Practical Impossibilities

for the informed close-up worker

1976
Written by Rick Johnsson
Work of Rick Johnsson
108 pages (Spiralbound), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Ann Johnsson
Language: English
56 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Ellison Poland The Universal Solution
i
Stewart James Introduction - Pick Rick Capers
v
Rick Johnsson Catharsis
vii
Rick Johnsson Dedicated
ix
Rick Johnsson The Gestalt Prayer
xi
Rick Johnsson The Basic Position sitting position for perfect angles using the Tenkai Palm
 		3
Rick Johnsson The Tenkai Palm thorough description
 		5
Rick Johnsson The Kick Technique isolated card is lapped as a vanish
 		11
Rick Johnsson The Kick Change card on table is covered with both hands
Related to 15
Rick Johnsson As Small As This? card shrinks and vanishes, tabled
 		16
Rick Johnsson Just for Kicks Chinese coin changes into two quarters then into big nickle which eventually disappears, using the Kick Change
 		17
Rick Johnsson Delayed Lap Technique card hidden behind forearm
 		23
Rick Johnsson Keel Haul bringing card behind forearm while shifting the deck on the table, preparation for Delayed Lap Technique
 		24
Rick Johnsson Block Party after tabled riffle shuffle, preparation for Delayed Lap Technique
 		25
Rick Johnsson Armchair Travelers Aces travel to pockets and change back color, seated
 		25
Rick Johnsson The Walking Man's Lap ditching cards into pocket
 		27
Rick Johnsson Half a Lap card reverse, hiding card behind forearm, seated
 		28
Rick Johnsson Cardus Interruptus card apparently placed in center of deck ends up in Tenkai palm, tabled
Variations 31
Rick Johnsson Impossible Dream
33
Rick Johnsson Fly Now - Pay Later credit card of spectator vanishes, pretending to do the boomerang card, ends up in wallet
 		33
Rick Johnsson Transportus Interruptus two card transpo, one in pocket and one in center of the deck, signed
 		35
Rick Johnsson Repro - 74 credit card vanishes from book and appears in wallet / envelope
 		37
Rick Johnsson Tenkai Vanish from a Book while riffling pages of book and inserting the card
 		37
Paul Curry Letter to Rick Johnsson
42
Rick Johnsson The IBGTH Switch while turning card over on table, based in The Kick Technique
VariationsAlso published here 43
Rick Johnsson Ten-Boy-Curry using the IBGTH Switch
 		45
Rick Johnsson Sub-Versions card to envelope, envelope on table, using the IBGTH Switch
 		46
Rick Johnsson Bank Shot three coins penetrate table and fall into a glass, uses The Kick Technique
 		48
Rick Johnsson Brain Trust impromptu Brainwave, seated, using the IBGTH Switch
 		51
Rick Johnsson, Ellison Poland Penny --- For His Thoughts more ideas with the IBGTH Switch, with bills, paper clips, billets, dice, coins, sponge balls, combs, business cards
 		52
Rick Johnsson Lift-Off palming one tabled card into Tenkai palm, as a vanish
 		59
Rick Johnsson The Byrd Acquitment adjusting card in Tenkai palm, or moving it to gambler's flat palm
 		59
Dan Tong Lazy Tong's card from bottom of the deck to Tenkai palm
 		60
Rick Johnsson Curb Service palming card into Tenkai from flat surface
 		61
Rick Johnsson Japanese Two-Step two cards in Tenkai palm, held with a break
 		62
Rick Johnsson Feedback replacing card from Tenkai palm on the deck
 		62
Rick Johnsson Silent Running starts as a DPS, but card ends up in Tenkai palm of right hand, LJ Steal
 		64
Rick Johnsson Can You See Yourself??..... object turns into mirror, pun, using The Kick Change
 		69
Rick Johnsson, Jerry Mentzer Ersatz prediction of selection in wallet, using The Kick Change
 		71
Rick Johnsson Universal Card - N.F.A. using The Kick Change three times
 		73
Rick Johnsson Raisin' Rabbits sponge rabbit vanishes and only leaves some dung in form of raisins
Related to 75
Rick Johnsson Holy Moses origami turtle changes into real one, using The Kick Change
 		77
Rick Johnsson You Bet Your Aspirin string in small aspirin box restores
 		79
Rick Johnsson Sub-Gum close-up sub-trunk, two coins change places, one coin in a matchbox and one outside, held in place with rubber bands, using The Kick Change
 		81
Rick Johnsson Felonious Assault card sticking out of the deck is switch, IBGTH Switch in the hands
 		85
Rick Johnsson Instant Re-Right single card reverse, using Felonious Assault
 		86
Rick Johnsson Practically Single Handed tabled deck with card sticking out, card is switched while being removed and turned-over
 		87
Rick Johnsson Kayo-Pectate mates, seated
 		88
Rick Johnsson Rape!! forcing a card with the Felonious Assault
 		89
Rick Johnsson ..... a la Grecque card is put in Tenkai palm while turning it over on the deck
 		91
Rick Johnsson Moussaka similar to the Miracle Card Change, on the deck
 		92
Rick Johnsson Inertial Guidance cards outjogged in deck are switched while spreaded
 		93
Rick Johnsson Raw Deal several phases, using Inertial Guidance
 		94
Rick Johnsson Charley's Aunt signed, tabled
 		97
Rick Johnsson "Safe your Confederate Money, Boys" spectator's credit card is broken and restored, seated
 		99
Dan Tong, Rick Johnsson The Japanese Aces quartet transformation, seated
 		103
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, December 2018.