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My name is Chris Ramsay.
Thanks so much for tuning in today.
I've got a pretty cool little thing to show you guys
as you've seen by the trailer,
it's a three packet flourish which is called 3pac Shakur.
I taught it a while ago on The Shift,
but I thought I'd give it the due justice
it so rightfully deserves today.
Hopefully you guys enjoy it.
This is a beginner cut,
so whether you're just getting into flourishing,
or card magic, or anything, this is something
you can pick up quite easily.
The only prerequisite is a Charlier.
You're gonna have to learn that first.
If you don't know how to do that,
go do that practice, and when you're done
come watch this video,
and you can learn a cool application using that cut
which kind of looks smooth and fancy.
So guys, thanks so much for your support,
and I hope you enjoy the video.
If you have any questions, hit me up below in the comments,
and if you like the video, go ahead and like it,
and share, subscribe, all that bullshit.
So enjoy.
So let's give you a brief overview of
what this flourish looks like.
Here we go.
That's it.
Very simple, very easy, very elegant.
It's kinda got that flippy floppy action going on.
There's some variations you can do with it.
You can tamper with all sorts
of these neat little variations.
Whatever you want to do.
So, okay, good.
Let's get into learning it.
You want to hold it in a straddle grip.
So straddle grip is when the pinkie and the index
and the two fingers are like that,
and you can basically hold the deck just like that.
So you're in a high straddle grip.
You're not down here, right, here.
The right hand, or your main hand, whatever that is,
you want to grab the middle finger and the thumb
on the right hand and grab the outer edges.
Now you're take a small packet,
I would say maybe 5-10 cards, 5-10 cards,
and you're just going to,
here's a really good trick,
this packet is never going to leave this finger.
It's always going to be in contact with this finger.
So you've got these two fingers here,
and you're curving down, you're going like this, right.
Your index is going to remain curled on the inside
because if it's up here, you won't be able to do this move.
So you want to keep this index curled in as you rotate.
Now all I'm doing,
I'm barely even moving this hand.
This is the hand that's moving.
I'm going around the middle finger,
just like that.
Once I'm here, the index is out here as you can see.
I'm going to move forward with my right hand,
let go with my middle finger
and now only the thumb and index
are going to contact the deck.
So once I'm here,
and then the thumb is the one to close it up.
Alright
Goes all the way around,
see how it's always touching the middle finger?
It never for one second lets go.
Even during the turn here, I'm pushing, I'm sliding down,
I'm sliding up, and it comes back, right.
Now the other hand,
the only thing the other hand's going to be doing
is as soon as I drop this, you're going to drop into
a sort of Charlier, where you just drop half the pack.
To do that it's basically your thumb
is just gonna let go, the pad of your thumb
is just gonna let go of half of that packet.
Once that's done, you're here, you do this.
Now when you're here, after you close up,
you simply just Charlier.
Woah.
You can Charlier afterwards or before if you want
and retain the top packet.
Woah, it just got really bright in here.
Wow, look at that.
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Alright, enough of that.
Like how I can control the sun?
So like I said, you can cut this first,
and then put that in so you can retain the top sock
if that's what you wish.
I don't use this as a false cut,
I just kinda like using it as a cut, it's a flourish.
Other variation was once you're here,
you're just gonna let it tumble in that hand,
do your Charlier, and then tumble it back on top.
So that one's kinda neat as well.
It's a nice flow to it.
Now this is not the hardest thing in the world,
but once you get it, you're going to have to work on
how smooth it looks.
And I think that's the secret to any flourish.
I think you can have something extremely simple,
as simple as a revolution cut, or a Charlier,
or even a swing cut, but I think when done right
and smoothly, and that takes many many hours of practice,
I think only then will it truly start to look like
it's sort of melting in your hands.
You know?
So you're here, one last look.
It's the middle and thumb, grab the top,
index curls under, goes over, and then closes up.
Now you want the Charlier together.
There you go.
Whoop.
So I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial.
It is a beginner cut.
If you know somebody, maybe one of your friends,
that wants to learn,
wants to start cardistry,
or does magic a little bit,
or dabbles in cards.
Or maybe you know a magician that doesn't do any cardistry
and you want to teach them something cool,
well share this video with him, or her,
and I'm sure they could pick it up.
And this is something that pretty much anybody can do,
and it just looks kinda neat.
The best angle,
I'm going to move around here.
The best angle for this move is head on.
Right here.
So if you're doing it to somebody from here,
I think that's where you're going to get
the best sort of aesthetically pleasing angle.
Alright, whoop.
So guys, I hope you enjoyed this video.
Remember to like, share, and all that stuff.
And we'll see you next time for possibly another tutorial,
or street magic video, I don't even know yet,
but thanks again for tuning in, and take care.
Peace out.