Pick Up Artist Profiles

Pick Up Artists (or PUAs) are men who have dedicated themselves to developing the skills to be good with women. Really good. Below are profiles of some of the top Pick Up Artists in the seduction community, many of whom have started or coach for pickup companies dedicated to teaching guys how to improve their game.

60 years of challenge

	Real Name: 60 years of challenge
	Age: 61
	Affiliation: 60 years of challenge
	Bio: Self described older man with a world of experience at seduction, 60 years of challenge is one of the guys who garners tons of respect even though he's not in the front lines of the seduction community marketing machine.

	Real Name: Arash Dibazar
	Age: 36
	Affiliation: Seductive Instinct
	Bio: A master martial artist and life coach, Arash is an up-and-coming PUA from the Bay Area of San Francisco

	Real Name: Adam Lyons
	Age: 32
	Affiliation: PUA Training
	Bio: Voted the top PUA of 2009, "AFC" Adam Lyons is one of the most well known British pick up artists and an instructor for PUA Training.

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	Affiliation: Real Social Dynamics
	Bio: Renowned dating instructor Alex from Real Social Dynamics is another instructor that has taken his social skills up a notch. Alex is the latest featured "natural instinct" superstar from RSD and goes on tour for the RSD Hotseat in 2012 and early 2013

	Real Name: Vince Lin (AlphaWolf)
	Age: 29
	Affiliation: PUA Lingo, Seduce With Style
	Bio: The founder of PUA Lingo and an intermediate PUA who supports the natural, positive aspects of learning social dynamics to fulfill one's life goals

	Real Name: JT Tran
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	Affiliation: ABCs of Attraction
	Bio: JT Tran, aka the Asian Playboy, is the founder of ABCs of Attraction, a pickup company that focuses on helping Asian guys be more successful with women.

	Real Name: Daniel Messe
	Age: 35
	Affiliation: Bad Boy Lifestyle
	Bio: A well known pickup instructor from Croatia, and founder of the Bad Boy Lifestyle pickup company.

	Real Name: Rob Beckstar
	Age: 35
	Affiliation: Beckster Seduction
	Bio: Beckster has been in the pick up game for over 15 years and along the way has become somewhat of a celebrity. Getting his start in the UK, Beckster saw a failing PUA industry and decided to help.

	Real Name: Bobby Rio
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	Affiliation: TSB Mag
	Bio: Bobby Rio has authored or contributed to an impressive list of over ten publications, and is one of the founders of TSB Magazine

	Real Name: Brad P
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	Affiliation: Dating Education
	Bio: Brad P is one of the top rated PUAs in the industry, and he is known for his innovative, longterm coaching programs and his popular fashion bible.

	Real Name: Nick Braddock
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	Affiliation: Love Systems
	Bio: Braddock is one of the younger instructors for Love Systems, and is known for his college game and phone & text game. He was also featured on the Tyra Banks show, alongside Savoy.

	Real Name: Captain Jack
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	Affiliation: Love Systems
	Bio: The role of Captain Jack in the field of PUA is not just to be the seducer, but to show men how to live as well. Money, life, women, adventure, the lifestyle that most men covet is the lifestyle that Captain Jack enjoys due to his success in the dating world.

	Real Name: Carlos Xuma
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	Affiliation: CarlosXuma.com, Alpha Man Programs
	Bio: Carlos Xuma is a dating and attraction expert, as well as a Black Belt martial arts instructor and motivational life counselor. He is one of the original online coaches that started teaching men attraction in the early to mid 90s.

	Real Name: Chris Orleans
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	Affiliation: Chris Orleans
	Bio: Chris is a seduction coach with over 4 years of coaching experience. He began his work as a master instructor for Vin DiCarlo, and now runs his own coaching business where he offers personalized, one-on-one coaching to students.

	Real Name: David M
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	Affiliation: Inside Internet Dating
	Bio: David M is an expert on online dating and online game, and was featured in David Deangelo's Insider Internet Dating program.

	Real Name: Brent Smith
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	Affiliation: Absolute Power Dating
	Bio: Brent Smith is a pickup instructor and founder of Absolute Power Dating, and has been featured in many of David Deangelo's seminars.

	Real Name: Derek Cajun
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	Affiliation: Love Systems
	Bio: A Canadian PUA and instructor for Love Systems, Cajun is most well known for winning in the Canadian reality TV show, Keys to the VIP.

	Real Name: Ciaran
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	Affiliation: Real Social Dynamics
	Bio: It is the policy for the instructors of Real Social Dynamics to not only be able to teach the skill, but to have the skills to back it up. When it comes to putting his money where his mouth is, former RSD Nation instructor Ciaran definitely had that policy covered, and then some.

