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04-30-2006, 01:50 PM
Yoda
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The Eight Imperatives? CE#46

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Yes I feel the same way just thought I'd throw the question out there. Everytime I find it it's the 1979 not 75 edition. Im very interested to see the five different stages!! as well as the putting strokes/5 imperatives.

Peter




Better late than never, What were the 5 imperatives?




The 5 Imperatives showed up in the 2nd Edition:

1) Stationary Head

2) Balance

3) Rhythm

4) Flat Left Wrist

5) Clubhead Lag

They remained the same for the 3rd Edition.

The change took place in the 4th Edition which remains the same today. This was the beginning of the 3 Imperatives with the 3 Essentials.




Interesting stuff! And it gets even more interesting because there were actually Eight Imperatives in the 2nd and 3rd editions!

The first five referenced above did not have a paragraph reference of their own. Instead, they appeared in the first paragraph of 2-0 General. And then there were...

The Three Hand Action Imperatives of 6-H-0 written in all capitals:

A. ALLOW NOT THE SLIGHTEST UNINTENTI8OONAL CHANGE OF PRESSURE POINT PRESSURE;
B. ALLOW NOT THE SLIGHEST MOVE TO PREPARE TO SWIGN THE CLUB FROM THE WRIST;

C. ALLOW NOT THE SLIGHTEST PREPARATION TO BRING THE HANDS TO A STOP.



These Three Hand Imperatives found their ultimate identity as Quitting, the Second of the Four Snares. They now exist only as a memory and as the genesis of 3-F-7-B. Like 'Dear Old Great-Grandad,' they are gone, but not forgotten.

And now you know...

The rest of the story!

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Above is series of thread in archives under chapter 1 - eight imperatives... but it has so much to offer with regards quitting.


MASSIVE FONT SIZE / bold / italic CHANGE BY ME

it makes much more sense to my mind when phrased like this rather than in the quitting section and is so important i can see why it was an early "imperative" it makes the retention of a passive PP1 sensation something to strive for. I found that it makes my right shoulder go more down plane than anything i have tried before!! this is the way i understand "hands controlled pivot" - get the body to do whatever is needed so that the correct pressure point sensations are maintained in swinging - including pp1 in swinging - but passive pp1.