The Royal Road to Card Magic
Jean Hugard
Language: English
Pages: 320
ISBN: 0486408434
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Would you like to confound your friends, amaze your acquaintances, amuse and dazzle crowds at parties and gatherings? Mastering a few card tricks will allow you to do all that and more. With the help of this book, anyone can develop a versatile repertoire of first-rate card tricks. In fact, mastery of just the first chapter will enable you to perform a half-dozen astounding and entertaining sleights of hand.
The authors, both noted authorities on magic, present complete, easy-to-understand explanations of shuffles, flourishes, the glide, the glimpse, false shuffles and cuts, the pass, the classic force, and many other techniques. These will enable card handlers to perform over 100 mind-boggling feats of card magic, including Thought Stealer, Gray's Spelling Trick, Do as I Do, Now You See It, Obliging Aces, Rapid Transit, Kangaroo Card, A Tipsy Trick, and dozens of others. Illustrated with more than 120 clear line cuts that make the explanations easy to follow, this exciting introduction to card conjuring will enable even beginners to develop professional-level skill and the ability to perform tricks guaranteed to astound family and friends.
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diminishing cards trick. 1. Hold the pack at one end between the left thumb, above, and the index finger, below. 2. Place the right hand over the pack and press the tip of the thumb firmly against the left side near the outer corner. 3. Sweep the thumb in a circle to the right, drawing the top cards with it and spreading those below them in a fan. The thumb exerts a diminishing pressure, as it sweeps to the right, which is quickly learned. A small fan is formed by placing the tip of the left
spelled mentally by the spectator, who applies one letter to each card dealt by the magician. On reaching the last letter the spectator calls 'Stop!' He names his card. The last card dealt is turned face upwards and proves to be the very card he selected. 1. Hand the deck to a spectator and have him shuffle the cards thoroughly. Take the pack back, glimpsing the bottom card, and then shuffle overhand retaining the card on the bottom. Suppose the card is the five of spades. 2. Spread the pack
us suppose that you secretly glimpse the bottom card and you are about to use it as a key card. 1. Execute an overhand shuffle, retaining the bottom card in position. Spread the cards between your hands and have a card freely selected. 2. Square the deck and overhand shuffle again in the same way while the spectator is noting his card. 3. Spread the cards between your hands for the return of the chosen card, but in doing so, with the tips of your right fingers underneath the spread, slide the
be, for a good presentation grows, like Topsy, as you incorporate these extemporaneous bits of business in your routine. The building of a routine is one of the most fascinating aspects of doing magic with cards. The clever performer always considers his tricks from the viewpoint of the audience and strives to make them more and more entertaining. Your talk or patter is an integral part of the routine and should be given as much thought as the mechanics of the trick. In some of the tricks in
the next drawn card. While discovering it, fan through the pack, find the lost card, place it at the top of the pack, and then go back and make your discovery of the card. Razzle-dazzle Routine This short routine contains many surprises and can be performed under almost any conditions; for this reason it is excellent for impromptu use. As with all routines, you should practise it until you can go through it without watching your hands or having to stop to remember what to do next. The action