The Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo, is an adventure and martial arts author living in Asia. He is the host of the web TV show, "Martial Arts odyssey" which was shot in over twenty locations in Asia, featuring countless exotic martial arts and masters. Antonio writes books and articles about martial arts, ethnic minorities, tribes, and adventure travels in Asia. He currently has foive books on amazon.com including his signature book, The Monk from Brooklyn, the first book ever written by an American who studied at the Shaolin Temple. He is a frequent guest on radio and TV shows. Currently, in addition to new episodes of "Martial Arts Odyssey" he is filming a linguistics series on second language acquisition. see his website at speakingadventure.com join him on facebook.com