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JT Tran
JT Tran in 2019
Born	Texas
Other names	The Asian Playboy
Occupation(s)	Dating coach, entrepreneur
Known for	Pickup Artist, ABCs of Attraction
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Website	https://www.jttran.com/

JT Tran, also known as The Asian Playboy, is a dating coach and pickup artist as well as dating advice columnist for LA Weekly and Baller Magazine. He is also the founder, CEO and lead instructor of a company that offers pickup artist called ABCs of Attraction courses to men.

Biography

After Tran attended one of the pick up artist Mystery's bootcamps, he began to develop his own methods of attraction, concentrating on developing his own holistic approach to the art of seduction.

Techniques

Tran introduced the concept of the ABCDEF structure which incorporates three main components, namely: thoughts, actions, and words. The concept teaches men how to develop their attitudes, change the manner of their dress, and convey sexuality while courting and dating women. Tran mainly teaches shy Asian men confidence and communication skills.

Media attention

Tran and his company have featured on the front pages of AsianWeek and Nguoi Viet Daily News, as well as other newspapers such as The Harvard Crimson.

In March 2012, Tran held a live interview with Juju Chang on ABC's Nightline, who compared him with the likes of Jeremy Lin, John Cho, Harry Shum, Jr., and Daniel Dae Kim. To prove that his methods work, the TV crew followed Tran during the lecture and later out into the field live and unstaged.

In Spring 2012, Tran made the cover of NU Asian Magazine, discussing his journey from an aerospace engineer to a pick-up artist. He was also featured in Verge Magazine.

Tran was also profiled by Channel News Asia in Singapore, the Huffington Post and Voice of America News TV in China, which followed JT Tran and his team on the entire bootcamp process. The Awl news reporter, Sharon Adarlo, who first criticized ABCs of Attraction's methods, joined in on a bootcamp and wrote on how her opinion had changed after the experience. In 2015, Tran and pickup artist Andrew Chen of ABCs of Attraction were featured on Al Jazeera America, in a segment titled "Are Pickup Artists Misogynists or Gentlemen?" where Tran was compared with other pickup artists.

On February 14, 2018, Playboy Magazine profiled Tran on how men of different nationalities learn masculinity.

References

1. "After Dark - Author JT Tran". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-03-12.
2. "Contributors". Baller Magazine.
3. ^ "The Asian Playboy Up Close: How Men of a Certain Race Learn Masculinity". www.playboy.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
4. Article: "Proselytizing the Game", AsianWeek, February 8, 2008. Archived February 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ ""New Year, New Friends", Nguoi Viet Daily News, December 31, 1999". Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
6. The Asian Playboy Defies Stereotypes, article by Flash News, published April 2009
7. "Cover Page of AsianWeek Magazine". Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
8. ^ Chang, Juju (2 March 2012). "'Asian Playboy' Teaches Asian Men to Get Over Racial Stereotypes, Build Confidence". ABC News. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
9. "'Asian Playboy' JT Tran's First Date Rules". ABC News. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
10. "The Date Doctor". NU Asian. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
11. Sherbert, Erin (May 31, 2012). "Professional Pick Up Artist Disappointed in SceneTap's Ability to Help Him Score Chicks". Verge Magazine. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
12. "Singapore's Pickup Artist & Dating Coaching Bootcamp". Channel News Asia. 27 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
13. Shigematsu, Tetsuro (10 October 2013). "The Asian Playboy, Pickup Artist or Social Justice Activist?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
14. "Inside a Chinese PUA Bootcamp on VOA TV". Voice of America. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
15. ^ Adarlo, Sharon. "Is This Pickup Artist Actually… Helping People?". The Awl. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
16. "Are Pickup Artists Misogynists or Gentlemen? Julien Blanc vs JT Tran Compared [Al Jazeera America]". YouTube. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

External links

• JT Tran's Official Website - ABCs of Attraction

• Seduction community
• American columnists
• American people of Vietnamese descent
• Living people
• Pickup artists