Vernon
04-05-2007, 11:01 AM
Venusian Arts Workshop ~ Toronto ~ March 2007
I have separated this review into three components: Instructors, Highlights and My Own Experience. If you have any specific questions about the Workshop, I am happy to answer them.
INSTRUCTORS:
Matador
Make no mistake about it, this was Matador’s Workshop. Yes, JDog and Mystery were both involved, but it was Matador’s show.
Appearance: Matador is a big man. Really big. While he is only 6’2”, his shoes (I think that they are the same pair that Neil Armstrong wore when he made his ‘giant leap for mankind’) raised him to at least 6’4”. He has massive shoulders and a tapered waist. He is not the kind of guy that you would mess with in a back alley unless you were packing a Glock, but I get the impression that this man could probably stop bullets...you would need kryptonite to bring him down.
Demeanor: Imagine the man that you know in your life that exhibits the most ‘Alpha’ qualities. Now take that same man after he has been injected with the serum that gave Captain America his super-powers and you have Matador. The man oozes ‘Alpha’. I swear to you, I saw him sneeze and before he could cover his mouth, bits of ‘Alpha’ landed on the table. When he walks through a hallway or club, he has the appearance of moving underwater; his pace is that slow and powerful. Simply by listening to Matador, you could sense your own mind transitioning into an Alpha state.
The Good: After spending time with Matador, you feel like you can conquer the world. He tells it to you straight. Seriously, he’ll hit you with it right between the eyes. He doesn’t hold back because it is not in his nature to disguise his words. He knows that you did not shell out your hard-earned cash to have someone blow sunshine up your ass. If you want that kind of shit, go see Tony Robbins. If you want to create change in your life, hang with Matador.
Please do not misunderstand what I am saying, just because he is straight with you, it does not mean that the man is not articulate. He is surprisingly expressive and eloquent. His level of intellect is evident within moments of meeting him.
The Bad: Because Matador is so overwhelmingly ‘Alpha’, it was evident that it took the group almost a full day to fully relax when they were around him. While I don’t believe this to be a terrible thing, as Matador represents what an man can become with time and dedication, I could sense that some of the students felt that the disparity between themselves and Matador was so extreme that they were feeling as though they could never be ‘that good’. For this reason, I asked Matador to tell us what he was like before being trained in the Community. He graciously told us about his AFC days, which immediately put the group at ease as you could see the development of commonalities.
What he accomplished for the students at this Workshop: Matador did it all. He spent hours helping everyone with their SPs. What I found to be so surprising was the area that Matador told us all that we needed to improve the most. It was our Openers. Not the words to the Openers, rather, it was our body language (BL) during our Openers. We spent HOURS practicing our approaches in the class room before heading to the field. I felt that I was already a socially intelligent guy, but the improvement that I made in this area was immense. Matador’s work was pure genius.
Matador gave each of us exactly what we needed. Everything from the Approach to our own Identities, he took the time to carefully guide us. When we were done the Workshop, I can honestly tell you that I felt like I had ripped these guys off. With the skill set that they gave me, one that no man can gain from any book, I should have paid them $10k, not the paltry $2,250 that they charged me (more on this later).
JDog
I found that I was able to really identify with JDog. He was the polar opposite of Matador, which made for a great Workshop. They were like Gin & Tonic. By themselves, they are okay, but together, they are spectacular. This may have been a poor example since I enjoy Gin about as much as I enjoy Buckley’s cough syrup, but you get the point.
Appearance: JDog has style. The man can dress. Every time that I saw him, I was like, “Whoa, brother, where did you get that?” He would look down at his jacket or shirt and say in his English accent, “Britain, and it was only 30 pounds (currency, not weight, for those of you that are living out in the ‘sticks’ and finally have discovered an Internet connection).” He probably bought the goods at the boutique next door...*wink*
His build is not at all like Matador’s. He stands at perhaps 5’9”, with the same Neil Armstrong boots or Cuban heels on his feet. He is in great shape, but his body resembles a Calvin Klein model’s rather than a WWE wrestler’s like Matador’s.
When in the bars/clubs, unlike Matador, who did no ‘peacocking’, JDog would be moderately peacocked. He kept his same sense of style, but vamped it up just enough to separate himself from everyone else in the venue.
Demeanor: JDog’s game is all charisma. His style is very different than Matador’s, yet they used the same technology to open and hold sets. This is what makes the Venusian Arts so amazing, it does not matter what your natural style is, as long as you are hitting the necessary Attraction Switches, the set is on. Matador and JDog, on the 2nd night out, were locking in sets side-by-side, using the SAME openers and having the kind of success that up until those moments I had only read about.
