Picture Yourself as a Magician

by Kawamoto, Wayne N

• ISBN13: 9781598634990
• ISBN10: 1598634992
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-24
• Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR

Summary

Picture yourself at the center of a gathering and entertaining your friends and family with the wonders of magic. See yourself performing street magic miracles, vanishing objects in your hands or dealing a royal flush with your card skills. If you've always wanted to learn and perform the mysterious art of magic, "Picture Yourself as a Magician offers instruction on magic for the street, card table, stage, or close-up. You'll also learn to read minds and execute escapes. The accompanying DVD offers 90 minutes of demonstrations and instructions to supplement the book. With this book, you'll soon be wowing and entertaining your friends and family.

Table of Contents

The Art of Magic

Jump Right In

Easy Card Tricks Aces

Five Two

Pack Prediction The Reversed Card Card Box Mind-Reading Two Card Monte

Basic Card Handling

Dealing Cards Overhand Shuffle

Hindu Shuffle Table Shuffle

Riffle Shuffle (two variations)

One-Handed Cut

Basic Sleight of Hand With Cards Card

Controls Key Card

Overhand Shuffle Key Card

Glimpse Holding a Break Double-Undercut Table In the Hands False

Mixing False

Three Way Cut Maintaining the Top Card in a Riffle Shuffle

Maintaining the Top of the Deck with a Hindu Shuffle

Card Forces

Number Force

Cross Cut

Hindu Deeper Cut

Fantastic Card Tricks Straight with Riffle Shuffle Four

Aces Turnover Five/Four of Diamonds Card

Prediction with Reader Instructions Card

Prediction with Animation Card

Tricks with Poker Themes Dealing a Royal

Flush 10-Card Poker Challenge

Trick Decks Svengali Utility in Tricks Use by Serious

Magicians Card

Stab Card

Prediction Stripper Four Aces

Close-up Magic Rubberband Routine Jumping (3 variations)

Rubberband Through Thumb

Snap Coins Basic Coin Sleights finger

Palm French Drop Producing a Coin Producing/Vanishing Coin

Elbow Vanishing Coin

Paper 10-Count Rings and Coins

Coin Through Handkerchief Basic Coin

Routine Great Tricks to Purchase and Add to Your Close-up Act Color Cube Coin to Impossible Place

Mind-Reading and Mentalism Number prediction with Animation

Rubberband and cards Numbers

Book Test Psychometry Multi-Out

The Clock Calculator Prediction

Stage/Stand-up Magic Conditions for Stage

Magic Rising Card

Card on Rope

Ropes Through Body Cut/Restored Rope

Card Prediction with Stand Great Tricks to Purchase and Add to Your Stage

Act Chinese Wands What's Next

Street Magic Conditions for Street Magic Card

Spelling Trick Rising Ring

Coin Through Handkerchief and Finger Ring

Great Tricks to Purchase and Add to Your Street Act Chameleon Silks

Party Magic Conditions for Party Magic Do As I do Black Magic Card

Touch with Pips Vanishing Coin with Silk Aces to the Pocket Impassable Corks

Great Tricks to Purchase and Add to Your Party Act

Performing Magic

Dealing with Nervousness Buying Magic

Developing Your Act Entertaining with Magic Secrets of the Pros

Other Magic Escapes

Escape from ropes tied on wrist (w/ silk) Manipulation Illusions

What's Next?

Glossary of Magic Terms Appendices

The Card Prediction (Performance)

The Clock (Performance)

Easy Tricks for Kids Spelling Cards

21 Card

Trick Jumping Paperclips

Boomerangs Jumping Tapes

Magic Resources

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