The fact that guys say “well I’m not very good with women. I don’t really know what they want.
I want to learn how to do that.”
90% of women think that’s really cool.
Do you believe this – they’re lucky in life unlucky in love
but a new boot camp promises
to reboot some of the Bay Area’s most eligible bachelors
and teach them a lesson in love.
We take you inside the seduction seminar
and show you how these guys do when they face their fears at a local nightclub.
The Bay Area is full of them
successful, smart, eligible bachelors
but what many of these men have in common is what they didn’t learn in school
how to relate to the opposite sex
but now boot camps lead by so-called
pickup artists are popping up, promising to help these men
get the women of their dreams.
NBC Bay Area's Vicky Nguyen takes us inside the seduction seminar.
Sirens in the night, signals saying go.
Friday night in San Francisco, once named the city that knows how.
This is something that you have to practice…
And if SF is the city that knows how
this is the boot camp to learn how.
Is there anyone that hasn’t read The Game?
To get game and girls.
How you dress, how you behave and how you smell.
It’s 3 days and 2 nights of intense training
run by the ABCs of Attraction.
The slogan – empower yourself.
I’ve always been very shy.
I’m a manager in an IT company.
We agreed to hide the men’s faces because
in the world of swagger and seduction,
a how-to workshop doesn’t scream sexy.
Give fun by being different.
But there’s no shame in admitting you need help with your game
says instructor Gareth Jones.
The fact that guys say “well I’m not very good with women. I don’t really know what they want.
I want to learn how to do that.”
90% of women think that’s really cool.
Along with his wingman and women
Jones takes the men through charts, graphs, scripts and exercises.
Stay your grounds
turn her around
big smile.
Learning to be fun makers, not fun takers.
Gentlemen don’t use straws, I’m going to tell you that right off the bat.
You guys are never, ever, ever allowed to walk through the crowd like this.
Slower and lower tonalities appeal to the subconscious mind.
I’m teaching them how to walk, how to walk confidently
and how to turn a girl.
Touch, turn, release.
Hi. Okay?
It’s a technical approach to a social skill that appeals to this book smart bachelor.
The typical student is a college grad with a 6-figure salary.
I had no girlfriends in high school
barely any dates in college
and so I was very awkward.
Kai Chang is a boot camp graduate.
He says so many Bay Area bachelors look great on paper
but dating is their Achilles heel
as a friend of a friend recently proved.
His suggestion for their first date was to eat at the Google cafeteria
as their first date, which is free food.
As an engineer, I already have access to free food.
Why would I pay for something, right?
An objectively very smart, very successful person
but this is a complete blind spot.
After 4 hours in class, the men face their first challenge.
Each one must approach 10 women and invite them to hang out.
How’s everybody feeling?
Scared.
Tonight’s not about getting numbers.
It’s not about getting dates.
It’s just about socializing.
One last practice turn and it’s go time.
We watch as they approach, turn and talk to multiple women.
I went up to her and turn her around and I said “cheers”
And not a single drink gets splashed on any of the men.
And she was like “oh I’m so and so and it’s my friend’s birthday”
and I’m like “oh, happy birthday.”
Kai remembers those days when practice made perfect.
He’s now in a long term relationship.
I’d say a good majority of the guys aren’t looking for...
a gazillion one night stands, trying to find a whole bunch of...
club girls with butterfly tattoos.
Most of the guys just want to find a nice girl.
And what’s the happily ever after?
Every guy wants something different.
but I’ve been a best man at two weddings.
I’ve never had an experience cooler than that.
In the city that knows how
men are learning how.
Everybody likes fun
One boot camp at a time.
Yes, awesome. Awesome. Thank you.
Vicky Nguyen, NBC. Bay Area News.
The boot camps cost anywhere from $900 to $1500.