Posts Tagged ‘coins’


How to do magic tricks #12 – Slydini’s Secrets Exposed!

I hope you have been amazed by Tony Slydini and his magic tricks, his ingenious art of misdirection and his excellent sleight of hands. Perhaps you have already become a fan of Tony Slydini. There are more to what Tony Slydini has performed than what have been posted on this website.  If you wish to [...]

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How to do magic tricks #10 – Slydini’s Cigarette Tricks & Coins Through The Table

In the video posted in this article, Slydini performed a total of 3 magic tricks. The precious thing in this video is Dick Cavett’s introduction to Tony Slydini and his ingenuity in performing magic. The first magic trick that lasted until 4:30, is some sort of a representation of the “Paper Balls in the Hat” [...]

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How to do magic tricks #9: Slydini’s “Helicopter Card”

In this video, you will watch how Tony Slydini performed 2 of his tricks, namely, the “6 Coins Routine” and “The Helicopter Card”. For each trick, he performed it twice, each time with a slight variation.   It is a basic rule in performing magic that you do not repeat your performance of a magic [...]

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How to do magic tricks #6: Where and how do I begin?

photo credit: trialsanderrors If you are doing card magic or coin magic, there are many sleights that you need to master before you could progress to the more professional magic tricks respectively. If you were to wait for yourself to perfect these sleights, you would have probably lost interest or given up magic by then. [...]

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How to do magic tricks #5: Items used in magic

In stage magic, there are standard routines performed by stage magicians which we are familiar with as children watching magic show on television. In the field of stage magic, only the more exceptional magicians are able to present more innovative routines which the general public is less exposed to; or they could present a standard [...]

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