Authentic PUA Review
One Sentence Phrase to Sum Up the Weekend
“Challenging, eye-opening, fun and the start of the journey to transformation.”
Training Type: 2 Day Residential
Over the course of the 2 days I took with Authentic PUA a hell of a lot of stuff was covered. My skill level going into this was zero having never done an approach before in my life. The residential was very well organized with all trainers involved and every trainer was genuine and committed to helping you improve over the course of the weekend.
The first day had two training sessions. The first was with Colin who provided a breakdown of the fundamentals of cold approach pick up with lots of information on self identity, pick up structure, which things work and why they work. It was one of the most coherent and comprehensive breakdowns of what “game” really is all about. A structure is presented on how pick-ups look and the different phases that are gone through. Colin struck me as incredibly intelligent with a knack for explaining some complex concepts in understandable terms and ways you can relate to. Overall it’s some of the best stuff if not the best I’ve ever read on pick up from a theory perspective.
The second training session was with Adam where we went to a club in central London for the night to put some of the stuff Colin was speaking about into action. Adam also was very understanding of the skill level I was at and presented me with some good advice prior to the point where we started talking and meeting women. Adam did numerous demos throughout the night and explaining what he was doing and why. It was eye opening just to see someone like Adam being able to approach and consistently get attraction but also to see the other side that rejection happens to everyone and even Adam throughout the course of the night. Adam’s style is fun and was great to spend the night in the club with and we had two very solid interactions with both of us invovled which allowed me to see how things work from opening through to extraction from a night club venue. Once we left the nightclub Adam did some demos of street game which again was another eye opener and a reality check that you don’t need to do anything flashy or special in pick up to get results. After this we then debriefed in the casino and Adam again presented a lot of advice and things to work on. Overall a really great night with a lot principles learned and demonstrated.
The second day was another 2 sessions this time with Steve and Lee. I met Steve on Oxford Street and discussed aesthetic, masculinity and mindset for cold approach pick up. After meeting Steve I could immediately tell this guy was the business and definitely knows what he’s talking about. His presence is utterly incredible which needs to be viewed first hand to be fully understood. The best way I can describe it is an aura of raw masculine energy, watching him walk around like he owned the place was unbelievable. Aside from Steve being the real deal, he was very patient, understanding and kind and recognized that approaching was a massive deal for me. He never forced me to approach when I didn’t want to and gave me critical feedback for the approaches I did do. Steve also gave me a lot of advice about life in general. We finished in Tiger Tiger where we sat down for a chat and I felt over only doing a handful of approaches I’d let myself down a bit and was feeling pretty frustrated and helpless. Steve chatted with me some more and left me with an incredibly deep and inspirational talk just before he left. At this point I was holding back tears because of how much Steve seemed to genuinely care and despite my ability (or lack of at the moment) he looked me in the eye and told me he believed I can make massive progress in the next 3-6 months. This was a massive boost and a talk I’ll remember for a long time.
To finish off the residential I spent Sunday night with Lee. Lee was incredibly cool, calm and collected and as with the other trainers offered on-point advice to improve. We moved around pubs for bar game and managed to get in a number of approaches. A few of these started going well and could feel myself actually start to relax and enjoy myself. Lee did a demo of opening at the start of the night then wanted to me to proactively open myself which helped a lot for coming to the point of where I will have to do this myself. Lee also outside demonstrated a rapid kiss close within seconds and how to know when you can get away with this. We then finished and debriefed and how to move forward from here and what I should do to keep the ball rolling from here.
One point to note is that all instructors all have their different styles but all use the same fundamental principles. At the end of the weekend I believe I now have more than enough to start transforming this aspect of my life. Authentic PUA is all about making the best of yourself and becoming your best self. No gimmicks, magic tricks or nonsense. All straight to the point practical real word advice from honest, intelligent and genuine instructors that actually get results themselves (a key point to note btw
.Anyway, enough of a review I’ve now got some serious work to do..