Matador's Biography(Photos)

Real Name: Stan Tayi Affiliation: Venusian
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an amazing teaching style, which allows his
students to get in touch with their inner

http://www.venusianarts.com/matador/

“pua”. the Matador Mayhem Technique
consists of a series of exercises and

James Matador, a.k.a Matador, co-star of
VH1's The Pickup Artist, is a master pickup

techniques which allow people to actually do
what many of us have only dreamed about -

artist and one of the founding partners of
the Venusian Arts. In addition, Matador is

walk into any club, bar or restaurant and
have the confidence or “game” to be able

also an actor, an accomplished businessman, a
national-champion martial artist, amateur

to chat up any group of women, as well as
pick the women you want, and use your

bodybuilder, and avid reader.

“Matador character” to get the date, hook
up or just have sex.

Matador, who recently spoke at Yale
University on social dynamics and dating, is

In the Matador Mayhem training sessions, he

Mystery's long-time wing and together they
have taught live seminars all over the world.

breaks his techniques down step-by-step,
showing his students how to make physical

Considered one the best pick-up artists in
the world, Matador has used his finely-tuned

touch a normal and natural part of all their
social interactions, without setting off

expression of the venusian arts to create
relationships with women of high quality,

warning bells or putting out that
“creepy” vibe. What's interesting about

including models, actresses, and
celebrities.

the way he teaches this technique is that he
shows his students how to make their touch a

Matador became famous in 2007 with the airing

reward for the woman, instead of it being the
other way around. He also teaches how touch

of VH1?s The Pickup Artist. Prior to this, he
has a very interesting history.

can be sexually charged, yet unobtrusive, in
order to set the stage for sexual escalation

As a minority (Indian) he graduated from

later on.

Depaul University majoring in Computer
Science. He worked in technology and

Matador has created an intense and full
system in which he also teaches his students

management consulting. Finding success in the
business world, he also went on to become a

the refinement and nuances of seduction.
People report that they learn how to interact

competitive martial artist and body builder.
However, despite all this, he still had no

with entire groups of people with confidence;
respect boundaries, but also push the

success with women. He decided to do
something about this and came across the

envelope; make bold, yet socially in sync
moves; and be “unafraid to give their

partner what they really want”.

Venusian arts with fellow PUAs Lovedrop and
Mystery.

Matador has appeared most recently on The Jon

The pick up artist concept is fairly simple
in theory, but there are many posers out

Stewart Show and Fox and Friends, and has
received coverage from CNN, The New York

there who set themselves up as the real
thing, but they really have no “game”,

Times, and AskMen.com.

which results in a waste of time and money,
and perhaps a bit of humiliation. However, we

Introduction & Overview

feel Matador's system is the real thing,
backed up by testimonials and reviews, as

Many of us just don't do as well with women
as we would like to, or perhaps we don't get

well as his performance on his TV show. His
website and his other online resources really

any play at all, but many of us are hard
pressed to admit to that. We try to play it

give visitors a well rounded view of his
system, as well as providing some free tips

off, but we're always trying to figure out
what we're doing wrong, and asking ourselves

to use right away.

why the other guy got the phone number, the
date or is having more sex than we are. In

Time after time, his students report that
they have achieved real results – in terms

many ways, this is the ultimate head trip
that goes around and around, with little, or

of getting the girl or girls that they
wanted, as well as having increased their

no, resolution.

ability to be confident and commanding in any
social situation. For instance, one of the

However, we have reviewed many products and
some offer hope. What's cool is, we now have

boot camp members likened “Matador Mayhem
to the cure to a social suffering... a cure

that everyone in the room was secretly
waiting for, but never dared to ask”.

The Game, was a secret society that only a
few men knew about, whose mission was to help

themselves and other guys hook up with women
more effectively. This scene has now become a

• Students get personal attention in boot

cultural phenomenon, which inspired the
creation of The Game on Documentary, a video

camp
• Matador gives his students access to

upgrade that is a much faster entry into this
scene than the book was.

online tools, books and videos
• Personal online support

One of the main players on the seduction

scene is Matador, who has been featured in
movies, videos and TV shows. In fact, he has

• The boot camp model may not be for

become a heavily sought out trainer in this
arena. Part of his appeal is that he knows

everyone, but there are also other online and
video options available

what it feels like to go from zero to a
hundred when it comes to meeting, attracting,

• Boot camp and workshops are available on
a limited basis

dating and seducing women. He was once the
guy who couldn't get any play, no matter how

much he tried, but now he has an amazing
ability to pull the women he wants into his

The Game on DVD helped bring the pick up

orbit.

scene into our living rooms and bedrooms,
giving many of us hope that we could make our

We feel Matador has truly created his own
method, called Matador Mayhem, to support

fantasy sex and romantic life a reality. With
this system, Matador has taken the PUA scene

guys in getting their sex lives up and
running, in terms of meeting, dating and

to a much higher standard, by giving men easy
to implement tools and techniques to make

seducing women. Let's take a more in-depth
look at Matador Mayhem to see exactly who

them feel more confident and be extremely
successful with the ladies.

Matador is and how his system works.

This is confirmed by the popularity of his

boot camp-like seminars, which take place
around the country and the world, including

For one, we found Matador to be an awesome
guy, but once upon a time, after growing up

Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Sydney,
Germany, Melbourne and Dallas. These seminars

in a rather “strict, conservative
environment”, he was firmly entrenched in

give men an opportunity to learn from him
directly.

what he calls his "conservative businessman
character”. He might have stayed there if

We've reviewed many different PUA systems and

he hadn't met up with Mystery, another major
player on the PUA scene. After this meeting,

techniques, some of which are far more
effective than others, and frankly, we are

and during his training with Mystery, he
developed a style that is all his own, which

convinced that men who attend the Matador
Mayhem Boot Camp will learn how to use his

many women have described as
“playful-yet-forceful,

techniques effectively so they will release
their inner PUA, in order to meet, attract

heartbreaking-yet-hopelessly romantic”,
which has helped him hook up with countless

and seduce the women they want, when they
want. For the those among us who desire to

women. Much of this has been documented on
his TV show, The Pick Up Artist on VH-1, as

get a more in-depth look at the PUA or
seduction scene, there are some really good

well as on Youtube, MySpace and his website.
In the past, he's often been referred to as

resources and documentaries readily available
to get started.

Mystery's “wingman”, but some think it is
even a case of the student surpassing the

master.

I'm not in the holding business, man When you

master these skills, you WILL feel like you
have super powers. You will begin to see the

Matador is definitely not a clone of his
mentor, Mystery; he has developed his own

world in a different set of lens. And you
will no longer wish to go back to the life