Many of the most powerful effects in card magic require the palming of a playing card. Yet nothing else strikes fear in the heart of the uninitiated as much as this prospect. The fear itself is the single greatest obstacle to effective palming.
Fear not, for John Carney is acknowledged as one of the finest sleight of hand artists and teachers in the world. In this instructional DVD he gives you practical tips and effective techniques for stealing, concealing and controlling playing cards. This information is indispensable to students of pure and amazing card magic.
Contents:
- Palming Fundamentals
- Vernon Top Palm
- Erdnase Top Palm
- Diagonal Palm Shift
- Arthur Finley Steal
- Vernon Hand Washing
- Erdnase Bottom Palm
- Small Packet Bottom
- The Side Steal
- Tenkai-esque
- Vernon Flat Palm
- The Cop Erdnase
- Color Changes
- Palming Management
Currently John Carney is probably the best exemplar of the Vernon school of magic. He has learned the best lessons from the best people and augmented them with his own exceptional skill, creativity, and insight. It is quite likely, when watching one of Mr. Carney’s performances, to witness feats from Sachs’ Sleight of Hand, Erdnase, Dai Vernon, Max Malini, Al Baker, John Ramsay, and others done to absolute perfection, with peerless sleight of hand, flawless misdirection, and with every item crafted and developed to fit his own particular performing character. When you watch a number of the Professor’s students, you may find that they missed many of his best lessons or failed to apply them. Mr. Carney is not one of those people. Mr. Carney, in addition to his exceptional abilities, is also one of magic’s greatest teachers and theorists, and his books are absolute must reads. He has also generously supplemented these texts with his excellent video offerings wherein you will not just get a superb example of magic done in a natural manner but also thorough lessons in misdirection and theory, as Mr. Carney never fails to emphasize the truly important elements in his explanations.
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Carney teaches all small secrets of the move, how should we palm, and most importantly "when" should we palm. The technique alone is already almost impossible to detect. And combining with the advice about the moment we should palm, it would be impossible to detect anything. He does the moves very naturally. Also, the great thing about this DVD is he teaches us the common mistakes about palming that people usually do, which really helps us to understand the mechanics of each moves.