Last weekend, I hung out with Adam Lyons (aka., AFCAdam) and his sexy girlfriend, Amanda, in Toronto. Going out in TO is a nice change for me because usually when I’m in Toronto, my schedule is packed visiting family and catching up with old friends.
Btw, there is still a spot available on the July 11-13 Special Bootcamp held in NYC by The Social Man. I’ll be coaching along with Christian Hudson and Nick Sparks. This is sure to be a life-changing event. And there’s a full 100% money-back guarantee, so you’ve gotten nothing to lose! Check it out!
Adam and Amanda are definitely a cool couple. Sure, they’ve got “game,” but what I like most about them is that they’re really friendly and interesting people. They’re the sort of easy-going people that I’d be happy to invite to a party at my pad or to introduce to my colleagues, my boss, my parents, my grandparents, and heck, even my three-year old nephew!
Now you may not think that’s a big deal, but if you’ve been involved in the “pick-up community” (ugh, I hate that term) for any length of time, you’ll know that the vast majority of community guys, and even the best teachers and gurus, are just, well, kinda creepy, dress weirdly, and lack the ability to relate to normal people.
And I think it’s especially cool that Amanda is there to provide the female perspective. In a couple of my weekend workshops in China, I brought along my main Beijing girl, a 21 year old 5’9” actress and model, for the fashion consultation, some of the exercises on Saturday, and the in-field portions. She was particularly integral on the in-field portions. I really think it’s important for guys to hear a woman’s honest perspective on their image and impressions. A really crucial part of mastering the social arts is being able to understand the inner world of hot women.
To my bros back in Beijing: Adam kind of looks like a white, thinner version of Natural-MD. They dress, laugh, stand, and carry themselves in a similar way, though I can’t imagine two more different styles of interacting with women.
One of the original contributions Adam has made is about dance floor game and how the best way to think of it is in terms of compliance, investment, commitment, or “making the girl work for you.” It’s brilliant and the first time I’ve ever heard anyone in the community talk about dance floor game this way.
It’s similar to the insight I developed about Karaoke game in Asia, which I mention in this LR here and about which most guys seem to have completely missed the point. The brilliance is NOT that you take her to Karaoke to show off your “great” singing skills or even just to have a fun time. The insight is that you make her sing FOR you. If you’re doing much singing, then you’re missing the point. She’s got to invest in you by singing and performing for you! Do that, and you’re golden.
Of course, Adam was awesome at social proof, his calling card. Right at the start of the night, Adam had the bar staff in the palm of his hand, getting laughs and smiles from everyone, but not in that cocky-funny way or slimy hypnotic way. He was just being super friendly and funny.
For Adam, to game the hottest girl in the venue, first win over the venue, and then approach the 10, making it just soo much easier. Uh, yeah, Asian Rake, brilliant. If it were that easy… LOL. I’ll get into how to do this in my next post.
Adam’s settling down in America with Amanda for a while, and they’ll be doing a bunch of bootcamps around the country. So I’m sure you’ll see more of them. They’re still ironing out a few kinks in their bootcamp curriculum and format, but I’m sure they’ll be going strong soon.
It was really cool chatting with Adam about entourage game, as it’s something that I didn’t pay much attention to while in Beijing until I almost left. It’s also something that very few PUAs or “gurus” know much about simply because most coaches travel out of town almost every weekend and hence, have few opportunities to build a really big and solid social circle. Adam garnered a reputation for rolling into clubs with 20-40 girls and just a few guys, causing club owners to compete for his patronage and eventually creating another line of work for himself as a promoter.
Lately, I’ve been learning directly from some of the very best guys in the community at entourage and social circle game, as it’s become the next little challenge I’ve set for myself. So it was really cool to hear from the A2 team on this.
I’ve also been drawing from the fecund genius of Christian Hudson, who maintains the highest-class social circles I’ve seen in the community today, including top supermodels, cover girls, beauty pageant winners, and even the occasional girl next door 
Check him out at The Social Man.
A well-kept secret and definitive authority on VIP game, who contributes to the community whenever he can spare the time from managing his harem of girls and his extensive entourage of bikini models and Californian blondes, is Alex Chase, a former club promoter and just a super cool Korean-American chilling out on the beaches of San Diego. He’s working on some great products on VIP and entourage game that will truly take things to the next level.
I’ll be posting some Toronto field reports soon, so check back in a couple of days
Happy playin’, The Asian Rake.
P.S. I cropped myself out of that photo with Adam and Amanda, but you can catch a glimpse of my right forehead. I think I was standing on a stair because I look higher than Amanda, but she’s at least a couple of inches taller than me. LOL
