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Royal Road to Card Magic - question

Postby Mujician » Oct 23rd, '16, 10:54



I've been searching for the Royal Road to Card Magic. In DVD form. I have a copy of the book by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue. However on searching for the title in DVD form I don't come up with anything by the pair who wrote the book. Am I incorrect in thinking that there is a DVD version of the book? Or is the Paul Wilson DVD set the thing I'm looking for? Many thanks

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Re: Royal Road to Card Magic - question

Postby moonbeam » Oct 23rd, '16, 11:13

I'm fairly sure that the DVD by Paul Wilson is the one you're after, but it's been that long sine I watched it, I can't be 100% certain.

However, I found this description on one that I found for sale on Ebay:

A COMPLETE COURSE IN CARD MAGIC

If you are seriously interested in learning card magic, there is no better place to start than The Royal Road to Card Magic with R. Paul Wilson.

For more than half a century, Jean Hugard and Fred Braue's landmark book, The Royal Road to Card Magic, has been a touchstone for all who love and endeavor to perform great card magic. Because of its building-block style of teaching sleights followed by tricks that utilize those sleights to reinforce the lesson, it's been called by many the greatest self-instruction book on magic ever written.


Whatever you do though, make sure you buy the 5 DVD set by Paul Wilson. Don't do what I initially did and buy a cheaper 4 DVD set (nothing to do with Paul Wilson) - it's got a green cover .... stay well clear, it's cheaper for a reason ......

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Re: Royal Road to Card Magic - question

Postby isb » Oct 25th, '16, 13:43

The Paul Wilson DVD set is great - Paul teaches it well. I've not seen the cheaper one, but I've been very happy with the Wilson DVD set.
There's no DVD by the original authors of the book, since Hugard and Braue both died around 1960.

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Re: Royal Road to Card Magic - question

Postby kevmundo » Oct 25th, '16, 19:14

I've got the Paul Wilson set. It is very good and he clearly wants you to learn what he's teaching. My only criticism is that his delivery leaves his audience less than enthused. Maybe they weren't getting paid enough??? But there's a significant amount of great card tricks that are met with either shrugged shoulders or stoney silence. Definitely worth every penny, and I frequently go back to it, but you have to introduce your own patter in order to take the tricks to the correct level.

Worth it just for "the cards across" in my view!


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