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My question for Mr. Madison is a simple one. I've always really liked your style in cardistry. Since you've steered away from magic into deception, do you still practice that art? If so, do you still create new flourishes?

awesome... now I just need a real camera instead of my stupid phone

The only thing I have to say on this, aside from it was a solid performance... Is I want to address the 'seizure'. It's not even close to an accurate description. Listen to the background music, and watch the way he moves from the second he starts the routine. It's a performance piece, not just...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=uXdY2ZefjIE My submission. I'm not sure if the link works, as this is the first time I've ever uploaded anything anywhere for something like this.

Vernon D+M That would prolly cover it

I agree. Especially about modification. When I learned Pandora I found I do the second part horribly (for now) so instead I finish it with a modified version of Madison's 11:14

Heya, I'll pm you when I'm not on the go. This Sat is a bit short notice for me. I live in NWIndiana and have been meaning to find out if there were any card artists near me for awhile now. Downtown Chi is only half hour from me or so

I agree... Surfaced? ... 3 weeks? no no... I think you actually wasted money with purchasing Trilogy so early as well. I bought it way too early. Almost a year into these forms of art. I got over confident in what I'd learned and was like 'meh' this won't be any challenge... wrong. I still...

I agree completely with Praetoritevong and the others. When I told my girl I got into card magic and cardistry in general, she was like... 'why?' she is a complete skeptic. So I took that as a challenge. I learned a lot of 'already strong' effects, 5 speed, angle zero... A few others...

Fancy box, they didn't wanna ruin it

speed, is NOT an indication of skill. That's bull****. I've been a member here for two years and I don't post... I have what... 15? In those two years... you know how many flourish videos I've seen of random dood 1 or random dood 2 flourishing as fast as they can with no 'grace' at all? ...

Three words. Ellusionist Kent Return. YouTube it

1. Either Pandora or Alpha Dog 2. Kent's Dragon flourish is insane... I've been working on smoothing it out forever

I think the real issue here, is not his methods...wait for it...it's the fact that he set the bar too high. Method be damned. Hell, Copperfield and Blaine do/did 'TV' magic as well, roast crucify them with Criss. He doesn't have a team of 'consultants' because he sucks at what he does. They...

That's an easy answer homie. Get Inside... the amount of effects you get, plus ideas like Advocate are totally worth the price. You won't be disappointed. It's, for all intents and purposes, a compilation of goodies from the mind of D+M. Can't go wrong there :)

the best way I found to do it when I was first learning it, and I have very long fingers.... was to push the deck as far as I could toward the base of my thumb before propping it up... that allowed for a lot of room to get my fingers to the edge with ease... also bending the deck a bit with the...

What are the other two sites that are mentioned in this thread? I like to visit other magic/cardistry forums to read thoughts and opinions and such. Thanks in advance.

IMO, no. If you're just starting out I'd highly recommend Genesis to get down the rudiments first. I started with Dangerous and had a hard time at first. Once I got DM's material down though I moved on to the Trilogy. I still have a hard time with some of the material on the Flourish dvd.

It depends on the day. I switch between regular bikes and tallys to the customs. Guardians are certainly my favorite deck of cards to date, so those most often. Smoke and Mirrors are my second favorites but since they're sold out, I shelved them. Wouldn't want to burn through them and not be...

Agree with everyone's help. Practice. I've only started flourishing.... 6 months ago. I have long, nimble, fingers (from being a guitar player for 15 years) and I had terrible trouble at first. I kept asking...how the hell do the packets stay together?! lol. Once the muscles start remembering...