About Sifu A. KháLeef Ali

A. KháLeef Ali, began his martial arts training in Ed Parker's American Shaolin Kenpo at age seven and at age fourteen choose Wing Chun Kung as a way of life. He began training in Yip Man's Wing Chun Kung Fu in 1979 under Sifu Hawkins Cheung a disciple of Grandmaster Yip Man until he mastered the Sil Lum Tao, Chum Kil, Bil Jee and the Mok Jong (108 Wooden Dummy form) forms of Wing Chun Kung Fu.

Ali was certified as a senior instructor of Wing Chun Kung Fu in 1998 by Grandmasters Chu Shong Tin, Yip Chun, Moy Yat and Yip Ching of the Ving Tsun Athletic Association (VTAA) in Hong Kong, China and witnessed by Grandmasters Hawkins Cheung, Mark Po and Moy Bing Wah also of the VTAA.

Sifu A. KháLeef Ali and Grandmasters of the Yip Man Wing Chun Kung Fu Family. (Click on photo to view larger)

Senior Certification in Dayton, OH, 1998 at the Ving Tsun Athletic Association (VTAA) (Click on photo to view larger)

Sifu Ali started teaching Yip Man Wing Chun Family Kung Fu in 1993 in Lynchburg, VA while completing an undergraduate degree in Business Administration at Liberty University. In 1996, while completing his Masters in Economics at Morgan State University, he began offering private instruction and charging professional fees for his private tutoring services and holding new student workshops for serious students only. Sifu Ali has held regular new student workshops in Baltimore, Catonsville, Edgewater and Beltsville, Maryland over the past 7 years and continues to provide private instruction to students in Maryland, Washington, DC and Virginia area.

Sifu Ali moved to Laurel, Maryland in1999 to meet the growing demand for qualified instruction in traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu in Maryland, Washington, DC and Northern Virginia. The Invisible Dragon's Lightning Hand School was set-up in the basement of Sifu Ali's home and he started holding new student workshops in the area and providing private tutoring.

Our Kwoon was established to honor and perpetuate the Ving Tsun of Gi Gung Yip Man, Grand Master of our Wing Chun Kung Fu system. And it is dedicated to the memories of the Shaolin Nun, Ng Mui and her first and foremost student Yim Wing Chun, after who our system is named.