Flourishing Help

[Cardz9863]

Hey guys!
So I've been into card magic for 2 years now and recently some flourishing/cardistry videos around here have caught my attention. So my friend lent me XB recently and honestly the only thing I can get down are the charlier cuts and a few other cuts. And before I started looking into these flourshy videos and DVD's I've learnt a thumb fan before...Atleast I thought I learnt it. From what the DVD shows you're "suppoused" to fan from I guess the starting position as your index and middle fingers if you know what I mean. But my friend who does a good amount of flourishing taught it to me from the pinky and ring finger who works at the shop I buy from. So recently I've tried both ways but obviously my pinky/ring fan looks better then my index/middle fan right now and it's incredibly difficult to get even something that looks like a fan. So if you have any tips to help me out it would be appreciated. And any other DVD's that can give me some help with flourishing would be awesome.

Thanks!

 

[d34thg0d]

Get DVDs that teaches flourishes such as Dangerous and The Trilogy.

 

[copperfield 14]

Buy the encyclopedia of playing card flourishes. Also ignore your friend and learn it the way it's taught on the dvd. Eventually with practice and fanning powder your fans will become better. If you use your friends method then your fans will always look like crap.

 

[praetoritevong]

Cardz - I have a similar problem with one-handed fans, my first one-handed fan was the manipulation fan on XB - hence my normal one-handed fan is still not up to scratch. Just keep practicing, it's a lot of work. I have generally found that while magic and flourishing take up roughly equal time, generally people learn one faster than the other, and also, flourishing takes a lot more time to look presentable. Both take roughly equal time to master, and I wouldn't recommend performing with either before that stage, but just performing to a mirror, magic looks presentable sooner than flourishing does.