PRIVATE INSTRUCTION WITH TROY by Kojones
To tell the truth, I was kind of freaked out about meeting Troy for the first time. I listened to his podcasts and read his posts. Some of the private instruction reviews on him scared me. I expected him to be a PUA drill sergeant (ie. “Did I teach you to do that sh*t? ! Did I?!”) I almost wanted to back out. But I’m glad I didn’t.
Turns out Troy is just a regular guy, and easy to talk to. He’s a good listener. Obviously he has keen insight into human behavior and boundless energy. My instruction was held in a pad which overlooked the bay in San Francisco. This was Troy’s friend’s place. It was private. That made it easier to talk about my goals and experiences. I was impressed that Troy’s friend (whose pad it was) was in a healthy committed relationship with a quality woman. In other words, Troy’s friends were not all player-types. That made an impression on me.
Troy talked to me about my goals, got a sense of who I was, and then started fixing me – my posture, my movements, my clothes, etc. As we prepared for night game, he drilled me on how to lead, how to kino, how to escalate, and the logistics of club game. I took tons of notes. Then I went back to my hotel to rest, and to prepare for the night ahead. I was nervous. Night game scares me.
It’s been said before that Troy is the real deal. He lives what he preaches. In the club, he did real approaches. And he didn’t just do the easy sets, either: He did the hard sets, dealing with the sh*t tests. He took a stripper by the hand, snagged her from the couch where she was sitting next to her boyfriend, and danced with her in the middle of the floor, social-proofing the room. He swung her around, grinded, and then returned her to her owner, a handsome guy who looked like he stepped out of a GQ cover. This expanded my idea of what was possible. It also taught me strategy: He danced with the eye candy and built social proof in a matter of seconds.
Some of the stuff that Troy teaches about night game you will never find in the JM ebook or anywhere else. It’s stuff that he learned through trial and error in the field. I love JM but some of the stuff won’t work in noisy club environments. It was fun walking through the club with Troy while he dissected everything going on.
Imagine walking with Morpheus through a noisy club while he freeze frames and says, “Do you see it Neo? Do you understand? This guy with the cowboy hat is about to get blown out because he is hovering and doesn’t have the balls to sit his ass down. That girl over there in the three-set is the weakest link because she’s not engaged in the conversation. And the entire room is about to become ours because the strippers are with us.” Walking through a club with Troy’s mind racing and dissecting everything in sight was an eye-opening experience for me. I’ll never look at a club in the same way anymore.
I opened a girl sitting on a couch at Troy’s suggestion and sat down next to her. She wasn’t the kind of girl I expected to meet in a club – just a down-to-earth girl from a small town in North Carolina. Later I opened a two-set that Troy had softened up earlier. Troy taught me how to properly run a two-set without a wing, which was eye-opening for me.
While on this topic, I’ll say that the PUA body of knowledge is constantly changing, as girls become socialized by so many approach artists. Girls have become wise to traditional wing tactics. Troy knows this. He blasts through the pretense of traditional pickup. How many sets have been blown because the wings always come in at the same time and always says the same stupid thing?
The most important lesson for me was learning how to lead. I moved a two-set around the venue. Later, I took a girl by the hand and led her downstairs and danced with her. It was awesome. I did Troy’s patented dance move and couldn’t believe I was doing it. I’m scared to death of free form dancing, but I actually had fun. The main thing is that I learned it is not as hard as I thought. It’s a skill that can be learned.
The next day, Troy gave me some good pointers on crib design and crib logistics. We also talked at length about Facebook design. This was big. I’d never given much thought about how my Facebook page was set up and maintained. Troy distilled this down to a science. Now I manage my Facebook page like a PR campaign.
I’m an older guy, 39. I’m interested in women, but that’s no longer the only thing. On some level, pickup is about designing a life to bring women into. Troy taught me about attracting other things into my life: quality people, business, money, etc. He talked about engineering a life that is fun 24/7, so that pickup is not just a role that you play. As you go about your life, you are the party. After sarging at the club, I hung out with Troy and his crew at a diner. Troy surrounds himself with quality guys, real guys. We swapped stories and chatted about developing skill, life lessons, adventures, and of course, women. This might sound weird, but it’s the first time I’ve ever had fun hanging out with guys.
Troy savors every moment of the day and is enthusiastic about the little things in his life (like his new iPod game) and the big things (like his LTR). This was the lesson I walked away with: how to live my life. The game can never be bigger than the way we live our lives. And the way we live our lives ultimately will determine the quality of women that are drawn to us.
RESULTS:
When I returned to my small hometown, I opened a cute Asian girl in the Laundromat, late one night. I practiced physical leading and we ended up salsa dancing while our laundry dried. A week later, I was approached by an exotic brunette in my gym who thought I was the dance instructor. I didn’t let her leave, though. I practiced physical compliance and got her to demonstrate her capoeira moves on the dance floor. Then I number closed her. Last night I found myself drinking wine in her bedroom. In two weeks I will fly to Dubai to be with my beautiful Russian babe to greet the New Year. I love this life.
I’m thankful I was able to take private instruction with Troy. Wish I could have spent more time with him. I had a lot more questions. I’ve met some amazing women this year. And I know this is just the beginning.
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