This website is dedicated to the Students of Seifu A.S. Umar Sharif, MA. It is also dedicated to the promotion and propagation of the Traditional Afro-Asian Martial and Healing Arts. Our goal is to inform, educate, inspire, encourage, and motivate others to improve their lives by applying The Wisdom of the Ancients.
As your teacher and host, Seifu Sharif [aka: Xia` Xue' Gong] [aka: Tobi Alakoso] is dedicated to helping each of you to remember and nurture the Spirit of Wu-Te and the powers dormant within you.
As indicated in Seifu Sharif's Profile, he has been fortunate
to study with several highly qualified Teachers, Masters, and
Grand Masters of various martial and healing arts. However,
as he describes in his book, Unlocking The Healing Powers
in Your Hands: The 18
Mudra System
of Qigong, the
heart of soul of the 7 Circles System has been and remains the
strong foundation laid by Grand Master Alan Lee. In the martial
arts world lineage is considered very important. Seifu Sharif
describes the 7 Circles System as a Traditional Shaolin-based
system with contemporary adaptations, variations, forms.
After searching for five years for a sense of true fit, Seifu
Sharif was introduced to Grandmaster Alan Lee, the Patriarch
of the teaching of Shaolin Kung Fu in the West, and especially
to non-Chinese. Seifu Sharif internalized and built upon the
foundation and lineage of instruction and training that he received
from Grandmaster Alan Lee and two of his top students, George
Hudson (Abdel Rashed) and Talib din Hassan. Spanning the
period of 1965 thru 1978 Seifu's training included kung fu,
qigong, medicine, and Asian Philosophy. The first three years
at the temple, located in downtown Manhattan, were of course
the most important in rooting our system in the Shaolin tradition.
We pay homage to Grandmaster Li Ten Tong of the Southern Stone
Fist Style and Grandmaster Ghi as the Ancestral Patriarchs of
what under Grandmaster Alan Lee came to be known as Northern/Southern
Shaolin Kung Fu Wu-Su. In 1980, after training and teaching
for 15 years in New York City, Seifu Sharif moved to Phoenix,
Arizona and shifted the Northern/Southern emphasis of Grandmaster
Alan's system to a Southern/Northern emphasis (because of the
much hotter climate). It was this shift that began the development
of the 7 Circles System of Southern/Northern Shaolin Kung Fu
Wu Su, Wu Kung, & Qigong.
moreThe Influence of Seifu's 1996 China Visit and Tai Chi Training on the 7 Circles System
After searching for five years for a sense of true fit, Seifu
Sharif was introduced to Grandmaster Alan Lee, the Patriarch
of the teaching of Shaolin Kung Fu in the West, and especially
to non-Chinese. Seifu Sharif internalized and built upon the
foundation and lineage of instruction and training that he received
from Grandmaster Alan Lee and two of his top students, George
Hudson (Abdel Rashed) and Talib din Hassan. Spanning the
period of 1965 thru 1978 Seifu's training included kung fu,
qigong, medicine, and Asian Philosophy. The first three years
at the temple, located in downtown Manhattan, were of course
the most important in rooting our system in the Shaolin tradition.
We pay homage to Grandmaster Li Ten Tong of the Southern Stone
Fist Style and Grandmaster Ghi as the Ancestral Patriarchs of
what under Grandmaster Alan Lee came to be known as Northern/Southern
Shaolin Kung Fu Wu-Su. In 1980, after training and teaching
for 15 years in New York City, Seifu Sharif moved to Phoenix,
Arizona and shifted the Northern/Southern emphasis of Grandmaster
Alan's system to a Southern/Northern emphasis (because of the
much hotter climate). It was this shift that began the development
of the 7 Circles System of Southern/Northern Shaolin Kung Fu
Wu Su, Wu Kung, & Qigong.