	Real Name: Daniel P.
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	Affiliation: Daniel Madeira
	Bio: A PUA instructor based out of Brazil, South America

	Real Name: Eben Pagan
	Age: 41
	Affiliation: Double Your Dating
	Bio: David Deangelo is one of the most successful "gurus" in the pickup industry, and one of the first to turn pickup into a business. His ebook, Double Your Dating, is one of the most popular introductory texts to pickup out there.

	Real Name: David Shade
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	Affiliation: Masterful Lover
	Bio: David Shade is one of the most well known sex experts in the seduction community, and his Manual is considered one of the best sources available for improving your sexual technique.

	Real Name: David Wygant
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	Affiliation: David Wygant
	Bio: David Wygant is a Los Angeles based dating in lifestyle coach with nearly 20 years of coaching experience. David has started his own dating company which offers private coaching to guys, and he was also the inspiration for the movie "Hitch".

	Real Name: Dharam
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	Affiliation: PUA Training
	Bio: A master pickup instructor for the UK-based PUA Training company, and author of the free ebook, Nice Guy Game.

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	Affiliation: Venusian Arts
	Bio: Discovery AKA Shaun Adams is a master pick-up artist that takes the art of the pickup to an all new level. For him, it’s not about working the skills of pick up into your life, it’s about creating the lifestyle that ensures the art of the pick up just naturally happens, any time, day or night, any place.

	Real Name: Darren Fuji
	Age: 31
	Affiliation: Tao of DJ Fuji
	Bio: DJ Fuji is a former Mehow Inc instructor, who now operates his own pickup company. He is known for successfully helping virgins and other hard cases expand their options with women, as well as dealing with the challenges of being an Asian pick up artist.

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	Real Name: Doc Holliday
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	Bio: Doc Holliday is an Executive Coach and co-founder of the prolific PUA coaching website Practical Pickup. He has established his success as a world renowned pickup artist and coach by stepping outside the box and doing things differently than everybody else. His signature style and the specialty on which his coaching business is based lies in the secrets of the day game, and also in the comfort game.

	Real Name: Steve Mayeda
	Age: 32
	Affiliation: The Sexual Life
	Bio: Steve Mayeda's development of a successful dating technique and subsequent blog, podcast and more resulted from something being missing in his life. A key speaker at the under 21 convention, he has jumped onto the scene of second generation PUA coaches.

	Real Name: Future Thompson
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	Affiliation: Love Systems
	Bio: His desire for helping others experience personal excellence started at a young age when he held grandiose visions of one day becoming a Presbyterian priest (true story)...

	Real Name: Richard La Ruina
	Age: 32
	Affiliation: PUA Training
	Bio: Richard La Ruina, aka Gambler, is a pickup artist from London and the founder of the PUA Training company. He is known for his direct, natural game and is also a master NLP practitioner.

	Real Name: Allen Reyes
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	Affiliation: The Gunwitch Method
	Bio: Gunwitch was a PUA mentioned in the game who focused on going direct and accepting the truth that women want sex as much as men. Similar to Mode One by Alan Roger Currie, he goes directly and sexual without running a safer route of indirect game.

	Real Name: Tynan
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	Affiliation: Better Than Your Boyfriend
	Bio: Tynan, aka Herbal grew to fame as one of the main protagonists of Neil Strauss' tell-all novel, The Game. He is the author of the book Make Her Chase You and runs a website on lifestyle development.

	Real Name: Eric Von Sydow
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	Affiliation: Real World Seduction
	Bio: Hypnotica, real name Eric Von Sydow, is a pickup artist known for the hypnosis based seduction techniques that he pioneered. He was featured in The Game under the name "Rasputin", and has an uncanny resemblance to the X-men character, Wolverine.

	Real Name: Stan Tayi
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	Affiliation: Venusian Arts
	Bio: One of the co-founders of the Venusian Arts pickup company, and co-host of VH1's reality TV show, The Pickup Artist.

	Real Name: Justin Marks
	Age: 33
	Affiliation: Arizona Lair
	Bio: Justin "Jdog" Marks is pickup instructor and founder of the Arizona seduction lair, though he is probably best known for being Mystery's co-host on season 1 of VH1's reality TV show, The Pickup Artist.

	Real Name: Jeffrey Allen
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	Affiliation: Real Social Dynamics
	Bio: Jeffy is an executive coach for Real Social Dynamics teaching out of San Francisco, as well as a writer and amateur comedian.