Price$35.00
Media TypeDVD
CategoryManipulation
Date AddedJul 08, 2003
Manipulation Without Tears DVD
Jeff McBride
McBride Magic, Inc.
(Based on 1 review)
“My hands are too small,” or “My hands don’t work as well as they used to,” or, “I don’t have the time to practice manipulation as much as I would like to.”
I have offered up this material for the magician who has only limited skill or time to practice. Often, complicated sleight of hand routines take many months or years of practice before you can experience the results. These routines and effects are designed with minimum practice involved, and almost immediate results. Routines like these do take some practice, but will give you more rewards than blisters, more “wows” than “ouches.” The manipulation exercises and effects are here to help you build confidence, and perhaps will trick you into becoming a sleight of hand artist.
Reviews
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“Many times I hear from students of mine or from magicians at conventions, ‘I’d love to do manipulation but my hands aren’t big enough,’ or ‘I don’t have enough time to practice,’ or ‘my hands don’t work the way they used to...’ All of these are just excuses.”
Jeff McBride, from the Introduction to Manipulation Without Tears
With that in mind, and in an effort to empower rather than judge, Jeff McBride has compiled a collection of manipulation techniques that he refers to as “confidence-building exercises.” However, unlike musical scales, for example, these “exercises” can actually be performed for an audience.
Indeed, what I like most about this DVD is that the material is taught with the emphasis on performance, rather than just mechanics. Moreover, while it’s a basic course in manipulation (cards, coins, balls), it isn’t condescending in the way that teaching tools directed at beginners can often be. In other words, Jeff doesn’t “pre-chew” every bit of information he imparts. Instead he grants the viewer a reasonable level of intelligence and attentiveness that in turn allows him to demonstrate a technique without belaboring it.
If you’re looking to add card, coin or ball manipulation to your act, this DVD will give you some simple, effective sequences that you can apply right now, then upgrade in the future as you learn more demanding techniques.
David Acer
Jeff McBride, from the Introduction to Manipulation Without Tears
With that in mind, and in an effort to empower rather than judge, Jeff McBride has compiled a collection of manipulation techniques that he refers to as “confidence-building exercises.” However, unlike musical scales, for example, these “exercises” can actually be performed for an audience.
Indeed, what I like most about this DVD is that the material is taught with the emphasis on performance, rather than just mechanics. Moreover, while it’s a basic course in manipulation (cards, coins, balls), it isn’t condescending in the way that teaching tools directed at beginners can often be. In other words, Jeff doesn’t “pre-chew” every bit of information he imparts. Instead he grants the viewer a reasonable level of intelligence and attentiveness that in turn allows him to demonstrate a technique without belaboring it.
If you’re looking to add card, coin or ball manipulation to your act, this DVD will give you some simple, effective sequences that you can apply right now, then upgrade in the future as you learn more demanding techniques.
David Acer