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- Yo!
What's going on, guys?
Today, we're back with another tutorial.
We are going to learn a--
- Card s ...
- That's right.
We're gonna learn a card flourish as I drop my card.
I'm gonna teach you two go to flourishes
that I use all that time during performance.
Now, if you're a cardist, pay no attention to this,
because this is not super advanced cardistry.
This isn't cutting edge card cutting.
All this is is something
fancy and flourishy and flashy to do if you're performing
or if you just wanna practice and stuff.
But that being said, guys,
I'm going to teach you two cuts,
one of them really fast, super quick, catches the eye.
And the other one is
basically an extension of the smaller one.
A lot of you guys asked about these flourishes
in other videos, so I decided to do one today.
Get a deck of cards.
Don't go and grab a brand new deck of cards
if you're just starting cardistry.
A little bit of a tip, a poop deck works perfectly.
A poop deck is, this isn't exactly a poop deck,
but this is a broken in deck,
something that I've dropped on the floor
probably three dozen times, and they're a bit clumpy.
Perfect for cardistry,
because now they stick together better for packets.
No further ado, oh, by the way, two things.
One, check out the secret link below.
And number two, I also announced the winner
of the two deck giveaway I did on two videos ago,
which was the deck review.
So you get the Dystopia and the Drifter playing cards.
The winner is announced below, so congratulations to you,
and sorry for everyone else,
but thank you for participating.
Get your cards out.
Let's learn first.
All right, so definitely
a few prerequisites with this flourish.
The one main prerequisite is being able
to do a revolution cut.
Don't have a in-depth tutorial
on the revolution cut on my channel.
I'm sure if you YouTube it there are plenty out there.
Revolution Cut is by Brian Tudor.
The tutorials are up on YouTube by everyone else.
Basically, it's not the Charlier,
which you can do this with the Charlier.
If you're more comfortable, go ahead and do that.
I won't run through that,
but just replace the revolution with the Charlier,
and the revolution looks like that.
Okay, so once you got that down,
this is what the first flourish is going to look like.
So it's basically just this.
It looks like there's a lot going on,
and that's what I like about this flourish,
but there's actually not much going on.
It just looks that way.
What you're gonna be doing,
this hand, all this hand is doing is a revolution cut.
Simple enough.
And this hand over here is going to grab a small packet,
I would say between seven to 10 cards.
As you open up your flourish,
so as you open up your revolution cut with this hand,
you're going to grab with your thumb and middle finger
at the pips (mumbles) corners.
So if you're right handed, it's this.
If you're left handed, it's the, uh, no.
It's the opposite.
Right handed, you're here.
You're going to cut this packet in half.
Now, this one here, this is kinda like
your little pivot points here on these two fingers.
So all you're gonna do is move your hand forward
and use the index, which is here.
So while you're doing your cut, your index is gonna be here.
Before you go ahead and do that cut, keep your index here,
and this finger is just going to act
as a bit of a wedge there to get this top pack spinning.
So as soon that's spun, you're here.
Now you're index is going to go here,
and you're going to revolution cut.
So as soon as you revolution cut,
you wanna make sure this is quick,
all you're gonna do is this.
Right?
So from behind the back, it looks like this.
Okay?
With this one here, you can either
go off the index or you can go off the thumb,
whatever you're comfortable with.
You're here, bring this hand out forward a little bit,
because the cards are gonna have to land like this,
and if you're down here, they'll land off,
so you want them to land like that.
Boom.
Bring it forward, drop it, close it.
This is kinda like a game of, how quick can you do it?
Okay?
So quickly.
All this move is,
so if I turn it once, I'm face up towards,
let's say, a spectator.
And I'm gonna use this index.
I'm gonna turn it 360 degrees,
and then my index is automatically
gonna almost pinch the cards
here on the corner with my thumb.
I'm just gonna let go with my middle finger
and let the whole thing fall down.
