General Comments

45 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / General Comments
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Professor Hoffmann As an Out Trick for a Failed Force
1890
More Magic
48
Louis Nikola Forcing Anecdotes and comments on forcing cards
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
51
Jack Merlin Forcing
1927/28
Merlin's Master Manipulations
21
Eliminating the Pass for Forcing setting the card in center
  • The "Strip" Cut
  • "Sighting"
  • Shuffling to the Centre
  • By means of the "In-jog"
  • Pack cut by Spectator (Farelli)
  • The "Continental" Cut (Farelli)
 		1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part One
35
Jean Hugard Using a Force
1940
Expert Card Technique
190
Charles Hopkins 33 - When force is missed.
1940
"Outs" Precautions and Challenges
46
Gaglets when forcing one card, let him grab two and take one back
 		Dec. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 24)
101
Al Leech Forcing general comments
 		1954
Handbook Of Card Sleights
15
Philip Reed Willmarth Tricks with the Force
1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
48
James G. Thompson Jr. Thompson Force Get Ready charlier pass for bringing card to center
 		1972
The Living End
147
Forcing
1972
The Living End
148
Dr. Jacob Daley Forces No. 434, various thoughts on forcing with little details, Dr. Oberholz Move
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
125
Will Dexter Forcieren - Ein Kurzseminar overview about forcing methods with examples
  • Psychologische Forcen
  • Die Auswahllose Force
  • Die Beschränkte Auswahlforce
  • Die Von-Bis Force
  • Mathematische Forcen
  • Mechanisch oder Automatische Forcen
Also published here
  • The Gen, Apr. 1953
 July 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
60
Jon Racherbaumer About Forcing
1982
Card Finesse
98
Karl Fulves* Card-Forcing Secrets chapter intro
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
77
T. Page Wright Other Method of Forcing listing some sleights from the upcoming tricks that can be used as forces
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
105
Roberto Giobbi Force Techniques, Part 1 Introduction
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
83
Roberto Giobbi Force Techniques, Part 2 Introduction
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
216
Tommy Wonder Card Forcing essay
 		1996
The Books of Wonder — Volume 1
204
Andreas Michel-Andino Das Forcieren der Karte
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
145
Jeff Busby Chapter 8: That "Freely Selected" Card intro on forcing cards
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
72
Ellis Stanyon, Karl Fulves* Chapter 11: "Forcing" Packs and Tricks with Same chapter intro
  • Supplementary Note
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
191
Karl Fulves* Chapter 17: Various Methods of Forcing Cards chapter intro
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
269
Roberto Giobbi Force Techniques, Part 3 Introduction
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
791
Neal Elias Forces forcing a key card like breather crimp
Inspired by
Related to
 2001
New Card Controls
29
Neal Elias Then There's The Breather Crimp forcing the breather crimp
Related to
 2001
New Card Controls
60
Roberto Giobbi Forciermethoden for stage
 		2003
Kartenkunst für Salon und Bühne
15
Alexander de Cova Forciermethoden on forcing methods that can be used blindfolded
  • Hinduforce
 		2015
Burners — Vol. 3
185
Roberto Giobbi Forces short intro
 		2016
Standup Card Magic
65
Joshua Jay Forcing on an online study done by The Jerx on which forces seem fair
  • Cross-Cut Force
 		2020
Magic by the Numbers
74
Dani DaOrtiz Chapter Two. Psychological Forcing and the Psychology of Forcing "Theory, subtleties, strategies and general study"
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
31
Dani DaOrtiz Classic Force. Cards are spread in the hands much detail on the Classic Force, including the technical explanation, as well as psychological and verbal touches to enhance it
  • Classic procedure
  • My contributions. Some psychological remarks regarding the classic force
    • Breaking the rhythm
    • Subliminally indicating the card (breaking the rhythm) (p. 34)
    • Openly handing the force card (part one)
    • Openly handing the force card (part two) (p. 36)
  • Holding the deck face up (Tamariz, DaOrtiz) ( p. 37)
  • Getting the force card ready (p. 39)
    • Weave shuffle setup (for magicians)
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
33
Dani DaOrtiz The Seventh Card and Its Psychological Nuances
  • In the hands of the magician
  • In the hands of the spectator
  • On the table (p. 42)
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
41
Dani DaOrtiz Miscellaneous Forces and Some Psychological Remarks miscellaneous forces of a card (or cards) based on spectator saying stop during deal, spelling out names, or thinking of card in spread
  • PPT (person, place, or thing)
