Kung Fu Cowboy Dances with Lions

Coyote Drums for Vegas Kung Fu Lion Dances

The Hippy Coyote arrived in Las Vegas before Christmas 2011 to live with his Kung Fu brother, Rev. Steve Baugh. Rev. Steve knew that Coyote was having hard times financially and was end the end of a divorce--so he offered Coyote free room and board for the next year.

Kung Fu Cowboy on Las Vegas TV

The Hippy Coyote Performs Dozens of Lion Dances and Kung Fu Dragon

From Christmas through the end of Februrary are over 80 Lion Dances to be performed by the Las Vegas Lohan Kung Fu School. Although Richard Del Connor, Buddha Zhen, The Hippy Coyote was supposed to be a Lion Dance drummer, he ended up performing many Dragon dances from different sections of the dozen-membered snake-like dragon.

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Buddha Zhen Meets Indian Buddha

The Las Vegas Lohan School has a weekly Buddhist Sangha led by an Indian Buddhist Priest. He looks a little like the Maharashi Mahesh Yogi with his long grey white hair, but without a beard he has.

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Coyote Joins Nevada Freemason Daylite Lodge 44 in Las Vegas

This involved an interesting transfer process.

Coyote's Dragon Dance

Kung Fu Cowboy is a Chinese Kung Fu Dragon

The Lion Dances are over. Despite all the money they made, Rev. Steve decided they are not going to remodel their home and don't need Coyote for any more Chinese New Year performances. "It's not my house," he explained to Coyote. "She didn't realize how expensive it would be to buy the materials to remodel the bedrooms."

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19 Books Reformatted into Ebooks

What does a Coyote do while stranded in Las Vegas, without friends, without a band, without any students, and without any family?

Write books.

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Human Values for Success in Family and Business

A book to change the world?

A book to improve the world?

A book to improve the lives of all who read it?

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New Secrets Discovered in Masonic Kung Fu Form

The rituals and ceremonies of the Nevada Freemasons are slightly different from the rituals and ceremonies of the California Freemasons.

"Use Me" Song by The Kung Fu Cowboy

New Song Tells Coyote's Story of Life in Las Vegas

19 Books Reformatted into Ebooks

What does a Coyote do while stranded in Las Vegas, without friends, without a band, without any students, and without any family?

Write books.

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SmashWords.com

Coyote is publishing under several different names:

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New Book: Tao of Taoism Written in Last Days with Vegas Lohans

"Being in Vegas was a great opportunity to learn some more Daoist Kung Fu," says our wide-eyed cowboy.

"She wants to check you out," said Rev. Baugh in a soft voice.

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More Ancient Masonry Degrees and Rituals

"I am the luckiest man in the world," announces Coyote.

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Website Moves and Downsizing

In a similar manner to the 1992 movie to Utah, this move to Nevada also resulted in a loss of all business incomes and family relationships beyond expectations.

Kung Fu Cowboy is a Rhino Stagehand

From Stardom to Stagehand in Las Vegas

Coyote has always looked good in black. Now he has to wear black to work again. Black steel toe boots. Black pants. Black belt. Black Rhino shirt. Tan leather gloves. (Well, the gloves are black palmed from pushing road cases and building stages in the MGM Grand Arena, The Orleans, and many convention centers and casinos.)

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Revolutionary Casino Design by Buddha Zhen

As Coyote was preparing for his departure from Las Vegas, he also envisioned what would make him stay.

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Masonic Kung Fu Performed for Nevada Freemason Grand Master

Coyote finally got his chance to perform the "Masonic Kung Fu" for his Nevada masonic brethren. The Grand Master of all the Nevada lodges visits the Daylite 44 lodge each year. Coyote performed his "Masonic Kung Fu" martial arts dance in the large meeting hall used for dining. First, Coyote performed the "Lian Bu / Ling Po" form as he learned it and impressed everyone with his deadly Kung Fu skills. Then he performed the "Masonic Kung Fu Public Version" for the audience of Master Masons and some spouses and persons not allowed to see our secret dugards and hand signs.

Kung Fu Cowboy Back in Montrose, California

Montrose Kung Fu School Hires Coyote for New Shifu Position

"I wanted that location," says Buddha Zhen (our Zen Coyote). "A couple of my senior students wanted to finance a school for me to teach in. It used to be a dance studio. It's really huge. It's two storefront spaces. But then, one day, there was a Kung Fu school sign on the building. What a shock!"

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Time With My Kids

My son was taken away from me to live with his new father, Fred Maldonado, back in 2005. Ironically, he moved to Las Vegas and my ex-wife Michelle McCarty chose not to marry him after visiting his new home. "My face melted off," she exclaimed to ex-hubby Coyote when he was living in Las Vegas this year.

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Buddha's Last Steps in Montrose

Buddha Zhen (The Hippy Coyote) took down the 12' Kung Fu Bootcamp banner at CV Park in La Crescenta, California. This was a final statement to the neighborhood that Buddha Kung Fu was no longer teaching classes at Crescenta Valley Park.

Kung Fu Cowboy Returns to San Diego

King Solomon's Temple

Coyote Returns to San Diego After Exodus of 1978

Coyote left San Diego in 1978 after winning the KPRI Battle of the Bands Contest.

Now, Coyote returns to San Diego to see if this is the fertile ground for him to launch the new headquarters of Tai Chi Youth and launch his Buddha Kung Fu classes.

