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- What's goin on, guys?
Chris Ramsay here, welcome back.
I know, it's like I'm hitting you up
(punches)
with a bunch of tutorials.
It's just one of those things.
You know, some weeks I go and we're like, meh,
and other weeks I'm just like, boom, boom, fire, fire, fire.
Anyway today, guys, I'm proud to be able to teach you
one of my favorite flourishes.
This is not mine,
this is a creation by a guy named Patrick Varnavas.
Patrick is an incredible cardist.
He's also one of the guys that runs
the Best Cardist Alive accounts.
I first saw this flourish back
on a theory11 wire download, four years ago.
Practiced it, I actually bought it.
I think I paid like 99 cents for it.
It was just, like, the funnest thing to practice,
and this move actually got me into
creating that steal that I taught you guys the other day.
And so, credits to Patrick for that.
Patrick allowing me to teach this today on my channel,
which is super dope.
So, to thank him, check out his Instagram below,
I'll leave his bio in the link.
This has to be said, this flourish,
I love this flourish, but like this kid,
he's on a whole other level right now.
So, don't let this cut represent what he can do,
because what he can do now, I can't do.
I can't, I can't possibly do in a million years.
So, you guys should definitely check him out.
He's got some incredibly, like, original
and really like, thought provoking cardistry going on,
like, cardistry with no limits.
So, I definitely enjoy his content, check him out.
There are a few prerequisites to Splash, this flourish.
One of them is knowing how to do the Revolution cut.
Now, I'm not gonna run over it super in detail.
You can check out other tutorials,
or you could also do a Scissor cut
or a Charlier or a Judo-Flip
or whatever one-handed cut you want in the left hand.
I just do it with the Revolution cut, it looks nice.
Other prerequisite is you're going to have to know
how to do a thumb fan with one hand,
and that I will run through and teach you guys.
Also, before I get into anything,
go ahead and hit that Like button and Subscribe,
if you're not already.
And, as of last night, sales for 1st Playing Cards are done.
Pre-orders are done.
We are now into the production phase,
so I'm talking with USPCC about how we're going to proceed,
logistically and everything else,
as well as time frame, so I can't wait to get
all that information to you guys, ASAP.
I've had a few messages people were like,
"Where are my cards at, I ordered them like a month ago?"
Dude, you ordered them like two weeks ago, first of all.
Second of all, on my site and on my videos,
I told you they're not made yet.
This is like a Kickstarter, crowdfunding thing.
Except we're bypassing Kickstarter, just doing it solo.
So, the time frame is actually gonna be a lot less
than if you did have it crowdfunded by Kickstarter,
but whatever.
That's not what we're here to talk about.
Let's get into the tutorial, right now.
(whooshes)
Just a minute, my cat, my cat wants in.
(footsteps slide)
(door opens)
Come in. (cat meows)
Come on in, buddy.
(door closes)
(purrs)
All right, for this tutorial, we're gonna be using
the Cherry Casino playing cards, the black edition.
This is the newest edition.
I might do a review on the channel
comparing these to the V1s.
If you guys like, let me know below.
But regardless, they feel really nice, they look nice.
And they match my socks, they match my socks.
So, two things are gonna be happening.
First, you're going to grab half.
Just about half the deck, and you're only going to hold it.
Here, I can actually move around,
give you a better angle here.
You're going to grab the top pack
with the thumb and index at the edges, okay?
See how that's at the edges, I'm not in the middle,
I'm not on the edge here, I'm here, okay?
Because the reason for that is
you're going to have to use your ring finger,
that's here,
to kick up that card,
much like that steal video I put out.
If you guys haven't checked that out,
make sure to check that out, it might help you.
You grab it on the top corner and the bottom corner
with your thumb and index now.
I'm grabbing it on my index,
sort of here, like on the middle part.
Not here, not here, right in the middle here.
And the only reason is because I'm gonna transfer my grip
into, like, a straddle grip here.
So, I'm gonna go from here
to here.
Here
to here.
First things first, cut half the deck.
Now, your ring finger is going to do,
the padding here is going to touch down
on the back of that top card.
Make it go this way.
You're gonna wrap it all the way around
and bring it to the bottom of this pack.
Your thumb is going to hold that card
as the rest of your fingers re-grip around it.
