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The highlight of 2018 would be performing in front of a huge crowd in my university on our annual welcome. Being extremely shy, it was a huge moment for me since I was terrified and the real magic was in keeping up the appearance of calm. But as all the practice came into play and things went...

I've used plastic cards for a long time too and they do sort of cut skin with the sharp edges. Try using paper cards if possible.

That's a very good point. However, triumph is my favorite effect and my signature performance. I normally get great reactions at this but I was just talking about this one guy. (Later I found out that his wife who had seen and liked this performance had asked him to come with her the next...

This is so relatable. It's simultaneously irritating yet kind of funny the "logics" people can come up with. Like during a triumph performance, a guy told me that I had been using the base of my palm to turn over the cards as I was shuffling them o.0

I got done with my performance and I just wanted to thank all of you for your advice. It went pretty well, not perfect but nothing went wrong. And I'm just glad for that XD Near the end of the show as I built up more confidence, I really started to enjoy myself. Since I'm usually a shy/...

Thank you so much! I shall do that

Hi guys, I've been into card magic for a little more than a year now. I'm kinda shy so I've only performed for my close friends and family so far. My university has its welcome party in a month's time. This time around I took the decision to perform and auditioned for it. The judges were pretty...

Hey guys! The title pretty much says it all. I don't know_any_ card handler in real life so I was just wondering if any of the TXI users are from here.

I'd put in a peanut/ almond or something. Look surprised, and then pop it in my mouth

Barbeque cards.... Interesting.

Thanks for the info.:-)

Yeah working on Deck switches is a good idea. You can have them examine a normal deck first to avoid the awkward possibility of being asked to have a closer look at the Svengali

Wow! That's some innovative designing there. While I don't think I'll be trying this (since deals are not my priority right now) I really like how you've been updating us on your improvements and kept making changes till you got something that actually worked the way you wanted to. Idk if this...

I can relate with this to a large degree. My friends and I also find cheating to a small degree (tbh not that small sometimes) to add to the enjoyability factor and I'm surprised at what I can get away with now as compared to last year. However I don't cheat too much as to ruin the game but just...

I love playing card games. In fact that's what got me into magic. My sister knew some false shuffles which she used to good effect and although she refused to ever teach me, it led to my fascination with card manipulation. That's what got me started...

Hi! I'm an amateur cardist. Since I'm just starting out, I'd really appreciate it if someone could answer a few questions :-) Currently I'm making my way through Genesis V1 by Andrei Jikh (which is simply amazing! It has helped me learn moves which I've worked hard on in the past and given up...

Another good idea but unfortunately not possible in my case. My audience does know English (from school) but aren't fluent enough to enjoy a performance in complete English since they don't normally use it for every day purposes. However they know enough to feel irritated and find me...

You are right about practicing. Somehow I'm uncomfortable in speaking entirely in my native language. I guess I'll have to work on making it sound more natural... Alternatively NinoIng's idea is a great one too. I really hadn't considered using your awkwardness while speaking as a novelty...

And so it came to be...

It could be fake. I've seen a bunch of fake bikes (they're made in China but have the standard seal on them and all...) Just check out some website like AliExpress..they've got a bunch of such fake ones But it might be genuine too. There's really no way to tell from a picture. Best of luck