"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Getting Robbed in Brazil...

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Is it just me, or does it seem like those little scrawny b*stards would be easy to fight off and beat the piss out of? Ie, most of their victims are walking targets, honestly.
I think some people in life deserve to be preyed upon.
 

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My martial arts trainer says that people have been telling him that open-hand combat is dead for his entire adult life. Why would anyone learn martial arts? Everyone has a gun, now, so you're never going to ever actually use those skills. Learning how to fight is a waste of time. It's obsolete.

The bodyguard business must be booming down there right now.
 

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My martial arts trainer says that people have been telling him that open-hand combat is dead for his entire adult life. Why would anyone learn martial arts? Everyone has a gun, now, so you're never going to ever actually use those skills. Learning how to fight is a waste of time. It's obsolete.

The bodyguard business must be booming down there right now.

if you want to be trained for street level combat then you should take up muay thai/boxing/kickboxing and wrestling/grappling. leave that other stuff in the dojo
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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muay thai/boxing/kickboxing and wrestling/grappling

That's a pretty good summation of most fighters' training. "Street Level" just means taking the rules away.
 

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There was one guy mugging people in broad daylight a couple days ago. The cops just rolled up and shot him. People think cops are trigger-happy in the US, go to Brazil, it's a whole new world down there. The cops have a reputation for shooting homeless people just to get rid of them.
 

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That's a pretty good summation of most fighters' training. "Street Level" just means taking the rules away.
This is why I am going to do Krav Maga.
 

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Your best choice in any martial art is the highest quality instruction you can find, and all of that depends on where you happen to live.

Japanese Jiu-Jitsu is very similar to Krav Maga. It's the fighting style of the Samurais who defended Japan for 1,500 years, despite Japanese people being small in stature. Crotch-kicking, eye-gouging, and single digit manipulation was all part of it.
 
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