“I thought overall the weekend was structured brilliantly. The three hours of lectures was just the right amount of time; the material was really well prepared, presented and delivered by all the guys. I was so impressed by how much effort had gone into the lectures. They were also delivered in a way that was both formal and disciplined, yet that also invited questions and interaction. I don’t think there was any element of the talks that wasn’t obviously relevant and immediately engaging.
I do think though that the talks might not appeal to everyone. I guess this goes to the heart of why people game; some guys might be more interested in learning specific techniques rather than understanding inner game and the deeper side to it all. For instance, I think NLP is a really valuable tool, but it is difficult to apply it when you are not at a stage of your life where you understand what it means. Without some understanding of NLP and a readiness of mind, NLP will probably go unappreciated.
Jimmy’s talk was outstanding. He completely conveyed to me how important it is that the Game be a positive thing in the lives of men and women.
There is good Game, where you use it for benevolent purposes and in the process become a better person and improve the world, and bad Game where it is all about achieving short term goals no matter what the cost to those around you. Jimmy impressed me so much by how rounded, balanced and decent he is. Having said that, I thought that all the instructors I spent time with had clearly gone beyond the superficial, party trick stage of the Game and had seen its real value. But Jimmy managed to articulate this perfectly in his talk.
Ace’s talk was probably the most useful; the mixture of practical suggestions, overview of the game and focus on inner game made it a really good opening talk for the others to follow. The handouts were fantastic and will certainly be a source of reference for me. Ace was clearly a very strong personality and held everyone’s attention; he has a rare gift for public speaking and entertaining. My only slight criticism is that he was almost too polished and maybe had less rapport with the audience than Jimmy or Perry or Tony.
Perhaps I am biased having spent time with Tony the night before, but I really felt his talk was so strong because you felt his natural, warm personality coming through. Like Jimmy, you came away from the talk with clear evidence of what the Game has done to his life and how it has allowed him to develop into a leader. His presence was inspiring and you never questioned whether he was putting on any kind of an act; he was not faking, tricking or posing; he was being the best him imaginable.The talk was also so useful in terms of creating a presence for yourself that supersedes words.
Perry’s enthusiasm was totally infectious and charming. Like all the guys, he has clearly reached such an advanced stage of inner belief that he can now actualise and externalise beautifully. He is such a fun person to be around and I was only sorry that I could not spend time with him when I was more energised.
I thought that given how little time there was to practise in the field, we accomplished a lot. Both my ‘wingmen’ for the evenings were highly supportive and constructive in their approach. I was impressed by their confidence and energy and really found myself wanting to impress them-It was a pleasure spending time with them both (Perry and Tony).
I can’t speak highly enough of the guys. They were kind, supportive yet demanding, fun yet instructive. It was an amazing, life affirming weekend, that I intend to build on over the next few years. I really feel I made massive progress on my inner game, which is not as strong as I sometimes think. The weekend showed me where my weaknesses and strength lie and how to maximise my potential.
I think the great benefit of the weekend is to give one a sense of direction and purpose. Field experience is something you have to gain independently as you build a game style to suit your natural personality. I strongly feel that the game is about being the best you there is; for this reason, magic tricks, bogus psychology, excessive showmanship are cheap distractions to the real task of realising what you can be and what society has held you back from becoming.
To me, the Game will always be about being a man; being strong, outgoing, open minded, tolerant, kind, humble; a leader in short. The Game at first might seem bizarre and artificial, but in time you see that your natural state as an alpha male is gaming. You game because you are an alpha male not the other way around.
Over the weekend, I met some of the most impressive examples of men in my life. Guys who do what needs to be done when it needs to be done.
Guys who laugh at pride and stand tall before adversity. God bless you all.”
Matthew
“Nobody will be a PUA after an evening workshop.
The real purpose this is to initiate real newbies to open their selves to the "scaring" foreign territory, finding out that after all it is not so terrible ! The theory sure is fundamental.
I've really appreciated the guys effort put on this course on 11th of April, and really much enjoyed the EVENING !
A real huge thanks and that some day you will see me in some starbucks approaching some HB10 and they 'll say: ‘Look at him, he was my kid ... !’ “
MD
“Thanks for a very informative, useful and fun couple of nights.
Ace, you are an excellent public speaker; you have great confidence and great body movement.
DW
The course is billed as 6-9pm, friday and saturday; but be careful, that's only the classroom time.The fieldwork goes on till 12pm, and that is absolutely essential.There were about 10 students attending.
