Sifu Sharpe has started his journey of Martial Arts over 40 years ago. He practiced several different arts and even specialized in Capoeira and Wing Chun when he was younger. He then started leaning closer towards soft style martial arts and began his adventure into the land of Tai Chi, Xin Yi, Baguazhang and others.

Mr Roberto Sharpe has studied Law and graduated from Columbia University in Manhattan, NY. He had a plan to become a lawyer. He passed his law bar examinations and was on his way of fulfilling that reality. He put on the suit to get ready to start his life as a lawyer and suddenly he realized something...

"I felt like the suite was choking me, so I took it off and went to the park to train and teach Martial Arts."

Ever since that day he has been an adamant proponent of Martial Arts teaching his community in Tompkins Square Park as well as a local YMCA. He met Lyte Burly at the park, which is where their adventure started many years ago. Lyte Burly was a top student of Roberto Sharpe, many of the soft fist elements (as well as kicks) that Lyte learned, came directly from Sifu Sharpe.

Because of the nature of the Arts that he practiced, and the fact he did it in a public park, he got constant challenges from passerby's who had a disbelief that soft-arts could be effective in real combat. Thanks to this miss-conception, he was able to apply and perfect his understanding of Soft Fist Martial Arts.

This man (Mr Sharpe) is incredibly passionate about Martial Arts and has dedicated his life to it, throwing away opportunities that many people would kill for.

This is your opportunity to learn from the legend (and friend) of Harlem.