Pytt Geddes

Pytt Geddes (born Gerda Meyer Bruun on 17 July, 1917 – died 4 March 2006) was responsible for bringing t'ai chi to the UK [ Frank Woods. [http://URL http://www.gerdageddes.com/gerda.htm "Title"] , "Gerda 'Pytt' Geddes, Dancer in the Light", Retrieved on 2008-08-18.] . She taught classes at The Place in London, UK.

She was born in Bergen, Norway the daughter of a successful businessman and politician who served in the Norwegian government as Minister of Trade. During the Second World War, she joined the Norwegian Resistance. She married David Geddes in 1948 and was later a friend of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. She studied psychology in the USA and then Reichian analysis in Oslo.

With her husband she moved to Shanghai and witnessed t'ai chi and decided to seek a teacher. She studied in Hong Kong with Choy Hawk Pang and then his son Choy Kam Man.

Publications

*Looking for the Golden Needle: An Allegorical Journey (Paperback) by Gerda Geddes
** Paperback, 124 pages, MannaMedia (1991) ISBN 1-872606-01-6
** Paperback, 116 pages, Paul H Crompton Ltd (1995) ISBN 0-9525104-0-5

References

External links

* [http://www.taichiholidays.com/background/pyttgeddes.html T'ai Chi Holidays: Obituary]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/21/db2101.xml Daily Telegraph: Obituary]
* [http://www.taichiunion.co.uk/tculog/archives/archive_2006-m03.php#e64 T'ai Chi Union]
* [http://www.connections-magazine.co.uk/articles/gerdageddes.html Interview with Gerda Geddes]
* [http://www.belindarose.net/taichigrampian/gg.htm Extracts from Tai Chi Chuan Magazine] reproduced with consent 2006.