"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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Judo

Punisha

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So im gonna start getting some judo lessons in about 2 weeks. Anyone here does judo? Any real life aplications? Body/mind benefits? Any kind of info would be good.
 

"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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The Inside Man

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You can learn some good throws, a few submissions, how to fall correctly which is very important, how to use someone's bodyweight/strength against them. My favorite throw is from judo, the head and arm, but it is also used in other grappling sports, I learned it in wrestling.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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WORKEROUTER

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Judo is great. More practical would be wrestling and no gi jiu-jitsu.
 

dirtyvibe

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WORKEROUTER said:
Judo is great. More practical would be wrestling and no gi jiu-jitsu.
modern judo wont give you a good ground game. it will teach you how to throw though.

judo is much more applicable in real life than in mma like bjj is much less aplicable in real life than it is in mma.

the bjj thing was visible on the drunk fight in the ultimate fighter last season where the guy pulled an armbar and just got his head spiked against the concrete. mats make bjj more applicable than it really is.

same with modern judo. being thrown onto a mat doesnt hurt that badly. being judo thrown onto concrete can kill you.

the mats in the ufc also make striking less applicable than it is in real life. theyre really squishy and hard to balance on. not to mention they get very slippery. so its hard to get leverage for your kicks and punches. in real life on concrete, its not. in real life a striker and wrestler/ judoka > bjj even though bjj > judoka/ wrestler and striker in mma.
 
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