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For a fascinating look at one of the masters of card manipulation, see Secrets of the Magus :

http://rickyjay.com/NewYorker_RickyJay.pdf

There was also a recent documentary on Ricky Jay (available on Netflix) called Deceptive Practice :

http://www.rickyjaymovie.com/



I love Ricky Jay. My dad is a slight of hand specialist and his entire basement is essentially a magic library. Anyway, when I was a kid I took particular interest to Ricky's book on how to throw playing cards as he used topless models to demonstrate form.

Knowing how hard you can throw a card, I feel like I'm lucky that me and my brothers escaped childhood with our eyesight intact.


I also love Ricky Jay after seeing a video, but was disappointed when searching for others that it seems that, unless I'm missing something, he's been doing the same 5 to 10 tricks his entire career. Wish he had more variety (available online I mean, he's certainly capable I'm sure.)




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