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Ask The Batemaster: The Silver Lining of Now

I’m hoping that millions of men all over this beautiful planet of ours take the opportunity to use isolation to practice masturbating more skillfully, and to enjoy it more.

QUESTION: Of course, this COVID-19 pandemic thing is horrible, even tragic. Still, I’m hoping that millions of men all over this beautiful planet of ours take the opportunity to use isolation to practice masturbating more skillfully, and to enjoy it more. Not just a lot more of the same, but better and better! Do you agree, Bruce, this might be the silver lining of the whole thing?

RESPONSE: Most definitely, Brother! It seems that many people are still reacting primarily with fear, frustration, and eventually boredom, but the kind of social distancing and self-isolation we are wise to now practice also contains many great opportunities. We must social distance not out of fear, but out of love for ourselves and each other.

As you suggest, this is such a great opportunity to work on yourself. By this, I mean a chance to back off from so much distraction with what’s going on “out there.” It’s a great opportunity to turn more uninterrupted focus onto yourself. Every basically healthy human male is gifted with a body and penis that have remarkable potentials, which sadly, often go largely untapped. I still see a lot of guys online just doing a frantic piston-pump on an on, when it can be so much more… such as truly Mindful Masturbation.

If you continue to masturbate pretty much the same way you began to in your teens (which many men do, more or less, for the rest of their lives) it’s like having a glorious grand piano and only using two fingers to predictably play “Chopsticks” over and over again. Instead, get creative and seek to retrain yourself to masturbate in new and different ways. Explore self-pleasure as a Fine Art, and you’ll discover levels of pleasure you never knew existed!

As you implied in your question, this is a great chance to break old masturbation habits and try new techniques, to discover ways to enhance your masturbation practice, to make your sessions longer and of higher quality. The reality is some men think they know all there is to masturbation, a simple fist-pump for hours while staring at Internet porn. That can be intense, but quite frankly terribly limiting, as well.

So why not make use of this great opportunity to spend longer intervals really exploring your options? Use deep breathing as a tool to enhance ejaculatory control; employ a wide variety of stroking patterns; use both hands, in alternation and together; masturbate in different positions, such as prone, on your side, standing, walking around, doing knee bends, kneeling. Try anal breathing, which coordinates this way: breathe IN and CONTRACT your anus; breathe OUT and RELAX your anus, ad infinitum. You can do anal breathing while you masturbate, and like Kegels of PC clenches, it develops the pelvic region muscles in beneficial ways.

That’s just a few of the hundreds of things I can suggest for you. So, disconnect your phone and media for a while, and practice, practice, practice… unless it’s to safely share your masturbation with other men on video conference during this time. Watching other men masturbate online and being watched by them can be incredibly hot; there’s no limit to the pleasure you can generate for yourself and share with other men!

A note from The Batemaster: I’m honored that the guys at Bateworld have asked me to respond to some questions from male masturbators around the world every week.

Always check with your doctor about any issues you might be experiencing with your sexual organs. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are important. This article’s purpose is to inform and entertain readers and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment.


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How Bruce P. Grether became the Batemaster

Among his earliest memories, Bruce recalls seeing an adult man’s penis swing about anchored in a nest of curly brown hairs when the man was changing clothes. That penis fascinated him and he somehow knew it was of major importance. He also remembers how good it felt to slide down a stairway banister or to climb a tree with pressure between his legs sending delicious sensations all through his body.

At an early age, he played doctor with another boy his age, and the frottage he enjoyed as they rubbed their penises together made him feel One with All Things.

He was older, maybe 9 or 10 years when he figured out how to actually masturbate while taking a shower. Immediately Bruce became a fan of self-pleasure, though, with puberty, he became extremely shy about his body being seen. Still, when his pubic hair sprouted and his penis grew bigger, it astonished him how incredible the sensations could feel with adult genitalia.

