DPS

I’ve spoke about laziness on the blog before, but I’ve got some examples this time. Too many magicians seem to think that they don’t need to put the effort in when practicing a move. I’ve seen lots of people post shit bottom deals, teach moves that they can barely do themselves and it all comes down to laziness. I’m very much against putting magic on video up for public viewing. The majority of tricks can be figured out within a few watches and it doesn’t help that a lot of the performers aren’t very good in the first place. However, recording yourself performing a move and sending it to get constructive criticism is one of the best ways of improving your magic.

Below are 2 videos of me performing the Diagonal Palm Shift, 5 years apart. I’m aware I still need to work on it, and I am constantly working on it. I’m re-reading the description in Erdnase, re-watching Ricky Smith and Tony Changs videos on it. It really is one of my favourite moves to practice though. It's just a beautifully constructed move.

I haven’t really practiced that much in the last couple of months either due to traveling Asia but now I’m back I’ve got some good ideas I’d like to try out, specifically on the blog/reddit. I’ve thought of doing a sort of video progress of me learning some sort of move. Documenting my process behind learning it. Would this be something anybody would be interested in?

Anyway enjoy the videos the password is DPS.