In this week's podcast on The Magic Word, Shoot Ogawa shares the microphone to talk about his early years developing his mad skills as a demonstrator at a magic shop in Japan. He moved to the U.S. in 2003 where western magicians quickly realized his talent and awarded him with "Close-Up Magician of the Year" at the Academy of Magical Arts and MAGIC Magazine put him on the March 2003 cover of its magazine. He later won the "Close-Up Magician of the Year" again in 2006 then took "Parlour Magician of the Year" award in 2008. Shoot also talks about performing and consulting all over the world.

You can watch a video of Shoot performing his Ninja Rings, see some exclusive photos taken during his lecture in Houston, Texas, read the blog, listen to the podcast and download the MP3 file at: http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwell......ot-ogawa