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MField2000 Special user Hastings, East Sussex, England 590 Posts |
Your card magic and skill in handling are exemplary, Rafael. It is an inspiration to watch you in action.
As a professional, which card control do you use most frequently when "the heat is on"? Are you an advocate of using the Pass? Which one? Matt Field |
Rafael Benatar V.I.P. Spain 165 Posts |
As a control, depending on the trick, I use mostly overhand shuffles, a variety of passes (classic pass, turnover pass, cover pass) and also the Convincing Control (because if fits the requirements of a couple of tricks I do). Needless to say, a good pass should appear like nothing and convince the spectator that the card is lost in the middle of the deck. An overhand shuffle is disguised as a regular shuffle and convinces the audience that the card could be anywhere, including top or bottom. I do a trick, for example, that I call "Neither and Also," in which I want just that: "Your card could have ended up on the top by accident. This is not your card, is it?
I have practiced the pass in many ways and it all helps, but when it comes to under fire conditions, which is what you're asking, I usually do something simple that depends of what's going on in the room at that given moment. Here is an example, I am about to replace the top half while retrieving the card from a spectator on my right. I turn to the left and pull out the bottom half while making a gesture at the whole audience and then place the switched top half as if burying the card and emphasizing (without words) how cleanly I square up, while the card is actually on top. Experience with the top change helps a lot here. If the purpose of the pass is not a control but just cutting the deck secretly (i.e. to send the top card to the middle) I often use the Erdnase one-hand pass but with two hands. I also use the pass for sending one or two cards from top to bottom. If the situation is right, I prefer it to double-cutting. There is somehting about the pass that cannot be taught in books, or video, DVD, and maybe not even live, unless it could be shown in a wide variety of situations. Has to do with an awareness of the environment. |
Chris Stolz Inner circle Mississauga, Ontario 1958 Posts |
Alright I just tried that switch and loved it!
It's moments like these where you slap yourself in the forehead and exclaim, "Why didn't I think of that!" Thanks, Chris Stolz Magician / Actor
Chris Stolz
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