(originally posted on FastSeduction.com discussion forum at this link
http://www.fastseduction.com/masf/114/254584/)
I finally decided to sign up for a workshop after realizing that despite my strong natural game, I was lacking the motivation to go out and the formula and strategies to keep me from bailing on obvious opportunities. I was resistant to the idea of running routines and spitting game in place of a more flowing banter, but I also wasn’t feeling comfortable or happy with my own confidence at approaching any time I wanted.
But I also knew that as a 34-year old with a stable and successful day job and a penchant for getting 8 hours of sleep per night, everything I read about RSD and Mystery seemed a bad fit. I never plan on moving to LA or Vegas, I don’t really care for New Rock boots, and I go out to bars to drink and enjoy myself, not to run 25 sets a night. So what’s a man to do? I considered three options that seemed a good fit for a normal man who wants to improve his success with women: Woodhaven/Dmitri, Juggler, and Pickup 101. And since I live in SF, and had a chance to meet some guys who’d gone through their programs, PU101 became my obvious choice.
I was definitely pleased to see they had added a new program that seemed to fit just what I was looking for: the Art of Rapport. It promised an approach to game that allowed you to meet women at any time, by incorporating the techniques of creating attraction and forming connections into your existing lifestyle. The idea of being able to game a woman on demand at the gym, safeway, bookstore, etc., was just what I was after. So I signed up, and steeled myself to the idea that I was going to have to finally admit, in public, and to others, that I was not quite as smooth as I wanted to be.
Turns out I was right. The guys who run and teach Pickup 101 had exactly the kind of game I always have convinced my friends I have (but don’t really). They combine different styles and different approaches and blend them into the same basic philosophy, and it all seems to work in a holistic way, like blending every available martial arts into one fighting style that allows you to do whatever you need to fit the situation. Without going into too much detail, I can say that the packed 2-day course covered, in detail, and with copious in-house demos, practice, rehearsal, and field work:
which venues are best for daygame
how to open someone in the day so they are comfortable
how to use kino immediately in the day
warmups that reduce approach anxiety to near zero every time
indirect openers written from each students own stories
direct openers for day time
moving rapidly from attraction (within seconds) to rapport to create connections
using day2 planning to skip over phone game altogether and eliminate flakes
deep storytelling to get practice at being vulnerable, not just faking it, so that the woman can feel a real connection to you
real-time practice day2s with lovely ladies brought in just for that purpose… like 15 minutes of a real date followed by instant feedback
drills on simple and wickedly effective manuevers for footwork and body positioning to isolate women without them even realizing it, and pulling them into your space within seconds of meeting them
the best spots in town to do daygame
I found that their approach, which focused on the idea that you can move to rapport as quickly as you want anytime you are outside of the high-energy club environment, was perfect for the life I live now. They also emphasized that while they could teach the techniques, it was the followup, and practice afterwards, that would determine how successful we would be in the field. But I found just during the weekend, after locking up entirely and freezing on my first two approaches, I went from feeling like I was totally out of my element (having never really done a full daytime approach before), to the stage where on the second day, I got a number/day2 4 times out of 8 approaches (and of the 4 that missed, I got boyfriend excuses on each one… we didn’t have enough time to go into how to push through that… maybe next time!)
My take: Pickup101 does a great job of reading where every student is in his game. They have the same basic strategies for everyone to follow, but they let you play to your strengths. It’s not a matter of creating a clone army that runs amok and babbles the same stories to every unsuspecting passerby… they really work at making you comfortable and confident in your sociability before sending you out. They are not only great instructors, but genuinely social and friendly guys who you can totally picture talking shit over a beer and a football game on a Sunday afternoon, as well as pulling the hottest club girls on a Friday. That’s the kind of versatility I wanted to enhance in my game… the idea that you can be a normal guy, but be such a great normal guy, and know how to put it on display and communicate it, that women can’t help but be attracted.
I’d recommend it to anyone who wants better results in all social areas of their life, and wants the quickest, most lasting results with women. They teach you really how to connect and start a sexual relationship with a woman, not just how to harvest massive amounts of numbers.
I did forget to mention one other thing. If you aren’t comfortable talking about yourself, do some work first before coming here. The whole idea of rapport, as they teach it, is that you open up yourself in such a way that the women feels comfortable following you there. If you can’t do that, you’re not ready. But if you are secure enough as a man to show that you have a real side, they help you start to show that in a way that women can’t help but respond to. It’s powerful, because it’s real, but it’s hard to do, and hard to commit to. Way scarier than just babbling about jealous girlfriends or horses and ladders.
Sean
