Matador One on One Review by Torero

One on One review by Torero

It’s one thing to read his articles about the art of pickup and to watch him talk and teach on VH1’s TV show
“The Pickup Artist”, but it’s a whole other thing to have a one on one weekend with James Matador.
There are many things that factor into the art of pickup and Matador demonstrates them in each and
every one of his pickups. His game is tight and his keen eye to read and respond to the current
emotional state of the room is truly uncanny.

My three days with Matador began on Friday afternoon at the hotel lobby when we went through the
psychology and the theory behind pickup. Why do women act the way they do? What are they looking
for? We covered most of the theory and began with Openers. Matador demonstrated the proper body
language that needs to be demonstrated. “You just need to be comfortable with who you are and show
it.” I asked how to do that. “It’s easy. Check it out”; he gets up and starts walking around the lobby,
pretending to see a girl and giving her a nice little kiss. I looked around and see the people next to us,
the waitresses and the bartender are all watching him. But Matador is completely calm and cool as if
nothing is happening and he’s completely comfortable in his skin and he does not feel awkward by the
social pressure to act “normal”. Later that night went to a club and I met Lovedrop, Rizen and three
other girls who came with them. One of the girls, Erika introduced herself and told me that she’ll be our
wing for the night and therefore it will be a lot easier to open and attract. After about five minutes, I see
Matador talking to this couple. He’s completely dominating the conversation and she is giving him IOI’s
even though she seemed to be with the guy. After the about five minutes or so the guy leaves and it’s
now Matador and the girl. After a couple minutes he brings her over and introduces her to the rest of
our group and moves on the next. That night I opened as many sets as I could and I got one number
although I didn’t feel it was a quality pickup.

The next day I spent with Rizen. He helped me get some avatars and later we covered the
theory behind attraction. We met with Matador and Lovedrop later that night and went to another club.
I was feeling much better and decided to start using what I had learned earlier. I opened an 8 set and
ended up isolating one of the girls from the set. After that, I was feeling pretty good and started
approaching more and more girls. Right before the end of the night I was talking to this hottie when I
noticed Matador at the bar talking to this girl. All of the sudden he picked her up and put her on the bar
and started making out with her. After about 10 seconds or so he turns around and starts making out
with this other girl behind him. Again after another 10 seconds or so, he moves on the third girl. I look
around and I see people watching him as if he is doing magic. My girls started asking me: “Oh My Gawd,
who is that guy? Do you know him?” It was very impressive.

I learned a lot in my three days as I recognized my sticking points as well as proper delivery of the
routines. I also learned that there is no magic formula. You need to be able to calibrate and think on
your feet. Not only that, you need to be able to talk and talk and talk. Be interesting and funny. You can’t
premeditate every move before you walk in to a set.

The good
You see how it’s done. You get first hand feedback where you go wrong. But keep in mind, you’re on your own to a certain extent. You get comments like “Go get a girl and bring her to our group,” or “open the girl next to us.” and from that point on you’re kind of on your own. It’s not like you were wearing an ear-
piece in your ear and repeat the lines as you hear them from the instructor.

The Bad
The cost. I can’t tell you if it’ll be worth it for you. It depends on you, and what you will get out of it varies from person to person. I can tell you that it’s not for everyone. There is no magic formula. It’s trial and error.

Do looks matter:
Yes and no. If you’re good looking it will be easier to open and break through the initial “who the f… are you and why are you here” but if you can’t talk and can’t keep them interested, it really doesn’t matter how good looking you are.