Hello pick up community. I am going to do a review of Artisan's 5-Day Diamond Package 1 on 1 training which I purchased through his website after sharing several emails and phone conversations with him. It starts tomorrow Thursday, May 23 2013 and goes until Sunday May 26 2013.

One important note is that Artisan personally is not doing the training because he is currently unavailabe, however he said his top guy is going to do it and therefore this review should still be an accurate reflection. I will make a best effort to edit this post outlining the experience as soon as possible after each session while it is fresh in my mind.

I will not be divulging any techniques, lines or advise that is given to me. This would be considered proprietary information as far as I am concerned so respect that and do not bother to ask. This review will instead focus on what I am personally getting out of the training sessions such as the results, changes in myself which I experience and an overall review of whether I feel it was a worthwhile experience or not, as well as any criticisms I may have.

About me (the brutal truth): A short description of what the trainer will be working with. I am mid 30s. Recently divorced. Prior to marriage I had a lot of good looking girlfriends but never had to work at it. They just gave themselves without much effort. I am successful financially because all I do is work (I am obsessed with work). In the past I have been told by some women I was "so hot" and I have been told by other women I was "a hideous monster" so I think Im average. I am 6' 190 lbs (average build, not fat, not thin but the extra 10-15 lbs over ideal weight that I carry is in my stomach and not my arms for full disclosure). I am an introvert. I generally dislike most people be default. I feel most are stupid, worthless and nasty. I am regularly called an asshole by my closest friends (fuck them). I feel most people are below me including women and they would be blessed to have a guy like me in their life. I am working on overcoming these negative beliefs, but currently that's where I am at. I have read 8 or 10 of the higher rated "pick up" books on amazon in the past 2 months for preparation. I live in Las Vegas (where the training will be). I think that about covers it but feel free to ask if I missed something pertinent.

TRAINING SESSIONS INSIGHTS, SUMMARY & RESULTS:

DAY-1
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Day-2
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I do not see an edit option to keep this all in one post.

TRAINING SESSIONS INSIGHTS, SUMMARY & RESULTS:

DAY-1
Session A: Day game:
The first session went well. I met up with my trainer, Josiah, at a local mall. We got to know each other a bit and he made inquiries as to what I was looking to get out of the experience and then had me do some exercises that were out of my character and comfort zone. This was overall a positive experience. The hardest part for me is that I have spent most of my time intentionally avoiding people and now I was going out of my way to talk to people. I have to admit though it was fun and I began to enjoy it after the initial shock passed. One other thing is my fucking legs were ready to fall off from all the walking. Josiah called me out on my whining so I tried to ignore it. He set time limits for my tasks which forced action and that was good. Overall the first session was very positive and I was enlightened as to some of my personal issues that have been a detriment.

Session B: Night Game:
We hit a couple locals spots for the night game. Josiah forced me to do three approaches again with a time limit being set. I should clarify that being "forced" is a good thing otherwise I probably wouldnt have done it. I need to be forced at this point. Josiah also did some approaches to let me see. The three approaches I did werent anything memorable. All of the girls were pleasant but not interested in talking to me. We went to check out another spot in the vicinity, but the line was too long so we just called it a night. I was tired and sore from all the walking so I was good with that.

Day-2
Session A: Day Game:
Met up at different mall. There are a lot of malls in Las Vegas. We chatted for a bit. He gave me some notes he put together for me based on the previous days sessions which contained a lot of good info and advise. We then did some more timed exercises then chatted more about them. I then did one direct approach. Very direct where I walked up to a random girl and basically told her I thought she was cute and introduced myself. She immediately told me she had a boyfriend and so I closed the interaction how Josiah had prepared me to do. At this point my ankle is hurting from the walking. I am a desk jockey and dont walk this much in a month usually. I didnt get much sleep the night before (maybe 5 hours after a long and physically demanding day) and I hadnt eaten much so Im miserable and ready to quit. I am really not into this at all right now and want to call it a day. this must be like baby sitting for him. Josiah says its my call and suggest instead of calling it a day I could point out some targets for him to approach and I can listen on an earpiece/mic gadget he brought along. I agree, so I grab something to eat and he sets that up. We chat a bit more and a very cute girl walks by. He jumps out of his chair and catches up with her. I put the ear piece in and he gets her number in about 3 minutes. He comes back and I tell him that I hate him. His flow is very smooth when talking to girls and mine is about as smooth as a pothole. We walk around a bit more and I point out a couple other targets for him to approach and I listen and learn some stuff. We call it a day until tonight. On my drive home I found myself mentally saying that "this is absolutely fucking miserable for me. I dont need a woman to make me happy especially if all this shit is what I have to do get them regularly". I know these thoughts are toxic but I am just not feeling this. I am icing my ankle right now and hope to get in a nap and maybe feel more positive after that.

