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daghank Loyal user 290 Posts |
That's exactly what I thought,I can do it when I practice at home but I couldn't find any excuses for doing such a thing in front of someone.
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magicjack1977 Loyal user Louisville, KY 213 Posts |
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On 2007-02-06 19:42, Ryan clark wrote: What is the Paul Harris cut called? What effect does he use it with ont he Stars of Magic tapes? I've never seen his version. I learned Daryl's Hot-Shot cut originally from Oz Pearlman's Born to Perform DVD. It turned out to be a variation that was more difficult than Daryl's version IMO. You start the cut with the deck held between the knuckles of the first and middle finger. I learned Daryl's version from his Encyclopedia of Card Sleights DVD vol. 8. It's all a matter of practice and learning to maintain a relaxed control while performing the cut. It's easy to let the muscles in your palm cramp up and once that happens the flourish is doomed. As for the launch of the card, you just have to make sure that the angle of the card is LESS than 90 degrees in relation to the pack. Just use your middle finger to snap upwards against the bottom of the card and it should just spin out. Now catching the card is something that takes a bit of a knack as well because the flight pattern of the card can vary from cut to cut. You just have to be able to home in on it and literally "snatch" it out of mid-air. |
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Steven Keyl Inner circle Washington, D.C. 2630 Posts |
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On 2007-01-25 15:56, baskitboy5 wrote: In my experience, what makes this part 100 times easier is to make sure your hands have some moisture on them. I have chronically dry hands and if I don't have any treatment (e.g. Corn Huskers, Cetaphil, etc.) then I can't do this cut either. As soon as I get my hands right I can't miss. This is true of many sleights. This one is no exception.
Steven Keyl - The Human Whisperer!
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Steven Keyl Inner circle Washington, D.C. 2630 Posts |
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On 2009-02-25 05:53, daghank wrote: Really? When I want to do something quick to amaze a skeptic (or anyone, really) I'll have a selected card returned to the deck and either cop or dps the card and have the spec shuffle the deck. I'll replace the card when I get the deck back and do the hot shot cut. Always gets amazing reactions.
Steven Keyl - The Human Whisperer!
B2B Magazine Test! Best impromptu progressive Ace Assembly ever! "If you ever find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause, and reflect." --Mark Twain |
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magicjack1977 Loyal user Louisville, KY 213 Posts |
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On 2009-02-25 10:02, Steven Keyl wrote: I agree. It seems like nothing astounds a spectator more than using a quick and flashy flourish to find their card and whent hat card comes spinning out of the deck after a pretty charlier-style one hand cut it has never failed to get that jaw-dropping "what the..." from my spectators. My use for the HSC is much similar to yours. I have the spectator select a card and have them stick it in the middle of the deck anywhere they want (sometimes I have them sign it and sometimes I don't - it depends on what kind fo mood I'm in, but the final reaction is not different whether they sign it or not). I will then do a side-steal to the top and cop the selection off into Tenkai in the act of squareing up the deck and hand the deck to the spectator and tell them to shuffle the deck thoroughly and when they are satisfied, hand the deck back to me. Several awkward shuffles follow witht he spectator trying their darndest to lose the card. When they hand it back I replace the card to the top as I square up the deck once more and control the card to the bottom. I then ask them if they are satisfied and whether they want to shuffle the deck again. This is a bold move and requires a bit of bravado but I have never had a spectator ask to shuffle again because most of the time they are too amped up to see the finish to care. I then explain that they chose a card freely (true), replaced the card into the middle of the deck at a point of their choice (true) and that they shuffled the selection into the deck thoroughly (untrue) and that there was no way that I could know at exactly what point in the stack of 52 that there selection sat at (untrue). During this spiel I have the deck in mechanics grip in my left hand in clear view. I then proceed to do the cut and when the card spins out, I catch it face down and hold it there face down, in midair at the point of the catch and ask them to announce the identity of their selected card. As they do I slowly turn over the card. It is a short, but sweet routine and the slow build up really adds to the finale - at least for me. |
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Robmonster Elite user 455 Posts |
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On 2007-02-06 14:45, karbonkid wrote: I couldn't agree more with this. The HSC is one of those things I've always wanted to do, not as part of a routine, but to give me something personal to work towards. Breaking the move down in the fashion listed above /really/ helps. Someone else mentioned the version taught on Born To Perform. I also found this far harder to begin learning, grip you start in felt completely unnatural and far too painful for me to persevere with. I went back to Daryl's original version and just kept practicing and I'm gradually getting there. The only thing left for me to completely get is a reliable launch and catch. Regarding the card extraction I also used to suffer with the card just not coming out, mainly due to my dry/cold fingers. One thing I found helps with this is to initially try to push the card straight out with your index finger, almost to a standard outjog position, without trying to get it to rotate at all. Once that's done then just move the index finger to the right, rolling the outjogged card around my third finger. This seems to work far more reliably for me. Previously I was trying to 'walk' the card out with my fingertips and I was getting no grip at all. Maybe this is what I was supposed to be doing all along... Rob |
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daghank Loyal user 290 Posts |
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On 2009-02-25 10:02, Steven Keyl wrote: You got me wrong,totally wrong I was commenting to the post above mine.There is a post advicing to lick the end of the finger to shoot the card easier,as I shoot it with my third finger,like the person above me mentioned,people might find it rude when I show them my third finger If you get the picture. Otherwise I know how nice hot shot cut looks. |
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Steven Keyl Inner circle Washington, D.C. 2630 Posts |
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On 2009-02-25 13:11, daghank wrote: My bad. I follow you now.
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daghank Loyal user 290 Posts |
I have another question to those who advice to lick the finger,I thought that you cant shoot right after you lick it either,you have to wait some or it has to be a bit dryer? or am I wrong?
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magicfish Inner circle 7006 Posts |
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On 2007-01-25 15:22, baskitboy5 wrote: You'll get it after a few hundred tries, maybe a thousand, but after your hands stop cramping, and your knuckles learn their movements, you'll have it. |
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magicjack1977 Loyal user Louisville, KY 213 Posts |
Another suggestion on working out the "cut" is to take an old deck (any old deck lying around will do, even mixed decks) and seperate it into two 26 card packs. Glue each card in the packs together with contact cement (Paul Harris style) and allow it to dry overnight. What you'll have is two solid blocks of cards that are great for working the kinks out of cuts as it helps you to strengthen your hand muscles without worrying about having cards seperating and sliding around. You can even carry the packs around in your pocket and pull them out anywhere - the doctors office, at your desk, wherever - and work on your cut. I think of them as similar to those chinese relaxation balls that people revolve in their hands.
On that note - You could also seperate a deck into three packs and glue those together to work on a triple pack cut. It may sound crazy but it works and, in the end, you can glue the packs together so that you have a 'Solid Deception' pack from Paul Harris. Just a thought. |
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BMF Regular user Saint Louis 132 Posts |
Or you could just tape the packs together. Faster, easier, and the tape can be removed to leave you with 48 usable cards to practice the shooting part once you've got the cut mastered.
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