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Disclaimer
I do not claim any credits for anything in this session…
Do not take me seriously

Introduction
Acknowledgement
Who am I
My background in magic
Kind of stuff I like to do
Define myself: Magic/sleight of hand enthusiast?
Future
My opinion on magic related things
There are no right ways of doing/learning magic
Nothing wrong with a little ego/ambition
Book or video?
How I read magic books
denisbehr.com
Do whatever that makes you happy
It's okay to be selfish
Take advice with caution
Expand your knowledge
Magic? Art?
Let your magic speaks for itself
Sleight of hand
I practice them for their own sake
Pseudo-science in the presentation
Not a fan
Does magic have to be meaningful?
Not necessarily
What do you want to be?
Community
Don't be a jerk(No condescensions please)
Be respectful
Be generous with information if you can

Aesthetic
Finger positioning, hand posture, movement…
Example
Table running cut
Off the table
On the table
Left hand
Curled index
Straightened index
Finger(s) used to strip the deck
 Right hand
Middle finger & Thumb
Middle, ring finger & thumb
Middle, ring, little finger & thumb
Curled index
Straightened index
Movement
Only left
Only right
Both hands move
Sting cut
Left hand
Curled index
Straightened index
Finger(s) used to strip the deck
Right hand
Middle finger & Thumb
Middle, ring finger & thumb
Middle, ring, little finger & thumb
Curled index
Straightened index
Movement
Only left
Only right
Both hands move
In the hand riffle shuffle
Split
Curled index
Straightened index
Shuffle
Curled index
Straightened index
Direction
Forward V
Parallel
Backward V
Bridge/no bridge
On the table
Off the table
Table riffle shuffle
Split
Shuffle
Deck orientation
V
no V
huge V
Grips
Various grips
 Close/open…
Square up
Index fingers
Middle fingers(Erdnase)
Bridge
Table bridge
"off-the-table bridge
Weightlessness(tensionless, casualness)
Example
Overhand shuffle
In the hand running cut
In the hand spread
Rhythm
Punctuation
Accentuation
Light
Aggressive
Beats
Example
Sting cut
Punctuation
Accentuation
Beats
CTB false cut
…
Double cut positioning cut
An interesting rhythm I discovered
Scrape cut
Accentuation
Beat(sort of…)
Transitions("How do you get into it, and get out of it?")
Example
overhand shuffle
Getting into shuffling position
Standard method
Ben Earl's middle finger push
What to do after the shuffle
Grabbing
Rolling
Special transition
Harapan Ong's left to right transition
Table riffle shuffle
Getting into shuffling position
From hand to table
Deck face down
Standard method
SF's transition
JM's transition
 Deck face up
…
From table to table
Deck face down
Deck face up
After the shuffle
Table to table
Deck stay still
Moving the deck away
…
Table to hand
Ben Earl's transition
Two-handed
One-handed
Extension:
Table to hand transition after cutting the deck
Sting cut
Scrape cut
…
In the hand riffle shuffle
Dealing grip to shuffling position
Standard
Tapping and begin
Shuffling position to dealing grip
Clockwise
Anti-clockwise close

Techniques of my interest(Sorry)
Considerations
Deceptiveness
External reality & Internal reality
"Sleight of Hand is the slave to the outer reality"
Get good instruction
Be honest with yourself
Use you head
Think before practice
"Perfect practice makes perfect"(Richard Turner)
Outer reality
Push through shuffle
Zarrow shuffle
Pull out shuffle
Up the ladder
Sting cut

In-the-hand break management(have not explore on-the-table break manegement too much)
How to get into it
My preferred methods
 not-let-go
From spread
From swing cut
Other interesting methods
Jared Kopf's method
Tony Chang's "Precrastination"
Maintaining the break
Size of the break
Medium size break
Throw-offs
Ben Earl
Elevated dealing position
Can lift your left thumb!(A little bit overkilling…)
Spread the card while hold a break
SF's display
Messy deck
After the returning of selection
After spreading the deck while holding a break
Transfer to step
Put the deck on the table
Fanning the deck(Very good!)
While doing SF hand table transition
Vernon's enlarging the break
Double lift/turnover
Vernon's Double
From The Dai Vernon book of magic
From Vernon chronicle(loose lift?)
Concealing the middle finger movement
Where to push with left thumb?
Push off
Realize the external reality
How to cleanly push off two cards?
Bob White's Flash Double
With different pushing methods
Some interesting double handling(No detail instruction)
Stuart Gordon double with rotation
Helder
Stuart Gordon with Tamariz turnover
Stuart Gordon with air!
Dennis Kim's Jecht Lift(Sorry if I typed the wrong name)
Yoann's Stuart Gordon rotation
Lee Asher's Diving Board double
Lee Asher's Silver Surfer
Andrew Frost's little click(Sorry about the funny name…"CLICK!") while doing push off
Dan and Dave
Flying double(forget the exact name, sorry…)
Double using for Goat change
Fancy change double
 Spin doctor double
Ascanio(Sorry about all the naming!)
Sliding one
Giggling one
One from a Spanish restless lady routine(rotation)
Michael Close's center DL
Other techniques(Ask anything you like!)
Palming
Key
"Bend the hell out of it"
Top palm
Top card(s)
Topping the deck
Erdnase top palm
Larry Jenning bevel palm
One handed top palm
Bottom card(s)
Bottom to right hand palm
Braue bottom palm
Bottom palm
Bottom card(s)
My favorite: John Carney's small packet palm
Erdnase bottom palm
Ernest Earick One handed bottom palm
Chris power's One handed bottom palm
Larry Jenning's One handed bottom palm
Top Card(s)
Loewy palm
Key points
Future classic palm
Variations
Center palm
Into right hand
…
Into left hand
Diagonal Palm Shift
Key points
Variations
Michael Close's variation of Larry Jenning's bottom palm
palm transfer
Variations
Why do we practice them?
Palm replacement
Top card(s)
Ben Earl
Table tapping
Aaron Fisher(Decking the top)
Ones in Vernon chronicle
 Bottom card(s)
Erdnase
Johnny Thompson

Esoteric palms/palm replacements

False deals
Seconds
…
Centers
…
Bottoms
…
False shuffles
Zarrow Shuffle
Key points
Table shuffle over(Oeink shuffle)
Top-line shuffle over
Tom Rose's false shuffle(not going to detail)
As a force(done casually of course)
An interesting location routine(not exactly a routine)
…
…
Tricks of my interest(Again, my apologies…)
Real ace cutting
Recommend: Ben Earl's Real ace cutting DVD
Lot of things to talk about within this one routine!
Variation
Techniques
…
Triumph(versions that I really enjoy)
Zarrow shuffle(Again!)
Sloppy shuffle
Triple cask triumph - Elliot Terral
Flourishy stuff
Oil and water routine that I made up just for fun
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Conclusion
Acknowledgement(again, of course!)
Contact info
After-party?(If the schedule permits)