limitations??

"I can't do this, i can't do that because my fingers are to small,
i can't do this, i can't do that because i'm too old for that,
that sleight is really impossible no one can ever do that.
that's the best i've seen i can't top that"

Every meeting/gathering of magicians i have attended i always hear that line, i said to myself why are they saying that? they just limiting themselves to what they can really do. It's like saying, it's impossible to do that, then your subconciously accepting that you cannot do it no matter what you do and then end up giving up learning that sleights/effects.

For me whenever i saw a sleights/effects that is hard, i always tell to myself that "if he can do it so can i". To overcome this, first you should change your mentality to "i can't do it no matter what to i can do it no matter what". After that you also need proper info about what your trying to learn and some patience learning it.

Don't let what you see become a limitation but an inspiration. (biruin mo nag rhyme sila wahahha)

push off double lift

the most commonly use sleight in card magic, the double lift.



i first saw this kind of double lift to my friend john™ after that i fell in love with the sleight. this is the most natural DL ive seen so far also the hardest. i asked john if he can tell me who invented this kind of DL and he said he read it somewhere in the book of alex elmsley, i search it but i cant find it, john also forgot where he read it.

then while reading marlo in spades book i saw a very similar method but sleightly different approach to it. the name of ed marlos DL is "best card push off".

so if you know where can i find the reference of the push off double lift i use right now please tell me :D

thats all for now if you have any question just PM me.

elmsley count

ok im back again after 1 year hehehe, starting today my blog will focus on different kinds of sleights, first is the elmsley count :D.

so why elmsley count? well elmsley count is one of the most used sleights in card magic
but even though it is by many magician i still see many magician doing it the wrong way, they think that their elmsley count is correct not noticing what is wrong in their sleight. here ill try to point out the common mistakes magicians do while executing ng elmsley count.

first common mistake is the first and second finger clipping the card and the
second mistake is not squaring the packets

just check the video for reference

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what is the first name of the inventor of elmsley count? (the answer is the password)

also in the video is the different handling of elmsley count (theres a lot more handling of elmsley count but i only put the most common i see).

i wish that this video can help you improve your elmsley count

ok thats all for now. if you have any sleights that you want me to tackle just pm me
and ill do it.