Hey all,

I am wondering wat wil be the basic fundamental skills to further better my card skills....??

Please take note that I am very new, therefore please name even the simpliest skills too :)

Cheers and many thanks!

Learn to hold a deck of cards well... play more card games like tai di or sumthing...
learn to deal the cards... learn to turn over cards.... be loose and u will go on from there... u need to learn good natural methods of card handling.. its important to get the rite technique. meet some magicians or flourishers... they might be able to guide u.... get Crash course from ellusionist.com

Thanks for the advice ya !!! :)

I had seen Bone and I would say he is damn good !!! :)

I am really amazed by his great handling of cards... :)

If you into magic then wat I say is you learn wat is a mechical grip is, Briddle Grip,Dribble cards, Double lift,Thriple lift..etc.. you will learn all that in the othing hahaha.. Ren, Ning.Morphine..etc will teach you all you will have to know they are great lol.. :D

ya...I met Ren and Morphine juz recently and they are very helpful in giving advices... :)

I am now learning the DL.... :)

Hope to meet u guys soon and learn the ropes of magic/card skills from you veterans :)

Cool.. That good and that a start already hahaha Me also very new so lol need morphine, Ren, Ning ...etc who are more experience to guide me too lol :P .....

ya manz...

wat u think...? would it be good to juz focus solely on Cards Trick itself or would it be better to learn all type of Performing Tricks..??

I hope to focus only on card tricks of which I am very interested in.... :)
Especially those flourish styles.. :)

flourishes are not easy to learn and from my point of view, its just something to impress magicians ... im currently praticing on it thou haha but i suck in it. will come out wif a flourish vid some day ^_^

I depends on indivisual.. I prefer to have a mixture in my routines so it won't get too bored to the spec lol..Too much card tricks may bored the spec lol.. So I will have a mixture of coins, cards , ropes(Still practicing), metal tricks and soem metal bending lol.. :D

Cool....maybe I will try to pick up some other tricks...but i reckon i would wanna focus on card ...of which I am most interested in... :)

Cheers mate.. :)

Sure just practice hard ok.. and wat the most important is have fun.. :D And for flourish you really need alot of practice .. Wish you luck in your cards.. :D

Everything need practice, once you get it correctly. Perfect it, after you can get perfect try to get it TOTALLY FLAWLESS. LOL ~

Never have I EVER seen a laymen not impressed when I do flourishes.. or maybe that's just me.

Flourishes are an art form totally different then magic, but there are some grey areas. Go look around www.mredux.tk, maybe the free tutorials might help :D

-Kev

Many thanks for all the advise and guidence :)

Cheers !!!

thanks for the link too Kevin, will have a look and see if I can pick up some tips :)

Hi Guys,

I am not a good card worker or close-up magician. But I still do some card tricks in front of layman and they are still impress.

of course it is good, if you can fool magicians. For me, it is good so long your dare to perform in public.
Do believe me, some magicians can only perform to show their close one.

One fundamental that I can't stress enough: DLs

DL or TL is a category of a very basic and staple sleight which many hobbyist magicians (including myself) take for granted when you first begin. I'm starting to regret that now, that's why I'm practicing my every time I fiddle with a deck of cards.

It's very tempting to jump to the more visually impacting sleights at the beginning and totally ignore the [edited]. Not that you can't perform any card tricks without it, but I came to realise that you actually can IMPROVE a card trick if you incorporate [edited] in your routine.

Not that you do nothing but [edited]. Of course you can practice the other good stuff as well, just don't neglected it.

Maybe I'm a slow learner, but I have been doing in excess of 50 DLs everyday for about 1 month now and I'm still far from perfect.

Lastly, from a performance viewpoint, after your countless rehearsals in front of a mirror, perform it to a fellow magician friend. I'll guarantee that your hands will shake during the first few rounds unless you're really thick-skinned or have nerves of steel. This happens to almost anyone who's new to performing card sleights. Performing in front of a magician friend helps you get past that anxiety, and it also doesn't really matter if you slip up. Plus, you can get some good feedback from a brother of the same art.

Good luck in your pursuit for your magical perfection! ;)

awwwwwwwwwww ... if only this is in the article competition ..... i would sign up multiple accs to vote for your article .. too bad the event is over.. on the dl part i totally agree on that.thats the most basic and must perfect move in magic and people who start of with magic always miss that out.. same goes for me.. when i first started magic i was doing colour changes and productions instead of passes,counts and dls and on the hand shaking part it occurs occasionaly when im too nervous haha(not as bad as JC SUM thou)

He shake cause he mostly does Stage magic, whats more he's just infront of the president, who knows his bodyguard might have their pistols pointing at him already.

:D :lol: You guys really crack me up!

Btw, JC Sum? Is he the one who did the ACR during the President's Star Charity?

Yup the 1 who did ACR to the president and talk about the "King of Hearts", keke.

Yeah. I remembered seeing his hands shake. But I guess people do take pity on the performer sometimes. A few months ago when I got back into magic and did a trick, my pals would say "it looks good, but try to get more practice because your hands are shaking." Lol. They're all very supportive though.

Good posts all around moondust, been reading your posts all over with interest.
Do join us for some of our activities, would like to meet you and learn some from each other. B)


Cheers

Now that you mentioned. I just read abotu the competition.

DARN! I want my Tigers! :lol:

Thanks for your positive feedback and the invite!

Sure. I'll love to attend, But because I just started a new business and juggling a new full-time job (that means 4 hours sleep a nite with stress-linked insomnia), I'll definitely have to take time off to go.

I promise that I'll meet you guys first chance I get. To tell you the truth, I NEED the time for leisure activities. My social life has been virtually non-existent ever since my business planning started.

Don't be disappointed by my backdated and mediocre grasp of magic though :P

Do take moondust seriously he is good lol.. I also learn alot from him.. :D

Hey bro, looks like you gave me more advice than I gave you leh!

You're my "Shifu," remember?? :D

I only teach you spoon bending leh hahaaahaha... :lol:

Eh brudder, you ONLY teach me spoon bending?! Hell, that's one of the fastest and best learning sessions I had!

Man, did you know how WICKED the reactions were? Teach me more of that good stuff and I'm gonna be really diligent! It was worth every minute of my time!

Yeah!!!!

:lol:

:lol: haha... WICKED reactions.. completely stunnnnnedddddddddd... illusionist, teach my bro more stuff and he will continue to stun me .. esp the spoon bending.. argh..!!! -_-

More good stuff coming up! Don't worry! You won't be disappointed, I'm telling you! Just give me time. I'm @#$%@#!!! busy!

Eh brudder, when are YOU going to show me some good stuff on your own instead of just purely following instructions? I know you're a newbie, but considering what I've taught you, use your imagination to come up with a simple yet convincing routine, will ya?

Don't worry about flopping it. I'll help you make any adjustments necessary. Just use some of that brain juice. Hell, if you can do well in studies, I don't think you'll find it difficult to come up with a unique routine.

Show me the next time, ok?

-Luv, elder bro.

GOOD STUFF FROM ME?!!! i cant even do DLs right.. how to produce good stuff..

you are the smart one ma.. i am just purely following your footsteps.. :lol: haha.. you are @#$% busy? ok.. haha.. eh sleep early la you... count sheep to sleep la :P

Look like moondust have teaught you alot of things.. do practice it well and perfrom for him he can guide you where you go wrong hahhaa... :D

Very funny, you clown. Count sheep? You think that works? You know how noisy sheep are? I'd rather watch my toenails grow!

He's at the age where he's the most rebellious. Never mind lah, he's still a good kid. He'll listen. :D