Passes

Isaac Kane

Isaac Kane

Dec 13, 2007
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Recently i walked into my local trick shop and the magician working there asked me if i were any good at passes. With a simple reply I said no, he continued to discuss how he had never met a magician who was good at them. So i was wondering if anybody had designed any successful and easy passes...
 
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Isaac Kane said:
Recently i walked into my local trick shop and the magician working there asked me if i were any good at passes. With a simple reply I said no, he continued to discuss how he had never met a magician who was good at them. So i was wondering if anybody had designed any successful and easy passes...
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Aaron Fisher has a few good ones that you can read in his book The Paper Engine. (One of the passes are sold here as a 1 on 1 video.)

You could also by Extremely Ambitious from Jay Sankey on his site at www.sankeymagic.com ... I can't say if they are great because I don't own it yet. However, I will soon.

-Doug
 
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D ICE R

Mar 6, 2008
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A Land Down Under
Aaron Fisher's Out-Jogged Herman shift is excellent. It is a lot easier to do than a classic pass as it is covered for most of the move, and the focus is so heavily on the outjogged card you most people will ignore the side where the move is. Not really a magic fooler though but I dont really care.
 
Ineski

Ineski

Sep 1, 2007
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Passes aren't easy and perfecting them takes a lot of time. Every card magician still should learn the classic methods. Also remember that your pass doesn't have to be 100% perfect technically because you should always do it under the cover of your misdirection.

Here's a relevant little video too :p
http://www.miikapelkonen.1g.fi/passingaround.mov
 
Dima

Dima

May 13, 2008
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St Albans, UK
You could use my False Pass as i call it: card in centre, display it, take a brake so to speak, tell him to watch the top card carefully, do a pass UNDER the top card (bottom half revolves around) and then a dl to show the same card.
 
ace18

ace18

Sep 1, 2007
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Dima said:
You could use my False Pass as i call it: card in centre, display it, take a brake so to speak, tell him to watch the top card carefully, do a pass UNDER the top card (bottom half revolves around) and then a dl to show the same card.
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Thats a Top Card Cover Pass.
And its not yours....
 
Ineski

Ineski

Sep 1, 2007
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Dima said:
You could use my False Pass as i call it: card in centre, display it, take a brake so to speak, tell him to watch the top card carefully, do a pass UNDER the top card (bottom half revolves around) and then a dl to show the same card.
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That's called the "Top Card Cover Pass".

EDIT: A little too late...
 
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LingLing

Dec 30, 2007
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Isaac Kane said:
Recently i walked into my local trick shop and the magician working there asked me if i were any good at passes. With a simple reply I said no, he continued to discuss how he had never met a magician who was good at them. So i was wondering if anybody had designed any successful and easy passes...
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Turnover pass and Hermann pass are supposedly very easy. Never tried either, but that's what I hear.
 
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Shodan

Sep 1, 2007
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Greg Wilson's Backstage Pass, absolutely fantastic, pretty easy to execute and extremely practical - you can find it on either Pyrotechnic Pasteboards or Card Stunts, I forget which (I'm pretty sure its Stunts though).

Cheers,
David.
 
Cliff|Bumgardner

Cliff|Bumgardner

Sep 19, 2007
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North Carolina
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The pass is a move that amazes me to no end. At my IBM Ring EVERY time I perform card magic I am using the pass and have never been called out, "caught" or had 1 comment on it... I am 15 years old. There is a guy who looks to be about 40 or so and cannot comprehend the thought of a turnover pass. People are so scared of them, so scared of the bold maneuvers in magic that they pass (no pun intended) them by.

I do the classic and the Herman Turnover and they have served me well. The Midnight Shift and Dribble passes are great to use while you perfect a classic as well.

Don't be afraid of them, just do it and work hard... its sooo worth it.

C=B
 
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nspikito

Jul 8, 2008
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Philadelphia/Pennsylvania/USA
All passes are angle sensitive, but some more than others. Even relatively obvious passes, like the classic pass, are essentially invisible if you are either moving your hands (e.g., right-to-left) when you do it or else create some misdirection (e.g., ask the spectators a question) while it happens. The less angle-sensitive passes, like the dip pass, are covered by other movements of your hands.
But to return to the orginal question, the Hermann passes are definitely easier to learn than the many variations of the classic pass. However they all need lots of practice.
 
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kaart

Apr 1, 2008
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dribble pass or the spread pass (spread the cards and in closing do a pass, that's my favorite^^
 
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