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Find someone you are confortable with (i.e. close
friends or family members) to practise with.
Treat them as your lab-mice, ask for feedback and
comments!
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:: Starting with Basics ::
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The initial stage of performing
card tricks is to know the basics well first,
before jumping straight into the more advanced
moves. Every successful Magician has to go through
this phase in their professional career. It takes
alot of patience and determination to go through
this stage. Many amateurs gave up at this stage,
unwilling to take the time and effort need to
practise.
However, as the saying goes,
"practise makes prefect", many others survived
through and made it into the line of Magic. Below
are the 3 basic essential items, following to what
will be taught in this website. Make sure to fully
understand before moving on.
The most important part about
performing in front of an audience is to be smooth
and casual. So to begin with, concentrate on being
smooth, do them slowly at first. As time passes the
body will be able to pick it up and hence increase
the speed. So don't worry about mastering the
'quick hand', concentrate on being comfortable
first.
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Mechanicīs Grip
Effects:
The most basic grip during handling of cards,
and providing a firm and secure grip.
Instructions:
The deck of cards is placed on the left hand,
with thumb on the left hand edge of the deck,
forefinger goes across the top edge of the deck
and the remaining 3 fingers place at the right
hand edge of the deck. The lower left corner of
the deck is 'poked' into the palm.
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Overhand Shuffle
Grip
Effects:
The grip used when doing a overhand
shuffle.
Instructions:
The left hand holds the deck,with the fore,
middle and ring finger on one edge of the deck,
while thumb on other side.
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Holding a
Break
Effects:
Creating a gap between the top and bottom packet
of the deck. Obvious to the Magican, but
invisible to the audience when view from front or
top.
Instructions:
From the Mechanicīs Grip, a break can be formed
by using the 'flesh' part of the pinky, pushing
in between the 2 packets, hence creating a little
gap.
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