09-27-2006, 10:33 PM
This is coming out from Penguin on Feb 2007. Matt was my guide on my first and second trip to Shaolin. He's brilliant, one of the sharpest minds I've met, a great writer and a respected martial elder brother. My recent interview with Jet Li didn't hold a candle to his interview with Li for Playboy a few years back.
I read an early draft a year ago and just finished a galley. It's the best description of modern Shaolin so far. Matt lived there for two years and was on of the first foreigners to do so. He was kind enough to mention me in the acknowledgements and I'm honored by that. The book has already been picked up by some movie makers. I wish him all the success. All biases aside, it's truly a great read and it'll probably be my most recommended book for 2007.
I read an early draft a year ago and just finished a galley. It's the best description of modern Shaolin so far. Matt lived there for two years and was on of the first foreigners to do so. He was kind enough to mention me in the acknowledgements and I'm honored by that. The book has already been picked up by some movie makers. I wish him all the success. All biases aside, it's truly a great read and it'll probably be my most recommended book for 2007.
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