History
The Taoist Tai Chi Society was founded by Moy Lin-shin (梅連羨). He arrived in Toronto, Canada in 1970 and started teaching Tai Chi and related internal arts.
The primary style Moy taught was a T'ai chi ch'uan form. He also taught a Lok Hup Ba Fa form. Moy modified the orthodox Yang-style tai chi chuan form that he knew, in order to maximize the health benefits obtainable from the form. Over the years Moy trained many of his students to become instructors/teachers of this art of health.
On a 42-hectare rural property near Orangeville, Ontario, the Society has built its residential Health Recovery Centre and Quiet Cultivation Centre, where members from around the world can gather and train together. The Quiet Cultivation Centre includes a large temple of Chinese-inspired design dedicated to Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist teachings, which was opened on 2007-09-08 with the participation of some 2500 members. The construction was funded entirely by donations.
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