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Hi guys, I didn't know if I could say the name of this trick in the title of this thread, but I was wondering if you could tell me what magic videos would teach me the method of "Backpalming" a card. As you possibly know (if you read the majority of my posts), I am really into vanishing, and I saw a guy use this method, and was wanting to learn myself. Can anybody recommend a good video to teach me this

Art of Card Manipulation vol.1 contains it - and the video is definitely worth it. Highly Recommended.

Kati

Who teaches it? And what other manipulations are taught?

Jeff McBride...a great teacher!

The other manipulations are here...

Kati

Hehe, you fixed your tags. I'm sure I've seen Jeff McBride before... His face rings a bell...Hmmmm

I'll second Kati's recommendation. The Jeff McBride Card Manipulation series are great

Biggz wrote:I'll second Kati's recommendation. The Jeff McBride Card Manipulation series are great

Wait, there are more than one? What tricks do these entail?

If however, you are looking for a challenge, and want to learn the manipulation from a book, I would heartily reccomend Lewis Ganson's Expert Manipulation of Playing Cards (available from Davenports). I know several card manipulators, including myself, who kearnt originally from that book. Moreover, it allows you to develop your own style if you learn from a book, rather than copy the performer, if you learn from a video or DVD.

What I CAN suggest (except for seconding the McBride advice) is that you don't get involved in using props or gimmicks.

There are 'aids' available to help with backpalming, and I recommend you steer clear and learn the more traditional methods.

There are quite a few ways of learning vanishes for card manipulation, but there is also real beauty in the productions taught by McBride too.

If you want to really treat yourself, Jeff Sheridan is an absolute undisputed master of manipulation, and often considered the instigator of modern street magic. Check out his DVDs for some really surrealist stuff.

(and for a quick fix, Oz Pearlmans' Mambo No.5 teaches the backpalm too—Penguin Magic instant download )

anti_camper wrote:Wait, there are more than one? What tricks do these entail?

He has 3 DVD's on Card manipulations

Volume One http://www.elmwoodmagic.com/?nd=full&key=75

Thumb Fan and Closing a Fan
Pressure Fan
Charlier Cut
One Handed Fan - S Fan
Wink Change
Springing the Cards
Waterfall Shuffle
Cards from the Mouth
Riffle Palm
Blank Fan
Window Change
Ed Marlo Snap Change
Ken Brooke Single Production
Perfect Production
Snap Production
Back Palm Productions
Pivot
Le Paul Spread
Hip - Hop Pop - Out
Ribbon Spread and Turnover
Twin Peaks
D'Amico Multiple Shift
Roy Benson Move
Steve Beam's Auto - Magic Aces
Goldston's Card Flower.

Volume Two http://www.elmwoodmagic.com/?nd=full&key=76

Back - Palming - Single Production
Thurston Five - Card Vanish and Reproduction
Preparing the Cards - Best Cards to Use
Split Fan Productions
Front Hand Split
Cards From the Silk
Gloves and Cards
Body Loads and Steals - Clips - Vesting
Acquitments - Reverse Benson Move
Flying Cards
Arm Spreads and Turnover Spread and Catch
Cardini's Bluff Spring - Waterfall Fan
Color Fanning - Color Changing Fan
Bluff Spread - Fanning Decks
Double Fan - Splitting the Fans
Rising Sun Fan
One - Hand Circular Fan
Windshield Wipers - Slow Motion Fans
4 Ways to Fan a Fanning Deck
Double Tier Fan (Giant Fan)Wheel of Cards
Ganson's Glued Deck Version
Challenge Card Fan Production - Garcia.

Volume Three http://www.elmwoodmagic.com/?nd=full&key=77

One Handed Shuffle
Triple Cut
Paul Draylin Cut
Butterfly Cut
Curly - Q Move
Auto Cut - Rolo - Deck
Boomerang Card
Card Spinning
Garcia's Eclipse Production
Card Production
Japanese Card Production
Del Rosso Buffo
Garcia's Million Dollar Production
Cardini's Cards and Silk with Tenkai Palm
Packet Vanish
Single Card Production
Squeeze Production
Card Production Routine
Euro Edge - Palm Production
Tenkai Toss Vanish and Transfer
McBluff Production
Mercury Card Production
Diminishing Cards
Interlock Production
History of Playing Cards.

If you want just that effect, I recommend getting Penguin Magic's instant download Mambo #5. Its fun card to pockets. Teaches the backpalm and how to get it out and everything. like 9 dollars. Teaches a bunch of good sleights too. Just a recommendation.