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Well, there is no video of the Losing Control because once you see the control a couple of times on video, you will immediately know how it's done. There is no secret move so to speak (so it is not angle sensitive in that respect), it's more of an optical illusion. Nevertheless, when executed...

Yeah, thanks a lot. I am learning the Cascade and Cherry controls now, I am glad that you use them often. One control I very often use, and which is very simple, is the Losing control by Lee Asher :)

I am curious, what are the other favorite controls you use?

... for the second part, I guess you can use Ego Change and then simply cut the deck. It's not very direct if that's what you want, but it can be done in less than a second.

For the first thing you can use the WOW Control to the bottom. As the card is placed on top of the lower half of the deck, you dribble the rest of the cards on top of it - the card however ends up reversed on the bottom of the deck :) From there you can simply shuffle it to the top (no one will...

It will be the classic pass taught by Joshua Jay.

Well, what I mean is that you don't have to twist your hand to hide the moment the replacement takes place - you can leave it exposed. The speed of the replacement and the waving of the hand will create the optical illusion that the card visually changes into another. There is one more clip on...

The technique of the clipshift is good, but the performance is not what it should be. It is too obvious that the card changes while it is hidden behind your hand. It looks unnatural. Use the waving motion of the hand to create the illusion that the card melts into another card. The visual effect...

David Blaine

What do you guys mean that you "figured" it? Can you do it? Because I can watch it a million times, I know the card goes from the middle to the top somehow, but this doesn't mean I know exactly how and therefore I can't do it...

I think it's more a matter of practice and hours put into it rather than what age you start. But if you want to compare yourself to Bucks or the other artists, you must be ready to put thousands of hours of practice, which means many hours, every day, for many years. That's the problem if you...

No, I don't carry a deck with me - I still do not consider myself good enough to perform live, although I have a ten or so of the greatest card tricks I've been practicing for at least a year :cool: Besides I'd like to perform with a borrowed deck - that's why I gave a Bicycle Guardians to my...

Well, I am a great fan of pure sleight of hand tricks - no gimmicks and preferably impromptu. Wayne's trick Coin Through Soda Can is an example of such non-card trick - it's not a simple coin vanish trick, it has great angles, and Wayne has put so much work into it that it is practically...

How about the trick where he throws a dart and it stabs the spectator selected card ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PnIS41lZjo

Yes, from his explanations I understand that because of time constraints he had to jump and end the stunt while on air, he didn't have the choice to wait for the wind to subside and do the stunt as it was planned. I think he knew before he jumped that the effect will not be as planned, but he...

All right, he must be judged. The question is then, was he or wasn't he well prepared for his stunt? If he was really well prepared and has put the time to make this stunt really work, then it must be some unexpected accidental factor (like the wind or the time limit or whatever) that ruined the...

David Blaine is one of the greatest performers of magic ever. A lot of people got into magic because they saw his special 'Street Magic' back in 1996. You could say that he paved the way for the online magic community, everyone wanted to know how Blaine did this or that trick. So we have to...

"Two simple, effective, and - most importantly - deceptive card controls" The above statement is to me the BIG LIE - this cut, or whatever it is Joel is selling, is neither simple, nor effective and most importantly not a deceptive card control. A control by definition must be a secret move...

Thanks for understanding.

I don't see a contradiction in goals. There are many moves which are essential to magic and they should be considered 'effective and hard hitting' even though they can be found in many beginner level books. For example a top change, a pushover double lift, a classic pass, the convincing control...