established other branches of Fung Loy Kok in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. This Institute maintains altars to the Taoist deities, i.e., the Jade Emperor (Chinese: 玉皇大帝, or Emperor in Heaven), Guanyin (Chinese: 観音. One of the female Bodhisattvas in Buddhism), and Lü Dongbin (Chinese: 呂洞賓. One of the eight Taoist "Transcendants", who became Immortals via "Inner Alchemy"). Initially Moy concentrated on teaching just Tai Chi forms and later emphasized other internal arts. In 1988 Moy established the Gei Pang Lok Hup Academy, which is dedicated to the memory of his teacher Liang Zipeng. It was established with the intent to teach the internal martial arts other than Tai Chi, mainly Liu He Ba Fa. Over the years, Moy Linshin not only taught Tai Chi and Liu He Ba Fa but also Taoist meditation, Yiquan Zhan Zhuang and Qigong, a Hybrid Xingyiquan-Yiquan form from Sun Di, Yang Style Tai Chi Sword and Yang Style Tai Chi Saber, a long list of Foundation exercises (Jibengong) and some Baguazhang. The organizations since his death Since the death of Moy Lin-shin in 1998 the three organizations he founded have been amalgamated, with the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism as the main organization and the Taoist Tai Chi Society and the Gei Pang Lok Hup Academy as part of the Institute. This brought together the financial and administrative management of the three organizations. In order to broaden the emphasis on health and vitality, the Taoist Tai Chi Health Recovery Centre was established in 1997 near Toronto, at Orangeville, Ontario. On the same grounds a Taoist Cultivation Centre was built between 2005–2006. Criticism Moy Lin Shin has been criticized for being unqualified and for teaching a version of Tai Chi that is "not generally recognised as an authentic style of Tai Chi" although even critics have admitted that his efforts "did a great deal to introduce thousands to tai chi". References Canadian tai chi practitioners Chinese tai chi practitioners Republic of China Taoists People's Republic of China Taoists Canadian Taoists 1931 births 1998 deaths