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Just a quick question.. the gimmiick that makes the rising card, well rise.. does not exactly 'work' anymore!

Wel.. it works.. the gimmick works.. but.. the part of the gimmick that makes the card rise.. erm, doesnt make it rise lol

Thats about all I can say without exposure, i think.. I just need to know where I can get replacements in the U.K

I was certain that there was loads of places to get that little thing but i was evidently wrong.

Please let me know, by om so as not to give anything away to the prying eyes

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There are actually sleights that you can learn to create the same effect as the rising card gimmick. The advantage is that the deck is totally inspectable. My favorites, the Witchcraft Rise and the Plunger Rise (wich can be performed with one hand or two), are both featured in Expert Card Technique.

I'm sure the Royal Road has a technique for rising a card?

Actually, I am pretty sure that it doesn't. I own RRTCM so I'll take a look, but I am pretty sure there are no Rising Card gimmicks or sleights in RRTCM.

Note: The majority of the rising card chapter in Expert Card Technique is on a gimmick and how to make/use it, but if you are going to use a gimmick instead of a sleight, just buy the modern one. It is the better gimmick. But I still say that you should just learn a slight to duplicate the effect. Then you don't have to worry about carrying the gimmick/spec. discovering the gimmick/gimmick breaking/etc.

There is a sleight in the RRTCM book for a rising card technique, but I wouldnt use it as it seems quite dated and I justg wouldnt personally feel comfortable tryin to get away with it.

I just want the replacement bit to buy from somewhere, that would solve it.

Kundalini Rising anyone from Jeff McBride? Any thoughts on this?

I never noticed that. Where is it in the book?

It's in the section on the glide I think... I'll have a look in mine.

page 25/26

If the Rising Card effect in RRTCM is achieved by the same method as the glide, I have lost interest. Any spectator with half a brain could figure out what was happening, because your fingers aren't visible. The important thing to remember when using the glide is not to make a big deal of it. Because it is so simple and logical, you need to make the spectator think that nothing is happening or even draw their attention away from the deck. You should not tell them "Look at the deck and watch a card rise out of it." You will never get away with that. Don't get me wrong, the glide is a great sleight, but it will not pass if you draw attention to it.

mccabe24 wrote:If the Rising Card effect in RRTCM is achieved by the same method as the glide, I have lost interest. Any spectator with half a brain could figure out what was happening, because your fingers aren't visible.

I'm pretty sure that the RC effect in RRTCM is the one I have in mind - so sure that I certainly can't be bothered to get up and search out the book right now (isn't it called, rather blatantly, 'P***** Does It'?). If it is the method I'm picturing, then it's actually not bad. In fact, the times I've done it, the spec has either been fooled, or smiled wryly thinking they know what's happened - before picking up the cards and trying themselves: and failing, puzzled. It's pretty darn angly, but, done smoothly and 'correctly' the "fingers aren't visible" aspect isn't important, because the spec has the impression that they can see your fingers.

Well, you've got me interested in this again, unfortunatly, I am still not able to find this. I have a version of the book that may be different than many of yours it is not this one:

http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=573

Mine is an orange hard-cover book. Could someone please tell me what chapter this is in and the name of the sleight/effect?

mccabe24 wrote: I am still not able to find this. I have a version of the book that may be different than many of yours it is not this one

In my version (you've made me get up now - I hope you can live with yourself), which is different to yours, it's on pages 33-5; the penultimate trick in the Overhand Shuffle 1 chapter. Or just look up 'P... Does It' in the index at the back.

Well, I got my book and found it (now you've made ME get up) and the sleight isn't as bad as I thought it would be. I might give it a try and what reactions I get, but this isn't as good as some of the card rises in Expert Card Technique.

mccabe24 wrote:Expert Card Technique.

I really must get round to getting this at some point.