PUA Knowledge Spheres |
Each seduction school has helped develop the community and is in many cases responsible for definitions and ideas of their own. Each knowledge sphere represents PUA terms that originated or is often affiliated to a specific seduction school of thought.
Art of Charm
The Art of Charm is one of the newer pickup companies to enter the market, but nevertheless has borrowed and developed its own set of terminology to help communicate their unique approach to pickup and lifestyle development.
Brad P
Brad P is a pickup artist who has been around from early days of alt.seduction.fast, and has risen in prominence in recent years, being named “Top PUA of 2008″ and a runner-up in 2009. A big proponent of long-term coaching, Brad P has developed a number of terms to describe his unique brand of pickup.
Charisma Arts
Charisma Arts is a pickup company that focuses heavily on conversational game, so they have created a slew of terminology related to the different phases of conversation, as well as specific conversational techniques to employ during the seduction process.
David DeAngelo
David Deangelo is one of the original “gurus” of the seduction community, and is well known for the development of commonly used PUA concepts such as “cocky/funny” and “wussy”.
Fast Seduction
Created by Formhandle and TokyoPUA, Fast Seduction continues to be one of the most popular pickup related websites today, with their massive archive of old posts from the original alt.seduction.fast Usenet group, where the seduction community originated. As veterans of ASF, Formhandle and TokyoPUA have coined dozens of pua terms which continue to be used to this day.
Love Systems
The company started by Savoy after Mystery’s departure, Love Systems (LS) Knowledge represents the ideas that further developed MM and also new ideas created by LS instructors. LS instructors Savoy, Braddock and others have branched out further into text and phone game, social circle game and relationship game definitions and ideas.
Pickup101
Pickup101 AKA PU101 was the school founded by Lance Mason that originated in the Chinatown district of San Francisco. PU101 has led the way in terms of physical confidence and charisma as well as smooth day game openers.
PUA Training
PUA Training is powerful influence originating from the UK and founded by Richard La Ruina. Author of a best selling book and boasting a impressive list of female and male trainers, PUA Training has been responsible for new ideas and processes in the field of seduction and remains one of the leading non-US based companies in the world. Their new attraction method “Stealth Attraction” among other new philosophies have led the way in 2009 and early 2010 as the industry seeks new paradigms to adopt.
Real Social Dynamics
Real Social Dyanmics was founded by Tyler (Owen Cook) and Papa. RSD has a list of impressive instructors, from Jlaix in San Francisco to Tim from Australia and Ozzie from Spain. Each stands in his own right and has given the community new ideas and new terms and new ways of thinking about pickup. Many definitions came out from their products: The Blueprint, Transformations and Foundations.
Sex God Method
Speed Seduction / NLP
StyleLife Academy
Style is the star pupil of Mystery and the man who popularized the seduction community through his book, The Game, and over the years he has developed many techniques and terms related to the seduction process. The Stylelife Academy also employs a large number of top-notch PUAs, who have also contributed with their unique lingo.
Swinggcat
Troy Dizon Dating
Troy Dizon Dating is a relatively new pickup company, but has developed a wide range of unique terminology to describe their innovative approach to pickup, that fuses a deep understanding of social dynamics with lifestyle development.
Venusian Arts / Mystery Method
Zan Perrion
Zan Perrion is a seducer that hails from Canada. He focuses on developing natural charm and charisma rather than structured game or routines. Be that as it may, Zan’s Enlightened Seduction (ES) and Way of Attraction philosophies contain many terminologies that he uses for natural seduction. His natural game forum continues to be a major portal for developing inner game and a healthy relationship with oneself and the opposite sex.



