When you watch a magician perform a trick, live or on TV, you know (or suspect) that it is not really magic.
You know it is some kind of trick, but you can't for the life of you figure it out.
Often a simple and easy magic trick, performed on the street, can be more amazing that a slick show on TV.
You can check the set-up, there is no chance of anything hidden happen where the camera is not looking.
This makes it possible to impress and astound your friend!.
When you watch an entertainer on the street make a coin disappear, you are standing right up to him.
Since you can look at everything, and walk around him, you think you can see there's no hidden trap doors or cabinets, for example.
It seems impossible not to have his magic tricks revealed simply by looking! You can do the same.
The key secret in a magic trick is this - it is the magician himself! The absolute majority of magic tricks have been practised for a very long time, sometimes they are so old no-one knows when they first were done.
And when a trick - any trick, is broken down in detail - the trick itself is usually not complicated at all.
The secret lies in how the performer - you! - do it! How the trick is performed is what makes it "impossible".
You can have someone name a number, after which you pull out card after card from the pack.
When the proposed number is up, you pull out an ace! No matter what number is said this will happen.
The secret is ever so simple - the ace should be at the bottom of the cards, held by your little finger.
You will naturally need to practise this.
To have magic tricks revealed by mistake, by dropping a card, for example, is not very magic...
Equally important is to distract the attention of the audience slightly - just by talking you can keep their attention off the pack and stop them from trying to analyze your movements.
This is very much like what happens if you drive a car and talk on your mobile at the same time.
It has been proven that people react slower.
Probably the brain can only focus effectively on one thing at any one time, and that is what will help fool your audience.
But remember - magic tricks revealed lose their magic! Do keep them to yourself, and only discuss them with a fellow magician!
You know it is some kind of trick, but you can't for the life of you figure it out.
Often a simple and easy magic trick, performed on the street, can be more amazing that a slick show on TV.
You can check the set-up, there is no chance of anything hidden happen where the camera is not looking.
This makes it possible to impress and astound your friend!.
When you watch an entertainer on the street make a coin disappear, you are standing right up to him.
Since you can look at everything, and walk around him, you think you can see there's no hidden trap doors or cabinets, for example.
It seems impossible not to have his magic tricks revealed simply by looking! You can do the same.
The key secret in a magic trick is this - it is the magician himself! The absolute majority of magic tricks have been practised for a very long time, sometimes they are so old no-one knows when they first were done.
And when a trick - any trick, is broken down in detail - the trick itself is usually not complicated at all.
The secret lies in how the performer - you! - do it! How the trick is performed is what makes it "impossible".
You can have someone name a number, after which you pull out card after card from the pack.
When the proposed number is up, you pull out an ace! No matter what number is said this will happen.
The secret is ever so simple - the ace should be at the bottom of the cards, held by your little finger.
You will naturally need to practise this.
To have magic tricks revealed by mistake, by dropping a card, for example, is not very magic...
Equally important is to distract the attention of the audience slightly - just by talking you can keep their attention off the pack and stop them from trying to analyze your movements.
This is very much like what happens if you drive a car and talk on your mobile at the same time.
It has been proven that people react slower.
Probably the brain can only focus effectively on one thing at any one time, and that is what will help fool your audience.
But remember - magic tricks revealed lose their magic! Do keep them to yourself, and only discuss them with a fellow magician!