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August 7th, 2008

Lilium in a Nutshell

"That's a little part of what I've learned in my first 6 months of XCM practice. Credits to Dan and Dave Buck and Kevin Ho."

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legendmichael15 years ago
This was my first video in Cardistry. Good memories. -Miquel Roman
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jokers rule17 years ago
cool music..........3/5
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SrdpT17 years ago
I'm a learner too and these people think they were born knowing XCM. We all have our start someday and six months is little time and I think you've learnt a lot. You should keep practicing, of course, don't let these people to stop you from it. You have all my support. XXX Great song, by the way!!!
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magician17 years ago
Hated it, you flashed on to many things,( Even one thing is to many.) For 6 months of flourishing there should have been a little more smoothness. You'll get there if you just practice more, and if you post a video make sure your ready for it, and it kind of looks like you made the video and uploaded it without reviewing it, remember that with a video you can re-do it over, and over again if your not happy with it. 0/5
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Samuel17 years ago
I agree with KeenanG, you seemed like you were covering the Bertram change too much. When done correctly it is simple beautiful and incredibly clean looking. Erdanese will need improvement as well, like what was said before, try to make it look less like you're moving the card. Take a single card and (without actually doing the change) make all the motions you would for the change. Don't move any cards, just make the waving or rubbing motions with your right hand. Then try to make it look exactly the same when you actually use the move. Keep at it and you'll definitely continue to see progress. Best of luck. Peace :)
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jasonjacobsmagic17 years ago
For only six months, I'd say you can be very proud of yourself. It will be fun to watch your progress throughout the years. Keep up the good work. :-) Jason
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KeenanG17 years ago
pretty nifty. on your bertram, instead of moving the hand with the card to the hand "without" the card, do the opposite, looks much much cleaner. The six to nine effect... hmm... very cluttered and not handled very well. it looked like you did not know what you were going to do next and had some isues with it. the two to queen change also needs some work. Its a very obvious effect so put a twist (pun not intended) Your erdnase needs a lot of work. This is a change i have dedicated ATLEAST 15-20 hours on since i began. To create the illusion, the card cannot be seen to move forward, this destroys the whole purpose of the change. The reason to do it, is to make it look as if you are just rubbing the card, and it changes. Create that effect with it. Make it look as if you are just rubbing it and dont let the card move at all. all of the illusion is created by the hand that is doing the rubbing, so make that hand a lot looser.
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Zack782417 years ago
im sorry..i didnt like it..looks as if u never really put the time to practice the cuts and flourishes..hhmm..good video production though.
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clllllust17 years ago
Overall I would work on getting your sleights and flourishes a lot smoother and cleaner. You flashed on some of the effects to an insane degree. Watch yourself in the mirror, see what your doing then watch other videos of Dan and Dave or other great flourishers and see the difference. -RA69
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ZachMueller17 years ago
why did richard approve this. you flashed on almost everything and your XCM was lame.
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holo17 years ago
I thought it was very sloppy, with lots of flashes.
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Stephen G17 years ago
I can see that you've just started, and you are doing very well. However, you might want to work on the Bob Change, Spin Change (flash), Erdnase, Dracula Count, and half pass. Just make them smoother and shoot at better angles next time. But overall, good work!
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s::VI17 years ago
Keep it up bro, but if you are oinna show something show the whole thing, also your molecule looks kinda weird, but keep practicing. 4/5
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vkr2917 years ago
Hey..this video was okay.. Six month is not that long so keep practicing..Practice few hours per day 7 days/week,, Practice when you are watching TV ,that works for me....so keep it up and good luck man:D Valdemar Gestur
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remy17 years ago
You did flash on a lot of the tricks. I get the basic idea though...it was alright. 3/5 Remy
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Luka Malenšek17 years ago
i like this video...he's keeping it up. make some positive to this guy, don't negative him immediately, i give it 4/5 i just have to say that more practice more skill, less mistakes, but if you wanted to do the video ok i understand. everything was great for 6 months of experience
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Spanker17 years ago
Sry but I hated the music. The tricks doesn't look smoth. Keep practising more before doing the videos.
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349012a8129417 years ago
Why are you all so harsh on him? He's obviously new to the craft, and who says that he's had time to practice every day of those six months? I didn't think it was too bad. Just keep working at it! 4/5 //Ben
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Mytza0717 years ago
is not so good .keep practice
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MaGiK Man17 years ago
not bad..but not good either, just keep practicing. work on the swiss made and the erdnase change. Work on the tricks and post them again once you've got em down perfect! nice job
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