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alekz New user Munich, Germany 86 Posts |
I do mainly cards, and when dealing, palming, double lifting etc., I obviously don't practice it with both hands.
How do you do it with coins? Do you practice sleights like French Drop with both hands? Is there some consensus on this question, or are there some ambidextrous and some... monodextrous (?) practicioners? |
David Neighbors V.I.P. 4910 Posts |
I have Some things I do with both hands! Like Palms. I Mult. Palm In One hand but only Single Palm in the Outer! But Mostly You have to think, Will I use It ??? Do I have a routine for it ???
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Michael Rubinstein V.I.P. 4665 Posts |
It's better to learn how to do things with both hands, otherwise you become limited and must perform your magic only left to right or right to left.
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Wilktone Loyal user Asheville, NC 258 Posts |
When I first was getting interested in coin magic (learning from Roth's "Expert Coin Magic Made Easy" DVDs) I learned volume 1 with both hands. Later I began focusing on only my dominant hand (lefty here). After a while the routines I wanted to learn required me to perform sleights ambidextrously and I went back to practicing sleights with both hands. Personally, I'm glad I got a foundation of things with both hands, but wish I had been more vigilant in learning with both hands in between my start and when I got more serious. For what it's worth, I'm an amateur magicians who only performs socially.
Some of my interest in learning to perform sleights, such as the French Drop, with my right hand came about when I got married and started wearing my wedding band on my left hand. Performing impromptu required me to either noticeably take my ring off or switch hands to avoid unfortunate talking. If you wear a ring this may affect how you perform your coin sleights. Ultimately, I think the answer to your question is less about what other folks have done but are about your personal goals in wanting to learn coin magic. Do you just want to learn 3-6 tricks you can add to your repertoire for variety or do you want to go further than that? Are you going to mostly perform socially or in formal shows? What sort of routines do you want to learn? Do they require you to perform sleights with different hands? Can you personally just learn a handful of routines you want to perform and the necessary sleights or do you want to explore lots of different tricks? I mentioned that I'm left handed. One way I keep my right hand sleights more in practice is to learn routines from right handed authors as written at first, and once I've got the structure of the routine memorized switch to practicing left handed, as I will probably perform them. Good luck with the coins! I hope you find as much pleasure in learning coin magic as I have. Dave |
RitalDino New user 59 Posts |
I'd just say yes. You are entitled to have a strong hand, of course, but you should be able to perform atat least the "easiest" sleights from both hands.
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