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theApproach Bootcamp: New York City
"Brian K."
My thoughts are everywhere, I just wrote things down as they come
so it's
not the best organized, but it tells you a lot about it. I can't
figure
out how to put a lot of what I learned into words, it's like
I learn
through osmosis.
Day 1
I came into this bootcamp very open minded and did everything I
could to learn
as much as possible with these guys. I was very lucky with the RSI
bootcamp, I
got to work with both Woodhaven and Dimitri. I was only expecting
one
instructor. They are great teachers and helped me fix a lot of problems.
Vincent looks and sounds like he's a complete playboy. He
is dressed
very nicely, clean shaven, nice haircut with gel in it. His voice
sounds as if
he's getting a blowjob and the girls love it. Dimitri on the
other hand
will destroy someones limiting beliefs. He has long hair, and didn't
shave in a while. He hasn't bought new clothes in a while,
but they were
nice when they were new. His jeans were old, and worn out, but to
him they
were so comfortable.
We first met up and we talked. We went over what I wanted, and
they assured me
that I will get there, if I want to. They immediately fixed my body
language,
and kept fixing it whenever I would mess up throughout the day.
They made me
feel like I owned the place. I'm the King of New York.
They are really great at compliments, especially Dimitri. These
compliments
are really genuine and sincere and can really boost someones confidence.
One
of the first things that happened upon meeting them was I said something
negative about myself, Dimitri immediately corrected that and told
me he
didn't want to hear it. I liked that, and need to correct
this negative
mindset. After day 1 my body language was much better. It's
not
perfect, but it's certainly a huge improvement.
They than helped me with some fashion. Woodhaven helped me pick
out a pair of
pants and a few shirts. I think it helped me look much better, a
girl who
works there gave her opinion and said "sexy". Woodhaven
# closed
her (She's black so it was pretty shocking, normally he likes
a variety
of Asians). Even though it helped me look much better, they reminded
me that
the clothes don't make me, without the clothes I'm still
the same
person. They reminded me I have everything I need to succeed; it's
not
the clothes or the money, or anything other material possession.
It may help
but it doesn't make me. After that, we walked around the mall
a few
times, and I tried to mimic their body language.
We sat down again and talked some more. They helped me with conversation
skills, and basic game. It's easier to lead a conversation
than I
imagined. You can just ask a basic question and keep going deeper
into it.
Ask a question that's even considered afc, as long as it's
done
right. Don't just stack questions like an interview either.
You want to
listen to her answers and keep going deeper into it. We talked about
the
questions that are screening and story telling. What's involved
in both.
How a question that involves screening is different than a regular
question.
Example: asking are you athletic? would be a screening
question
because it makes the girl want to answer a certain way. With story
telling
there should be a point to the story. You also want to start on
a high note
and end on the highest note. Get to the story quick, get rid of
the useless
parts. You should also be using new stories as your life changes.
Everyones
lives are interesting, you shouldn't be relying on the same
story 10
years from now. Talk about whats interesting to you, don't
talk about
things just because you think she would be interested. Screen her
to see if
she likes what you like. We talked about phone game a little as
well.
Introduce yourself and open with a story, get her to remember you
by your
personality. Although I said it is easy, it's still one of
my sticking
points.
After that, they pointed to a girl for me to open. To get me relaxed,
Dimitri
had me grab my balls and shake them. First off it can get me relaxed,
but more
importantly it shows that you can. I can do whatever I want, as
long as I
think it is okay. She was sitting down, I pointed to the seat across
from her,
and opened with "Hey, is this seat taken?" We talked
a bit, and I
# closed her. My verbal game wasn't great, but my body language
was.
We than proceeded to dinner and we talked more. Dimitri was flirting
with the
cashier and she loved it. They helped me with some limiting beliefs
that I
have. They asked me why I had them, and logically they made no sense.
I knew
that, but just couldn't figure out why I had the belief. They
made me
realize what it was, and helped me get over it. We went over some
of my goals,
and what I want. They told me it can happen. I can become good enough
for it
to happen. Before we leave, Dimitri than messes with someone whose
working
there. He told her come here, she did, and grabbed her hat. She
laughed, and
seemed to enjoy it. I would have originally thought that was taking
it too
far, but someone like him can actually do it.
We than went out and they told me to open this two set. The girl
said she had
a boyfriend; he comes right over and gives me a pound. It was cool,
he
respected what I did. What I did wrong was where I placed myself.
I just had
bad logistics. I stood on the street, while they were on the curb.
They
looked down on me. It was okay though, I'm still a cool dude.
