Card College - Volume 1

Contents of Card College - Volume 1

• Thanks! by Roberto Giobbi
• Foreword by Juan Tamariz
• Introduction to Volume 1

The Art of Performing Magic with Cards

• A Personal Note
• How to Get The Most from this Book
• The Best Way to Learn from this Book
• A Comment on the Illustrations
• On the Terminology
• Thinking Beyond What is Immediately Required
• Art and Expression in the Handling of Cards
• How Much Theory is Necessary?
• The Path of the Master

A Brief History of Playing Cards

Instruments and Tools

• The Hands
• The Playing Cards
• The Close-up Pad

Chapter 1: Fundamental Techniques

• Dealing Position
• The End Grip
• Elevated Dealing Position
• Squaring the Deck
• The All-around Square-up
• Giving the Deck a Complete Cut
• Spreading the Cards in the Hands
• Outjogging Cards as They are Spread Between the Hands
• Dribbling Cards
• Dealing Cards
• Dealing Cards Face Down - The Draw Method
• Dealing Cards Face Up - The Stud Method
• The Swing Cut
• The Break
• The Little-finger Break
• Forming a Little-finger Break Under the Top Card - Two-handed Method
• Forming a Little-finger Break Under the Top Card - One-handed Method
• Forming a Little-finger Break Under Multiple Cards
• The Thumb Break
• The Step
• The Riffle
• The Ribbon Spread

Chapter 2: Overhand Shuffle Techniques, Part 1

• The Overhand Shuffle
• Running Single Cards
• Control of the Top and Bottom Cards
• Control of the Top Card
• Control of the Bottom Card
• Controlling the top Stock of the Deck - The Injog Shuffle
• Controlling the Bottom Stock

• Thought Stealer

• The Spectator Cuts the Aces

Chapter 3: False Cut Techniques, Part 1

• An Optical False Cut from the Hand
• The False Swing Cut
• A Simple False Cut
• A Triple False Cut
• The Slip Cut from Dealing Position

• Hat Trick

• Court Card Conclave

Chapter 4: Card Controls

• The Overhand Shuffle Control
• The "Whoops!" Control
• The Diagonal Insertion
• The Peek Control
• The Post-peek Overhand Shuffle Control
• A Peek Control for Two Cards
• The Multiple Peek Control
• The One-card Middle Pass
• Other Controls

• The Shamus Card

• The Question Is...

Chapter 5: Force Techniques, Part 1

• The Crisscross Force
• The Balducci Force
• The Goldin Force
• The Ten-to-twenty Force

• The Lie Detector

Chapter 6: Transfer Cuts

• The Double Cut
• The Triple Cut from Top to Bottom
• The Triple Cut from Bottom to Top

• Triple Coincidence

• Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Chapter 7: Riffle Shuffle Techniques

• The Closed Riffle Shuffle
• Squaring After the Shuffle
• The Open Riffle Shuffle
• Riffle Shuffle Stock Controls
• Control of the Top Stock
• Control of the Bottom Stock
• Th Waterfall Riffle Shuffle

• The Red-black Location

• Royal Flush Finale

Chapter 8: The Glide

• The Glide

• The Acrobat Family

• The Coué Test

Chapter 9: The Double Lift, Part 1

• A Double Lift
• A Double Turnover

• Rise and Swap

• A Card in Hand

Chapter 10: The Key Card

• Key-card Placement
• The Key Card in a Hand-to-hand Spread
• Key Card in a Ribbon Spread
• Glimpse and Placement
• Location, Identification and Control with a Key Card
• Control in a Hand-to-hand Spread
• Tabled Ribbon Spread Control
• Further Thoughts on the Key Card
• Shuffling with a Key Card
• Letting the Spectator Shuffle with a Key Card

• A Phenomenal Memory

• Your Number - Your Card

• Thot Echo

Chapter 11: Hindu Shuffle Technique

• The Hindu Shuffle
• Placing a Key Card with a Hindu Shuffle
• Glimpsing the Bottom Card with a Hindu Shuffle
• The Hindu Shuffle Force
• Hindu Shuffle Card Controls
• Controlling a Single Card
• Controlling Multiple Cards

• The Magus Card

• The Lucky Card

Chapter 12: Flourishes, Part 1

• Turning Over the Top Card I
• Turning Over the Top Card II
• Turning Over the Top Card III
• The Charlier Cut
• The Swivel Cut
• The Boomerang Card
• The Spring Riffle Shuffle
• Jack Merlin's Riffle Shuffle
• The Pop-up Card
• The Wind-up Gag
• The Two-handed Fan
• The Broad One-handed Fan
• The Reverse One-handed Fan
• The Ribbon Spread Turnover

Chapter 13: Spread Cull Techniques

• The Spread Cull
• The Under-the-spread Force

• The Magic Phone Number

• As You Like It

Chapter 14: Useful Auxiliary Sleights

• Thumb Counting
• The Little-finger Count
• The Secret Addition of Cards
• The Braue Addition
• The Tip-over Addition
• ATFUS
• The Single, Double and Multiple Push-over
• Buckling One or More Cards

Chapter 15: Force Techniques, Part 2

• The Classic Force
• Technique, Handling and Structure
• The Psychological Management of the Spectators
• The Inner Game of the Performer
• How to Practice the Classic Foce
• Outs
• Direct Methods
• Indirect Methods
• Final Observations
• The Riffle Force

• The Jumping Pulse

• Headliner!

Chapter 16: The Top Change

• The Top Change
• Top Change Covers
• The Top Change as an Out for the Classic Force

• Metamorphosis

• The Lucky Coin

Bibliographic Notes

Index

ISBN: 978-0-945296-18-8