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How's it goin' guys?
Hope you guys are having a lovely day.
Let's get into what we're gonna learn today.
Straight up, straight away, let's go.
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Okay, let's go.
Today, I'm gonna be teaching you
three visual rubber band magic tricks.
That's right, you're gonna learn three tricks
that you can go out and perform straight away
to anybody you want, in their face, bam!
These rubber band tricks are basically
every magician's repertoire,
and they are really easy to do, very, very simple.
If you're not good at shuffling cards
or you're still trying to get the hang of not lookin',
you know, completely retarded with a deck of cards,
well, this is where you wanna start.
You wanna start with rubber bands
because nothing is easier, simple, and more organic
when you're just like, look, these are rubber bands.
They're easy to examine, you can quickly tell
if a rubber band's been tampered with.
It either snaps or it doesn't.
So, without further ado,
let's get into the three rubber brand tricks.
Woot woot, what am I doing?
My new gang side.
Let's go.
Alright, the first effect of the three
is actually the first rubber band trick
that I've ever learned,
and this a very simple trick,
but probably one of the most visually impossible
rubber band tricks, and it basically looks like this,
where your wrap that rubber band there,
you lock it in
with this hand over here.
So, obviously every side is locked in,
that's completely locked in,
there's no way it's getting out of there,
but if I just give it a shake, it jumps over,
and I can have it jump back and forth and back and forth.
So, very, very simple.
First of all, you're gonna want to take a rubber band.
Use any rubber band, mostly the ones that are like,
that
look like this one.
So, you're gonna want to take it, stretch it out a bit,
so it doesn't snap on you,
and wrap it around twice around
your index and middle finger.
Okay?
Once that's done, you're gonna take the other rubber band.
I use a different color, cause I don't want them thinking
they're exchanging or anything,
that it really is the red one jumping from this side
to this side.
So, you're gonna wanna take the blue one,
wrap it around your index, give it a twist,
middle finger, twist, ring finger and twist.
So now, we've successfully locked that in,
and to anybody looking at this,
that is impossible for that to end up there.
I mean, let's face it,
but here's what's actually going to happen.
This here, is going to basically jump around
and land like that, and that's the illusion.
Now, if I had another loop here on my thumb,
yeah, that wouldn't work so well, as you can see,
but here, that's just enough
for it to create that illusion.
So, how do we get it to jump from here to here and back?
Well, the answer is in the set up.
So, as you're setting this up,
you're going to show them, look,
and that really is on there.
As I turn my hand back,
and I'll give you the exposed view,
I'm going to close my fist
into that, okay?
So, I'm here.
I'm gonna close my fist
into that.
So now, you're in this position,
and watch what happens when I open my hand.
Ready?
It jumps over there, almost inexplicably.
Alright, now once in you're in this position,
it's clearly jumped over here.
You're just basically going to do the same thing again.
You're gonna show them, look, that really is there.
As I'm here, I'm going to curl my hand in.
So, my pinky, ring finger, middle finger and index
are in this position,
ready for it to pop out.
Now, here's a little bit of a subtlety.
If I open my hand, it jumps over, right?
There's kind of a weird action in opening your hand.
So, what I like to do,
this is something you could do if you like.
A little bit of a subtlety is you close your hand here,
you're just gonna pop your hand open for a second,
and then close it again,
and
boom.
It's almost like I did something lightning fast, right?
But, if I just open, they're kinda like,
okay, there's some physics involved.
But here, if I just kind of
boom, like bam, bam bam, make it
bam bam bam bam bam bam,
(whooshing)
make it jump back and forth.
Like here, boom, see that?
If you can get away with that quickly,
it'll start to look like it literally just jumped over.
Right, and that's what you want it to look like.
So, that's the first trick.
Trick number two is a little bit more tricky,
no pun intended.
This is otherwise known as crazy man in handcuffs,
and I believe the originator of this Michael Ammar,
and this is something, 'cause I've seen this
literally thousands of times on YouTube being taught.
This is something I perform in my magic standout repertoire,
because I think it's just so strong,
and leaves them with a really power image,
and a very strong memory attached to it.
It has been taught thousands of times,
and I kinda want to do it justice on my channel,
and give you guys the crediting.
If you're a fan of Michael Ammar,
he is one of the greatest inventors.
You can check all his work out.
I might leave a link below on maybe one of his books,
so you can check out.
Michael Ammar is an absolute beast.
So, here you go.
Boom.
You got this over here,
and you got this over here.
Again, I like to use two different color rubber bands,
just so it's very, very clear what's happening.
Contrasting rubber bands, red and blue.
I'll actually leave a link below where you guys
can buy rubber bands,
because these are special rubber bands
that are sort of meant for magic,
and they've been oiled and greased down and stuff,
but anyways, they're not expensive
and I'll leave you a link.
So, this is the illusion.
As I'm here, the illusion is that it's caught here,
it can't get out, there's no way that can get out,
but if I just give it a little bit of a rub, like this,
that's what she said,
pops right out.
So, how that works.
There's a little bit of a sleight of hand move happening.
Now, this is a little bit more tricky.
So, you wanna start off in this position
to clearly show the spectator
that hey, these are intertwined,
and this is what I usually say.
