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hey everyone. i was just wondering how to get started in pickpocketing magic. i would appreciate it if someone could give me some links or something so that i could learn the finer points of it. thanks!

I think it's the Card Collection that do a little booklet called "Pickpocketing for fun and profit" ( ) which should get you started.

Failing that, if you can find it (I don't think they make them anymore...) then try Stealing The Show. Quality DVD, and one that has given me hours of personal amusement at parties and the like.

Picking pockets is all about light and heavy touch.

To practice, ask a friend to help you with a magic trick. Get him to put a card in his pocket. Then go on to perform a trick for others. While you are doing your stuff, take the card out your friends pocket without him knowing.

If you go wrong and he notices, he won't say anything because he thinks it's all part of the trick he agreed to help you out with. After the trick is finished and the audience has gone, ask for the card back saying "I didn't need it afterall". If he's astonished to discover it isn't in his pocket then you've been successful.

thanks for the help guys. I'm going to try to find the dvd you are talking about and I'm going to try to put that trick within one of my tricks

I agree with Ecko. Stealing the Show is a great dvd and it is taught in great detail. Bare in mind though that a lot of it is based around your spectator wearing a jacket.

More than any other form of magic, pick-pocketing depends on mis-direction. There are some things in magic that you can get away with without misdirection. Pick-pocketing is not one of them. If you are interested in learning pickpocketing, I would recomend buying a book just about misdirection.

okay soudns good, i'll look for something right now

Are you looking for just pick-pocketing or watch stealing as well?

If you like the idea of watch stealling, by Chappy's DVD.

If you're going to pickpocket best advice I can give is..............

DON'T GET CAUGHT LoL

yeah the wristwatch steal sounds really intresting. i know i'd be surprised if someone stole my watch right off my wrist!

wristwatch stealing is relatively easy and the right choice of watch wearer makes it even easier - this is all about misdirection as is most pickpocketing techniques..... by making your stooge focus on something else you do something they aren't anticipating therefore don't register.... it takes sevral overall moves to get a watch but interspersed with some other comedy pickpocketing they wouldn't even notice....

Somewhere on youtube I saw David Blane do a watch steal. It even surprised me! Lets see if I can find it.