Hi everyone, this is my first post in this forum ^^. I would like to do a card manipulation act that consists of slow manipulations like the first 40sec of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrpY2nUO_hQ , or 50s - 1.30min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ynmWb9_etY of this video. Any idea where i can get information like books or dvd on these manipulation? Thanks!

Hi and Welcome , You should post at the' Intro And Hello ' thread before posting on other .
You could goto the Popular or book shop , there have variety of different type of book , you should be able to find those that are suitable , since the video are chinese thus i believe you are chinese too , I recommend the books that focus on card by Andy Guo , a hongkong magician but normally

-XiaoFeng

Ok, i shall post something at the 'Intro and Hello' thread ^^. I see, i didnt know that popular sell magic books. Shall go take a look this weekend haha. Thanks alot! By the way, other than popular, what other book stores can i find these books?

Wow, the two videos which you posted was actually good especially the first one with the coin ma**ix. Very inspiring videos indeed.

As for your question, in my opinion, i do not think popular may have what you are looking for. You may want to research more on jeff mcbride card manipulation cd which can be purchase online more easily or you can try magic shops as well. But i must say, these are stuffs which are not easy and require much practice but certainly looks great on stage.

First video was very nice. The second video's commentary was very irritating.

Anyway, for card manipulation go for Jeff Mcbride. All you need to know about card manipulation is in it. This is a an old video that was converted into DVD but the content inside is very good. Many magicians learn from ths set of videos.

Yeah i love the first video and the commentary for the other video was extremely irritating haha. Anyway, I have Jeff Mcbride card manipulation series but these sleights were not taught. I believe the sleights were developed recently as they look more 'flourishy'.

I believe those " big " book stores will have some of those books
Other alternative , is that you could borrow books from library
Books like lu chen , Defeated By Magic and other series and more

- XiaoFeng

Has anyone seen gigantic card manipulation? That was awesome! watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THyZ-ynSzDA

Wow, that's mind-blowing.

I never tried playing before Card manipulation. Might started looking for some information about it.

For stage magic or card manipulation, u can never go wrong with Jeff Mcbride as the information in the DVD are so rich that it's sufficient for you to come up with a routine but of course with hard work!

enjoy =)

=) Thanks.

Will go home and look about it.

Oh ya, the different type of cards use also relates to card manipulation. Hmmm.. Anyone here do card manipulation? What type of deck will you recommend?

Yea, good point being pointed out there.

Anyway, what's bridge size decks? They are for manipulation i suppose?

http://www.kemcards.net/wide_size_vs_narrow_size.cfm

Thanks qureyoon, that's a very good explanation on the diff. of poker size and bridge size. There are few manipulation deck being sold in the market, but I only happen to use 1 particular deck which is Murphy manipulation deck. Does anyone else tried out deck before?

hey guys, other than cards, what other dvds or books can allow a beginner to start stage manipulation?

If you are interested in Parasol manipulation, you can try Joker Lam's 'Parasol Anywhere'.

thx for answering my question, but what about silks,canes and doves?