- Hey brother, huh.
- You wanna learn the Shaolin Fan Split, huh?
So, huh, well, see I don't know if you're ready, huh.
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Yo, what's up guys.
Welcome back.
Today I'm gunna teach you guys something
that I've taught before in the past
when I worked for Illusionist.
However, this move I had to take down
because the owner, the creator,
Aviv, said that he was going to put it into a book,
but then decided not to put it into the book,
and so he wrote me and said it's fine for me to teach.
So, here we are.
Sorry if I seem out of breath.
I was in the hospital yesterday.
I've gotten like these heart palpitations
in the last three or four days.
And so, it's just been kind of like exhausting
for me to even like do things.
(exhale)
Not to worry, I'm getting checked out.
The doctor is going to monitor my heart tomorrow all day
to see if anythings up, or wrong.
But in the meantime I thought we'd have time for a video.
And since it's Monday, here it is.
Alright, so this move is called,
well, what I call it is the Shaolin Fan Split.
Big fan of like Shaolin Kung-Fu movies
and I thought this one kinda had that feeling to it,
especially with like the closer.
So once you're here and then-
(clap)
Originally Aviv showed this move in a Cardistry video,
I believe it was eight or nine years ago.
I added something to it, which is like when you go half
you can actually split it exactly
where you split it the first time and close it up again.
So like a double move you do twice and the deck comes back
to facing the same way.
All you really have to know what to do is
how to do a thumb fan,
and then from there I'll get into the mechanics
of how this fan splits up.
So if you do like this content,
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(exhale)
And lets get into teaching the Shaolin Fan Split.
Alright, so first thing you need to know how to do--
Actually before that it's always better to use a new deck,
because a new deck is not only going to fan nicer,
but will sort of glide and split a lot easier.
So, once you got your deck,
make sure you know how to do a thumb fan.
And that's kinda what a thumb fan,
I use my index for the thumb fan,
but same principle.
You can probably also use a pressure fan for this move.
I don't use a pressure fan,
just because I don't really do pressure fans that often.
As you can see.
But, it works with a thumb fan just fine.
The mechanics are pretty simple here.
I guess it's a bit of a knack,
because I've been doing it for a while,
so I don't know how difficult it is for you to learn,
to be honest, but we'll find out right now.
So, once you get into that position,
two things are gunna happen,
one, this hand is going to come in and grab underneath here,
okay?
Now watch the positioning of these three fingers here
as they move on this card, okay?
So, from here they're holding everything
and then starting with my ring finger
I'm going to move everything.
So, I don't want the fan to move,
'cause if I move all my fingers at the same time
what's gunna happen is that's gunna fall apart.
So, you kinda wanna hold the fan steady
and then just sorta inch your three fingers there
on the back of that card.
So right now my thumbs holding the back of it,
and the three fingers are holding--
it's a very fragile state.
I'm gunna bring this hand here,
and my thumb is going to be on the back of that card
just like that,
and all I'm going to do is relinquish pressure.
Now that's gunna happen,
because the sort of fan started to fall already.
You need it to be at a high point
to where when it opens up,
they split.
If you're fan is too low,
so if your fan is too low and you're here,
and your fingers are up here on this part of the card,
it's just going to look like the fan's melting.
Maybe another trick you can do, the melting fan.
But instead, you wanna get under.
There's like a point in the fan right about there,
and if you're under that point it'll split,
if you're over that point it'll melt, right?
So again, you wanna open it up,
you wanna get under that point,
you kinda feel the pressure there,
and as soon as you let go of that pressure just a bit,
it'll do that.
Now, once you're here,
you're kinda holding the packet like this,
what I like to do is just kinda slap 'em together
and then you can go at it again.
Once you're here, boom.
Now, it didn't split exactly,
as you can see there are two cards that didn't split.
The reason for that is just cause the pack
was sort of uneven,
and/or the card where it split at might've been bent,
or had grease on it or something
making it just easier for the deck
to decide where it wants to split.
So, to put the odds in your favor,
once you do this once, boom.
Now you want it to split exactly there,
so I don't know if you can see that,
but half of the deck,
actually less than half of the deck is facing this way,
More than half is facing this way.
So, obviously when I create a full fan,
that's gunna sorta happen right now
is where it's gunna be offset,
it's not gunna be dead center in the middle.
So, to adjust that while you're fanning
you wanna fan most of the deck, just kinda like that,
and kinda get it to the middle,
but even now, yeah, sorta not in the middle.
Just gunna take practice.
So once you're in this position, let go,
slap 'em together,
and then fan out again,
I wanna try to get to the middle of that
as much as possible,
you can kinda feel the pressure there.
There we go, boom.
Back to the way it once was.
I'll give you an over the shoulder quick look
if you're not getting it by now,
pretty simple though, so come on over here.
So, you're gunna rely a lot on gravity for this as well.
As you see it split it's not exactly even.
To try and get it splitting exactly even
you'll have to sort of,
sometimes lean, you know, lean your hands left and right.
And here I'm left with one card, which is kind of cool.
Maybe makes for a reveal of some sort, I don't know,
you guys play around with it.
But anyways, you're here, other thumb comes here,
I'm letting go.
So you're here, other thumb comes here,
letting go, slap 'em together.
I'm doing it again.
Finding that middle point,
didn't quite get it there,
which is totally fine, 'cause this is all for show,
all for fun.
It's just a lot of fun to do.
Also, the bigger your fan, the better.
If your fans are this small, it's not gunna work.
So if your fans are this small,
if your cards are shrinking, it's not gunna work.
You want a big fan,
right on the edge of your fingertips here,
so I'm bringing it to the edge of my fingertips.
So that point is a lot higher, easier to split.
If the fan starts shrinking, right?
It really starts shrinking, you know,
you're gunna be left with a very little deck,
it's not gunna work.
Get your fan high, slapa da bass, boom,
and again, didn't work, doesn't matter,
life goes on.
Such is cardistry.
That's it.
(cards shuffling)
Hey, so brother, you've learned the Shaolin Fan Split, huh?
Now, go out there and test your might.
There you have it, the Fan Split.
I thought it was a cool little move,
something for you to practice during the week,
not too difficult.
Obviously, like I said,
it works better with a brand new deck
than it does with a used one,
'cause the used ones tend to clump up.
But once you get the hang of it it's kind of fun to do,
and it's kind of fidgety
and you can just sit there by yourself
+and keep doing this move over and over,
it's very satisfying.
Anyways guys, thanks for watching this video.
I'll keep you posted on the ticker,
see what's going on tomorrow.
And we'll see you Wednesday for another puzzle video.
Uh, peace.
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