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If you are like me, then you need a haircut and you love great card magic. You
probably can get a haircut anywhere ? although, if you?re like me, you
remember that the place at the mall near the pretzel kiosk across from
that place that engraves names on things you would never buy, even if
you could get them engraved, gives the worst haircuts.
I
don?t know how we got to engraving but if you?re like me, you know that
sometimes our mind wanders and we write things that don?t seem related
to the central point of our articles.
Anyway, we, or I, have one sleight that I do constantly: the Classic Force. I learned from a magic genius, Barry Gibbs of the Magic Fun Wagon Fame in West Palm Beach, Florida. I think he taught me because I was a demonstrator for the shop and because he was tired of me doing the Hindu Shuffle Force.
Mr. Gibbs is left-handed so I still do almost all of my sleights with the wrong hand for a right-handed person.That
has nothing to do with anything except to explain why my right hand is
whithered like a raisin and my left hand is larger than the Hulk’s.
If
you don?t have a time-travel machine available and can?t receive the
outstanding teaching of Mr. Gibbs on how to do a Classic…
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If you are like me, then you need a haircut and you love great card magic. You
probably can get a haircut anywhere ? although, if you?re like me, you
remember that the place at the mall near the pretzel kiosk across from
that place that engraves names on things you would never buy, even if
you could get them engraved, gives the worst haircuts.
I
don?t know how we got to engraving but if you?re like me, you know that
sometimes our mind wanders and we write things that don?t seem related
to the central point of our articles.
Anyway, we, or I, have one sleight that I do constantly: the Classic Force. I learned from a magic genius, Barry Gibbs of the Magic Fun Wagon Fame in West Palm Beach, Florida. I think he taught me because I was a demonstrator for the shop and because he was tired of me doing the Hindu Shuffle Force.
Mr. Gibbs is left-handed so I still do almost all of my sleights with the wrong hand for a right-handed person.That
has nothing to do with anything except to explain why my right hand is
whithered like a raisin and my left hand is larger than the Hulk’s.
If
you don?t have a time-travel machine available and can?t receive the
outstanding teaching of Mr. Gibbs on how to do a Classic Force, check
out the Instant Download section at Penguin Magic.
Through
the video download ? hence the ?Instant? of Instant Download ? you will
get a feel for the timing of the Classic Force as well as the mechanics. You?ll also learn that it is the timing or cadence of the force that makes the difference. At
the end of the training, you?ll be able to allow someone to ?pick a
card, any card? and yet it will be the card you want them to select.
You
should know that the Classic Force is not 100%. You won?t always get
the spectator to select the correct card, but the great part is they
won?t know the difference. You simply proceed with another card trick using the card they selected.
If I can urge you to check out the Classic Force, I will have done my job. If you?re like me, you know that learning and doing the Classic Force is fun and makes you feel like a real magician.
Of course, if you?re like me, you already know how to do it, so check out the other downloads they have, instead.
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