There's no way I can get outta here.
If I go this way, I'm stuck,
if I come back here, and this is where I do the move,
I'm stuck.
So, I'm gonna try to get out.
Now, I'm already out.
I'm already out at this point.
So, I'm way ahead,
and that's an important thing as well.
You wanna get out before they realize you're out, right?
Here's the move, basically.
You're here.
As you come to show that is is stretched.
So, my fingers are all touching at this point,
just like they were before.
I'm like, oh this is,
my fingers are touching,
your middle finger is going to pinch your index,
okay?
Your index is going to slip out
of that.
Your middle finger's going to take its place, okay?
And then, your index is going
to come into this loop,
and letting go of this middle finger
frees the whole thing, okay?
So, the way that works, again, is all about momentum,
and timing, and flow.
So, if I go here and I go like this, right,
that's not gonna look too good.
So, what I like doing is I'm here.
Again, you pinch, the index comes here, right?
So, you're in this position.
I go close, so it looks like I'm still attached.
Rub, go back here, go back here.
I wanna get away from that moment as far as possible,
and then start rubbing slowly.
If you tug down, if you pull down,
the friction of the rubber bands will make it look like
it kind of like, jumped through, right?
So, if you're here, and it gives you kind of like
a little bounce, right?
And that kinda looks like it jumps though.
So, again, I show, I say it's not coming out,
it's not coming out, and I come back.
This is where it happens.
Middle finger switches.
This comes in here.
I'm here and I'm already out.
You can also do this and be like, oh look,
it's all an illusion.
Right, and that gives it kind of a depth illusion.
That's cool as well.
So, in real time, it should look like this.
These rubber bands are completely linked.
There's no way I can get 'em out of here,
even if I just rub on them, actually,
maybe if I do this here.
Boom, just like that.
So, after you perform that,
people say, "Can you do that again?".
That's usually the response I get.
So, I say, hold your fingers out like this.
Alright.
You're gonna place the rubber band on their finger,
and you're gonna tell them close your fingers.
So, now they're holding the rubber band
in
basically,
in this position.
Okay?
You're gonna perform the exact same thing,
but on them.
So, you're gonna take it, you're gonna go on them,
and do the same thing,
and now because you're doing it so cleanly,
they're like, "Well, that's impossible.
"You did it with me.", and they get to check out
the rubber bands and everything.
So, enjoy that, the crazy man in handcuffs.
Practice that one, 'cause that one's probably
gonna be something you're gonna do
for the rest of your life.
Next trick.
The last one I believe,
I'm not sure if it's Martin Gardner,
but this is a classic,
a classic effect, and a very simple effect.
You're gonna take a rubber band, you're gonna snap it.
You're gonna borrow a ring or us your own ring.
I like to do, 'cause I do a lot of ring routines
sort of, in my standup
walk around set.
So, if I start doing rubber bands and rings,
it's just natural.
I have two or three effects that I'll do with a rubber band
and a ring, this being one of them.
This is kind of cool.
So, you take the rubber band.
Now, if you wanna make them think this a string,
I think the illusion could be even stronger,
but not necessary.
I've performed it many times, and it doesn't really matter.
Still gets a great effect,
and some people are like, "Oh, I know that trick",
and I just kinda wink at them, be like,
alright, shut up, dickhead.
So, you wanna take this rubber band,
and you wanna place it in your hand,
kinda like a snake in a basket, okay?
You don't want it protruding out here.
There's a reason for that.
You take the ring here, you're gonna grab,
and this is all done,
this isn't done in front of the spectator's nose.
This is sort of, hey, let me borrow a ring.
I'm already here, here's what we're gonna do.
I'm gonna try to take this ring,
and is if it can climb up.
And now,
up it goes,
and people usually freak out at that point.
All you're doing is you're relying on some friction,
some physics, and some gravity here.
Once this is curled up in your hand,
and you have this side here.
So, you're talking, boom,
they don't see you stretch it.
You don't want them to look at you stretching this.
You just kind of take it.
You're like, okay, we're gonna try this.
Now, I'm pinching very hard here, okay?
The angle is ever so slight,
maybe a 45 degree?
I'm gonna start letting go of
this pinched part over here.
Naturally, the friction is gonna carry up the ring.
It looks like the ring is traveling by itself.
It's very important that this hand doesn't keep stretching.
Alright, doesn't move at all.
The only thing moving is you letting go of that rubber band.
It's gonna get to a point where you're gonna let go
and it's gonna start to slop like this.
So, before it gets to that point,
you wanna be able to drop it out.
So, one more time, borrow a ring.
You say, okay, we're gonna try something here.
Let's see if I can do this.
Come on.
(whistling)
(clicking)
Come on, ringy, ringy, ringy.
Boom, boom, boom.
It's going up, and now I'm at the point
where it's starting to get loose,
so I'm just gonna open my hand here,
and drop the ring into my hand, handing that back out,
and you're all done.
Thanks so much for tuning in,
and remember guys,
first of all, number one, rule numero uno,
is practice.
Practice makes perfect, practice avoids flashing,
and with practice, people will really believe
what you're doing is real for a split second.
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you might wanna give it some practice.
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That was very, the worst thing.
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