I have never written a review before, but simply put - BUY THIS DVD. Jason England is a professional teacher and I learned more the first time I watched this disc than I have in my previous two years of attempting the Bottom Deal. Please theory11, bring us another Jason England DVD soon!

Fantasticy just about covers it.

I just got the disc a couple nights ago. I've plowed through the entire disk. It is without a doubt the finest material on the real work outside a book.

If you've ever wanted to learn real-world gambling sleight of hand from a world-class magician, this is the product for you.

Diagonal Palm Shift
Bottom Deal
Center Deal
Second Deal
Greek Deal
Push Through
Palming
MacMillian Switch

That's what's covered on the DVD. It is the longest magic DVD I've ever bought.

I think if you want to learn any of the sleights above, this is your very best bet in getting them down smoothly. I struggled with learning a bottom deal for years. I worked with the Maze book for eight freaking years. My bottom deal still looked lousy. One hour with Jason's DVD and I have made some serious breakthroughs.

This is a rare review for me. If you've ever read my Magic Friday column, you'll know that I never review an entire DVD. Usually, if I can find one effect on a disc that I can add to my repertoire, I'm pretty happy and, as a result, I've only reviewed single effects.

Jason England's Foundations, however, deserves a review in is entirety because of its fantasticity (I just made that word up) throughout! Also, as it's not a "tricks" DVD, I wouldn't be able to review it under my general guidelines and I really think that this disc deserves some praises.

I only wish I had this DVD ten years ago! Imagine having one of the world's greatest card men giving you 'the real work' for over three hours! Not only is Jason a card ninja but he's also an awesome teacher. And, unlike someone with ninja skills, he actually teaches things that I'll be able to do. I mean, I just learned the Centre Deal in only ten minutes! (Just kidding). I will, however, be learning The Diagonal Palm Shift properly. As well, my palming has already improved and I haven't even touched a deck after watching the DVD- just watching and, more importantly, learning, has already improved my skills. Priceless.

I'm a big believer in goals and it's one of my recent ones to fix some of my card flaws/laziness's. My palming could use some 'touching up' (I'm being generous with myself) and Foundations is just the thing to teach me how to do all these moves correctly. For that, I'm thankful. It's also about time I learned how to deal Seconds- maybe that'll be my second summer goal! I'm looking forward to it now that I'm confident that I'll be learning the right away right from the get go. Sweet.

All in all, an awesome DVD that I only wished had come out earlier in my life. But hey, it's never to late! Let's get started...

10/10