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I am a beginner and I want to start performing in public places for strangers. I have done it a few times but my presentation was not that good because of the nerves.. I also perform for friends in my breaks at school (I'm 16). When I do a trick to a friend of friend my hands may be shaking a...

First a quick introduction. I am a 33 year old marketing director who is just now returning to magic after a twenty year hiatus. I have been practicing magic for roughly a month at the time of this initial post. These posts are designed to provide insights and opinions for other beginners in...

Hey Everyone, I've been doing magic for just under a year now and just a few days ago I discovered that theory11 has this forum area (which is fantastic may I add) I just want to connect with other magicians and listen to people's ideas that may help me on my magical journey but also just to...

Hi Everyone, doing magic with about 2 months, was wondering if people could recommend some popular card and coin tricks for street magic

Hiya folks I'm a very late teenager (20) who recently discovered a burning curiousity with magic. After experiencing a street performance, 3 seasons of Penn and Teller and a few YouTube videos I found myself here. I recently learned a few ways to make a coin disappear, which was easy given my...

Couldn't really think of a better way of titling this post! I am a beginner card magician. I am about 2 months in and loving it. I used to do juggling when I was a bit younger, and play the drums, guitar etc and love hand and arm dexterity things. I am also very much a fidgiter. Always doing...

Hello! I am newer to the flourishing community, well I'm nit really apart of it as I can't flourish that well, . But I have been practicing magic and that lead me to create a new concept on the pass (a card from one hand to another). I have smaller hands and tried the thumb pass (as shown by...

Hi! I'm an amateur cardist. Since I'm just starting out, I'd really appreciate it if someone could answer a few questions :-) Currently I'm making my way through Genesis V1 by Andrei Jikh (which is simply amazing! It has helped me learn moves which I've worked hard on in the past and given up...

Hello guys, I'm a new "magician" and my current deck (bicycle) kinda dirty with grease marks. So should I buy a new one or just wait ?

Hey guys!!! It' me again. So I have developed an interest in cardistry a couple of days ago and I have watched some cardistry videos from YouTube and I was wondering, "How do they transition from one move to another without looking choppy?" This is because every time I try to do some cardistry I...

Hello community: I am new learning magic. Have learning and practicing with cards, but to keep it fun and try different things I have been adviced to also learn some coins and rings magic. The thing is I have no idea where to get started. I don't mean by some gimmicks but learn the basics...

Hello people! I am just beginning with card magic, using The Royal Road ...https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/35-years-old-beginner.46594/. I wonder about the best way in your opinion to progress. For example, I mean, even something as fundamental as the overhand shuffle or false...

Hello everyone. I am completely new here in theory11 and also to card magic and cardistry. Card magic is something I have always liked, but when younger I used to think I would never be able to do it. Now in my 35 I thought... What the ****? Why not? I would like to ask two questions to the...

I'm a beginner to card tricks and I practice everyday and sometimes at school too, and some kids I'll ask me to do a trick so I try this one I came up with myself but I can never get it right, so does anyone know of any simple tricks I could do that still involve basic magic things (slight of...

I've recently picked up card magic, and over the past few months I've made a decent amount of progress. I'd consider myself somewhere between beginner and intermediate. I've covered all the content in the Royal Road to Card Magic, and mastered the slights in there, in addition to some material...

I started doing card tricks about 5 months ago or so. I practice as much as i can since i work yet i feel that even though i keep learning things i do it at a really slow pace and i can't get clean enough in things like passes. Beeing the classic pass a great example, i can do it, but i can't...

Hello, I have watched youtube videos from 52kards and disturb reality. I am able to do a decent double lift, and I am good at some tricks like the two card monte. I was wondering what the best route is to learn the best. Some questions I have are: What are the best books to buy? Any youtubers...

Im 14 and hv no idea of cardistry but I hv been doing Card magic since 2013 and Im pretty good at it. I dont want to become a professional card flourisher(cardist) but want to add flourishes to my tricks to make long and boring card tricks intresting and more entertaining. But this seems quite...

Hello and good day, name is as my username states, not quite confident enough i guess to be here but anyway. I came from music and been loving it, but ever since I was a kid aside from playing music I was always fascinated by "street magic" mainly. Up close deception. I have 0 experience on...

So I've been casually doing card tricks for about a year now for friends and family and I figured now's a good time to start buying some legit magic books. I can do basic false cuts, double lifts, etc. and I'd say I'm at a late beginner, early intermediate level. I do tricks mostly for people at...