The Canadian

Tai Chi Academy

New Québec locations

Toronto

Mississauga

Kitchener

Port Perry

Hamilton

Peterborough

Omemee

The Canadian Tai Chi Academy is a registered charity based in Toronto, Canada, dedicated to the teaching of the Chinese internal arts for health as passed on to us by the late Master Moy Lin-Shin (1931-1998).

We hold weekly classes for beginners and more experienced students, and lead workshops at home and abroad. Our style of Tai Chi and Lok Hup is suitable for all ages, designed to help the student reduce stress, gain flexibility and increase vitality.

The Academy was founded by disciples of Master Moy, and is 100% operated by volunteer instructors and officers. Our head instructors have over 20 years of experience teaching Lokhupbafa and the 108-move Yang Style Tai Chi set. Since the Academy’s inception, we have become known for our relaxed and friendly approach to teaching.

The Academy is not affiliated with any religious organizations.

If you’d like to learn more about us, please read on.

Master Moy’s Vision and our Mission

Every organization needs a vision and a mission to guide its steps. In our case, we are guided by the vision of our late Sifu, Master Moy-Lin-Shin who foresaw:

A world without suffering from illness.

Master Moy frequently referred to the “four stages of life” as birth, aging, sickness, and death.  Although birth, aging, and death are obviously inevitable, sickness can be prevented. With diligent practice, Full Extension Tai Chi and Lokhupbafa can help reduce sickness and prevent the suffering many of us would otherwise experience. 

To that end, this is the Academy’s mission:

Raise public awareness of the benefits

of Tai Chi and Lok Hup Ba Fa.

Train volunteer instructors to teach Tai Chi,

focusing on seniors to help alleviate their suffering.

Provide technical, financial and moral support

to former students of Master Moy

so that they can once again help others

by teaching Tai Chi and Lok Hup Ba Fa.

The last statement is especially important to us, since any increase in the number of teachers will increase the number of people benefitting from Tai Chi ten- to twenty-fold. This way we can move toward realizing Master Moy’s vision more effectively.