Monday, November 14, 2011

Brooklyn Monk releases book on Cambodian martial arts

Monday, 14 November 2011
H S MANJUNATH
The Phnom Penh Post

For the first time, a book totally dedicated to Cambodian martial arts has hit the shelves.

Penned by ‘Brooklyn Monk’ Antonio Graceffo, the book, titled Khun Khmer Cambodian Martial Arts Diary, includes interviews with and profiles of most of Cambodia’s living masters and top fighters.

In his seventh book, 41-year old Graceffo, who recently represented Cambodia in a mixed martial art competition in Malaysia, deals with three forms of Cambodian combat – Pradal Serey (kickboxing), Jap Bap (wrestling) and the ancient discipline of Bokator.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think wrestling in khmer is "jap boak," not jap bap. misspelled or mistranslation from khmer.

Anonymous said...

12:04 AM,
That's nasty! ROTFLMAO!!!!
I know what you meant though.
You are absolutely right¡¡¡ Cheers!!!!