The Rules of Seduction

I had intended never to begin any writing on seduction, pickup or dating with the hackneyed phrase ‘The Rules of Seduction’. I apologize truly. The cliche’d title comes from the UK channel 4 show of the same name. It broadcast on Friday the 7th of December.

As the channel 4 description puts it: “A journey into the hidden world of the pick-up artist, men who’ve developed tricks and routines that they claim any man can use to seduce any woman.”

Have a look at some clips here

Some might remember Channel 4 in the UK was also responsible for the program Seduction School that featured Juggler, which overall I liked. So is The Rules of Seduction compelling TV, Is it a good insight into the reality of seduction practice? It tries hard at one, it is certainly not the other. Some interesting things, amongst them the reappearance of Darren (I Am The Future), I had wondered on occasion what had happened to that fellow. It was he, who (along with Hoobie) gave the community its first real infield footage about three years ago… Goodness, that long!

More from the CH4 brief:

“Darren AKA ‘I am the Future’ is one of the UK’s leading pick-up artists: a growing group of young men who claim to excel in the art of seduction. This film explores their often murky world from its London underbelly to the ‘glamour’ of the annual L.A. seduction summit”

Murky World… Tricks… Sleaze… Lies… SuperPowers – Well, its on TV it must be true?? Have I been doing it wrong…

Update

Many posts on this site have now been updated to reflect current information on the seduction community and its learning (links and sources which had changed now properly reflect relevant seduction sites).

The community is abuzz at this time, and I wish all new visitors the best of success. I hope you find some answers and direction here. We continue to enjoy receiving email and thank you for your interest. In answer to the subject that the majority of enquiries were about – Yes, ‘The Seduction Review’ will begin to post again… and soon!

Top Pickup Artists? / Review Of The Year

This time of year sees Thundercat (Joseph Matthews) release his annual list of the top 10 pickup artists. With a nod in that direction, this is a very short review of the year with Seduction Review’s take on the best of the last twelve months. 2006 saw the release some interesting products, some quality footage and the developments of and from some familiar PUAs.

Magnus and Tribal formed project Ibiza for the summer months, together with a European summit held there. The only official seduction summit this year as far as I know. Magnus also branched out into the self-development seduction field with the creation of the inner-game tapping technique. Mystery too got back into seduction project sphere with the residential seduction mansion at Project Miami (just learned this from TCs post).

As far as saleable production from seduction is concerned. Well, products don’t always follow innovation, and yet getting a particular perspective on seduction method or a take on the universal principles, or expertise in an area of seduction is the foundation of furthering learning with seduction. Along these lines we saw most releases this year. And in this regard, Style courted controversy with the $3000+ pricetag of his teaching videos The Annihilation Method. On further commercial fronts RSD released The Foundation Series and Zan brought out his Enlightened Seduction DVD set. Pickup 101 had new products, and followed with some footage. And also, Cliff held the 2nd annual Cliff’s List Convention in Montreal this past summer, introducing new and reaffirming established guests.

Charisma Arts with Juggler and Johnny Saviour had a success with the one-off television show Seduction School.

The men of the year: This regards contribution to seduction over the year, and is not about rating pickup artistry in terms of skill or individual seduction achievement. Brad P. is a stand out success of the year. Virtually unknown in 2005; 2006 saw him become one of the well known names within the seduction community. His seduction style contributed both innovation and furthered established learning to the community. Mehow continues to develop and have success in seduction application. These are candidates for innovation that have an impact on the way we learn and practice seduction. Mehow has provided the benchmark for footage to learn by, with seduction method that furthers Mystery Method and seduction closely related to that school. Brad P’s sexual seduction style has successfuly imported many aspects from areas of practical and psychological game and is credited for his application and growing teaching success.

These, of course are just a few of the stories of the year for the seduction community. Anything else?

Happy Hogmany Everybody!
Best of success for 2007

PUA Media And Seduction Video

Video footage of teaching, of sarging, of anything related to the perspective of seduction is around for the seduction student’s education and enjoyment. And, back in 2004 the appearance of seduction related video led directly to the Hoobie and Loverboy project PUAMedia.com which (unfortunately) eventually caved under the weight of the lack of regular quality recordings and efforts required to condense them in one place. However it returned a few days ago in a redesigned blog format.

The return of PUAMedia provides a single reference point for most of the video available on and related to seduction in one place. I say most, so we don’t forget the media hosted in other places, not for the likes of youtube consumption.

The announcement above leads to seduction video in general. The main categories of seduction video are the clips of teaching at seminars; the infield pickup; and the entertainment show that features seduction. While being produced for enjoyment, the last category of TV features often have some re-framing merit to them.

