I'm a professional magician who makes videos about magic and sleight of hand. I specialize in the techniques used by professional card cheats and hustlers as well as those used by magicians across the globe.
I'm also not as serious as that paragraph made me sound ;)
This was a great video! Your editing skills are almost as impressive as your magic skills! I loved the idea of the list, and I think yours was spot on. The only thing I would add personally is the pinky count. I'm also starting to use the push-off (The Mater Push-Off by Gladwin to be precise) more and more, but I still use the pinky count all the time. Learning that will make so many moves so much cleaner. I recently re-learned it after doing it the wrong way for years. It was a great investment! Do you have any recommendations for sources if I want to learn some more about break management? Thanks again for the great content, I hope you'll keep this up!
Thank you! Ben Earl has some great thoughts on break management, which you can find on his membership. Unfortunately it’s not something many people cover so I don’t know any other sources. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Great video dude! I LOVE the taking a picture method, I used to do it all the time! Instead of telling them I'm a magician, I'd have my shoelaces undone and once I've taken the picture, I'd remark my shoes are undone and shake my foot, with the shoelaces doing themselves up (the classic trick). Instantly got a reaction and people wanted to see more!
I find that a couple of quick flourishes particularly a thumb fan and faro to bridge shuffle right as I mention the word magic really helps people to understand what I’m actually offering (even if I don’t end up doing a card trick)
Awesome recap! Im glad you got to experience some awesome magic and more importantly came to some realizations into what God may have in store for you. Also I’m from the USA but visited England this last week and loved it! Not a bad spot to root in
I’m glad you’re making steps to make you comfortable! Looking forward to your next chapter and always good to know the UK is benefitting from another great magician in town :)
This is a really nice video! I like the vibe you're giving off. Thank you so much for sharing! :) My sleight list would probably look like this: 1. Controlling cards while shuffling, mostly with injog/outjog. 2. Break management - very important as you said! 3. I like to use a concept that is and has been represented a lot by Tamariz, Hartling or Aronson and some important techniques go along with it: peaking cards and estimated cuts are probably the most important ones. 4. Double lift. 5. Top Change. 6. Card Reverses - I use them much more often than I initially expected. But it's simply a very strong effect if the spectator card is the only one in the game that is reversed. 7. Turn over pass, in some of my favourite effects it is the best move to do this economically. But basically I don't like the pass. 8. Palming: mostly the top card with one handed top palm or topping the deck & Gamblers Cop for bottom stock 9. The cull - it is very versatile. That's what I like about it. 10. False Counts. 11. Side Steal
This looks really nice! Is it possible to download those files from patreon or do I have to be subscribed forever? The thing is, I'm mostly interested in your videos, not so much the rest (although that's probably good as well) 😊 Cheers!
Hey! Unfortunately you can’t download them, but I’m planning to independently release a revised and updated version of the project at the end of this year or sometime next year, and that will be a downloadable product.
That's amazing Caleb! I really wish I could do something similar. Maybe one day! I'll be tuning in every week to follow your journey. If you ever come to Sweden I'll reach out to you. Best of luck!
