London Boot-camp May 2-4: Sheriff and Soul
The boot-camp was fantastic. Thanks to all the instructors. I’m going to post a really detailed review as there were a lot of thoughts in my mind, even before coming to the boot-camp.
Reason for Signing-Up
I had to sign up. I wanted more confidence with girls, work on my
inner game and have my own identity and get over approach anxiety (which, as I now know, is almost impossible. Nearly everyone has it! Just push through it)
I came while I was in a relationship, which was a mistake. Unless you have rock hard confidence and
inner game (which is unlikely as an
AFC) you’re gonna be approaching girls all night long and will be at least tempted. If you’re in a traditional relationship, only come if you have that incredible confidence or don’t mind cheating. If you’re in an open one then good for you
Even before coming to the
bootcamp, I sent
Sheriff and
Soul a post and they were really helpful and wanted to help out. I really appreciated that.
1st Seminar
On the first day we met the instructors. What the hell was going on? They seemed like normal guys EXCEPT that they all seemed to have a strong identity and they cared about what we were doing. They gave some background on why they ended here and everyone in the room could relate.
1st day we covered the fundamental work on approaching, opening, transitioning and locking in. I confess I have a passion for learning about reading before doing, probably a form of procrastination, and so most of the stuff on this day I had come across. But it was useful to enforce it. I thought practising the openers on the instructors were useful but man... their bitch shields were up. I feel for someone with massive AA it would help a lot. I would prefer to be approaching a random set on the street to practise rather than with the instructors but they were able to give me feedback (to RELAX and not to talk like I’m acting). I could see the use.
1st Night Infield
The student/staff ratio was incredible. It was essentially 1-1 the whole night!
The first night in the field was fucking crazy. Seriously, in bars and clubs I have approached girls less than 5 times in my life, and when I did they would have been single sets only, so only 5 girls in my life. Saturday night I approached 20 sets with between 1 and 7 girls ON MY OWN (maybe followed by my wing)! Fuck me. I must have met around 50 girls that one night. What is being taught DOES WORK! Do not have doubts on that.
If you’re not going to sign up as you have more important priorities in your life or you feel it costs too much then fine. But what is being taught does work. I managed to get in comfort with random girls all around the club in the first night. Now looking back I’m sure I could have extracted one or two.
Fivepointzero: He was my instructor for the first night and he’s so entertaining and has a great energy that makes girls attracted. He was teaching me on body language and being more assertive. It was crucial and I’m still focusing on it and its working. Everything he taught me could relate to normal day-to-day social interactions too, this is not just about pickup, it’s about being sociable. He was able to ground in the importance of the opener (which was that you can say anything – not just routines), locking in and then isolating. I have to say locking in is so damn fun. You just push them out your way and they don’t seem to care. HA! If you want to learn how to make sets fun, isolating and bouncing, then this guy is perfect for a 1-1.
Stickler: Stickler helped me out while I was in set, letting me know when I had loads of IOIs and to try the Mystery k-close. Really approachable fun guy, easy to chat to and knows his stuff.
Soul: I didn’t work much with
Soul but really friendly guy and gave advice to me on the 1st night to be more forceful and leading. Spoke to him throughout the
seminar and would answer any questions you have. He lead the
day game and
direct game portion of the
seminar (Day 3).
Paladin: This guy helped me out and he's not even an instructor, so he should definitely should get a mention. Insanely funny guy, with a relaxed atmosphere and helped me to notice when IOIs are coming. I guess I had misconceptions and didn't notice when I was receiving IOIs and now I'm picking up on them more. In addition, he just pushed me into sets. Thanks man, I needed the encouragement!
Sets for the night: So many on the first night that I’m starting to forget. Opened people at the bar, in the corridor... so many. There were these American girls that I was ordered by
Sheriff to ‘get blown out’ by being too nice. I couldn’t do it! I was being nice asking them interview questions, they were talking, getting bored but they just wouldn’t blow me out. Then fivepointzero and
sheriff came across, I then isolated one, moved her to the bar and after time we rejoined her friends on the dance floor (I should have pulled the trigger!). They weren’t the hottest set but we had 7 girls around us, and women were orbiting us to join our group. Talk about pre-selection working... I approached a single set at the end of the night, started chatting... her friend comes up and starts screaming "What the fuck. Get the fuck away!!!" I was like... “Where’s her off button?” Damn, that was good and her friend was like “No, no, no. He’s a cool guy. Let him stay.” Seriously, girls want guys to approach in a good way. The amount of times I heard, “It’s refreshing to have a cool conversation with a guy. Most of the other guys are really creepy” (oh yeah, other
PUA training courses were there that night...

)
I even opened a girl at a bus stop on the way back home and got into comfort. Damn cool. I need to pull the trigger more.
As you can guess from the way my typing is a little irregular now, I had a fantastic time, even remembering it and it just makes me want to go sarging now. Amazing.
2nd Seminar
The 2nd
Seminar is the stuff I hadn’t read as much or practised. Firstly we debriefed and looked at what went well and what didn’t and how to work on it.
Soul did a really great job of explaining storytelling and his really ‘touching’ Thailand story that he tells girls

I thought it was really useful to be able to write stories, read them out and get improvements. Then there was more on cold reading, roleplaying and qualification (which I needed to do more of). Obviously, I could go on for hours but it gave you more than enough to remember for the evening. Really great stuff and a lot to remember.
2nd Night Infield Rokker: I worked with
Rokker throughout the night which was great. He has such a cool vibe but he is so attentive too. He helped me get over the AA I was having initially, pushed me into a few sets and I plowed. The thing I really respected was that while he was well in comfort with another girl, my girl left so he came over, left his girl on her own and chatted to me for 5 mins. The girl just waited for him and he gave feedback to me. It was damn cool and when he went back the girl seemed like she was even more into him then when he left.
Sheriff: Throughout both nights
Sheriff was coming and giving advice on what to do next. His tasks were outside my comfort zone and that’s what you need and I gave it a go. Really useful advice and he seems to have great insight on what you should do to push your boundaries.
Sets: Less sets than 1st night but more time in them. Went really well with 3 sets, had a k-close and have now arranged day2 for tomorrow. It was really cool, as I managed to do it on my own from a cold approach.
3rd Seminar
This covered seduction and other specific stuff from
day game,
direct game to social group game by
Mr M. Really quite technical and I was really into it and could have continued for hours more. I would like to have heard a little bit on Day2s and managing expectations but I understand there’s only so much time available.
Other Guys
Everyone else who helped out and the other students made the whole experience even better. Will definitely meet up with the other students and make sure we put what we were taught into practise.
Conclusion
Great course and the infields made it totally worthwhile. It really has made me think about my identity (damn you
Rokker) and so it goes beyond just pickup. I’m now wondering what job I want to do and what I want to do with my life (managed to turn that into an opener while in a park

My mate who was with me was stunned). At the same time, having the concept that I’m improving with girls is a great feeling and knowing and seeing that it can be learnt is eye-opening.
If it’s important enough to you then do not hesitate to go for it. You'll learn soo much more than half-heartedly trying it on your own. Try to learn the openers and routines off by heart before coming as it makes opening groups so much easier as you can then focus on everything else! (And there is a LOT!)
I'm going to need to save more money as I'm definitely going to go to another
bootcamp/
seminar/1-1 in the
future, after I practise what I've learnt this time around.
Damn cool weekend.
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