Ann Danaiya Usher has been practicing Taichi for more than 30 years. She started her training as an 18-year-old with the Taoist Tai Chi Society, first in Kingston, then in Montréal. She has taught in both Canada and Sweden. A few years after Moy Lin Shin's death she parted ways with the society.

Since 2008, she has been teaching regular Taichi classes in Norway, south of Oslo, where she has lived since 1997. She also holds workshops in Norway and England. On yearly visits to Montréal, Ann continues to receive instruction from Philippe Gagnon.

In addition, she is a student of Ashtanga Yoga, and has on several occasions studied Vipassana meditation in northern Thailand. Ann is Thai-Canadian. She works as a journalist, is married and has four children. Find out more on

www.emptystepnorway.com.

Paul Bromley discovered taichi at age 21, in 1993, and became an instant enthusiast. He practices and teaches all of the forms taught by master Moy Lin Shin, which include Taichi, Taichi sword and sabre, Liuhebafa (lokhup bafa), and the Xingyi form which he learned from Mrs Kwan Siu Lan, a student of master Moy and master Sun Dit in Hong Kong. Since then, he has broadened his skills by studying with reputed masters various forms of Qigong, and other internal arts, including namely Baguazhang, Hebei Xingyi, Yiquan and Chen style Taichi.

In addition to his training as an Occupational Therapist, Paul completed the Medical Acupuncture Program in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. He has integrated this knowledge not only in his professionnal career, but also in his understanding and teaching of internal arts.

Hubert Gagnon met Moy Lin-shin in 1976 and remained a student of his until the latter passed away in 1998. During this period, Hubert studied engineering at Polytechnique Montreal, and industrial design at Carleton University in Ottawa, after which he made his carreer in design. As of 1982, he started teaching as a volunteer in the international school created by master Moy. During the following year, he was initiated to meditation by daoist priest Mui Ming-to, who came regularly from Hong Kong in order to teach. Fron then on, Hubert continued to deepen the art and to teach, giving numerous workshops in Canada, the United-States and Europe. He practices and teaches all the arts taught by master Moy, including the Taichi, Liuhebafa, and Xingyi, as well as various forms of meditation and 'internal work' (Neigong) exercises.

Having now retired from his profession, Hubert wishes to devote himself to his passion for internal arts, by sharing what he knows to those who are interested.

Philippe Gagnon started training in the internal arts in 1975, at the age of 18. A dedicated student of master Moy Lin-shin for 23 years, he also benefited from the support of the latter's first students. He was quickly entrusted the task of teaching taichi and liuhebafa classes, and then leading workshops, both in Canada and abroad. Mui Ming-to, a prominent daoist priest whom he met in 1980, introduced him to meditation as a transformative mind-body practice. Philippe integrated it in his training and this interest later expanded to other meditative traditions. Starting in 1982, he began a series of sojourns in China (mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong), where he studied, started a family and worked as a lawyer for several years. There, he met master Sun Dit and other practitioners and teachers of the internal arts. He has also trained in the classical forms of Taichi, namely the Wu style (Lee Man-Charn) and Yang style (Sun Shaojyu), and various sword and sabre techniques.

After master Moy passed away, Philippe continued to support his school until 2008. Working independently since then, he has been keen to promote the legacy of master Moy and master Sun to new generations. In 2013, he established 'Taichi Nüances' (taichinuances.com) in Montreal, where he is now fully dedicated to teaching taichi, liuhebafa, neigong and xingyi/yiquan.