and case a scene, until he hears the sirens and the running feet. Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of the books, “Warrior Odyssey’ and “The Monk from Brooklyn.” He is also the host of the web TV show, “Martial Arts Odyssey,” which traces his ongoing journey through Asia, learning martial arts in various countries. Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast (anti-travel humor) http://brooklynmonk.podomatic.com Twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk website www.speakingadventure.com facebook Brooklyn Monk fan page Brooklyn Monk on YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1 Brooklyn Monk in 3D Order the download at http://3dguy.tv/brooklyn-monk-in-3d/

Antonio Graceffo’s biggest obstacle in getting his books and articles published is that the editors want to force him into a genre of travel, but he hates traveling. So, he is creating his own genre, called anti-travel. And, he is the number one author in his genre. Now, he just needs to find a publisher who is forward thinking enough to publish his new manuscript, the book version of Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast. After listening to Antonio’s anti-travel podcast, you will wonder why he ever left home in the first place. Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of the books, “Warrior Odyssey’ and “The Monk from Brooklyn.” He is also the host of the web TV show, “Martial Arts Odyssey,” which traces his ongoing journey through Asia, learning martial arts in various countries. Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast (anti-travel humor) http://brooklynmonk.podomatic.com Twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk website www.speakingadventure.com facebook Brooklyn Monk fan page Brooklyn Monk on Youtube www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1

The night before filming the Big TV show, Antonio Graceffo receives a call from Johnny Civello. “Tony, Bubbee, Bubeleh, I am calling to talk to you about your dress for tomorrow.” He said. “We can’t have you going in there wearing some facacta outfit you found in a trash dumpster.” Working on Big TV id a lot different from working on the small films and videos Antonio has worked on, except, he's still not getting paid. Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of six books, available on amazon.com, most notably, Warrior Odyssey and The Monk from Brooklyn. He is the host of the web TV show Martial Arts Odyssey, which has had over 160 episodes. Of late, he is starring in the world’s first 3D martial arts TV series, Brooklyn Monk. His website is www.speakingadventure.com you can contact him through his website and sign up for his newsletter, as well as order copies of his books or the DVD Martial Arts Odyssey, Volume One http://www.lulu.com/product/dvd/martial-arts-odyssey-volume-1---kuntaw-and-bokator/11921381 Follow Brooklyn Monk on twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk Join the Brooklyn Monk fan page on facebook Watch Martial Arts Odyssey on youtube www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1

Doing movies and TV is such a quick way to fame and fortune that the producers hold all of the cards. As a struggling up-and-comer Antonio is no position to say NO, or even to negotiate most of the time. When C3PO played hologram chess with Chewbaka he learned that fair or not fair, if he won, the Wookie would just rip his arms out of their sockets. So, he let Chewbaka win the game. Trying to get on TV is a similar experience. TV is a Wookie and I am C3PO. Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of the books, “Warrior Odyssey’ and “The Monk from Brooklyn.” He is also the host of the web TV show, “Martial Arts Odyssey,” which traces his ongoing journey through Asia, learning martial arts in various countries. Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast (anti-travel humor) http://brooklynmonk.podomatic.com Twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk website www.speakingadventure.com facebook Brooklyn Monk fan page Subscribe to youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1

In Taipei, Taiwan, Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo’s attempts to meet his hero, Anthony Bourdain, are thwarted, as his phone call is lost in translation. Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of the books, “Warrior Odyssey’ and “The Monk from Brooklyn.” He is also the host of the web TV show, “Martial Arts Odyssey,” which traces his ongoing journey through Asia, learning martial arts in various countries. Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast (anti-travel humor) http://brooklynmonk.podomatic.com Twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk website www.speakingadventure.com facebook Brooklyn Monk fan page Subscribe to youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1

Antonio Graceffo continues to be amazed by his roommate, Mashooq. Back in his village, Mashooq probably equated being in possession of many goats to being popular with the ladies. If he was flying to America and customs officials seized his goats he would be thinking, “Oh, great! Now, how can I get married?” he will strike out with countless women at discos in Manhattan thinking, “If I only had my goats.” Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of the books, “Warrior Odyssey’ and “The Monk from Brooklyn.” He is also the host of the web TV show, “Martial Arts Odyssey,” which traces his ongoing journey through Asia, learning martial arts in various countries. Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast (anti-travel humor) http://brooklynmonk.podomatic.com Twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk website www.speakingadventure.com facebook Brooklyn Monk fan page Subscribe to youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1

In Malaysia, Antonio Graceffo winds up sharing an apartment with a group of foreign students, most notable Mashooq, a goat farmer, who plans to learn English, travel to America, and trade his goats for a wife. Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of the books, “Warrior Odyssey’ and “The Monk from Brooklyn.” He is also the host of the web TV show, “Martial Arts Odyssey,” which traces his ongoing journey through Asia, learning martial arts in various countries. Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast (anti-travel humor) http://brooklynmonk.podomatic.com Twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk website www.speakingadventure.com facebook Brooklyn Monk fan page Subscribe to youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1

When he was 21 years old, Antonio Graceffo got a part in the Chuck Norris movie, Delta Force 2. At the time, he believed it was his huge break, which would lead to super stardom. Instead, it would be more than a decade until he had a part in a movie again. Based on that movie, no one ever asked him to sign an autograph, and Kenner never made an Antonio Graceffo Delta Force action figure. Working on the Chuck Norris film was an impact-full and hilarious experience which, like so many of Antonio’s significant life-moments, meant a lot to Antonio but neither Chuck nor anyone else will remember. The experience spawned the story, Chuck Norris Doesn’t Know my Name” Which Antonio has recently released as a PDF e-book (e-story) on his website http://speakingadventure.com/chuck-norris This podcast is composed of a few outtakes from the longer story. In addition to making laugh at and pity Antonio, it will leave you wondering: Does the hero ever earn the money for his sister’s dowry, so she can marry? Do they ever catch the murder? Is the DNA evidence enough to get a conviction? If any of these questions is bothering you, you will need to find the answers somewhere else. But if you want to know how the Delta Force story turns out for Antonio, you have to go click and download on his website. http://speakingadventure.com/chuck-norris Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia. He is the author of the books, “Warrior Odyssey’ and “The Monk from Brooklyn.” He is also the host of the web TV show, “Martial Arts Odyssey,” which traces his ongoing journey through Asia, learning martial arts in various countries. Brooklyn Monk in Asia Podcast (anti-travel humor) http://brooklynmonk.podomatic.com Twitter http://twitter.com/Brooklynmonk website www.speakingadventure.com facebook Brooklyn Monk fan page Subscribe to youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/brooklynmonk1