history of fism

do you know what is the meaning of FISM? do you know where, when and how did it started? all your questions will be answered in this articles in genii magazine 1996 wrote by Max Maven.

enjoy researching :D

History of Fism

essencial magic conference (EMC) review part 2

session 5
the host for this session is mr. Marco Tempest

good practice makes good magician (Carlos Vaquera) - tips on getting more in your practice session and talks about the theory of Arturo Ascanio about study of magic


apollo robins performed and explained his close up coin production.

not my kind of coin magic but an interesting approach

the mind of doctor frost (david britland) - watch t.a waters do his mentalism routine in television

although this video performanced is very old its routine/effect is very nice

de'vo performed and explained "the ring" an extreme ring manipulation

he only explained the different kinds of rings and the basic ring move

five effects you never see in magic show (paul kieves) - he talks about different kinds of magic done in theater but never seen in any magic shows

dani da ortiz performanced another of his impromtu magic and a very nice triumph effect which i think can be found in fat brothers 2 dvd

panel discussion
max maven
topaz
helder guimaraes
richard macdougall
eric eswin

in this discussion hosted by max maven they talk all about the FISM, what they expect in fism and many advice if you want to join the FISM competition.

guy hollingworth performed his legendary torned and restored card effect called reformation

session 6
the host for this session is mr. stan allen

how to use internet to be popular/known (marco tempest) - many many tips on how to get many views. how to make your videos interesting etc. very informative after the he performed his version of sam the bell hop plus technology in 3D (you have to see this)

who was the first close up magician (max maven) - story of maven searching for the first close up magician

finn jon performed his beautiful smoking thumb & bubble magic

the mental path (helder guimaraes) - theory about deception. very interesting talk on why we fool laymans/magicians with our magic

the tricked brain: explorations into psychology and magic (richard wiseman) - about deception using psychology, plus many illusion diagram and videos. very entertaining even though its not magic you will still be fooled.

cyril takayama performed card manipulation as a tribute to his teacher mahka tendo

de'vo talks about the history of XCM manipulation

session 7
max maven is the host for this session

original magic (finn jon) - he talks about impromptu magic and when is the appropriate time you perform each of your effects

better than natural (gene matsuura) - he teaches the technique of slydini how hes misdirection works

paulino gil performed a beautiful string/cord magic. i want to learn that :D

7 lessons i've learned froma packet trick (guy hollingworth) - he talks about how can you improve a trick much better with what he learned.

anton lopez performed and explained his very elegant/beautiful effect called "the tenebrio". this is the very best performance in EMC (just my opinion). he makes an origami boat and swan then it moves by themselves. Also a chosen card outjog itself in the middle of a spread. note he doesnt use any I.T or MAGNET.

jason england told a story about the greatest magic he ever heard.

past, present and future of fism (eric eswin) - the president of the FISM talks about the history of FISM, what they do to improve it and their future plans to take it to another level.

session 8
my favorite card magician mr. guy hollingworth is the host for this session :D

miguel angel gea performed and explained a coin magic using an okito type of box & his coin through glass

barry and stuart performed and explained worlds coolest party trick :P

cyril takayama talks about performing his television magic into theater.

richard wiseman performed an iphone magic, nice idea :D

hokasen the 1764 japanese work on magic (ton onosaka) - he talks about the oldest japanese magic book he has and what its content

gaetan bloom performed and explained a selfworking russian roulette style magic. i like his idea mr gaetan bloom is really genius :P

panel discussion
eric mead
max maven
william kalush
mike caveney
they discussed how they got interested in researching the history magic

lennart green performed a card magic tribute to his friend

session 9
luis de matos is the host of this last session

ton onosaka performed a very visual card magic. too bad he doesnt explain it.

luis de matos shows some of the pictures of EMC subscriber

the secret way to secrets, or what i asked alexander(william kalush) - he talks and share his secret what tool hes using to research about magic, what site, its like a online library of magic books + google search capability. he gave a free 1 month trial to all those EMC subscriber.

mike caveney performed an egg bag magic routine

gazzo performed his cups and balls routine very funny hehehe

luis de matos performed his sand in the dessert effect(i think thats the name of that effect?)

after that luis de matos challege cyril takayama perform his cigarette routine live :D
and cyril does it beatifully.

thats the end of the EMC 2010 till next year :D

roll over aces

I am now concentrating on different kinds of shuffles, especially zarrow and riffle shuffle techniques. And as I was practicing, it came to my thoughts that I am in need to find an effect to utilize this shuffles… and that is when I remember, that derek dingle’s "roll over aces" is exactly what I was looking for.

here is the video, hope you like it :D

For those deck SEAL lovers

So you have a new deck of playing cards and want to open it without tearing the seal, then after that your cardcase have a sticky substance that's hard to remove: like the picture below.



