Comments on: Diagonal Palm Shift #1

By: Allen

Allen — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:16:15 +0000

Hey,

Love your applications with the DPS! Epic!. Was curious if you could run through a quick breakdown of the color change you did at the end. I don’t quiet seem to understand how to drag the card with the DPS.

By: Tony Chang

Tony Chang — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:29:18 +0000

When pushing in the card, have your left hand on the deck in mechanics grip. your thumb is on the outer left corner and your middle finger is on the outer right corner. The ring finger and pinky are loose on the right side of the deck. These two fingers should not be touching the deck. (They can, but they just have to be ready to move out of the way) The card is inserted in the front. When you push the card in, use your index finger to push straight in. Your other fingers will pretend to push the card in but the only force is from the index finger. Now if u add a little pressure from the left middle finger to the outer right corner of the deck, it will act as a pivot point for the card to angle side jog to the right.

Now remember that the corner sticking out on the thumb side of the deck should be very very small. Your thumb and pinky should be able to slide the card up and down in the deck. Hope that helps.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:19:30 +0000

Tony I just wanted to say that I think you have the best example I’ve seen on what a real DPS should look like. The whole idea around making the left hand look as dead as possible is so true.

Question: After countless hours of watching your vids I do not understand how you are getting the side angle injog (as depicted in Fig74 on p138 of TEATCT). It truly looks like you are pushing the card straight in. There is no exaggerated angling of the card as you see with most handlers. Any advice on making this move look less suspicious?

By: jaded

jaded — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:21:51 +0000

first time to post here.

discovered this move in this site..
this is a really really good move..

could you give more tutorials on other applications.

tnx
-jaded

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:24:59 +0000

So, where’d you learn to eliminate that finger flutter, eh Tony? ;P.

I really like that application at the end. Something about the simplicity of it, even though we explored fancier versions… I overlooked this one and how good it could look.

I also notice that when you hand the deck out, you favor pointing the (your) left side of the deck towards the spectator. Seems to serve eliminating that “energy” on another level as well. The structure of your right hand/arm also takes a more natural appearance eliminating the awkwardness of favoring the front on the hand out.

Nice tip with the beam too. I’ll work on that one.

By: Exo

Exo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:01:48 +0000

did you even read what tony wrote dan ?
extending your finger without a reason raises suspision and having it already extended before doing the move makes it seem alot more natural.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:00:40 +0000

It only (index finger) has to extend right at the end of the swivel. Ask Matt Richman for tips. He helped me.

By: Exo

Exo — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:17:00 +0000

Just wanted to point out that the dps topcardsteal can be used as a top to bottom ambitious card bit. (maybe somebody actualy likes it^^)

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:49:48 +0000

Haha I know, I was just playing around Tony.

Glad you are posting again. Gotta remember, the magic community in Tokyo is dead, so I gotta have my fix every once in a while, and I prefer your insight to other sites =).

By: Mathias

Mathias — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:27:26 +0000

Didn’t think of that^

I admit I’ve fallen into the trap of being dependent on ideas from others (and not really being aware of it), rather than experimenting and playing around myself. It’s a habit that I have to break