You can't really do this slowly,
'cause slowly kinda looks like this and kinda sloppy.
When you do that fast,
it gives it a cool, flourishy, flashy look.
Just remember that when you're going to revolution cut,
the top packet, the one you're spinning out here,
will drop on that packet before it closes.
And the idea is this packet has to drop first,
so you're gonna have to do that really fast
if you're doing a fast revolution cut.
This just has to be a fraction of a second faster.
Now, you can do it with a Charlier like this,
and it still looks cool.
Or you can do it with a revolution cut,
which I think looks a little bit cooler,
adds a little cog to the gears.
Boom, here, and as soon as I'm here,
I'm gonna do it all at once so it gets that flashy action.
You want that (puffing rapidly)
Right?
You can drop this packet on top instead.
I just think it kinda looks more complete
when it's in the middle and this thing engulfs it.
That's the first flourish.
Learn that before you jump onto the next one.
All right, for the next thing,
about the same thing, about the same mechanics,
except you're going to add one thing, and it's very simple.
So as you come here, you're gonna do the same thing.
You can use your thumb instead of the index to turn it.
So you're gonna use your thumb.
As soon as you're turned here,
your two thumbs are gonna be together.
So your two thumbs, so your right thumb
is gonna get behind that thumb and contact it,
and the other side is held by the index.
Right?
So the index is going to act as a fulcrum point here.
Boom.
Okay?
So from the front, it looks like this.
You go bam,
and then the thumb here splits that packet.
Okay?
So again,
we're going to, middle finger, thumb,
roll off the thumb here, drop half that packet.
Automatically, my thumb is going behind this thumb,
so it's gonna be back here.
Your index is going to stay here,
because that index is going to balance the cards
between the right thumb and the left index.
So once you're here,
now you're going to do a revolution cut,
but at the same time, you're going to spin this packet.
So it kinda looks like this.
All right?
Let me get this from this angle here
so you guys see this properly.
All right, so from behind the back,
this is what it's gonna look like.
Boom.
Thumbs contact this packet,
and they split where the index is.
Okay?
My ring finger is getting ready to do that revolution cut,
'cause as soon as I come back, damn bug.
So as soon as I come back,
I'm going to rotate that, grab this packet,
tilt forward and create that X.
Okay?
Boom, grab, split.
Rotate everything.
Now I got that X display.
Close.
Do the same thing as the other move.
Right?
And close that up.
Here, here, kinda like a little ballerina on top spinning,
boom.
Close.
So at full speed, it looks like this.
Now, there are a lot of variations that I do with this move.
For instance, when you're here,
instead of closing it up, you can spin it again.
And then make it go around, kinda like that.
One last time.
Boom, open.
They exchange.
I get that X.
Or, like I mentioned, you can do the variations.
So if you're here, you can just catch that.
There's a lot of things you can do with it,
but just this little opener, this little,
it looks really cool.
In that variational, I didn't get into much detail about it,
but it's super easy.
You would close it like that,
but instead, we're not gonna close it up.
We're gonna go here,
and then we're going to extend the finger,
bring it back, and as this packet closes,
it's going to, the thumb is going to push that.
You're going to go around the thumb,
drop this other packet into this hand, and close it up.
So it gives a cool flowy action when you do that.
Or you can close up straightaway.
It's up to you.
If you wanna close up straightaway,
you can do that.
Boom.
The first one, once again, is super simple.
Once you got this down,
you'll be able to get the rest of it down,
'cause it's not that much of a stretch.
And that, ladies and gentleman, is all I've got.
All right, guys.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Glad you stuck through it.
And give it a couple of hours of practice at least.
Don't get discouraged in the first 10 minutes
if you drop the cards.
That's normal.
Practice over a bed or a couch,
your cards don't fall everywhere.
And thanks so much.
Leave a comment below if you did enjoy this, and a like.
I appreciate it.
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and we'll see you on the next video.
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