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My favorite kind of magic is magic that I have never seen another magician perform. Often times I prefer stage magic to close up, even though I'm primarily a close up guy. I think that stage magic is considerably harder to pull off than close up magic. I don't normal people think metal...

I hate it when magicians think that they know everything after dabbling in magic for a year or two. I've been swimming in magic for about 25 years now. I've worked with the best in the business, I still get stumped and I still get fooled often. I hate it when my audiences wont relax for just a...

I don't like finding tutorials online haha!

Visit the IBM Club or SAM Club. They'll probably let you attend once for free, and may have a cheaper membership option (our IBM Club partners with a local Club that is much cheaper for membership). I am also aware of a local Club they is completely free in my neck of the woods. And I live in...

Verbal Magic is my favorite. It's like he's performing for you as you read, fooling you over and over. Keep your eyes open for more from Tamariz in next couple years ;)

I think that cardistry is a lot like skateboarding. It's a cool thing to do and practice. In my eyes, it's more like a sport than it is a performance art. That said, people like watching the olympics, they like watching the X-Games. And, many sports have become a type of performance art. Ice...

Everything in Card College is a classic as well. You could create a career on the contents of those books.

Here are some of my favorites. August Rotenberg is very easy to understand more so than Hoffman. I'm not sure why his books aren't all that popular. Modern Magic by Professor Hoffmann More Magic by Professor Hoffmann Sharps and Flats by John Neville Maskelyne The Modern Wizard by August...

First off, family and friends are really hard to perform for. They do things that normal people don't do when they watch magic. Second, people from the age of 8 to 15 are hard to perform for. They know enough to get that it's not real magic, and often times they don't respect your personal...

The Foundations series is largely for intermediate to advanced sleight of hand. He doesn't offer a ton in the way of card magic. Mostly he focuses on some of the moves you might find in these books. Royal Road to Card Magic is always a good place to start for actual routines. Encyclopedia of...

Dave's Killer Magic Shop is EPIC! Make sure to support the Portland Magic Jam as well.

Is there a certain triple cut you are looking for? No one knows who cut a deck into 3 first. It probably happened around 900 AD. Same for the pinky break. That's hundreds of years before the publication of one of the first magic exposés, The Discover of Witchcraft. I'm curious why you want to...

If you want to look good very quickly learn the Chicago Opener, French Drop, Crazy Man's Handcuffs, and Sponge Balls. Don't touch anything else, only focus on these four tricks. To most lay people you'll look great. No need to study more. You'll be able to kill at parties. If that's what you...

I may have misread the question at first. Are you looking for the history of one move? Or three?

With the anti-faro you can remove a shuffle. That's incredible in itself and the applications are endless if you can master it. There are a handful of routines in Mathematical Magic by Persi Diaconis that use it. Generally you perform it openly by dealing the deck into two alternative piles...

The double undercut is what you are describing. It was popularized by Dai Vernon but it was not created by him. For a move as simple as a break you are going to have a hard time finding a source. Same for what is essentially cutting at the break. Erdnase is a classic, and a trend setter. It...

I'm all for learning magic and I love Peter Mckinnon but I've been thinking about this. Isn't a post like this a type of exposure? Peter performs a trick online and now if anyone searches his name they are lead to a thread about a bunch of guys sharing his methods. I know it's a big gray area...

Congrats you guys! You are the best!

Thanks for all the kind thoughts guys! I'll try to step in from time to time to say hello as is appropriate. Stay in touch! Keep your eyes open for more from me coming through to you on the interwebs :) Best, Josh

I disagree with nearly all of these. Then again, if everyone agreed they would be popular opinions. I agree with all of these. Here are mine: 1. Max Maven and Jeff McBride are legends in their own right, and have done more for magic than I could ever dream to do, but their characters are...