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There are plenty of easy Magic Tricks to learn. The best are ones you can do anywhere and anytime, whenever anyone asks, using everyday things like coins or pens or handkerchiefs. You can even borrow these items! Coin tricks and card tricks are a great place to start. For one thing, to do them well you have to learn good technique and how to use misdirection. For another, you can have them with you all the time and practice and perform anywhere. Any professional worth his/her salt will tell you that you should have an arsenal of at least five 'impromptu' tricks. Get these mastered without relying on props and gimmicks - and you'll soon be on the path to a hot reputation as a mind-blowing magician.
How to do magic tricks
Be patient and do lots of practice
So called 'self-working' magic tricks can be okay for kids shows but the neatest high-impact magic is going to take practice. That said, it doesn't mean that it has to be complicated. It's more about mastering the technique so that it is second nature and you slide through the moves with complete confidence and grace. Getting that to the point where you are confident and effective can take time but the more you practice the easier it gets. And at the end of the day there are only three kinds of physical tricks: production, vanish and transformation. A lot of the techniques are transferable and adaptable so as you build your repertoire it gets easier to learn new stuff. To a novice I'd still recommend basic palming and passing techniques and then simple vanishes and productions. You'll be surprised how quickly you'll progress once you get going. That deep interiorizing of your technique leaves you free to perform and use all your psychological skills to make the magic happen. And the reward when you get the oh-my-god-how-did-he-do-that reaction will just make you glow!
Master misdirection
So, you've got your basic technical skills to a high level. You feel confident. You can do all the moves without even thinking. You're ready to show your first tricks. But wait! If you want to stand out from the crowd, then you need to know the REAL SECRET of how to do magic tricks: the very cunning psychology of misdirection and suggestion - and how to use it. The best magicians know this. You need to learn how to direct your audience to look where you want them to look, expect something other than what is about to happen, convince them that something just happened when it didn't. You can direct and misdirect their attention using words, eye-contact, asking them to do something, asking them not to do something, make them laugh and so on. You can do good magic just with technique and a bit of personality. But if you want to blow them away, then these simple psychological skills are well worth mastering.
The Five Elements of Successful Magic
Master the Basics - get started with the basic skills of holding, palming, passing etc. and try simple vanishes and productions. Choose good tricks that you enjoy and learn them thoroughly one at a time. Video tutorials are an excellent way to learn as everything is shown to you and you can stop and watch again as often as you like.
Always Practice - this one speaks for itself. Practice, practice,practice and then keep practicing! You'd be surprised how many people forget this. Resist the temptation to perform a trick until is perfect.
Confidence - practice how to do magic tricks until you are completely confident that you can make it work every time. Only then begin to perform it in front of others.
Master Misdirection - this is the REAL art of magic. This is what makes your magic spectacularly successful, deeply enjoyable and mind-boggling for your audience.
Give it Pazzazz! - think about the persona you present when you perform, how you speak, how you move. Add style and humour and flair. It's show business, after all, even if you're only performing to your friends at home or in the pub.
How to do magic
There are plenty of easy Magic Tricks to learn. The best are ones you can do anywhere and anytime, whenever anyone asks, using everyday things like coins or pens or handkerchiefs. You can even borrow these items! Coin tricks and card tricks are a great place to start. For one thing, to do them well you have to learn good technique and how to use misdirection. For another, you can have them with you all the time and practice and perform anywhere. Any professional worth his/her salt will tell you that you should have an arsenal of at least five 'impromptu' tricks. Get these mastered without relying on props and gimmicks - and you'll soon be on the path to a hot reputation as a mind-blowing magician.
How to do magic tricks
Be patient and do lots of practice
So called 'self-working' magic tricks can be okay for kids shows but the neatest high-impact magic is going to take practice. That said, it doesn't mean that it has to be complicated. It's more about mastering the technique so that it is second nature and you slide through the moves with complete confidence and grace. Getting that to the point where you are confident and effective can take time but the more you practice the easier it gets. And at the end of the day there are only three kinds of physical tricks: production, vanish and transformation. A lot of the techniques are transferable and adaptable so as you build your repertoire it gets easier to learn new stuff. To a novice I'd still recommend basic palming and passing techniques and then simple vanishes and productions. You'll be surprised how quickly you'll progress once you get going. That deep interiorizing of your technique leaves you free to perform and use all your psychological skills to make the magic happen. And the reward when you get the oh-my-god-how-did-he-do-that reaction will just make you glow!
Master misdirection
So, you've got your basic technical skills to a high level. You feel confident. You can do all the moves without even thinking. You're ready to show your first tricks. But wait! If you want to stand out from the crowd, then you need to know the REAL SECRET of how to do magic tricks: the very cunning psychology of misdirection and suggestion - and how to use it. The best magicians know this. You need to learn how to direct your audience to look where you want them to look, expect something other than what is about to happen, convince them that something just happened when it didn't. You can direct and misdirect their attention using words, eye-contact, asking them to do something, asking them not to do something, make them laugh and so on. You can do good magic just with technique and a bit of personality. But if you want to blow them away, then these simple psychological skills are well worth mastering.
The Five Elements of Successful Magic
Master the Basics - get started with the basic skills of holding, palming, passing etc. and try simple vanishes and productions. Choose good tricks that you enjoy and learn them thoroughly one at a time. Video tutorials are an excellent way to learn as everything is shown to you and you can stop and watch again as often as you like.
Always Practice - this one speaks for itself. Practice, practice,practice and then keep practicing! You'd be surprised how many people forget this. Resist the temptation to perform a trick until is perfect.
Confidence - practice how to do magic tricks until you are completely confident that you can make it work every time. Only then begin to perform it in front of others.
Master Misdirection - this is the REAL art of magic. This is what makes your magic spectacularly successful, deeply enjoyable and mind-boggling for your audience.
Give it Pazzazz! - think about the persona you present when you perform, how you speak, how you move. Add style and humour and flair. It's show business, after all, even if you're only performing to your friends at home or in the pub.
How to do magic