Category
🦄
CreativityTranscript
00:00 This multiple shift is something I've used for years and it was inspired by a false cut
00:08 shown to me by Jackie McClements.
00:10 Jackie McClements triple false cut is a wonderful utility device and it's actually a reinvention
00:18 unfortunately of something that was also created by Jeff Semel.
00:22 And Jeff Semel's Pirandello false cut, which appears in the Frank Simon book, Versatile
00:28 Card Magic, is a wonderful way to do three cuts of the deck and actually leave it in
00:33 the same position.
00:34 But I must stress that Jackie McClements was the first person to show it to me and I developed
00:39 a couple of utilities with it.
00:41 So based on Jackie McClements cut, which was actually the Pirandello false cut, this is
00:46 a multiple shift that leaves the entire deck in the original order.
00:51 So after you've done the multiple shift, you'll find that you can have a stacked deck that's
00:57 still in order or you can maybe have some cards in key positions for later on in another
01:01 trick.
01:02 So it's obviously a valuable utility.
01:05 It's also a very simple way to actually control the four aces.
01:09 So we have four aces on top of the deck and in the course of a trick, I want to place
01:15 them into four different parts of the deck.
01:18 One, two, three and four.
01:21 These are pushed square.
01:23 The deck is given three cuts like so and the aces remain on top.
01:27 And as I said, the deck is in the same order as it was earlier.
01:31 But since that's random, you'll just have to take my word for it.
01:35 So how does it work?
01:38 Very, very simple.
01:39 As you would have seen from that angle, the cards are jogged.
01:42 A triple false cut is performed and during that cut, the cards naturally realign with
01:47 the top of the deck.
01:49 So I place these in facing the wrong way.
01:53 You'll notice that they're going into the lower half, maybe a little more than the lower
01:56 half of the deck, like so.
02:02 With the cards like this, as soon as I push them square, they go straight out the side
02:06 again.
02:07 So I'm pushing them in at an angle.
02:10 This finger will then contact the cards right here.
02:14 So as I push them in, I contact the cards like this.
02:18 Then holding onto the deck at this position, I'm going to push all the cards over to the
02:23 side with this finger.
02:26 And they're hinging on my thumb.
02:28 So what happens is they move over like that.
02:31 So all four aces end up side jogged underneath this hand.
02:36 This hand will now execute a false cut.
02:38 So before we continue, let me give you the mechanics of the false cut.
02:42 So let's place the aces down.
02:45 What happens is, is the cut looks like this.
02:47 You give it three cuts like so, and it's in the same order, like that.
02:54 The first packet is picked up by the first finger and hinged over to the left.
03:00 That is then taken into the left hand.
03:03 Apparently I'm going to repeat that action, but what I do is I switch this packet in my
03:08 left hand for both packets in my right hand.
03:13 So what happens is it's very slow, completely unconvinced.
03:17 So what happens in very slow and completely unconvincing fashion would be this, as I simply
03:21 put this here and take this and put it back on top.
03:25 So as you can see, that is not very fooling.
03:29 But if you do it at speed, it really is a beautiful false cut.
03:37 So again, this hinges over like this.
03:39 I repeat the hinging action and I leave it stepped like that.
03:43 Very important.
03:44 And that whole packet is switched by bringing this packet over.
03:48 I always use a little straddle to do that.
03:50 But you can if you like simply push in deeper into the thumb crotch.
03:54 And I then take away that bottom packet and slap it on top.
03:58 And by putting that little step, it really does look good like that.
04:05 So that's the Pirindale false cut.
04:06 That goes here and is basically brought back again to the top with that little hinging
04:11 action.
04:12 It looks nice.
04:13 So let's go back to where we were a moment ago with the four aces sticking out of the
04:17 deck.
04:18 Again, in the bottom half, maybe a little more than the bottom half of the deck.
04:23 I push them square like so.
04:27 This finger contacts the outer edge.
