Okay I have to admit that what I’ve done with my boys was never really delicate or fucked up. We are just young and frustrated guys who like to beat each other up although we like each other. To this point, that’s quite normal. We don’t want to turn each other into combat machines or found a militia which patrols down the streets to catch criminals. We just want to vent out our anger, but in a way which allows us to build up muscles.
But there was something which I found on the internet and it was quite weird. There are camps in Russia which promises you to turn a scrawny ass into a myrmidon body. All these clubs work pretty much in the same. You have to pay a huge amount of money (around 500€) to be able to participate in a weekend workshop. After arriving, your mobile phones, your purse and other personal things are taken away. Then they chase you out to an area where you are shot with cold water, you have to eat dog-like food for dinner and…then it starts.
First the group starts to train, followed by beating up each other…those who show weakness are dismissed without getting their money back. Military drills, waking up early, less sleep, forced marches and fighting over and over again. These are done as frequently as possible, so that you can feel manly again.
In some clubs people use knife dummies made of wood to hurt their opponents. What’s most surprising fact is that this concept works. The operators of these men-making clubs feed their wallets by treating people like trash. Berlin is a city where people vary from district to district, but when I take a look at the latest generation, I doubt that all these eco-vegan-hipster are someday able to be men. But my original purpose of all this is addressed an another kind of men. Our fight club which we built up may be considered as a youth club compared to those in Russia…
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