All through his 20s and 30s Bruce loved masturbating and did it often. Something kept tell him though, that there could be more to it. None of the books he read about Tantra and Taoist erotic cultivation provided simple how-to instructions. Finally, in his early 40s, he came upon Joseph Kramer’s video about male genital massage: FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN.

Having no playmates to try this with, he tried it on himself. In the process, he discovered what he soon named “Mindful Masturbation.” For 6 weeks he masturbated for hours every day, and did not ejaculate once! This was the Penis Paradise he had been looking for since his adventures playing doctor as a young boy. He was changed forever and lost most of his shyness and insecurities.

Bruce began to listen deeply to whatever his penis told him. This way he learned more and more about male masturbation, the penis, and he studied human sexuality. Soon he was hired to write professionally for the sex education site JackinWorld (dot) com, which he did for some years under the name “Bruce McFarland.”

Since then, his erotic activism is more radical and he uses his actual given name: Bruce P. Grether, AKA the Batemaster. He has hosted workshops and now does online masturbation coaching. In 2012 his best-selling book THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN PHALLUS was published and with his handsome young friend Blue Tyger he created the Erotic Engineering site to explore advanced male self-pleasure practices.

Bruce considers himself a Missionary of the Male Mysteries and his work continues.

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  1. Every man should learn and explore the Prostrate!! Once you discover the pleasure from hitting/finding that spot—- it’s a life changer 🤯!!

    1. Yes! I definitely suggest every man at least give anal pleasure and prostate stimulation a try, though not the same things end up working equally well for every man. Any guy owes it to himself to try anal stimulation, and begin by realizing the body arouses from front to back, so don’t go straight for that rosebud. Waken it up with penis and other stimulation first, then nuance the anus, court the prostate. These pleasure can take a little while to get used to also, so hang in there, if you’re relatively new to anal stimulation and the prostate.

    2. I remember when I focused on finding that “magical spot” and just how do I get get ‘there,’ And then what do I do when/if I find it and I did struggle to find it. I still remember that magical moment when everything seemed to fall into place, I was masturbating (of course) and slipped a finger upside inside and was just fiddling around when I suddenly had a full on orgasm! But I didn’t ejaculate. Which of course after many years of masturbating those 2 ‘things’ have always happened together. And this time I was just having waves of orgasms, dry ones. Omg it was wonderful. When my orgasmic phase stopped I was still fully erect. Oh so erect. So I masturbated until I came again, this time I orgasmed with an ejaculation. I never had that experience again. Nor did I really try to do it again.

  2. Great idea to hone our masturbation skills with this bonus alone time many now have. Simple changes, changing up ‘that’ grip or switching from right to your left hand. Explore! Try a different brand of lube or get a vibrator, in my case I need to give my hitachi magic wand some more use – instead of just leaving it sit on the top shelf of my closet. Use BW to make connections and share those bate sessions with others that have similar interests, or very different interests. Perhaps even get out of our usual masturbation comfort zone(s). Cum on the floor instead of in a tissue or cum rag.

    1. Great suggestions, apalmser5! Though I tend to suggest men treat their semen as sacred, not a mess to clean up and discard. If you dowse it up, discard the tissue or rag or wash the sock with conscious awareness of gratitude and reverence for your Sacred Seed! Or better stills eat it! I know some guys think the taste if yucky, but that’s probably conditioning too! Peace – BPG

  3. Since I normally bate solo, sheltering with a partner means fewer opportunities for longer session, but more oppotunities for buddy bate/massage trades. But it also has given me more time for writing. Made a list of 61 of my bate rituals!

    1. Cool! I’m not surprised that you of all the Great Bators I know would discover how to find the advantages of this strange, surreal situation we find ourselves in! Peace — BPG

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  5. I absolutely LOVE to jack off while admiring other guys doing the same thing either in person or online. Sometimes I offer to hope and then lick the results off of them (abs and penis) making sure to not waste anything.