Cyril Takayama’s Cigarette Sleight of Hand Performance

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A performance by no other than Cyril Takayama, a solid magician I have discovered on the internet years ago. This performance is old! It was published on Youtube over 5 years ago but its content will never age.

Cyril has developed an amazing dexterity and gets down with it in series of sleight of hand, who become more and more unreal as we approach the finale.

He is without a doubt an accomplished performer that deserves to be studied by wannabe magicians.

Enjoy!

Classy Street Magic Duo Card Trick

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Here’s a very nice video tutorial demonstrating and revealing a simple card trick that requires a duo (two participants). This trick’s simplicity makes it very clever and without adding to the complexity of its execution, I can tell it will stun a lot of people when performed properly! It’s an easy to perform but impressive to see; beginners, this one is also good for you to master!

Here’s for the explanation of this trick… Requires a deck of card, two hands, and a bit of a brain.

  1. Super simple; begin by shuffling the deck and follow with a subtle look at the bottom card of the deck.
  2. Split the deck in two and proceed to first card selection
  3. First card selection; cut one of the two parts of the deck and ask someone to pick a card
  4. Second card selection; ask the other person to cut the other half of the deck and select a card
  5. Make sure they both place back the selected cards on their respective half of deck of cards
  6. Place the half of the deck you know the last card (from peeking at it after the original shuffle) of, on top of the other half of the deck

At this point watch the video to learn how to add some false cuts sleight of hand to add to the magic of this trick. And at this point, as if you didn’t already know, you should have one of the selected cards next to the card that was originally at the bottom of the deck and the other one on top of the deck. After following the instructor’s advice for this, your audience will be amazed!

We documented a few false cuts that can be substituted in this performance. If you’re interested to take it to another level, we suggest you look into the Giant False Cut or for more advanced card magic experts, and a classic at that, Hoffman’s Invisible Pass.

Now get your deck of cards and enjoy the video!

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I would like to give credits to the authors of this tutorial, from the video description they link to http://FreeMagicLiveAccess.com. Now I would recommend consuming Magic Open’s revealed magic tricks before buying any of their product, I like their video and all but information is best served free and between magicians, it’s not information that’s missing in 2012!

Peace out!

Top Color Change

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For a great visual effect, a sleigh-of-hand that’s a color change, the top color change is one of the killer moves in the ambitious card routine. It’s almost a card magic trick in itself but it’s best combined with other moves to create a great performance.

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The idea is simple, you flip the card on top of the deck so it’s face up and cover it with a face down card. Now you’re free to create the illusion at any moment when you cover the card with your hand.

I hope you enjoy this one, it’s definitively worth being in your card magic arsenal!

Have fun!

Hoffman’s Invisible Pass

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Welcome to this card-magic video tutorial on the invisible pass! This is without a doubt a beautiful and elegant sleight of hand and only requires a bit of dexterity.

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What is great about this classic pass variation is that you can perform it while your spectators keep looking at the top of the deck… or so it seems!

You can always consult the entire list of all card-magic tricks here. The list includes other variations of the invisible pass.

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Card Vanish (backhand “palming”)

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To avoid confusion; this is not backhand palming. I do not know the name of this sleight of hand (do you?). The performer in the video is not fluid enough to say he’s mastering this sleight but it gives you a good idea and a chance to practice the move on your own.

This is great when combined with other vanish effects and productions (I’m a big fan), pretending to perform only of an easy card trick and adding these effects obtains good reactions due to surprise.

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Good luck!

CARD MAGIC – CARD LEVITATION

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The Spinning Card

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This is the first post in the card manipulation section; how great! It’s nothing too hard on fancy moves or dexterity, you’ll be able to lend the move in a few minutes at most.

It’s a good move to reveal a card.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/327826/

Start reproducing the steps as slow as you can and get on with the speed later. Your only goal is to be able to copy the move no matter how it looks, but once you get there you are not recommended to use it until you have mastered the move that can execute it with style to leave an impression on your audience.

Dead Card Change

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This is the dead man’s color change card trick. Be very careful if you intend to rely on it in a trick or cardistry routine. When using this color change you have to check and be sure all your angles are under control or you will become the reason your audience will be laughing! :-P

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/438420/

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