“Hey, it’s so good to see you!” I exclaim as I run over and hug a female friend of mine, lifting her off her feet with my hug.
“Hey, where’s mine?” her male friend I have not met interjects. I turn to him and give him a big hug and lift him off his feet as well. After warm introductions the rest of the night he could not stop telling all my friends and people we met how cool I was and what a great energy I had. This is the power of touching.
One of our other instructors once told me of a study where they left money in an ATM. Someone came up and asked a series of people who had been to the ATM if they had found the money. The first series he did not touch them and the second he lightly touched them on the arm. 70% kept the money when not touched yet 70% gave it back when just simply touched. The practical applicability to human interaction is that appropriate touch creates bonding between people.
Going even further, human touch stimulates the release of oxytocin, a powerful hormone that is involved with human bonding. The longer and more you touch someone the more this hormone is released and they can not help to feel more connected to you.
I could go on and on, from studies promoting seven hugs a day to promote proper emotional and mental development, to the one week of time a woman feels bonded after an orgasm. The fact is that human beings need to be touched and that any developing relationship needs appropriate touch.
Now before you go groping around touching in the wrong way, every nice guy’s biggest fear, I’ll give you some ideas that I found helpful in learning to do more touching naturally.
The first step is entering personal space. This is usually on the approach. I’ve found a good measure of where someone’s personal space extends is one arms length. In fact it would be the distance if you reached out and placed your hand on their shoulder and kept your arm straight. Try this on a friend to see how it works for you. I notice there is a very distinct line that even a few centimeters over and someone will feel uncomfortable. The cool thing is you can get closer than this if you angle your body to theirs. Face to face the comfortable space is much further away than if you are shoulder to shoulder. Transitioning from face to face to an evenly angled, and at times even side to side, is the key to getting closer. If you don’t get close enough for touching to feel comfortable than you won’t do it.
Now that you are having a conversation close enough, you should start (or continue) talking with your hands below your chest level. You are close enough, touching the other person should come easy. I start with the back of my hand, specifically the backs of my fingers. Touching on the upper arm not above or on the shoulder, and not below the elbow. This type of touch is very platonic and you would get away with even in delicate situations.
From there using the back of your hand/fingers on the outside of her knee/thigh is also good if you are sitting near her. As the conversation gets at all personal, that is when you start using the palm of your hand on her arm. Keep your thumb in; women are very sensitive to any type of touch that borders on grabbing.
Progression from there needs to be calibrated. Once you SOI then the touching needs to have a more intimate feeling to it. Longer holds, touching her hands, putting your hand on the small of her back as you lean in to talk to her. If there is any resistance back up a bit with a level of touch she is more comfortable with. Also don’t underestimate the power of seemingly unintended touch. Simply sitting with your leg touching hers or your arms touching if side-by-side; brief or prolonged creates a similar connection.
Another technique I use to get a woman to hold my hand is I simply put it in front of me palm up and leave it there while I talk. Most women unconsciously put their hand right in mine. This is what I call a hand vacuum, it works when holding my hand out to shake theirs as well. Leave it out there confidently and almost anyone will put their hand in yours. Hell, one of our instructors even had a woman put her boob in his hand one time doing this.
Appropriate and personal touch is one of the most important aspects of getting someone to be comfortable with you. If you don’t touch her all night, how can you expect her to be comfortable with you sticking your tongue in her mouth or other more interesting body parts inside her.
Escalation is a process that starts from the first moment of listening as she speaks, to the first statements of appreciation, to showing your sexual intent with a SOI. Although the nature and way you touch changes through this process, it is important to make sure you consistently utilizing touch to create a bond between you and her.




August 6th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Thanks Dan!
August 6th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Very true like always!
Things changed a lot since I started touching the girls I was talking with, the vibe is not the same anymore.
And same with guys, I always felt they were more friendly with me when touching my shoulder or so, now I understand so when I need to really thank someone or so I don’t hesitate to touch them in an appropriate way.
