General Comments

72 entries in Cards / Sleights / General Comments
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Professor Hoffmann General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand applicable to Card Tricks
1876
Modern Magic
11
Professor Hoffmann Chapter VI. Card Tricks Without Apparatus, and Chiefly Dependent Upon Sleight of Hand
  • Advice to the Neophyte
  • The Conjurer's "Patter"
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
99
Carl Willmann Die Kartenschule "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
introduction to Willmann's plan to write a card college in the magazine and comments on card magic
 		July 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 7)
98
Carl Willmann Die Kartenschule - Die Griffe "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
 		Sep. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 9)
129
Victor Farelli Cards with White Borders for what they are better than borderless cards
 		1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two
74
Billy O'Connor To Make Cards "Slippery"
1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two
75
Victor Farelli With a Borrowed Pack
1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two
75
Edward Bagshawe, Jack Merlin Learning New Sleights
1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two
76
Ralph W. Hull Valuable Card Sleights
1933
More "Eye-Openers"
2
Jean Hugard Indispensable Sleights comments
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
377
Eddie Joseph Part One - Some Sl(e)ight Changes in Some Standard Sleights intro, on naturalness
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
7
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Four sixteen basic sleights/skill in card magic
 		1948
The Card Expert Entertains
30
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Five on card technique, subtleties versus sleights
 		1948
The Card Expert Entertains
37
Lewis Ganson Basic Card Sleights chapter intro
 		1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I
50
Philip Reed Willmarth Basic Sleights
1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
14
James Steranko Chapter One - Fundamentals chapter intro
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
5
James Steranko Chapter Six - Card Miscellanea chapter intro
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
40
James Steranko Technotes chapter intro, "Technique Tomorrow" is heading according to Genii review
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
[21]
James Steranko Dial "A" For Action intro to chapter of techniques, "Parable of Action" is heading according to Genii review
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
[89]
Lewis Ganson Leipzig's Card Sleights
1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
22
Jon Racherbaumer Moves!
1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 7)
87
Bill Tarr Cards
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
19
Karl Fulves Vernon On Cards intro
 		1977
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #7)
989
Karl Fulves Vernon On Cards intro
 		1977
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #10)
1025
Harry Lorayne Tips and Techniques
1977
The Magic Book
27
Jon Racherbaumer Technical Touches
1982
Card Finesse
64
Simon Lovell Your Hands and Cards
1983
Second to None
5
Rudolf Braunmüller Praxisbewährte Kartengriffe intro to collection of practical card sleights
 		Nov. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
65
Karrell Fox A "Better-Wetter" two methods to secretly get the fingers wet/moist for sleights
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
18
Jamy Ian Swiss SSS: The Sleight Study System how to developing a sleight repertoire, list of sleight categories with cards with references
Also published here 1987
Theories
9
T. Page Wright Chapter 3 - Modern Card Sleights intro
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
73
Michael Close Technique
  • We Go to Music School
  • Magic Books
  • No That I've Got It, What Do I Do?
 		1993
Workers Number 3
41
Sid Fleischman Nomenclature
1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
72
Sid Fleischman Thumbduggery on sleights using the thumb
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
188
Larry Jennings Jennings on Practice
Related to Sep. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 1)
37
Roberto Giobbi Fundamental Techniques introduction
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
13
Roberto Giobbi Useful Auxiliary Sleights Introduction
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
196
Michael Close On Sleights
  • It Starts with a Letter
  • The Big Question
 		1996
Workers Number 5
59
Roberto Giobbi Terminologie & Topographie
1996
Inside Cardmagic — Band 2
11
Roberto Giobbi Assorted Techniques and Refinements
1998
Card College — Volume 3
505
Roger Crosthwaite To Pause or Not To Pause
1999
Arcardia
37
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note on learning sleight-of-hand techniques
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
222
Karl Fulves Chapter 19: Miscellaneous Sleights with Cards chapter intro
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
291
Jamy Ian Swiss SSS: The Sleight Study System how to developing a sleight repertoire, list of sleight categories with cards with references
Also published here 2002
Theories III
5
Karl Fulves In This Issue on easy vs. difficult sleights
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 7)
113
Wesley James Breaking In the Cards
2004
Enchantments
475
Juan Tamariz Other Useful Sleights
  • A. The Corner Crimp
  • B. Counting Cards Secretly
  • C. Palms
  • D. Hofzinser's Spread Cull
  • E. The Tamariz Perpendicular Control (TPC)
  • F. The Green Angle Separation
  • G. Lorayne's "Great Divide" and Marlo's "Fifth Objective" Culls
 		2004
Mnemonica
354
Richard Kaufman A Few Words About Hofzinser's Sleights on the type of playing cards at Hofzinser's time
  • Index Of Aid [Gimmicked] Cards
 		Nov. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 11)
84
Jon Racherbaumer Of Diverse Petie Juggling Knacks: Mulling Over Moves The Artful Ledger
  • A Move Is a Move Is a Move: Slouching Toward a Definition
  • And Then?
  • Maximum Metamorphose
 		Aug. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
6
Roberto Giobbi Red or Blue? red covers false deals and passes better
 		Jan. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 1)
17
Justin Higham Foreword on illogical moves
 		2007
The Illogical Dribble Force
1
Lennart Green Technical Addendum intro
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
49
Dai Vernon Vernon on Many Modern Sleights
Aug. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 8)
61
Aaron Fisher The Search for the Perfect Sleight
  • Tension, Focus, and Design in Card Magic
 		Sep. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 9)
34
Roberto Giobbi Cross-Referencing Practice
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue July 31)
228
Roberto Giobbi Breaking in a New Deck
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Sep 24)
286
Roberto Giobbi Seven Tips on Practice
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Nov 15)
340
Lennart Green A Special-Deck Mnemonic how to know if a deck you open is a gaffed one
Variations 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Dec 15)
374
David Redondo "Manera de Sacar la Baraja del Estuche" how to remove deck from case in an elegant way
 		2012
Cartomagia - Notas de Conferencia
29
Helder Guimarães Technique Structure
  • Invisible Strings
 		Oct. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 10)
30
Roberto Giobbi Overhandling the Cards
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 20)
301
Roberto Giobbi Chapter 3: Card Technique for the Standup Performer
2016
Standup Card Magic
35
Gary Plants Tips on Technique
  • Hand Position
  • The Grip
  • Rhythm is Everything!!
  • How to Practice
 		Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
27
Jamy Ian Swiss SSSS: The Swiss Sleight Study System how to developing a sleight repertoire, list of sleight categories with cards with references, updated
Also published here 2017
Preserving Mystery
207
Johnny Thompson Underground Card Moves intro
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
223
Benjamin Earl Control comment on controlling a four-of-a-kind
 		2018
Roleplayer
15
Steve Forte Practice
  • The Biggest Mistake You Can Make
  • Practice Basics
    • technical analysis
    • alternating true and false moves
    • speed and rhythm
    • mirrors
    • acting
    • video recording
    • objective criticism
    • conditions and consistency
    • seated position
    • table surface
    • angles
    • playing cards
    • challenging practice techniques
    • artificial practice techniques
    • practice lists
    • time management
    • hustlers and practice
    • visualization
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
36
Steve Forte A Few Basic Moves
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
748
Larry Jennings Jennings Talks About the Need for Tools and Practice
Related to 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
65
Edward Marlo, Arturo de Ascanio Active/Passive Technique
2021
Sharing Secrets
18
Roberto Giobbi The Fourteen Most Important Card Sleights
2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Jan 5)
17
Roberto Giobbi Signal Setup how to know if a deck you open is set up for a specific trick
Inspired by 2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Mar 13)
84