One such video was the UK Channel 4 special Seduction School that saw Wayne Elise and Johnny Saviour from Charisma Arts take three self-proclaimed misfits to Seduction School.

I was going to post video for the Seduction School Channel 4 special. But… Attraction-Chronicles went to the effort of putting it on youtube, credit to them
http://attraction-chronicles.blogspot.com/2006/08/watch-seduction-school-episode-video.html

Regarding footage of live seduction technique. The practitioner really embracing the use of in-field video is Mehow. The videos address the challenges of covert recording and come up trumps for real world footage. Mehow’s latest video, on the redesigned mehow.tv website, Bachelorette Set Part 3 continues the series with comfort, attraction and group management, and further demos. Check it out here www.mehow.tv/video/indexFull.php

The Best Advice

On Tadpoled.com recently they ran a post called the Best Advice On Attraction.

The balance of personal enhancement versus change is a challenge faced by the seduction student. The advice from tadpoled http://tadpoled.com/blog/the-best-advice-on-attraction/

Thinking about my best advice in the seduction arena is a task that at once is easy and difficult. We’re full of advice in seduction. Distilling personal insight deliberately tagged with the burden of guidance has proven a more dogged task. Eventually, here is some advice offered, given as it is pertinent to Seduction Review.

The best way to learn seduction is by the teachings of those that have mastered (and understand) it. That is a given, and one of the main tenets of this blog. The advice offered here is a simple premise inherent in learning seduction. Beware the trap of the seduction academic. Simple principles are enough for seduction success, true that seduction has depth and continued development is commended. But, learning is not the mainstay of seduction success.

Seduction education is enticing, education without application is tragic. A personal reminder, why we are learning is often enough to nullify the effects of “the part that I need to know” or “the piece of game that I feel is missing”.

OK, by contrast, building skills and deepening understanding (and ongoing development) is a cornerstone of success with women. Yet, seduction mastery is wasted if not applied. Don’t fall into the trap of needing one more thing to know, one more technique to understand. There are not many gaps in game that need filled by further instruction. Simple seduction works and complex seduction is no better, just broader.

Inner Game Tapping

Seduction practice throws up many internal dialogues, offering challenges to personal feelings of inner emotional state. Fixing the negative feedback is the topic on show in Inner Game Tapping. Lest you think differently, anxiety is a natural feeling shared by all to a greater or lesser extent. Without being checked and controlled, however, it can sometimes become a crippling demotivator.

Techniques like this come in to the seduction arsenal. Magnus from Bristol Lair demonstrates.

The Seduction Review Charter

I gave some thought to the perspective of these pages, which had never been written down. And thus create a short charter for the blog.

Why? Some feedback and questions that we received led me to the opinion that creating a charter would be a good thing to do. Why also? This site is different (not better than many… but different) from other seduction community resources and blogs.

The Charter

Seduction Review provides an overview perspective on seduction community information, news and products. This blog offers independent views on seduction ideas and material, from both the seduction community and seduction relevant material from other sources.

Why is this different? Essentially this site does not offer seduction advice or tips. Its goal is balanced criticism and news on existing methods and existing advice. It is not about any of its authors growth and experience in seduction (this in no way belittles other blogs that exist as a diary of individual PUAs experience). Sometimes we report on an idea that is without the direct sphere of seduction but has seduction community implications. In these cases we review them for seduction application or include them as they offer perspective on seduction thought.

In short: There are ‘how to’ resources. This site is a reflection on those resources and perspectives within and for seduction.

I’ll finish this post with a short list of a couple of the other blogs on seduction that, in this reviewers opinion, offer good advice and cover the kind of thing this blog doesn’t touch.

www.attraction-chronicles.blogspot.com
www.theasianplayboy.blogspot.com

P.S. There will be some useful review posts uploaded soon. Thanks for your time reading this ‘how does it fit’ type stuff.

Seduction.. In Reverse!

The video below is seduction technique for us and by (and for) women. It’s a bit of fun, and a good reminder why we are all motivated towards seduction.

 

The independent academic criticism your used to on this site. Presented in this program: Suggestion; Sexual escalation; Using the principles of evolved cues to attraction. It can be broken down in any avenue of enquiry, but when applied it feels great for both of us.

Tribute To Sarging

The Loveboy tribute to Sarging

At the tail end of 2004 the video below was released amongst the seduction community. Loverboy (the creator of the film) edited together a piece about his motivation to get into seduction. His tribute is a story many guys can relate to. P.S. For the uninitiated Sarging is the main community term for going out to pick up women.

It is included here for the relevance of learning, and maybe a bit of inspiration. Enjoy