hi.. erm any1 has any tips on doing a fan?

maybe u should state wad kinda fan u're doing ? one hand fan ? flip back fan ? thumb fan ? etc.

Here's a general tip: practice until your hands get blisters, and then pour dripping hot wax onto the soles of your feet while biting on a raw onion. It won't make your fans better, but with skillz like those, you won't NEED to be able to do flourishes to entertain :D

-Kev

well, for one, fanning powder is powderful.

lastly, you should learn how to spell correkly.

amen.

Nid help in spelling.

Fanning. Like i said there isn't many places you can learn this. If you are fortunate and you meet someone who does it nicely, and u can beg him to teach you.

just curious, have any of you felt very hot when outside or where ever and happen to have a pack of cards with you, then do a thumb fan and start cooling yourself down? lol i know i have.

Try Best Denki or Mustafa. They sell many kinds of fans over there..

Hehe.. :off:

Anyway, like Daren had stated, describe the fan that ya wish to execute! B)

er.. i nid help on 1handed fans.. i cant seem to open it up nicely.. does having small hands a disadvantage?

Nope i have small hands and i can fan.

Practice. B)

Practice practice practic Nicky lol :D really its helps alot lol

size of hands does not really affect fanning.

Its all in the positioning of the deck in the hands, feel and of cos, practise ^_^

Fans are hard to do when u try to open them slowly. You need momentum (not speed). The speed of opening a fan depends and differs between individuals. When i try to open a fan too slowly, the cards clump together.

IMO new decks are easier to fan then really really old decks. And using air-cushioned decks are definitely an advantage

well.. try and fan my uber soft/old/dirty/ deck.

those who seen it will know what i mean :P

heck. I have hands smaller than Lee Asher's. unnaturally small.

but my one handed fan.. ^_^

yeah. it IS all about practice. practice to get the finger positioning, practice to get it even, practice to get it to get it to be like.. Huron's.

use fanning powder to make it smooth then lick ur fingers and get food poisoning :P

im curious about what kind of deck you are using. izzit bicycle? if nt try to get it. decks lyk Aladin tends to get sticky or stuck together after a few handlings to the deck.

yea, dosent matter if u got small hands, sen ghoe's one handed fan is HUGE ! bigger than mine, sick ! actaully u dun need fannig powder, jus use an iraqi deck if u have one. fans really well and has a nice design.

iraqi deck? never heard before. izzit the one with two colours?

it looks like this ...

here and here

if i am not wrong golden landmark sells it at 17 bucks and it looks damn cool when u fan it ^_^

oh this kinda deck, LOL
seen before at the magic castle

Lolz.. You kidding about the Iraqi decks or are you serious? ^_^ Well, my advice would be to practice and get the feel of it.

i think that the iraqi deck has the same condition as the alaldin deck or any other plastic cards. not sure though.

is there anyway to practice thump fan?? cus whenever i do it face up some of the numbers got covered by cards especially those upper portion

Practice Makes Perfect,

If you are MrPambudi Change it to perform. :D

I got it down in a few days. Knacky. :D

try to get the momentem of the fan, maybe you can do the fan, eg thumbfan, faster. you should get a better fan.

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i'm not kidding man ! it really fans REALLY well and the do not have tat plaitc feeling aladdins feel. but stil the traditional method would be better though. Practise make s perfect ! ;)

haha ok.. im using bicycle... anyway kinda got de hang of one handed fans... now on to thumb fan... cant seem to make it open.. at most i can c all de white borders only.. do u use de whole deck for thumb fans?

Of course. But if u dun feel too good about a full 52 or 54 card deck, try something lesser. Maybe about 40 or so (i do that sometimes. B) ). The least you should ever reach, however, is half the deck.

Hmm, what do you mean i don't understand.

As daryl said somewhwere in this forum before, pressure with the hand HOlDING the fan is important. Its different for everyone how long they take, i took a few days, if you are weidong add in a few months.

Once you get it down , it is very fun to do. B)

knacky knacky move
i took so long to learn it
mabey because of the swaty palms
and by the way
iraqi deck can fan 4799678907 better than bikes or aladdins B)

haha i meant tt de fan opens up very little.. i can only c de white borders n nt de card design... haiz...

Not equal, you mean? Ended up in chunks, you mean?

If you can fan the deck such that u only see the white borders, i think its really very good lol. provided there are no chunks together.

i think you can try to push the deck harder in the beginning and then lighter near the top when you fan the deck. make a bigger turn when you fan the deck, will also cause yourself to fan nicer ;)

and yea, do make use of the whole deck to do a one handed fan. fanning with half a deck or a few cards will tend to become a smaller fan, so practice with the whole deck.

yea ur rite... it ends up wif chunks here n there.. but now itz getting better... haha.. i'll keep practising..

My one handed fan doesnt get excuted cUrve.Its like a
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Can someone help me count??I dont think thats 52.. :P

hey... just wanna ask, is it an advantage to be able to do one-handed fan on both hands ? coz i am only able to do one handed fan with my left hand but not my right .. :( thx

advantage? well it really depends. with 2 one handed fans you can do an S-fan. or whatsoever display you want. if you do really nice one handed fans with both hands, then it's great, but most people are able to do a decent one handed fan only with their dominant hand.

The Encyclopedia Of Playing Card Flourishes teaches 25 types of fans.
Including many great tips.
Maybe you should get that. Its a very good book. So instead of asking people for tips, people will be asking you for tips. Yeap Yeap.

O.O man.. those clips in de webbie are cool.. lol.. :off: :P
anyway from my exp ur fan gets better as u pick up speed but not too fast.. after doing it again n again n again n again.. u get de hang of it.. lol.. true wad they say.. practise practise pratise.. cheers. haha

i think theres enough info. this guy doesnt nid so much help.

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