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So, i've been interested in magic my whole life... i can do the odd card trick here and there... but after seeing the Jumping Gemini trick on a website earlier.... it's motivated me to learn more!

I'm just wondering... where do i start?


Thanks,
Ryan

To start learning magic tricks there really is no subsitute for The Royal Road To Card Magic (commonly known as RRTCM on here) or Oz Pearlman's Born To Perform. I havent seen it myself but I've heard it's very good.

If you want to do coins, then you can't go wrong with Bobo's Modern Coin Magic.


Also, watch out trying to learn to run before you can walk.

It pays to put the practice in (and you will need a lot of practice...) and use "basic" sleights that will drive you nuts for the first few months before moving on to more advanced stuff.
Keep it simple for now, keep practicing, and have fun

personally id forget all about born to perform and go with the Michael Ammar "Easy to master card miracle" series...they will teach so much more than born to perform in both terms of quality effects and in general teaching... each move required for each effect is gone over with a fine toothcomb and shot from different viewpoints so its easy for the viewer to learn

Ammar is a great teacher - infectiously enthusiastic and always keen to impress upon you the 'thinking behind' what's being done, rather than just the bald physical moves. International Magic are having a vid clearance and there are two Ammar card vids there, for the ludicrously love price of £7.50 each.
http://www.internationalmagic.com/acata ... _Sale.html
Oh, and if you're saying, 'Seven and a half quid? That's a 'ludicrously low' price, is it?' then welcome to the world of magic.

the best grounding in all things magic is Wilson's cyclopedia of magic.

Also for a good few quick tricks and to learn some basics I can’t recommend Paul Zenon’s Street Magic more highly.

...depends on what you like too...though you cant beat as the others have said a good solid grounding in 'the basics'...some of which i still cant do after 2-3 years by the way (yeah - im talking to you fingers!)...

but yeah - royal road and the bobo coin book for £20 - can't go wrong! maybe practical mental magic by annemann a little later...

..or hop onto amazon and buy a few Karl Fulve's books....self-working too...