by Charles Calthrop » Jun 8th, '07, 16:14
The video/DVD Green Magic Vol 1 by Lennart Green is good because it demonstrates the position, and shows a number of different applications. It's quite a frusratingly organised DVD, but well worth it (not for beginners though).
Lennart Green makes reference to the book Steranko On Cards, which he seems to think is the original source for this palming position. I've heard a lot of good things about this book, but I don't own it yet and I'm not sure if it's in print.
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