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All of our accredited Tai Chi and Qigong instructors teach
at our school as volunteers. Officers, directors and instructors
are not compensated in any way. Our school, founded
by students of the late sifu, Master Moy Lin-Shin, was set
up this way to make sure that helping others and giving to
others is the sole motivation of our dedicated volunteer staff.
Taoist Master Moy Lin-shin
Our
senior instructors have between 14 and 20 years experience
and attend regular classes with Sifu Ben Chung a disciple
of Master Moy from 1982 to 1998, as well as,
workshops held by the Canadian Tai Chi Academy and the International
Association of Tai Chi and Lok Hup Academies.
Ben
studied continuously and directly under Master Moy rom 1982
until Mr. Moy's death in 1998. From 1985 to 2005, Ben was
a Tai Chi and Lokhupbafa instructor in many of the Greater
Toronto Area Taoist Tai Chi Locations. In 2006 Ben is a leading
founder of the Canadian Tai Chi Academy to carry on the works
of Master Moy.
Sifu
Ben Chung
Our instructors
train in many aspects of the Taoist arts such as Tai Chi,
Lok up, sword, sabre and Taoist Meditation and Qigong.
Since 2002, instructors
have traveled to China each year to further their studies
in the Taoist Arts with Taoist Master Wan Su-Jian at the Chinese
Taoist Medical BaGua XunDaoGong Institute in Beijing.
In 2004 and 2006 The Michigan Tai Chi Association sponsored
Master Wan and 5 of his medical staff to visit Michigan to
share some of the Taoist Arts and techniques to our members
and the public. During these visits they lectured at
Henry Ford Hospital's Center for Integrated Medicine, as well
as gave a mini-training session to the Physical Therapists
at the center.
Taoist Master Wan Su-jian
In
2007, Master Wan welcomed our international members and instructors
to also experience Chinese Culture and participate in traditional
Taoist arts such as meditation and qigong practices.
Twenty members and instructors traveled to Beijing where we
stayed for two weeks at the Institute.
Click
here for photos of China 2008 trip
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MTCA
Instructors
Back
row left to right: Moses Wu, Mike Belisle, Peggy
Rose & Jan Crowe (set leaders), Mike Callen, Lillian Schilser,
Judy Fietz, Michael Ross and Marsha Adams. First
row left to right:
Sally Rich, Nancy Hayden, Sifu Ben Chung and John Hill
By
attending a class at our school, you are contributing to the
good work and positive energy that we wish to share with our
community, the world and those less fortunate, with
the hope of inspiring everyone to live a healthier and happier
life.
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Michigan
Tai Chi Association will miss our friend and instructor
Gary
Marchant
1952-2009
Gary Marchant, friend
and instructor at the Livonia center passed Thursday, May
14th. Gary started Tai Chi in 1996, he was a natural
and was asked to set lead soon after he learned the 108 movements
and began teaching tai chi at the Livonia Center in 2004.
He served as Vice President of the Michigan Tai Chi Association
for 3 years until he became ill. Gary was a very quite
and gentle person with a great sense of humor.
Gary was also
a great artist and spent many hours drawing and painting the
characters of the tai chi set on the walls at our center.
He also designed our new logo and this year's "Year of
the Ox" tee shirts.
Instructors and
students of the Michigan Tai Chi Association are honored to
have known Gary Marchant - and we will miss our friend.
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