The course is planned and executed neatly and professionally. You get an understanding that the speakers know what they are talking about. There is no waffle or question dodging. They use slide presentations and all the speakers talk effectively and confidently.
Although it runs over 2 days, this is strictly a foundation course. As a total newbie I was surprised how much there is to it. It effectively covers the 'A' part while giving you an overall understanding of the comfort and seduction phases. It also covers winging.
I was a little apprehensive before the course, but was soon comfortable with their friendly manner.
After 9pm, we split up into teams and went for the field work. I can tell you I was terrified! To make matters worse I had just come from work; I hadn't shaved and had bo, (no time to shower!). I looked like crap and felt my chances of achieving anything was remote.
Blue mentored me and opened a 2 set on the street, giving me instructions to come in soon. I spent the next 10 mins talking to 2 attractive aussie girls who seemed happy to talk to me.
Next step he opened up a 2 set infront of a pub; I spent the next 20 min talking to a slovenian girl who was overjoyed to talk to me.
Now the adrenalin kicked in. When he asked me to open a 2 spanish set, I didn't waver. I talked for ages to a dark hair nurse while blue efortlessly removed her friend by dancing with her in the street to covent garden's musician. My first example of what a good wing does. And so on.
In the field work the guys gently prod and encourage you to do things you wouldn't normally do, they push you outside your comfort zone and you are a better person for it.
To put all this simply, four total strangers gave their time and effort to help me overcome my failings, and give me a set of skills that to me were life changing.
So guys * I take a low bow of gratitude* in my books you have earned enough good karma for the rest of your lives. May what you have given come back to you a thousand fold. “
El Jimbo (From Pick Up Forum)
“Like most guys I suffer from approach anxiety and had my doubts about pick up. After attending the course I was impressed with what the instructors could do and made serious steps to conquering my approach anxiety. I feel more confident about approaching women and had a blast learning from the team! This is far better value for money than anything else I've seen!!”
MH
“What a great bunch of guys, it really was a pleasure to meet you all. I can honestly say I didn't hear a single negative thing said between or by any of the instructors all weekend.
My thanks and regards to all of you, Tony, Perry, Rick, Diamond, Ace and Jimmy. I'm glad I managed to speak to everyone over the weekend (though not for long enough!) Thank you all for your kind words and quiet encouragement. You're a credit to the community. Big thanks for all the DHV'ing you guys gave me when I was in-set, it didn't go un-noticed!
Ace – your presentation style is great. The Goal exercise was great. Thanks for pushing me hard to define my goals more solidly – this is an exercise I will be doing again and taking some time over.
Your demonstrations of Openers and your personal reflections of your infield experiences were very useful.
Perry's state inducing Warm up routines and the Opening exercise were very valuable. Christ – it's a lot easier opening sexy girls than a bunch of PUAs! Perry you rock – love your energy and enthusiasm. I'm looking forward to seeing the footage from the CCTV camera of the Orgasm Basketball game on You-tube.
Awesome venue and great presentation Jimmy. You really got me thinking on my DHV stories again, in fact I've started to re-write some of them. I hope the other students also recognised the value of this and take you up on the offer to help with the DHV stories.
More great stuff Perry! Love the deep questions Rapport game idea – I'm definitely going to be incorporating that. Kino demos were great and the Facebook game was a fantastic addition.
Thanks for your kind words on my sense of style, especially as this doesn't come naturally to me, so I'm always a little stuck for ideas
Jewel was a great choice of venue as it warmed up slowly and to begin with the music wasn't too loud. Some great insights from Rick. I've realised the benefit of having a couple of “default openers” for when my mind goes blank.
As I hope you can tell – I had a blast this weekend
# close – she was a neuroscientist (haha, really!!)
# close – the infamous day-game 6”1 Swedish Model (HB9)
# close – restaurant - National Radio DJ – I couldn't help Googling her and found she's also a TV presenter and has been “...voted one of the sexiest women in radio by FHM magazine.” Big thanks to Diamond on winging me so effectively on this set and Jimmy for your DHV.
k close – solid # close, she's moving to Brighton in a week (she said!)
Thanks again guys. I look forward to meeting you all again soon.
Warm regards…”
David
“The sarge school team are amazing, all very skilled and good at what they do. I recently did an advanced course and was very impressed, they have taught me loads and given me a lot of new things to look at (NLP is genius). “
Jaybot (PickUp forum)
“First of all a big thank you to all of you - you are a mighty impressive group of men and the weekend was fantastic!