Now, you're in prime position to do a little thumb fan,
a little one-handed fan.
Your thumb reaches into where your pinky is,
applies pressure
and opens up.
That's the one-handed fan and the back, you look like this,
you got one of these cards here.
All right, so let's run through that one more time.
You're grabbing half.
Your ring finger is going to curl that one around.
And, it doesn't have to be square,
but basically you're gonna use
all the others fingers to wrap around that,
so you can hold that deck like this.
That might take some practice, some muscle build-up,
but eventually you'll get there.
Your thumb comes into the bottom where your pinky is.
Almost touches your pinky,
applies pressure with the back middle finger
and ring finger,
so I'm holding it now with my thumb, my middle, and ring.
And then I'm just going to move my index and pinky
out of the way and do this.
All you're doing is this,
kind of like, give me that money, give me that money.
That's what you're doing right now, okay?
So, you're here, boom, give me that money,
there's the money.
Now, in the back, you're here.
What I like to do, is I like to kick this card out
just a little bit with my middle finger.
Just to get it to pop out,
because your thumb is going to contact that card
and glide it all along the side before it gets to the end.
Now, we'll get to the ending in a second.
But, for right now, you're here.
That wraps around, you grip, show me the money,
thumb comes here to this thumb.
Bam, right there.
And, you're just applying pressure with that thumb.
See how it's freely,
now, you get that cool little, woop.
And just as you're over here,
your thumb's gonna move upwards
and it's gonna cause the card to tip forward,
as you see that.
Now, as it tips forward,
you're going to pinch that on this packet.
And then you're gonna close up your fan over it, okay?
So again, you're here, wrap around,
readjust, show me the money, pop it out a little bit,
thumb,
slides that there to the tipping point where it, boop.
Just like that, and now this hand's ready to just grab it.
You're gonna close this fan off any way you see fit,
and square it all up, right?
Meanwhile, the other hand, only thing you're doing,
is a Revolution cut.
Now, you can do a Scissor cut as well, if you'd like,
if you don't like the Revolution cut.
Maybe a Judo-Flip,
whatever the one-handed cut with this hand,
your go-to one-handed cut is,
you can do that.
I prefer, the Revolution cut,
it adds some extra movement to it.
It looks like a lot more is going on than actually.
Also, at the same time, what you're gonna do is,
your hands are gonna rotate like this
to create that, like, cool motion illusion, okay?
So, as I'm here, whoosh,
that whips forward,
I readjust and grip
as this hand goes down to fan,
this hand comes up and does a Revolution cut.
Kick that card out, my hand's already there, tipping point,
square it all up, boom.
So, one more time from the back, maybe over here is better.
So, you go, wham.
This hand goes forward and under,
I'm blocking the light right now.
It goes forward and under like that, okay?
So, it goes forward and under.
This one does a Revolution cut
while this one opens up the fan,
you want that to sort of flow, so bam.
Bam.
Okay?
Let's try it again.
You get that whip.
Charlier.
Show me the money.
Slide.
Close it up, so your hands are doing this.
It's kind of cool, it's kind of like a dance.
You're like woo, woo, woo, woo.
Boof, boof.
Well, that is Splash, that's all there is to it.
Really what you need to practice is
your one-handed fan, make sure those are nice and clean,
because that's one of the parts that makes this flourish
look really dope is having that nice fan.
To close it up, by the way, so you're here,
and as you turn, your pinky or your ring finger
can hold it as it turns.
So, fan.
Close it up.
My ring finger's here, catches it,
and just kind of turns it over.
From the back, bam.
It just looks nice and elegant
when it's all strung together.
Now your hands can rotate backwards as you do this,
or they can rotate forwards as you do this.
It's completely up to you, whatever you think is best.
So, that is the Splash by Patrick Varnavas.
Super sweet flourish, hope you guys liked it.
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All right guys, thanks for sticking around.
Thanks for learning Splash.
Splash is a fun thing to do, and as I mentioned,
you can actually use it to put a card in the middle
in a fancy way, or just use it to, like, show off,
or come up with new ideas.
Either way, it's a fun thing for me to perform.
I actually like it a lot, so guys if you did like this,
head on over to Patrick's Instagram and give him a follow.
Like this video if you didn't already,
and we'll see you on the next video.
Peace, rah.
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