FOH~

Thanks for the offer. I have the link and think the reference photos are 8532-8536 dated 8/6/04. My thinking is that it would be clearer viewing along the red line but maybe not. There has been discussion elsewhere on the extension of the shaft and the forearm at impact not appearing in line. In the sequences I have examined including the workshop photos and the student's video of Yoda, I can't see the line up from a down the target line view. BTW, if you have access to The Masters of Golf by Aultman and Bowden check out Trevino. These discussions take the eyes to different places and for me gave a different meaning to Hogan's lesson #4.

DRW

I submitted a request here for some close up photos of the allignment from all angles etc. I think once they get that going the fog will dissappear forever. It's amazing that on GEA all the skeptics were trashing TGM etc, then the video clip of Yoda hitting appeared and now several of the skeptics are saying, "Wait a minute, no tell me a little bit more about....." :lol:

Depends on the plane you are looking at
 

I know basically nothing about TGM and I also am struggling, trying to interpret and incorporate these fundamentals into my swing with no one here to say yes thats right or no you haven't quite got it.
Any experts please let me know if I've got it right or not.
As to the right forearm on plane with the shaft, I think it depends on how you are looking at it. If you look from behind the ball the shaft and forearm are supposed to appear to be in line, or laying on the same plane. If you were looking from opposite the ball or even the view as you look down at the shaft and your fore arm the would not appear to be in line, they would be at angles to each other.
For me to get what I think is right, I set up the right arm flying wedge with the club in my right hand, raised and extended out from my body, as if it was laying on the table. Then I lower the club head down to the ground while bending my right elbow and keeping it, (my elbow) pretty close to the front of my right hip, but still keeping the bent right wrist and the flying wedge.
Sorry about the length and I hope it makes sense. I quess I am looking for some validation.
Steve

The whole plane subject is fascinating. 10-6 and 10-13 may be the most complex in the book and possibly the most critical prerequisite for a student prior to striking a ball. If there is any area in the book that needs a "see your AI immediately" message, this is it. Hopefully I am getting close but my plans for a brief trip with TGM vanished some months ago. HK must have been in a joking mood when he wrote in the Preface, "stay with it a while..."

Maybe in the future we will have the opportunity to hear what Yoda had to say during the session represented by photos 8532-37 of the Parker C Smith series at Pine Needles and #10-11 in the musical slide show.

DRW

Re: Depends on the plane you are looking at
 

Steve,

You basically have got it for the right forearm flying wedge. There is much, much more to say about the wedges. 6-B-3-0-1 if you have the book.

We hear you guys on the photos...As they say, a thousand words.

Wait'in, Wait'in on a Sunny Day... :D

Bagger Springsteen