The combination of the two seminars, two sarges and also spending a couple of days with DJ Dave have - I believe - transformed my thinking.
I am now confident that, while I don't know exactly how to do it yet, all I really need to do is to learn to tease girls at all times and under all circumstances. My levels of awareness of what I'm doing have gone through the roof - which is all I could hope for. Change will take time, but it's now possible because I'm allowing myself to process the feedback from just about every interaction I'm involved in. For perhaps the first time ever, I feel that I WILL crack this!
General introductions: Great first impression of a bunch of successful PUAs who were also friendly and approachable people
Ace's talk: Very good, particularly the exercises and feedback aspects (goal setting - very valuable indeed, ideally everyone should be encouraged to participate).
Perry's NLP Basketball: Hilarious. Loved the fact that we were acting like total lunatics in the street in the City of London, under surveillance cameras with a bunch of almost complete strangers. Very good introduction to the subject and a damn useful warm-up. One of the most memorable bits of the weekend!
Group approach exercise: One of the most useful bits for me, made me realise just how bad I can be and what some of the things I do wrong are. Would have liked to do more of this, but one great aspect was that when I woke up on Saturday morning I found myself doing a thought experiment - going through the process and seeing how it would play out. Which was brilliant as it both allowed me to practise AND helped me get into state. All without getting out of bed!!
Perry: He was doing a good job [in field] of trying to get me into a fun frame of mind - which was extremely helpful. Also very good to see him in action and whilst I'm not exactly sure what he was doing, the simple effectiveness of it was most impressive. Only thing is that with his energy it's less easy to see how that might translate into my own behaviour.
Jimmy's talk: Excellent. Felt that the length was just right.One of the things I find most valuable in all of this business is use of real world examples - J's personal DHV examples were therefore very useful to me personally. Also the offer to help via e-mail is brilliant. Top venue too.
Perry's NLP talk: Very good, the first half excellent. Really enjoyed the analysis of Facebook game - though it's still something of a mystery to me. More concrete exposure to NLP which was brilliant too. Style tips excellent - suggest spending a bit more time on this (perhaps one on one for those who are interested).
Restaurant: Enjoyed this - nice chance to chat about this and that with instructors and students in a slightly less formal setting (not that any of it was overly formal)
Sarge: Loved it. Was in such a relaxed mood by this stage that I actually acquitted myself okay - which was really good as I'd been cast as "not a newbie"! Good to be starting so early as it was quieter in Jewel and less of a frenzied atmosphere. Ace's feedback was excellent, was able to ask for advice too and generally the camaraderie between us, Ace, Diamond and Ricky was a really positive force. It honestly felt as though we were all looking out for each other - it is a testament to all of you that you managed to foster this level of positivity and bonding over the two days.
Writing this has reminded me of just how good the whole thing was. It felt like the weekend lasted for ever - always a good sign as it means we did shit loads of great stuff.
Once again, thank you all. I am sure we will meet again soon.”
Patrick
“The basic boot camp was really useful it was such a benefit learning loads key material each night before trying it out in the field, great atmosphere, excellent classes and really friendly and wise instructors too, I am definately going to be back for advanced class!”
Aquifer
"Prior to going on the Sarge School bootcamp I felt I was pretty successful with women, however, I wanted to harness some solid inner game so made the decision to pay the reasonable sign up fee and go for it. I expected to take a few ideas away from the experience but how wrong my expectations were. The women magnet teachers at Sarge School gave me more ideas and practical advice than I could shake a stick at which I've now taken away with me and as a result, I'm getting fruitful results on a consistent weekly basis with a much higher women success ratio than ever before.
WARNING: This bootcamp can change your life - highly recommended."
Gravitas
Workshops were very good learnt a lot and definitely felt more confident it was great to apply what I have learnt in the field. Am more comfortable with nightgame now and stopping moving targets still need to improve at daygame though and if there were any workshops on that then that would be great, cheers.
Craig
Hi guys....
I thought the bootcamp was superb... glad to see you've taken on board the feedback from last time and made it even better! The biggest improvement was in the field... it was fantastic to see you'd found the balance between demonstrating how to do it and pushing us into battle!
Also thanks to Perry for sharing that f/b convo with us, truly inspiring stuff! It would be brilliant if you could mail it out... I'm eager to learn more on how it's done...
I'm struggling to come up with any constructive criticism... The only thing I can think was missing was your grounding story... an intro to each instructor and how they got where they are would be a good addition...
Adam