Evolution of a Shaolin Monk: March 2018 to Father's Day

By Richard Del Connor, Buddha Zhen, Buddha Z

I wrote these poems while recuperating from a colon abscess surgery at The Martin Luther King Hospital in Compton, California.

During these months at the Martin Luther King Hospital I used the computers to launch my SHAOLIN CHI MANTIS ONLINE KWOON.  This online Kung Fu school used Learning Management Software like UCLA and USC use for their online school programs. 

In 2018 I was also performing at book fairs, libraries and coffee shop poetry readings as "RICHARD DEL CONNOR -- PHILOSOPHER POET."  I would end each performance with a solo flute performance of an original song of mine.

In 2018 I was also performing night clubs and small concert venues as the KUNG FU COWBOY of Shaolin Records.  A screenplay titled KUNG FU COWBOY: ROCK & ROLL MOVIE 1 had been written about me and won first place award in the Action On Film Movie Festival.  So I was performing solo sets on my Fender Stratocaster and Marshall amplifier to promote the movie and my upcoming debut album as the "Kung Fu Cowboy" blues-rock music artist.

So this book EVOLUTION OF A SHAOLIN MONK was written while recuperating in a hospital and meditating on my future as the disciple of Grandmaster Wong Jack Man (who fought Bruce Lee in 1964) and my owning the book publishing company, Shaolin Communications.  I also own Shaolin Records and wanted to have a successful music career as the Kung Fu Cowboy.  Plus I was building my online schools for Shaolin Chi Mantis and Tai Chi Youth.

This book EVOLUTION OF A SHAOLIN MONK will detail what I was thinking during those "Crossroads" in my life.  I hope you find this enjoyable, entertaining and inspirational.  It was all three for me.