Teaches the classic Haunted Deck routine. Also: Untangling your tangles the easy way. They might have seen one… but two? You know you’ve thought about it, and if your IT work isn’t complex enough… try this advanced IT work. Honestly- THIS should have been the title of the video and the main sell point. The impact of IT length and why changing it during performance is important. What to do when the card *doesn’t* go all the way around you… The importance of IT tension and learning to ‘listen’ to your IT.Īdvanced tips and refinements for the around the body spin. Utilizing the fine points of centrifugal force to smooth your spins. Thumb Spin- Using the Z grip concept to create a visual impossibility.Ĭombining various moves, matching the flow of various moves to create a routine. Up and Over- Very nice flourish type move. Advanced.īasic Hoop- Techniques for creating ‘provers’ using your arms and fingers.įigure 8 Hoop- Make the card circle both your arms, individually! Vertical Around the Body- Around the body vertical float. Not as easy as it seems!Īround the Body (v.2)- further practical tips on pulling off the around the body float.Īround the Body (deck spin)- Combining the deck spin with the around the body float. Hand to Hand Tossing- The finer points on hand to hand floats.Īround the Body (v.1)- tips and technique for the around the body float. There are some really good practical workers tips here.
Tips on how to surreptitiously anchor the wax and how to end clean. Vertical Spin- a unique spin for camera and very close work.ĭeck Spin- Spinning a card from the top of the deck! Kick Spin- For a controlled, close quarters spin.
Snap Spin- An alternate and more showy method of starting the card spinning. But do you know what and where the ‘catching zone’ is? Rather than cover these individually, I’ll go over the salient points. Leon gives a good ‘out’ for breakage here. This technique is clever, as it allows for backup length for breakage, and sets you up for later effects. It’s refreshing to see *someone* using long IT theory. And there are clear advantages to Leon’s method. I’ll admit that I had not seen this technique for anchoring used before… waxless anchoring to the body? Yup. We then move on to the “Speed Hookup” which is essentially a LeClair variant but a clever one. Nothing new to those of us who know IT work, but a good summation nonetheless. He gives a good solid explanation of the basics.
Leon offers us a good example of a small portable IT kit, and a very clever IT dispenser style device, using a common office product. The first part of the video goes over the basics of IT, wax and stripping IT.