Alakoso Sharif's Tai Chi Masters
Master Li Shixin (middle) Beijing University, Beijing, China [1995]
Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan
Madam Chen (left) Beijing University, Beijing, China [1995]
Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan (left)
Alakoso on Great Wall
Madam Li (right) Qufu University, Qufu, China [1995]
Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan
African Roots and Ancestral Traditions
Tobi Alakoso Sharif has traveled to Africa and is an Babalawo (Priest) of Orisa Obatala and a member of the Isoro Traditional Council of Chiefs in the Ifa Tradition of Nigeria, West Africa. He was a protege of the late Chief Adeyela Adelekan (Profile), The Mediator of Babalawos (fully initiated Ifa Priests and Priestesses) worldwide. Sharif is also a practitioner of the African Spiritual Healing Traditions and Head Priest of Ile Awo Orisa (The House of the Mysteries of Orisa). He practices and teaches several techniques of Meditation and Trance Utilization. Seifu Sharif has taught in New York, Arizona, Hawaii, and China, and has students scattered across the U.S. and world.