Basic movements with the cards
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Identification of the deck of cards and the Mat
Before diving into explanations of how to do magic tricks with regular cards, we first need to identify the sides or parts of the deck of cards and be familiar with the terminology in order to learn how to manage or manipulate the cards in our hands. Keep reading...
Basic movements with the deck of cards in your hands
Here you will learn how to hold the deck of cards in your hands. What I mean is that you will learn how to hold the deck technically, putting your fingers in the right place on the deck. You will learn how to use your fingers well!
It takes hours of practice. It looks easy and maybe silly, but holding the deck of cards in your hands in the right way gives you a comfortable spot to manipulate the entire deck of cards or just part of the deck or just only one card.
- Position of the deck of cards in the hands.
- Basic position of the deck of cards in the left hand.
- Spreading the cards in the hands.
- Basic position of the deck of cards in the right hand.
In future magic trick explanations you will understand the importance of holding the cards in your hands in the right way to manipulate and execute card magic tricks, games and card trick techniques. Keep reading...
Flourishes:
In this section you will learn what are the flourishes, how to use and how to do it. Flourishes are some movements with the cards like some acrobatic figures. You can do beautiful moves with the cards right before a card trick, during the trick and to finalize a card trick presentation.
To be honest those movements are difficult and can only be done with hard work and practice. Most importantly, “practice.” You need to practice with the cards until they feel like they are alive in your hands.
A. The ribbon spread / Spreading the cards on the magician's mat & Type of deck of cards
This Flourish is very useful for most of the card tricks on the table. With this technique you can show the cards’ faces and cards’ backs... Keep reading.
B. The waterfall
This is a beautiful and very useful flourish for the card tricks. Like the others, it seems difficult, but it is not impossible. Remember it is about practice until the cards flow naturally into your hands... Keep reading.
C. Spreading the cards - semi accordion
This technique or Flourish is used very often by the card trick magicians or close-up magicians doing card tricks on the table or strolling. You start in the same position of a card technique that you already learned called the waterfall... Keep reading.
D. The fan
This is a very important flourish or technique, and it is the one most commonly used by magicians. This technique is great when asking someone from the public to pick a card... Keep reading.
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