TAI CHI

St. Petersburg resident, Kent Oldfield, took home the Silver and two Bronze medals at the 3rd International Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan competition in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. Oldfield earned a Silver Medal in the Tai Chi saber competition and two bronze medals in Tai Chi Handform and Tai Chi Sword.

Tai Chi Chuan is a slow, moving, gentle practice that combines the principles of Chinese Martial Arts, medicine and philosophy.

For the past 17 years Oldfield has studied Tai Chi Chuan. He ranked five in the International Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Association. Oldfield trained for 10 years with Masters Yang Zhen Duo and Yang Jun of the Yang Family. Oldfield studied with New York-based instructor Bill Walsh, and taught at the Golda Meir/Kent Jewish Community Center in Tampa, Florida.

Oldfield has a Master's Degree in Music Performance, and currently teaches Traditional Yang Family Style Tai Chi at Yoga Etc. Studios in St. Petersburg.