August 6th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Quoting Lance Mason “Touching makes the experience more real.”
August 6th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Funny you say the boob thing, the same thing happened to me Friday night. Just jokingly left my hand out in a cupped fashion and she brought the boob to it. Very fun time!
August 7th, 2007 at 2:48 am
Hi Dan,
First of all, let me thank you for another quality post. I have long been searching for this kind of site, with this information but without the usual “PUA” style.
What you write in this post is very true, I noticed it when trying to apply Amanojack’s guidelines and your tips from older posts.
Now I would like to ask for a post on kissing. The same detailed breakdown you have done here. In most cases (it’s not like there were THAT many, but still) so far kino plus SOI would work great for me. However, recently I got sort of stuck with the new girl. Kino is working great both ways, touches, caresses, all that stuff. However, whenever I would try to kiss her, be it on the lips, or ear or neck, she would back off a little. Now I have never seen that before, a girl that would dive with her hand under my shirt, but would go stiff when I try to kiss her. Any hint on that?
So, if possible, could you write a similar post on such a basic thing as kissing, maybe a couple of words on timing, maybe some hints how to behave if it backfires (as in you kiss her, but she didn’t really feel ready for it), and so on. Probably it won’t help me with this girl, but I might be missing something.
Piro/Largo
August 8th, 2007 at 2:33 am
Thx Dan! I love how you explain things so deeply, especially since I’ve always had problems kinoing people in general.
This might be too much to ask, and it’s totally cool if it’s too much, but can you do a video of kinoing? I, for some reason, have trouble picturing someone touching another person with the back of the hand. Or doing the hand flip that Dimitri mentioned in his blog…
But, this post has tremendously helped me in my interactions. Thx again!!
August 9th, 2007 at 11:48 am
How do you get women to be fun?
August 12th, 2007 at 12:38 am
How can I have good conversations quick?
August 13th, 2007 at 4:49 am
DAAAAAAANNNN.
How do I DQ ‘affected’.
as in ‘kindergarden!’ (turns to friend) ‘his so affected, see English people’.
I get this once every few years, likely more often as I become more social, it’s not true, I’m 100% real, apart from the lies, so it’s just people keen to feel superior, and I need a solid, versatile DQ to handle it.
Suggestions guys.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:17 am
So the DQ I came up with is
‘yeah I make Jeffrey Archer look honest’.
Which is lame, but anyway.
Think this is a JM priority, I got this shit because of incongruity between the way I speak and my job, and in fact Juggler recommends incongruity in the book – if your a banker wear rapper clothes, if your a rapper dress like a banker – that is also affectation (I think), so some will should be applied to creating an elegant DQ.
August 14th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Hmm not sure i know what you mean by affected. If he is saying you are false and trying to impress them I’d try:
Honestly he’s right, sometimes i feel like i put up a false image when i’m around people. I know i’ve been doing it ever since i was young.” Then relate to that, “You know i think the funniest story of that was when I was……..”
Say it genuinely and be confident about it. The best way to DQ being false is by genuinely accepting you are. Shows just the opposite.
August 15th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Thankyou!
xxxxx
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August 17th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bayF6MH6xAA
The pretty blonde confounds the players, but I think the girl just responds to his giving vibe.
August 17th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
hmm not sure what this has to do with Kino.
He at least shared something of himself before jumping back on the closed ended question train. I think she just thought he was cute. He at least was real and friendly i guess. We could talk about this or any other clip on youtube forever, but let’s move back to comments about the subject manner at hand. If anyone wants to continue the discussion do it on the blog post about vibe and approach http://www.charismatips.com/?p=167
January 30th, 2011 at 6:44 am
Does your site have a contact page? I’m having a tough time locating it but, I’d like to send you an email. I’ve got some suggestions for your blog you might be interested in hearing. Either way, great blog and I look forward to seeing it develop over time.
February 2nd, 2011 at 11:51 pm
I do, just go ahead and click the “About Us” link above and my contact information is there.
I am always open to suggestions!
Dan