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The Magician’s Choice
An important principle of magic is the principle of force. A technique using this principle is called the “Magician’s Choice”. In using the principle of force, a magician pretends to ask you to make a choice but he is actually making you choose what he intends for you to choose.
Four Key Principles of Magic
Generally, magicians design and perform their magic tricks by operating according to a few principles. They are the principles of force, misdirection and verbal manipulation. Besides these, magicians spend a great amount of time practicing what is known as the sleight of hands.
Slydini’s Paper Balls Over The Head
In the video posted in this article, Tony Slydini demonstrated live to the audience how “Misdirection” could fool an audience. He did this by throwing the paper balls over the volunteer’s head again and again without him noticing it. All the rest of the audience could see clearly what happened except the volunteer himself.
Slydini’s Cigarette Tricks & Coins Through The Table
Slydini performed a variety of tricks using coins and cigarettes based on the same principles and techniques he used in his “Paper Balls in the Hat” and “6-coin routine”.
Slydini’s Helicopter Card
In this article, you will watch a video on 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. I will also share the secrets to these tricks.
Tony Slydini – The Master of Misdirection
Tony Slydini is a magicians who used purely sleight of hands and misdirection in performing his magic. In this article, Slydini performs his “The Paper Balls In Hat” trick and a cigarette trick.