What's the best book for flourishing?

kameron92009 · Feb 16, 2008

I've been looking everywhere, but I just haven't been able to find a good book for flourishing that everyone loves. For card magic, there's Royal Road to Card Magic, which everyone here SWEARS by. But what about for flourishes?

I heard the the Encyclopedia of Flourishes is a good resource, but that it's better to just get Xtreme Beginnerz first because the Encyclopedia is a bit hard (yes, I AM a beginner, so please recommend something easy to pick up on

) So what book is the best out there? Or should I go ahead and get the Xtreme Beginnerz DVD? Thanks for reading.

-killer : kam

Aris.SA · Feb 16, 2008

the best book for flourishes is the encylopeedia of flourishes.. aka the bible of flourishes =) u wont find any book better than this =P

c3rb3rus · Feb 16, 2008

yeah the only book that i know of that concentrates solely on flourishes would be Jerry Cestkowski's Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes. you can buy the book straight from Jerry at his site: http://www.flourishman.com/

Jack The Magician · Feb 16, 2008

I think that both the Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes and Xtreme Beginnerz are two excellent starting resources.

The Encyclopedia, in my opinion, is probably the best book out there, and depending on whether you would like to read or watch a DVD will probably determine which resource is better suited for you. XB is much more affordable and, of course, you have the liberty of visualizing the moves, but I believe that the Encyclopedia has more moves in it than XB.

In addition, feel free to check out this thread with some valuable information about the Encyclopedia, XB, and other resources, but, as stated above, the best book would be the Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes.

Cheers,
JTM

RichmanMatthew · Feb 16, 2008

Definitely get the Encyclopedia over XB. Even if it is more money, there are a lot more flourishes in it. It is a better bang for the buck.

kameron92009 · Feb 16, 2008

Thanks for the replies, guys.

Ok, so now I think that I'm going to go ahead and get the Encyclopedia. Where do you think the best place to buy it from is? Please provide links if you can.

-killer : kam

copperfield 14 · Feb 16, 2008

kameron92009 said:
Thanks for the replies, guys. Ok, so now I think that I'm going to go ahead and get the Encyclopedia. Where do you think the best place to buy it from is? Please provide links if you can.

-killer : kam

Here http://www.flourishman.com/