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Shovelling Dirt and Hanging with the Rhinos

Coyote's brother has a company that installs artificial turf, and putting greens, like at miniature golf courses. This required removing trees, bushes and grass, then creating a shaped landscape of "Road Base," a mixture of gravel and sand. Then a thiner layer of "DG" decomposed granite, then the "carpet," the artifical turf. Interesting business with some beautiful results but, all that work needs to be done by someone.

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Prophet in his Home Town?

Can Buddha Zhen preach in his hometown?

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Letter of Introduction to La Jolla Masons

Despite the fact that I am in poverty, some of my relatives are very wealthy. They either live in La Jolla, the Beverly Hills of San Diego, or in Del Cerro, another place than only the wealthy can afford.

Funny Song About a Fantastic Life

"High School Graduation Reunion"

FREE SONG: "High School Graduation Reunion"

"High School Graduation Reunion" was written by The Hippy Coyote in Las Vegas. He recorded a really noisy version of the song in his guest house garage. With his 1984 Tobacco Sunburst Fender Stratocaster plugged into his 1978 Marshall Mk II 50-watt amplifer, Coyote sung a rough version of this song so that he wouldn't forget it.

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Coyote is a San Diego Rhino Stagehand

San Diego has embraced Coyote as a Rhino Stagehand. "Thank you Rhino!" shouts Coyote.

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Buddha Zhen Finds a Place To Teach

Proving again The Hippy Coyote's "Seasons of Fours Theory," we find Buddha Zhen back in the park that he spent his teenage years drinking booze, taking pills and smoking pot at.

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Will San Diego Masons Embrace "Masonic Kung Fu?"

"I went and got a few of my suits out of storage," says 3rd Degree Mason, Richard Del Connor. "When I was in Las Vegas, I had one black suit and one black formal. Different lodges have different dress codes, so hopefully I won't overdress so much." Apparently, due to heat or informality of their gatherings, the Las Vegas Mason lodge only required formal attire during a degree, and only by the officers. So Richard was surprised to realize during his first month of meetings in Nevada freemason lodges, that he was usually the only mason dressed up in a formal with bow tie and white pleaded shirt.

Coyote's 40-Year High School Reunion

From Funeral Memorial to Memorial University

September 1, was the memorial for Philip Persons, father of the Coyote In A Graveyard rock opera bass roadie of The Coyote, Sam Persons.

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Coyote's Casino

When our Hippy Coyote was in Las Vegas he drafted the design and blueprints for a brand new type of casino that was somehow beneficial to those who attended it. Yes, that does sound weird but Coyote figured out a way to do it.

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NEW ALBUM RELEASE:   The Rich: Live in Venice

One of my favorite albums is this live record. There are two live performances by The Rich that were saved from these years in Venice Beach, California. Recorded about a month apart at the end of 1979, and the beginning of 1980 in their Venice rehearsal home on Broadway Avenue.

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Webpage About Masonic Kung Fu

I'd appreciate some more reviews about this Masonic Kung Fu book.

San Diego Floor

Homeless Coyote Has One Month to Move

Still homeless, our Coyote has been shuffling between his homeless ex-wife and son in Los Angeles, and his father's studio apartment living room floor.

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Coyote on Craig's List

Coyote is putting ads on Craigs List for musicians or music opportunities. "Maybe I can get hired by a band as a singer," says Coyote to his Rhino buddies. But that was why Coyote left San Diego. He refused to play cover songs. "I jammed with one of my teenage music friends. He is a very good guitarist now. He said that he has been a "blue collar guitar player" for many years. Then he asked his wife, "Was I happy?" She shook her had sadly from side to side. "I hated it!" he proclaimed to Coyote. "I used to come home miserable. I hated it."

NEW MUSIC RELEASE:   
"Dizzy, My Toxic Daughter - Halloween Single"

Since Shaolin Records has been without a computer since 2010 and been unable to release the next American Zen album, LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy Part 2: 3rd Degree Master Mason, we (me, The Coyote, and I) are releasing old tapes we discovered on our hard drive while in Las Vegas.

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Rewards for Reviews?

We still need more reviews for the book, Masonic Kung Fu - Book 1 by Richard Del Connor.

Scorpion King Musician Vigilante

Coyote Stung in Neck by Scorpion

Coyote was working the Cricket Amphitheater near the Mexican Border in October 2012. During the setup for the Brad Paisley concert Coyote had a scorpion climb up his arm...

Coyote the Scorpion King

Coyote has been limping for the past month with his left leg swollen up.

Disciple Free

Buddha Zhen closed his CV Park Buddha Kung Fu school down after moving to Las Vegas in 2012. Buddha Zhen has spent some time with a few of these disciples on his trips to Los Angeles in 2012. Buddha Zhen had been a contracted teacher with the Los Angeles Parks & Recreation Department since 2005.

Nevada Freemason

I really tried to make a life in Las Vegas. Much like my move to Utah, it required severing all bonds and starting from scratch.

 

Kung Fu Cowboy Rock & Roll Movie 1, LLC

Connor and Karahadian Launch Kung Fu Cowboy Movie 1 L.L.C.

This is so exciting to be back in the movie business.

 

Coyote the Scorpion King

Coyote has been limping for the past month with his left leg swollen up.

Disciples for Free

Kung Fu classes during rehearsals and during production.

California Nevada Freemason

Richard Del Connor is also a member of the Masonic concordant body, York Rite. He wasn't able to participate much before leaving for Las Vegas a year ago.