Hi,
By nature I hold the deck in my right hand. I keep the index, middle, ring, and sometimes pinky on the left side, and my thumb on the right. When I riffle down, as in a spectator calling stop, I do it with my thumb on the right side.
Of course, when I fan with both hands for a spectator to pick a card, I do it to the left (I think).
Without giving the method(s) away, Distortion, some of Dangerous, and maybe Prophet all are taught with the deck held in the left hand. Obviously, their right hand is then dribbling the cards and such.
While I can sometimes swap it out and figure out the moves myself, it's usually extremely difficult to master an effect when it's taught in the opposite handling. I am not ambidextrous, so I can't use my left hand for holding the deck and performing the sleights.
I've learned to live with it, but now I received the Trilogy (it's my birthday today! ), and it's taught pretty much entirely using the left hand to hold the deck.
It's gone too far. Can anybody help? I'd like to know a way to use my right hand or left a bit easier, and every time I try to use my left I'm very clumsy.
If you don't have any suggestions for that, then do you have any ideas of how I should get myself accustomed to using my left hand? Are there any techniques or something?
Note: When I say "holding the deck in my left hand", I mean, the entire sleight or trick is mirrored, and I can't change it around.
Thanks! - sky_lark
By nature I hold the deck in my right hand. I keep the index, middle, ring, and sometimes pinky on the left side, and my thumb on the right. When I riffle down, as in a spectator calling stop, I do it with my thumb on the right side.
Of course, when I fan with both hands for a spectator to pick a card, I do it to the left (I think).
Without giving the method(s) away, Distortion, some of Dangerous, and maybe Prophet all are taught with the deck held in the left hand. Obviously, their right hand is then dribbling the cards and such.
While I can sometimes swap it out and figure out the moves myself, it's usually extremely difficult to master an effect when it's taught in the opposite handling. I am not ambidextrous, so I can't use my left hand for holding the deck and performing the sleights.
I've learned to live with it, but now I received the Trilogy (it's my birthday today! ), and it's taught pretty much entirely using the left hand to hold the deck.
It's gone too far. Can anybody help? I'd like to know a way to use my right hand or left a bit easier, and every time I try to use my left I'm very clumsy.
If you don't have any suggestions for that, then do you have any ideas of how I should get myself accustomed to using my left hand? Are there any techniques or something?
Note: When I say "holding the deck in my left hand", I mean, the entire sleight or trick is mirrored, and I can't change it around.
Thanks! - sky_lark