Still
doing it is wrong when you are 5'4". So next time I
open them, I
stay on the sidewalk as well.
When my next set didn't open, I tried to go back with an
opinion opener.
I don't need to even go for an opinion opener. I can say what I
want, I'm cool
enough where all I need to do is show them who I am.
We open more sets who are walking towards us, and one problem I
have is
I'm too invasive. I scare them when I approach, I'm
inside their
territory. I'm working on it, and must stop them from when
their walking
earlier. Don't stop them when you're about 1 foot away.
It's creepy, Dimitri showed me and even when he did it to
me, it was
weird, and I knew him. Open with whatever you feel like, and say
what you like
about them. As you do it more, your brain gets more spontaneous,
and ready for
random situations.
Day 2
Day 2 was very long, tiring, fun and VERY educational. I learned
a lot.
The original schedule had day two set up to start at like 10am,
but Woodhaven
and Dimitri let me change it to 5PM since we went to overtime on
Friday.
Starting later didn't reduce my time, it was just to make
things more
convenient for me. In fact we ended up going even longer in the
night till we
were all beat. I started the day by going to the RSI mini seminar
right before
it was done. Everyone was impressed by my body language, still not
perfect,
but it has improved. Some people thought I was like a third instructor.
My
overall game was noticeably better. It's a cycle, you fix
your body
language, girls respond better, you start doing better when they
respond
better. The cycle keeps continuing.
After they did their demo it turned into the regular bootcamp for
me. Dimitri
was working with me that day and Woodhaven went to do some pickup
on his own.
Within 30 minutes Woodhaven picked up a Latina girl and she paid
for a cab fare
back to her hotel room. You could tell it was on instantly. She
was in NY
looking to have a good time. Other people tried to get with her,
but they
aren't the same way. They would yell from far away or yell
while riding
a bike, trying to preserve their ego.
So after that the day was mostly spent with Dimitri. Dimitri gave
me
feedback after every approach that I made, and question me and ask
what I did
right and wrong. He did that so I am able to start identifying my
game and
knowing what I did right and wrong. I was sometimes scaring these
girls with
my opener, and he showed me exactly why. I know I still scare them
sometimes,
but it will get taken care of with experience. I can see why, but
some of the
things I do are so engrained it's hard to change some of them.
It's cool though, at least this way I can engrain the good
things as
well. I am trying to make smoother movements. With each one, I was
trying to
use what they were telling me and make improvements to my game from
it. I was
opening better, but was a bit confused about what to do after that.
I was
actually quite a bit surprised when some of them opened so that
is why. From
now on every set must open. These girls are very lucky to be able
to just talk
to me. I make their lives better.
During the day at H&M, I sarged this one girl who ended up
giving me a fake
number. She did say she had a boyfriend earlier. There was a certain
point
where she lost her interest. A good one was I #closed this girl
while she was
with her friends, right before he bf showed up. I also # closed
one who was by
herself while waiting for her bf. Than I # closed this really tall
pretty
chick that was fun. She literally towers over me. At the bar I talked
to this
one girl who was leaning into me, according to Dimitri I could have
kissed her.
I didn't realize that at night you go as far as you can as
fast as you
can, for some reason I figured you have to talk and get to know
her better, but
a lot of girls are there for the same thing you are.
At night it Dimitri and I went out to a few bars, that was fun.
We went from
places to place, talking to people, we were looking for one in particular,
but
couldn't find it. We still had fun, I opened a lot of street
sets and
got better. By the end of the night, they were opening, but I never
actually
responded. Some of the things that I said, I was surprised that
they opened.
I did a couple number closes, but I could have probably done more
than just
that.
Another fun one was when I approached a mixed set, and I told the
two girls
they look very nice. One guy told me I look very nice also, I just
said
thanks. I left the set and they threw me back in. They told me to
cross my
arms and just look at one of them, and say "You'll do."
I
did that she cursed at me and threatened me with her umbrella, but
I
didn't realize she was just joking so they sent me back in
again. I told
her I was just joking and if I knew she had such a dangerous weapon
I
wouldn't have gotten her angry. It was cool. Than I left and
blew her a
kiss. The guy got angry, I thought it was funny.
I opened two girls that were okay looking. We talked for a bit
and than I
left. I opened them later, while one girl was on her cellphone and
told them
we found a cool place where the drinks are nice, and cheap. They
were in a
huge set and told me they can't leave. Her friend the UG just
got angry
and kept telling me I was rude. I ignored her. Their other friend
looked very
nice though and was wearing a cowboy hat. Dimitri told her to take
the hat. I
told her the hat looked very nice and slowly took it and put it
on. She was
like it's not hers. She took it back while laughing, while
the UG was so
angry, it was hilarious.
