How to table faro?

[hazofhorsham]

Can anyone point to a decent table faro tutorial?

[digipunk]

Expert Card Technique

[NathanCanadas]

I guess this one isn't bad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAm8iO6U_g
Good luck learning this difficult sleight!

[digipunk]

I guess this one isn't bad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAm8iO6U_g
Good luck learning this difficult sleight!

Even a monkey can do that without practice.

[hazofhorsham]

Thanks for the help people

[digipunk]

@hazofhorsham, I am not joking. If you only want to perform the "Table Faro" as shown in Nathan's link, you don't need any tutorial and practice. However, if you want to learn "Table Riffle Faro", then go to find a copy of ECT, watch the performance videos on YouTube 300 times and spend more than 2 weeks to practice this one of the most difficult card sleights, you will have a extremely powerful weapon in magic.

[Joshua Robinson]

I want to learn the bridging on the table, upside down.

[digipunk]

I want to learn the bridging on the table, upside down.

It is not a meaningful sleight, but I think you may learn it from videos on Youtube if you can find any.
 
By the way, this video might be illegal (I am not sure) but I just found it. so..
http://www.56.com/w59/play_album-aid-7609993_vid-NDQ2NzcxMDc.html

[NathanCanadas]

@hazofhorsham, I am not joking. If you only want to perform the "Table Faro" as shown in Nathan's link, you don't need any tutorial and practice. However, if you want to learn "Table Riffle Faro", then go to find a copy of ECT, watch the performance videos on YouTube 300 times and spend more than 2 weeks to practice this one of the most difficult card sleights, you will have a extremely powerful weapon in magic.

Actually, I think the most difficult sleight ever is the anti-faro. Do you agree?

[digipunk]

@hazofhorsham, I am not joking. If you only want to perform the "Table Faro" as shown in Nathan's link, you don't need any tutorial and practice. However, if you want to learn "Table Riffle Faro", then go to find a copy of ECT, watch the performance videos on YouTube 300 times and spend more than 2 weeks to practice this one of the most difficult card sleights, you will have a extremely powerful weapon in magic.

Actually, I think the most difficult sleight ever is the anti-faro. Do you agree?

I can do anti-faro and table riffle faro. I think the latter is more difficult but practical. (I believe you know anti-faro is not practical at all in magic, but it is a good show-off when you do it in front of other magicians/cardists)

[NathanCanadas]

Oh. Thats good to know! I think the anti-faro is very useful: you can do a perfect faro and than an anti-faro and keep the deck exactly in the same order!

[digipunk]

Oh. Thats good to know! I think the anti-faro is very useful: you can do a perfect faro and than an anti-faro and keep the deck exactly in the same order!

How can you apply it in your magic routines? That's why I said it's more of a show-off. Tell you a secret, even Christian Engblom said it is not practical.

[NathanCanadas]

Oh. Thats good to know! I think the anti-faro is very useful: you can do a perfect faro and than an anti-faro and keep the deck exactly in the same order!

How can you apply it in your magic routines? That's why I said it's more of a show-off. Tell you a secret, even Christian Engblom said it is not practical.

Of course, it isn't THE most practical move, but you can use it as a false shuffle or a flourish or a show of skill. And, how is the table faro practical when doing street magic?

[digipunk]

And, how is the table faro practical when doing street magic?

Nathan, how fast can a fish swim in the air? (when doing street magic, in the hands faro is enough)
 
Well, let's stop discussing the difficulty or practicability, it wastes my time (and yours). Here I found a friend of mine performing the "Oil and Water" trick with anti-faro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcH0hEq6vk
 
Actually it was not a good magic because even laymen know it's a sleight, but at least he tried to integrate the skill into his routine. (He is a Christian and most of his magic videos are story-telling style)
 
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[digipunk]

@hazofhorsham and @Nathan, look at this video, I surrender.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=QZRafC-sRx4

[Joshua Robinson]

can you please do a video on how to anti-faro, i would love to learn it

[digipunk]

@Joshua, I wish I could but my digital camera was borrowed by my sister and she doesn't live with me (now I have only an old DSLR that can not record video clips). As Nathan mentioned, anti-faro is one of the most difficult card sleights and it is taught in the "Que Raro!" DVD (Christian Engblom & Dani Daortiz). You should try to get the DVD, Christian Engblom (the creator) explains the theory (like "car racing" in his words) and emphasizes the importance of the angle. Though I don't think he teaches this sleight well, all the stuff in the DVD is very creative.
 
Besides, sometime last year I found there was another tutorial coming out, but I didn't pay much attention to it. It teaches reverse (backward) anti-faro, in that the cards are sprang off the thumb. So far as I know, Paul Wilson does reverse anti-faro too. I don't remember the title of the DVD, you might need to Google the keywords mentioned above.
 
Actually there are more and more anti-faro videos on YouTube, they are also very good tutorials when you start practicing it.