How To Form An Honor Group

Men need an honor group. A brotherhood, an alliance, a tribe, a gang, a “family”, a wolf pack. Call it what you will but it’s essential for men to develop relations with other men, other strong honorable men. This isn’t say that a man cannot be strong on his own or that he should use others as an excuse to not develop himself. Take responsibility for yourself and for where you are at in life at all times. An honor group serves as a way to make you even stronger through testing and challenge.

Men who have honor groups come out much stronger and sharper than the average male who is cut off from other males. A male who has only his wife is going to have a very hard time becoming better and strong on his own. He needs other to push him and make him better. As the wise man once said “As iron sharpens iron, so does one man sharpen another”. Finding brothers in a world of effeminate weaklings is not easy but it can be done. Here I am going to show you how to forge your own honor group.

Standards

First things first there needs to be standards. Accepting everybody automatically means that your group will not be honorable. These standards don’t have to be based on religion, race, or physical characteristics (though they may be). It could be on simply swearing an oath to develop oneself to the utmost of their abilities. It could be through achieving certain combat adeptness. It’s up to you to make the standards but there must be standards. It could be anything from you both share similar interests and beliefs to having a certain bloodline. I’ll leave this up to you.

The point is no anyone and everyone can join. And once it is formed new members must be vetted by current members. This doesn’t mean that one lone asshole can screw up the entire process but rather that some sort of agreement is reached. One can’t just show up with two pieces of shit and say “Hey they’re part of the group now”. Your place in the group must be earned.

So here are two prerequisites for forming an honor group. First off not everyone can be allowed to join. There must be some sort of discriminating process in place. Like I said it could be based on strength, heart, or any number of factors but not everyone can be allowed to join. Second for new members to enter there must be some sort of agreement from the old members and then there must be a trial period. No one can just waltz on in or with the approval of one member. No special favors.

No Women

For honor to exist in a group women cannot have a say. Once women have a say in the group the dynamic changes and honor goes out the window. An honor group must be male only. It is only the male of the human species that has honor. This isn’t to insult women simply to state a fact. It’s not that women are evil but they are not honorable. It is a masculine concept only understood by strong masculine men. Have your women but they are not to be involved in the honor group. This isn’t a suggestion, this is a must.

Like I said once women are introduced into the group everything changes. Even them being present will change things. Honor groups are for men and men alone. The meetings, bonding, and brotherhood takes place between men without the presence of women. Honor groups are male only spaces. This is non-negotiable. And if anyone in the group suggests to allow women in you are best off expelling him from the group in order to maintain the integrity of the groups honor.

Honor & Shame

Being an honor group obviously honor is going to play a large part. Honor being the standards that you hold the group accountable too (this is different from the standards that are required to enter into the group). For example you could require reading, combat training, and weekly meetings as part of staying in the group. And those who didn’t comply would be shamed. A guy who entered into the group out of shape would be shamed until he was in shape. Likewise the weak male who entered the group would be shamed until he became strong.

Shame is powerful when wielded by honorable men with the intent to improve the men around them. This same shame is destructive when wielded by women or the state who use it to make men their slaves. But that’s a topic for another time. If ninety nine percent of people offered me advice I’d probably tell them to “fuck off” but when a member of my honor group tells me something I listen. I listen because I respect them and understand where it’s coming from. Don’t get me wrong at the end of the day I’m still my own man but I respect the word of my honor group.

Summary

Now the challenge is finding males who are worthy of entrance into your group. And for this I suggest you search far and wide. You are more likely to find strong honorable men in certain places then others. Look for places that cater more to men. Maybe an old dive bar, the gym, or a cigar bar. These are just suggestions. You’ll have to adjust depending on where you live. Regardless find men that will test and better you. That will hold you accountable and not give you any slack. Find an honor group.

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-Charles Sledge

Charles Sledge