04:28 You notice that this pinky is here.
04:31 I hold the deck here with my thumb on the inner corner of the aces.
04:36 I hinge everything to the side like that.
04:41 And so now this pinky is here contacting these cards.
04:48 I pick up about just over a quarter of the deck.
04:52 I don't want to pick up like this.
04:53 I may actually be picking up where a jogged card is.
04:57 So I have to make sure I pick up at exactly the right point somewhere above that.
05:02 So I pick that up and I hinge over into this hand.
05:05 And now instead of doing the hinging move I did before, I'm going to put this finger
05:08 here, hold these like so, and then using this finger I simply hinge everything like that.
05:17 So I do this and then these cards go on top aligning with that bottom packet.
05:24 So basically with this packet here I do that hinging motion and as this goes on top I end
05:31 up in this position with everything aligned like so.
05:35 And so from here I'm actually, with a little pressure from this thumb against the base
05:39 of this finger, pulling out the aces and then slapping everything on top.
05:46 So at speed it looks like this.
05:52 The aces go in.
05:53 I give the deck a couple of cuts.
05:57 So at speed it looks like this.
06:04 Four aces in four different parts of the deck.
06:07 If I square these into the deck like so and give it a couple of cuts.
06:16 So at speed it looks like this.
06:18 The four aces go into the deck.
06:20 One, two, three, and four.
06:23 You can clearly see they're in four different parts of the deck.
06:27 We push the aces in like this.
06:29 Give the deck a couple of cuts and all four aces end on top like so.
06:35 And that's it.
06:36 It's a multiple shift using the Pirandello false cut and it's an extremely deceptive
06:42 and useful move.
06:48 Let's talk for a moment on how to angle jog this card.
06:52 Obviously if I just push it in like this it'll just go square like so.
06:57 And that's because I'm pushing it directly at the front with motion coming straight in
07:01 like this against the thumb.
07:03 So that'll make it go in square.
07:05 If however I apply pressure off center to here the card will want to go in this direction
07:12 like so.
07:15 So that's with inward pressure here.
07:17 And as soon as I get to this position I can then take control with my pinky pulling down
07:21 to create a break or pushing up to create a break.
07:26 So pressure goes here.
07:29 I'm also putting pressure on the deck with my finger here.
07:34 So what that means is there's a little bit of pressure along this side of the deck so
07:38 that when I push in it just naturally wants to go that way.
07:42 I'm also guiding it a little bit with my finger.
07:44 I mean my pinky's catching it as it hits the bottom here.
07:47 And once I get to that position I'm good.
07:49 I can even at this point now square it up but I know it'll still stay angle jogged.
07:54 And the important thing is to remember if you want to go square you obviously put equal
07:57 pressure around about the center and that'll go square.
08:00 As soon as you take that off center it'll want to go in the other direction.
08:05 But it is important that there's a little bit of pressure from underneath to help this
08:09 process because with no pressure at all it'll just go square any way that you do it.
08:14 But with a little bit of pressure it will basically hinge on that pressure going anywhere
08:19 you want it.
08:20 The master of this, the person that I learned the most on how to do very very subtle jogs
08:25 was Gerry Andrus and he did jogs like that.
08:30 Very very small.
08:31 And what you can do is actually push it so it's just sticking out a little bit like this.
08:36 And as soon as you put pressure on here and here if I start here and then go along it'll
08:41 end up angle jogged like that.
08:43 And it's a very subtle way of controlling a card and getting a break.
08:48 So now I have my break at the back I can pick it up anything that I want to do.
08:53 That's how to angle jog a card.
08:55 Thanks.
08:58 Go to Beadaholique.com for all of your beading supply needs!
08:59 Go to www.beadaholique.com to purchase beading supplies and to get design ideas!
09:00 Go to www.beadaholique.com for all of your beading supplies needs!
09:01 Go to www.beadaholique.com for all of your beading supplies needs!
09:01 [BLANK_AUDIO]