Day 3
Day three was wrapping up. It was shorter than the other days,
but it was just
as good. You could see how much my game has improved. I still have
the
problem of being on or off. Like the response I get will either
be really good
or not so hot, but as I get better that will keep improving. They
went into
things like LTR management, sex, the full structure of a PU. We
went over
screening questions, pacing and leading, qualifying. With each approach
I do
they keep asking me what went right what went wrong. The reason
they do that
is so that they can help me identify my own problems in field. They
can easily
identify the problems I had, but when I'm out by myself, it
will be a bit
different. There will be problems and it may take me a few tries
before I
recognize it, but that's okay because I will. If I can't
I can
just tell them the problem and they will help me identify it. They
also told
me to be more powerful, I own the city. I must also be more congruent
with
whatever I am feeling.
A few sets that I remember:
Another one was when I did a direct to a two set in the mall. I
was only
interested in one of the friends. The conversation went something
like this.
“I thought you guys looked cool. My names (will not be told
online). I
opened her, and it was on. Her friend, the UG told me, hold up a
second and
just ignored me, but the girl I was interested in told me it's
because
she's not from this country she has no manners. We talked
for a bit, I
did a whole bunch of high fives which I now eliminated because they
serve no
purpose but looks lame. I always thought they did, but than somehow
I thought
they were cool, because it was on ASF for so long.
This was at the food court in the mall. There was a group of friends
who were
standing on line so Woodhaven had me open social. I had some anxiety,
after so
much direct I was like "hmm, what do I say?" He told
me anything
so I just opened with "What's good to eat?" Just
saying that
alone started a good conversation. I later reopened the girl I liked
with
"You seem really cool, you have a good sense of style, designing
your
clothes. Why don't you show me around?" I # closed her
and that
was that. I saw them later, and the girl gave me a big smile. I
smiled back,
and a couple of friends who didn't see me before were just
looking at her
and me like WTF is going on.
My very favorite was this one girl who was dressed in crazy clothes.
I opened
up with "I like your style." I was in. She told me she
was
waiting for someone. She was touching herself like crazy. I should
have told
her to sit, but didn't. I told her that I had to go but we
should get
together for some coffee. She said definitely. As she was writing
down her
number, someone comes over. She is like, "This is my boyfriend,
(forgot
his name)." I'm like Hey, whats up. She finishes writing
her
number and I leave. That was great. Still it surprised the hell
out of me, #
closing in front of her boyfriend.
I open this very good looking girl in the street, she has very
nice curves.
Dimitri told me to tell her, "You have really nice curves."
I
stopped her beautifully, she even took off her headphones. Than
what happens?
I kind of felt like I was going to get blown out saying it and I
might have
said it like a fool. I sounded like I was just clowning her in front
of my
friends, she didn't realize I was serious, and she responded
by
"fuck you". Dimitri and Woodhaven explained that if
I go very
sexual like that I need to be congruent with it.
Conclusion
I was literally trusting these guys with my life, and I could not
be happier.
I came to the bootcamp with a completely open mind. It was great
and I learned
so much. If I did not do this I may or may not have gotten to the
level of
where I want to be, but if I ever did get there, it will save me
years of my
time. I don't think there is many things as valuable as this.
Doing
this my social skills have permanently increased a good amount,
but the best
thing for me to do would be to keep practicing in field. If I don't
practice, I won't improve. If this is something that you're
interested in fixing in your life, than please go ahead and do it.
They will
help you to get wherever you want to be, but it can't be done
without
commitment of your own. If you aren't committed, they can't
use
magic to do it. These guys don't teach any gimmicks or routines,
they
teach you to be who you really are. They drop the stories, and openers,
you
develop your brain by becoming more spontaneous. You say what you
like about
the girls, and it will work. I think everyone has some interesting
things
happen in their life, but most people can't figure out how to express
it.
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"Vincent has to be the greatest guy I've ever met with women. He has that, you know, that PRESENCE about him. He's so cool when he strolls up to a woman, like he owns any place he's at. I learned more in three days with Vincent than I did in weeks. He's..." -Jimmy G., Boston, MA
"I have hung out with Vincent on two occasions, both times spending the afternoon together picking up girls. Each time I learned a tremendous amount from him, about pick up in general but particularly about his specialty, direct game during the day. ..." -Rob, Washington, D.C.
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