  • The magical blow (as a psychological mistake)
  • Stop anytime (pretending to misunderstand) (p. 46)
  • Using a high/low card setup for two spectators (p. 47)
  • Creating a force number with absolute freedom (p. 49)
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
45
Dani DaOrtiz Verbal Forces. Forcing numbers, cards, or positions details on psychological forces of numbers, values, suits and specific cards
  • Numerical estimation by a spectator
    • Number 18 (p. 56)
    • Making number two more likely to be selected
  • Spectator’s estimations of the deck (p. 57)
  • Verbally forcing a card (first system) (p. 58)
  • Verbally forcing a card (second system)
  • Verbally forcing a card (third system)
  • Going for a suit (p. 59)
    • Going for hearts
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
55
Dani DaOrtiz Magician’s Choice. Some ideas detailed information on the psychology, verbal strategies and nuances of equivoque and general forcing procedures and creating the illusion of freedom
  • The importance of the question
  • The spectator acts early
  • Keeping the real purpose in the background
  • Using ambiguity to normalize (p. 62)
  • Forcing choices
    • Building sentences
    • Offering two choices while highlighting one of them (Would you rather…) (p. 63)
    • One option of many
    • Sentence logic (p. 64)
    • Question in the background
    • Direct request ending with ambiguity
  • Forcing via expectations (p. 65)
Also published here
 2021
Freedom of Expression
61
Dani DaOrtiz Deceiving Via Visual Perception strategies to visually (and verbally) deceive audience to feel things are not under control, some force applications
  • Visual subtext
  • Visual disorder force (on the table) (p. 68)
  • You, me, and him (p. 70)
  • HLG force (Homage to Lennart Green force) (p. 71)
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
67
Dani DaOrtiz Forcing from a Fan as You Spread the Cards for the Spectator “Think-A-Card” spread force, card from middle is forced and then controlled, card’s identity can be predetermined, many touches that make it work, psychology, how to handle when it misses
  • Control or force
  • Starting situation
  • Spreading the cards (p. 78)
  • Getting to the selection
  • Controlling the card (p. 79)
  • Initial position for the force
  • How does it work… (p. 80)
    • A. Increasing urgency (p. 81)
      • The speed of the selection
      • The specific order
    • B. Apparent nonchalance
      • The surprised technique
  • The importance of a thought-of card…
  • Facing mistakes (p. 82)
  • Cards and cards...
  • Conclusion... (p. 83)
Also published here
  • also in: "Pensando en Magie" booklets
Related to
 2021
Freedom of Expression
77
Dani DaOrtiz PM Method. (Particular Moment Method) strategies to plant specific information with a spectator or extract information that he freely thinks of, all during performance, many psychological and verbal details that make these techniques deceptive, see reference for later application in book
  • Method broken up by phases
    • Initial phase
    • Lapse phase (p. 86)
      • Double situation during the lapse phase
    • Final phase (p. 87)
  • Pursuing a goal (p. 88)
  • PM Method Reference Sheet
    • Initial phase
    • Lapse phase
    • Final phase
Related to
 2021
Freedom of Expression
85
Dani DaOrtiz Mistakes and Outs what to do when these forces do not “hit” perfectly
  • More subtleties
  • Preventative measures (p. 106)
  • Increasing values
  • Increasing values in two directions
  • Gathering information to use later for spelling or counting (p. 108)
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
105
Dani DaOrtiz Mistakes in Technical Forces more tips (and “outs”) for 7th card stop force to always arrive at correct card
  • One of two
  • Discarding the chosen card
  • Adding or removing (p. 110)
  • Ending with a verbal number force
  • By pure chance (apparently)
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
109
Dani DaOrtiz Mistakes in Verbal Forces dealing with spectator that changes his mind about card he is thinking of
  • The spectator is always the one who makes the mistake
  • The rewind situation
  • Back to reality (p. 114)
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
113
Andi Gladwin Preparing for a Force reverse culling bottom card into center
 		2022
The Reverse Cull
49
Alice Pailhès A Psychological Classification of Forcing Techniques
  • Why Create a Psychologically-Base Classification of Forcing?
  • The Classification
    • Outcome Forces
      • Perceptual Errors
      • Memory Errors
      • Reasoning Errors
    • Decision Forces
      • Psychological Biases
        • Priming
        • Stereotypical Behaviours
        • Saliency
      • Reactance
      • Restriction
  • A Comment on Suggestion / Misinformation (Extract from Chapter 5 - Memory Illusions)
 		2023
The Neat Review (Issue 5 - Paris 2022)
256
Justin Higham* Foreword on forcing multiple cards
 		2024
Multiple Forcing Sequences
3