The students responded well to JDog. This was evident when Matador left the room and handed JDog the reigns to teach the group. Almost immediately the guys starting asking JDog questions. It was obvious that people feel instantaneously comfortable around JDog, where Matador had to show the group that he was not born on Krypton before they would relax with him.
The Good: When I asked JDog about where he was from, he told me ‘Arizona’ and that he had purchased his English accent from eBay. He continued to tell me that he really wanted the French accent, but was outbid at the last moment and had to settle for the English. This is who JDog is, a likeable, disarming man with a great sense of style and wicked game. Witnessing him in set were some of the best moments of my weekend. On the 2nd night, I told JDog that I wanted to watch him work. While I was not paired with him, JDog was good enough to seek me out and start opening sets for me. He did everything right. He was like Iceman from Top Gun. No mistakes. Perfectly calibrated. Unless, of course, you include the part of the movie when Iceman leaves some jet-wash for Goose and Maverick to fly through and Goose dies...You get the point, this guy has spent years honing his skill-set and it was evident.
The Bad: While students worked very well with JDog one-on-one, he does not hold the same presence when in front of the group that Matador does. However, I feel that this will come with time, as JDog’s exposure to leading Workshops increases. If JDog had been the only instructor at the Workshop, I still would have paid the money and felt as though I was undercharged for what I received.
Mystery
I have not read the book ‘The Game’. Of course, I know of it. It’s almost biblical within the Community. Actually, I heard that the Gideons are now leaving the book in hotel rooms...
Anyhow, I did not read the book for one reason: I wanted to meet Mystery without any preconceived ideas or notions. I wanted to see the ‘man’, not the celebrity. When Mystery entered the Workshop, he was only the ‘man’. There is not an arrogant or pretentious bone in this man’s body. You have NO IDEA what this guy has coming down the pipeline and the crowd that he roles with, but he treated each of us as his equal.
I am not going to spend a lot of time talking about Mystery, other than this: I have yet to meet a man that can match his intellect and eloquence. He is an absolute genius that is nothing short of captivating.
I’m going to leave it at that. Find a way to learn how this man thinks. Experts will tell you that success leaves clues. Mystery has not left us ‘clues’, he has given the world a mindset and a system that will change your life. Seek him out and learn.
I have separated this review into three components: Instructors, Highlights and My Own Experience. If you have any specific questions about the Workshop, I am happy to answer them.
INSTRUCTORS:
Matador
Make no mistake about it, this was Matador’s Workshop. Yes, JDog and Mystery were both involved, but it was Matador’s show.
Appearance: Matador is a big man. Really big. While he is only 6’2”, his shoes (I think that they are the same pair that Neil Armstrong wore when he made his ‘giant leap for mankind’) raised him to at least 6’4”. He has massive shoulders and a tapered waist. He is not the kind of guy that you would mess with in a back alley unless you were packing a Glock, but I get the impression that this man could probably stop bullets...you would need kryptonite to bring him down.
Demeanor: Imagine the man that you know in your life that exhibits the most ‘Alpha’ qualities. Now take that same man after he has been injected with the serum that gave Captain America his super-powers and you have Matador. The man oozes ‘Alpha’. I swear to you, I saw him sneeze and before he could cover his mouth, bits of ‘Alpha’ landed on the table. When he walks through a hallway or club, he has the appearance of moving underwater; his pace is that slow and powerful. Simply by listening to Matador, you could sense your own mind transitioning into an Alpha state.
The Good: After spending time with Matador, you feel like you can conquer the world. He tells it to you straight. Seriously, he’ll hit you with it right between the eyes. He doesn’t hold back because it is not in his nature to disguise his words. He knows that you did not shell out your hard-earned cash to have someone blow sunshine up your ass. If you want that kind of shit, go see Tony Robbins. If you want to create change in your life, hang with Matador.
Please do not misunderstand what I am saying, just because he is straight with you, it does not mean that the man is not articulate. He is surprisingly expressive and eloquent. His level of intellect is evident within moments of meeting him.
The Bad: Because Matador is so overwhelmingly ‘Alpha’, it was evident that it took the group almost a full day to fully relax when they were around him. While I don’t believe this to be a terrible thing, as Matador represents what an man can become with time and dedication, I could sense that some of the students felt that the disparity between themselves and Matador was so extreme that they were feeling as though they could never be ‘that good’. For this reason, I asked Matador to tell us what he was like before being trained in the Community. He graciously told us about his AFC days, which immediately put the group at ease as you could see the development of commonalities.