I have a tip for all the seal lovers out there LOL.

first gently peel off half of the seal so that you can open the cardcase and stick the seal in the flap.

after that there's the sticky substance around the halfmoon cut in the cardcase, all you need to do is cut a small piece of scotch tape and stick it on the sticky surface of the deck then unstick it (what this will do is the sticky substance will stick to the scotch tape).

repeat this process until it is clean.

note: you can use any kinds of tape adhesive like masking tape, packaging tape, double sided tape, vhs tape, cassette tape hahaha

essencial magic conference (EMC) review part 1

SESSION 1

The host for the first session is mr. Luis De Matos
where he introduce each participants of the conference
and thank all the sponsors of the event with an
introduction video of the emc by mr. David Berglass

here are the lectures and performers of the first session:

puzzles, tricks and magic on the curious aesthetics of conjuring (Eric Mead) - he talks about different approach of magicians in presentation/magic and also what the audience thinks about our magic from skillfull to magical approach.

I like his lecture about this topic it
made me realize how my trick/effect plays for layman.

Ponta the Smith performed live from his matrix routine, ring on rope to cookie spellbound.

He performed all his act with music, i really like his coin effects
except for his ring on rope routine. the cookie spellbound is fun to
watch with a cookie bite effect :D. there's some flashes in his routine
because of the camera but you will still be fooled

dani da ortiz performed and explained one of my favorite effect in his dvd. he makes borrowed deck look like a marked deck

I like this effect a lot because its impromptu card magic
and it fools layman specially magicians :D

Lastly all the sessions end up with a question and answer
from the subscriber of the event. where you will find funny questions
with funny answers from the lecturers and performers.

SESSION 2

The host for the 2nd session is mr. Topaz

talks about creativity (gaetan bloom) - he talks about how to exercise
your creativity to come up with a different approach to magic and
create your original props.

This is the first time i saw mr gaetan bloom, i just knew him because of his
effect "escalator" where the chosen card rises top visually. All i can say is
he is really genius :)

helder guimaraes performed his variation of reset and invisible palm.

things worth thinking about (stan allan) - He talks about different kinds of FAQ and advices for magicians.

marco tempest performed his digital magic stick man drawing comes to life and even marco tempest
became an animation hehehe fun too watch.

everything weve learned so far (barry and stuart) - how they become successful, how they make new routine/effect. and also

dont do ambitious card routine 14 times LOL

carlos vaquera performs mime + magic = refreshing magic

PANEL DISCUSSION:
max maven
cyril takayama
tempest britland
marco tempest
luis de matos

they discuss about television magic, how they get and succeed getting into television

gazzo performs ambitious card 14 times or more. He made this performance for Barry and Stuart

lastly another question and answer.

SESSION 3
eric mead is the host for the 3rd session.

zigzag girl scandal (mike caveney)- story about illegal copying of magic (the zigzag girl) and some moral lessons about it

about attitude (james freedman) - He talks how you can change everything you want
just by chaging your attitude. Another topic i like.

max maven perform a two card divination to Barry and Stuart under inpossible condition
with a solo video explanation not in this session.

misdirection (apollo robbin) - He talks about theroy of misdirection, pickpocketing
and putpocketing techniques. He even putpocket some of his business card to almost all the magicians in the conference including the staffs like the cameraman.

use your imagination (richard macdougall) - like mr gaetan bloom topic but concentrates
not in your props but in your performances in giving details to make it more
interesting for your audiences

paul kieve performs marauder's map folding in itself like the folding bill. he is the only magician
consultant of the famous movie Harry Potter

lennart green performs master of chaos, with his clumsy style magician you will be
fooled how he shuffles the deck he even teach some of his techniques

again question and answerwith a funny question for
mr max maven "How do you make your hair and beard like that?"

SESSION 4
For the 4th session the host is mr. mike caveney

flypaper (luis de matos) - he talks about how you can improve/monitor your ratings in tv appearances. he talks about strategy to develop a magic content to attract a tv audience

idea society (topas) - He talks about being original with your magic performances. he also performed music using his deck of cards. isnt that original hahaha

miguel angel gea performed a coins a across with a glass then reverse the effect and lastly coin through table with the coin change into a chinese coin. sadly he didnt explained it :(

magic goes public (paulino gil) - history how the magic goes public like festivals, conventions, etc.

radical coin magic (ponta the smith) - teach his other effects not in his dvd.
he taught his other coin effect you see in his youtube channel :D.

anton lopez performed nice elegant performance with elegant music and an assistant frog :P (real frog)

magic and cardsharping (jason england) - He talks about crimps and different applications of it.
im currently studying riffling techniques and this is helpful :D

guess what????? your right Question and answers again hahaha

I will watch the other sessions and give you another review. subscribe hahaha