Day-2
Session B: Night Game:
I am feeling slightly better after resting a bit but still not in an ideal state of mind. We got a table at a club and arrive about 10 pm. There is a lot of hotties there so plenty of targets. Josiah and I make a few laps around the place chatting about what he wants me to do and goes over role playing with me opening him and so on. I tell him to go first then I will do one which is really just a bitch out on my part. He then opens a set that we happened to be walking past at the time. One thing about this guy he will talk to anyone anytime just say the word. Now Josiah and I have a difference of opinion in one thing and while I am trying to be open minded and just do what he says for the most part, this one thing I cant get on board with. He likes to warm up on mediocre looking chics. He says its good to build momentum. Now when i say mediocre that could also mean carnival freaks. Anyway after I dragged him away from his side show attraction of a first set I busted his balls pretty hard and he told me to pick a set. So nearby was a set of 6 or 7 hot girls with a bunch of guys around them lingering so I said that one. He walked through all the guys standing around (who were trying unsuccessfully to talk to these girls or get their attention by standing near them) and he opened them. It was very impressive as he was keeping all of their attentions at once and they were digging him laughing and hugging him. He opened several other cute sets back to back to back and eventually we brought a couple groups back to the table where we hung out most of the night. I did not do any opens myself which was the point of being there so that sucked but we had fun and the sets he opened I got along good with. One particular group was 4 girls 21-22 years old from cali. Im mid 30s so that age is fresh. They were all cute. I hooked up with one of them. I chatted with her on and off throughout the night and eventually led her outside of the club and away from her friends, but that was only temporarily. She wouldnt leave them despite my efforts. She was more than receptive she was aggressive and I could have slept with her if I was down to bring them all back to my place but I wasnt. She kept asking me were I lived like 3 or 4 times in spots that made it was obvious she was down to go home with me but not alone. One example was when I led her outside of the club I told her I would take her back to her hotel room and her response to that statement was "no, where do you live" and instead of taking advantage of that opportunity I just told her where I lived like a tool. Similar dialogue happened several times in the next hour or so. Josiah had already left by this time so I wasnt sure how to handle 4 chics at my place by myself so I ended up waiting with her for her friends to come out of the club and then drove her and her friends back to their hotel and went home alone. I got her number and fooled around a little bit peck kissed her and groped her a lot. Like I said though she was aggressive groping me just as much if not more actually. Anyway Josiah later told me I fucked up but I already knew that. The lesson I learned was obviously just take them all back to my place but also that none of that would have happened at all if they hadnt been successfully opened. I did not open them, Its probable that I still could not open them successfully like Josiah did so I really need to take advantage of the remaining sessions by not continuing to be a bitch and make myself do opens. So the session was fun but I really made some bad errors and I didnt do any attempts at opening.

Day-3
Session a: Day Game:
We were both tired and decided to just have lunch and chat so we could nap and get in a strong night.

Day-3
Session B: Night Game:
We went to a locals spot to start off. Josiah tried to get me to do some approaches but I refused. I dont know why I felt so uncomfortable but I did. Josiah was good though he busted my balls properly by going up to a beautiful chic I had commented on and telling her my friend thinks youre hot but is too shy to come and talk to you. Fucking brilliant move this guy is playing chess now and pushing me to perform. He gave me some ways to reframe some of my thoughts. Think about things differently than I had been. We decide to change venues and go to a touristy spot. On the drive over some of the things he told me started sinking in. I decided to say fuck it and use his philosophy. Once we got there I told him I will approach anyone just point. As he pointed them out I approached them. I dont know how many sets I ended up approaching by the end of the night but it was clearly enough for me to know I made a break through. He said it was about 15 I think it was less. There was only a couple sets he pointed out that I didnt approach. There was no hook ups or numbers but I still feel like it was a success because I got it done.

This will be my final post. I hope this review has helped someone in some way.

Day 4
Day game:
Today I met Josiah at a local mall for day game. We had lunch first and had some discussions about the prior session. He gave me a bunch of notes and we had a good chat. He had me do some approaches and we chatted some more. Overall a good session. I have read how approach anxiety doesnt go away but I am not getting it anymore really. I will go an talk to anyone now.

Day 4
Night game:
Ok, I am going to start off by bragging a bit because tonight Josiah and I went to Hakkasan in the MGM. It is the biggest club in the world on one of probably the busiest night of the year. Two world renowned djs, Steve Aoki and Dead Mau5 back to back. Attendance at the club tonight was over 6000 people 5 floors. I mean seriously epic. Here is how it played out:

We hit the ground running. Right away a group of 9 girls from England (leaving tomorrow opened us). Within 10 minutes I was making out with one and Josiah could have taken his pick of the others. I could have taken the chick I was making out with back to her room right then no question. She told me she needed to be fucked and can I fuck her right and I was so hot and on and on. She was ready. Thinking that this was too easy I didnt want to hang with the horny Brits all night since we just got there and so we left them and went back to work. We had a lot of receptive sets, I dont remember how many honestly but a couple stick out I will tell you about. One was a cute blonde and a black chic. The blonde told me they got kicked out of every club they went to since they been in Vegas. I had to know why because if youre not fighting or falling down drunk its hard to get kicked out. She said well Tao kicked us out because I stood up on the table lifted my skirt and rubbed my pussy on my girlfriends face. She also said and we had a 6 foot dildo and they took it from us. Vegas cant handle us she said (yeah me either really WTF). Another chic I opened stood out for me, a hot blonde. She stood out because in the past.........first of all I would have never opened her in the past. Second, if I did talk to her by some way in the past I wouldnt have got the outcome I got now. I opened this girl earlier and left her on a high note. An hour or so later I bumped into her when I went to the bar to get a drink. She was several groups away but seen me and waved so I smiled and waved back. She took that as signal and quickly approached me. I was waiting for the bartender and we started chatting. I was certain she was looking for me to offer to buy her a drink. No doubt in my mind but that wasn’t happening. I just kept chatting with her and the bartender approached us. She looked at me and I just gave her a smile and didnt move. There was a tiny moment of awkwardness and she seen I wasnt buying her shit or offering and she leaned in and said can I buy you a drink to which I replied thank you sweetie cheers. It was empowering.

There will be no Day 5 review.

I am a skeptical fuck. Thats who i am. Let me tell you this; I got more than I paid for. If you are on the fence about taking a course like these guys are offering, just do it you will not regret it. I also recommend requesting Josiah. He is a fucking ninja. What they are offering is life changing. Josiah got me over some critical hurdles that I am not sure I could have done without him.

Finally,

Josiah,
I know I was a pain in the ass at times my friend, thank you sincerely for the life changing experience.