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Doesn't really make too much of a difference. I powder brand new decks anyway. The brand new decks doesn't exactly operate like a finally tuned deck that's been properly worked, but their better than the slick brand new deck with extra risk if your doing armspreads or other risky moves. Either...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWrsS825neY Here's my official entry for this challenge. Hope you enjoy it. Music by Fat Jon. Inspiration comes from Jerry Cestowski obviously.

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"It's not about separation, it's about the population." -Del da Funky Homosapien We all do the same things, just have different focuses. I think it's important to accept the fact on how small the non-magical card manipulation is in the world and compared to the brother, magic. I believe it's...

Yeah I can't do the Lepaul S or U spreads, but when there are giant fans and Heaven Displays out there do you think you wanna waste time on a move that doesn't get you much distance in the manipulation world? To me it's a bad mindset to ignore the audience and think only about the true...

First about the Curly Q Fan: It's utter crap, because the final product is just ugly no matter how great the deck condition or your technique. PEOPLE WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT METHOD AND NOT THE EFFECT OR DESIRED OUTCOME. Which is why all this talk about LePaul Spreads is stupid to me. Look at...

The LePaul Spread is utter stupidity. No offense to LePaul this is probably his worse creation and sad that this move is only one of two moves that gets his name gets into the magic community of today. In laymen terms: The LePaud Spread is a hand to hand spread. That's it. Stop treating...

Strangely people are still doing moves that are possible without the box. Is there even a deadline on this thing? Oh well my thing should be done this Sunday anyway. Although there is no formality in this challenge so I guess it's acceptable.

ADHD, I'm not a medical specialist so I won't comment on it. It's not like we can smack a label on it and say someone is lazy because he uses ADHD as an excuse. It's something only the person who has it can truly understand it.

First I'd like to say I barely read any of the previous posts. Second, great job in doing an uncut manipulation routine, keep at it. Now some pointers on some things: 1. Moving your body with the music and trying to sync your manipulation isn't something you should be attempting...

For someone to be a God? It would just be someone who as spent more time and achieved more in his art than you. A God can only be God if you let it. Publishing a DVD or book protects your material and helps you earn a living off of your art while giving back to the community. Why wouldn't...

Sounds interesting, maybe I'll take you on the challenge if I got the time. Uncut routine boxed deck? Great idea.

Closing a fan with one hand, there are ones where it mainly uses the middle finger and some people teach it with the index. For bigger fans you have to learn to use your index finger to close, since the "spidering" motion may take too long if you start it with the middle finger. But it would...

Oiled cards? Depends on how much your talking about here. If you dropped it in a pool of lotion yeah, let it sit for a month or chuck it. But talking about, doing several fans in a row and you get those one or two oily cards that cause gaps in the fan, the best thing would be just to remove the...

Pivot, are you talking about fan rotation or fan closing? That's the only thing I can think of for most of the fan stuff when I hear, "pivot".

He probably wouldn't mind an email anyway. So do whatcha want. But most of your problems should be solved by that starting grip and making sure you follow through.

Seems like your doing the manipulations with steel cards at that point, trashmanf.

Those fans are terrible AND here are some pointers: ^_^ First off, STARTING POSITION! Your already putting the deck at an angle and not cocked towards the thumb either but cocked away from the thumb. Keep the short end of the parallel with your fingers. The bottom of the deck doesn't even...

Do most of your finger exercise AFTER you practice your normal card manipulation. Do 15 minutes straight of finger exercise work and a lot of card work will seem harder and not easier. You never know lift weights all day and then go decide to play a game of basketball do you, however you do...

Trashmanf are you using the bag method of getting the cards powder? Cause that's the best method for powdering I use and usually have no problems at all thanks to the big powder cloud. Jerry recommend using a paper grocery bag since it holds the shape so the cards can properly mix through the...