Program Review for Matador by Sentinelrv, Atlantic City Bootcamp, Oct 07

Make sure you guys make Knack an instructor! Back in the Miami bootcamp I only opened up one set, but in AC Knack wouldn’t let me fail. He kept pushing me into sets, even if I didn’t have a lot of material to use. It made me realize that all this time I was scared to approach women, it wasn’t really anything serious. I got blown out a whole bunch of times simply because I wasn’t doing everything correctly. Either I wasn’t approaching right, not talking loud enough, not having enough energy and enthusiasm, not locking in, etc… But the thing was that all these times that I got blown out, nothing really happened to affect me. It felt just like a video game. I fucked up in the first level and just kept moving on to retry it on other people, until finally I actually made it into A3 with one girl and pulled her out to dance. Throughout all the sets I opened, Knack would point out exactly what I was doing wrong, so now I know what to watch out for.

Hawaii was great by giving me a new opener and helping me test it out on people in the casinos before I actually used it. Everybody thought I looked like a young Sammy Hagar from Van Halen, except my hair was shorter and dark brown, so I incorporated that into an opener. He was also helpful in giving me and the rest of the students interesting A2 gambits and routines that we can use to keep the conversation going. My problem in Miami was that I didn’t get many routines. Hawaii gave me so many I could last in A2 for a while, even without telling any DHV stories.

Matador was the man! The guy is just so passionate about what he does and teaches that you just feel his energy. Whenever he started teaching, I just couldn’t look away, he was just that interesting to watch and listen to. Plus, he really helped me understand A3 a lot more. I now understand more about how to caveman and be aggresive, and he also helped me understand more about my identity. I couldn’t understand something about my core values, and he only guessed at it by how he read me and helped me see things a lot clearer.

I didn’t spend a lot of time with Brock in field, but when I did he was always boosting me up with confidence and letting me know that I was doing so much better. He’s a really cool guy. He also had some very cool things to say during the class, especially the Pirates or Ninjas routine.

What made the experience better than Miami too was the other students that attended. Miami was such a big class, but in AC I was able to get to know everybody a lot better, especially since the instructors involved us so much more, instead of just teaching non stop. One of the guys, Chris # 2 helped me see that I really need to get out of my current job, go back to school and build a better future for myself….Thanks man!

Overall, the experience I had in AC was phenomenal. I felt so much more involved and came back with much more experience than the Miami bootcamp. I wanted to thank all the bootcamp instructors again, especially Knack for getting me out there in the first place and killing my approach anxiety. I hope to join you guys again some time in the future, hopefully with better game.

Also, I sent out an email to all my fellow students about the MySpace group, so we can all keep in touch. Check your email and join up as soon as you can. I look forward to speaking with you all.