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I learnt the Muscle Pass from Dan Watkin's site, the Foundations section on www.coinvanish.com. I think the description and the photos there are excellent. I managed to do a decent muscle pass (with no upward hand movement) with a dollar coin after about 1-2 months after reading that description.

Hi guys, This is just a couple of coin routines I've been working on for the past few weeks There are three 'routines' here (1 coin, 3 coins, and then introducing other coins).I hope you enjoy the performances (even though there aren't any spectators - sorry!) and some of the ideas I've come...

Overall, the technique looks pretty good! Switch and replacement looks fine from this angle, but probably not from a real spectator's angle. But as for the trick, aren't there other more magical things you could do instead of fold/restore? That's just me though, also I like to end start and...

Hey everyone :) After spending almost 2 years with mainly just card magic, I've begun to branch out into other areas of close up magic such as coins, spongeballs, and cups and balls, rubberbands and more. But I'm beginning to wonder, should I be learning all of these new types of magic at...

The french drop is very effective if used correctly. Watch Tim Feher's "One Coin 2.0" for an example of how convincing it can look.

If you started in Feb 2010 then that would be just over one year ;) By the way, what kind of reactions have you got from the routine?

Hey, Your pass looks good, although that angle is probably the best angle to film it. Try getting it from the left angle...see if you can minimise flashing from that angle too. I also don't think you need that much up and down movement...do the pass the moment your hands come together with...

The sleights were pretty good! :) Cherry control is kind of angley, also the classic pass at the end...you had your hands on the deck for quite long, it was a bit suspicious. Your one-handed popover was amazing! However you could see the replacement after the DPS. As for the routine, I've been...

Looks good!

Thank you for all your replies :) and an interesting discussion about "coons" across LOL :) As I've been practising more and more, things are coming along faster than I thought! (except the muscle pass though :( And Darth Vader, you're absolutely right about practising a move so much that even...

Thanks for your replies :) I was actually going to quote some posts in this reply but there are too many good ones! I think I'm going to go for Bobo's Modern Coin Magic, but thing is, I'm already working on a couple of card magic books at the moment (Erdnase, Paper Engine) and I don't want to...

Hey guys, I've recently started working on coin magic after working with cards for just over a year now...and I'm finding it quite difficult! Whereas with cards, it was fairly easy to pick up and perform (because with cards, even with a sloppy double undercut or double lift as a beginner...

Thanks for the great replies everyone! Seeing as you guys think it's better to have variety even if you do focus on one of cards/coins/spongeballs etc., how do you find the time to practise all of them and keep all of them at performance level? Say you want to become a cardman, but you also...

Hey everyone :) I've been working on card magic/cardistry for about a year now, and I just wanted some advice from magicians who have had much more performing experience than me. I love cards, and at the moment I'm really looking to build a strong foundation with cards by reading books...

I'm in love with Momentum by Eric Richardson! :) It's impromptu, borrowed deck stuff, perfect for walkaround. With a bit of practice, you can even do it one-handed, meaning you spread the deck on your hand, and their card moves out. You DON'T even touch the deck!! As far as I know, it's the best...

I completely agree! It's funny how we're so caught up in learning crazy cuts like Preqel, Pandora and so on when it's the simplest stuff which can impress the most :) (However I'm not saying I'm going to give up on Preqel...it looks amazing!) :)

Thanks for that great post! I'm still a beginner but I've been into cards for about a year now, and I started off with Royal Road (shuffling mainly) and then just dived into videos and more advanced books (like One Degree, Paper Engine). So I'm quite okay handling cards, but I've decided I...

Hey everyone :) This is something that keeps on coming into my head...every professional magician I hear about seems to be recommending to read as many books as you can, instead of learning from video. For example, everyone seems to recommend Royal Road instead of a beginner DVD like Born...