What he accomplished for the students at this Workshop: Matador did it all. He spent hours helping everyone with their SPs. What I found to be so surprising was the area that Matador told us all that we needed to improve the most. It was our Openers. Not the words to the Openers, rather, it was our body language (BL) during our Openers. We spent HOURS practicing our approaches in the class room before heading to the field. I felt that I was already a socially intelligent guy, but the improvement that I made in this area was immense. Matador’s work was pure genius.
Matador gave each of us exactly what we needed. Everything from the Approach to our own Identities, he took the time to carefully guide us. When we were done the Workshop, I can honestly tell you that I felt like I had ripped these guys off. With the skill set that they gave me, one that no man can gain from any book, I should have paid them $10k, not the paltry $2,250 that they charged me (more on this later).
JDog
I found that I was able to really identify with JDog. He was the polar opposite of Matador, which made for a great Workshop. They were like Gin & Tonic. By themselves, they are okay, but together, they are spectacular. This may have been a poor example since I enjoy Gin about as much as I enjoy Buckley’s cough syrup, but you get the point.
Appearance: JDog has style. The man can dress. Every time that I saw him, I was like, “Whoa, brother, where did you get that?” He would look down at his jacket or shirt and say in his English accent, “Britain, and it was only 30 pounds (currency, not weight, for those of you that are living out in the ‘sticks’ and finally have discovered an Internet connection).” He probably bought the goods at the boutique next door...*wink*
His build is not at all like Matador’s. He stands at perhaps 5’9”, with the same Neil Armstrong boots or Cuban heels on his feet. He is in great shape, but his body resembles a Calvin Klein model’s rather than a WWE wrestler’s like Matador’s.
When in the bars/clubs, unlike Matador, who did no ‘peacocking’, JDog would be moderately peacocked. He kept his same sense of style, but vamped it up just enough to separate himself from everyone else in the venue.
Demeanor: JDog’s game is all charisma. His style is very different than Matador’s, yet they used the same technology to open and hold sets. This is what makes the Venusian Arts so amazing, it does not matter what your natural style is, as long as you are hitting the necessary Attraction Switches, the set is on. Matador and JDog, on the 2nd night out, were locking in sets side-by-side, using the SAME openers and having the kind of success that up until those moments I had only read about.
The students responded well to JDog. This was evident when Matador left the room and handed JDog the reigns to teach the group. Almost immediately the guys starting asking JDog questions. It was obvious that people feel instantaneously comfortable around JDog, where Matador had to show the group that he was not born on Krypton before they would relax with him.
The Good: When I asked JDog about where he was from, he told me ‘Arizona’ and that he had purchased his English accent from eBay. He continued to tell me that he really wanted the French accent, but was outbid at the last moment and had to settle for the English. This is who JDog is, a likeable, disarming man with a great sense of style and wicked game. Witnessing him in set were some of the best moments of my weekend. On the 2nd night, I told JDog that I wanted to watch him work. While I was not paired with him, JDog was good enough to seek me out and start opening sets for me. He did everything right. He was like Iceman from Top Gun. No mistakes. Perfectly calibrated. Unless, of course, you include the part of the movie when Iceman leaves some jet-wash for Goose and Maverick to fly through and Goose dies...You get the point, this guy has spent years honing his skill-set and it was evident.
The Bad: While students worked very well with JDog one-on-one, he does not hold the same presence when in front of the group that Matador does. However, I feel that this will come with time, as JDog’s exposure to leading Workshops increases. If JDog had been the only instructor at the Workshop, I still would have paid the money and felt as though I was undercharged for what I received.
Mystery
I have not read the book ‘The Game’. Of course, I know of it. It’s almost biblical within the Community. Actually, I heard that the Gideons are now leaving the book in hotel rooms...
Anyhow, I did not read the book for one reason: I wanted to meet Mystery without any preconceived ideas or notions. I wanted to see the ‘man’, not the celebrity. When Mystery entered the Workshop, he was only the ‘man’. There is not an arrogant or pretentious bone in this man’s body. You have NO IDEA what this guy has coming down the pipeline and the crowd that he roles with, but he treated each of us as his equal.
I am not going to spend a lot of time talking about Mystery, other than this: I have yet to meet a man that can match his intellect and eloquence. He is an absolute genius that is nothing short of captivating.
I’m going to leave it at that. Find a way to learn how this man thinks. Experts will tell you that success leaves clues. Mystery has not left us ‘clues’, he has given the world a mindset and a system that will change your life. Seek him out and learn.