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- What up gang?.
Welcome back.
Today is Monday which
means it's magic Monday.
And I know a lot of you,
you know, in the last few
magic Mondays you're like,
Chris when are you gonna
do a teaching something?
Well today that is the day that
I will be teaching something
and I, I know a lot of
you, in the comments,
are gonna be like, Chris,
you're not supposed to
teach the thing anymore.
Well you know what?
This is my channel so shut up.
(laughs)
To be real, this is an
original cart trick,
something that I've come up with.
Actually the first
trick I've even released
into the magic world, into
the nether of the magicians.
I happened to be, I think
six or seven years ago,
with a company by the name of Illusionist,
who I eventually started working for.
Now back then, to break
into the magic industry,
you know, I wanted to
create a name for myself.
And the thing was, a lot
of these magic companies,
you know, they were
getting a lot of offers
from a lot of magicians
and a lot of new and exciting
products were coming out.
So they didn't really have
time for every single creator.
The tides have turned, let me tell you,
because you show any magic
company anything nowadays,
they will scramble to
release your product.
I'm telling you, take that from me.
But back then was a different era.
So I decided with the
help of my friend Lee,
who's behind the camera.
Me and Lee decided, you know what?
Let's film this, let's make the trailer,
let's make the tutorial,
package it all nicely,
and give it to them.
That way they can't say no.
They have zero money to invest,
everything's just done for them.
So I eventually linked
up with Peter McKinnon
and that was the first
time we met, in Toronto.
Showed him the trick, he loved it,
picked it to Illusionist,
and they released it.
Now since then it's been, you
know, it's been five years.
My contract was up for that trick,
they took it off the site, you know,
it wasn't being taught anymore.
So I thought I'd bring it
back and instead of selling it
and releasing it and whatever,
I'm just gonna teach it here.
So that is the history behind Praxis,
the first move I've ever taught.
And you guys are going
to able to learn a few
of the variations that I've come up with
during the time that I released
it and now it's much better.
So this is what the move
looks like by the way,
you saw that in the
B-roll in the beginning.
There's the card, the card is
protruding out of the deck,
and I can push it in
and, all of the sudden,
it's on top of the desk.
That's basically Praxis right there.
Another application for this
or another way of doing it
is a little bit more sleight intensive.
They look at the card here.
As I come back, the move's already done
and the card is on top.
So you're gonna be
learning those two things.
So if you're ready, grab
yourself a deck of cards,
crack your knuckles, cause
it's time to learn some magic.
Let's go.
Alright guys, I'm gonna give
you a behind the shoulder view
because I think this is probably
the most practical view.
And we're gonna run
through two different ways
that you can do this.
The first one is a lot easier.
By all means not easy but a lot easier.
And the second one is more difficult
but, in my opinion, way more satisfying.
And we'll talk about
angles and all that after.
Right now we're just gonna
get into the mechanics.
What you're gonna wanna
first do is spread the cards
and have them touch the back of one card.
So let's say they touch this one here.
You're then going to bring this hand down.
So that you can bring this card up
with your middle finger, right?
So it's very simple, they touch a card,
you take it out like this.
You show it to them, holding it like this,
and this hand is down.
Now this hand is going to get
ready to kick this card out.
Just with your thumb.
Just, that's its.
That's it.
What you're gonna do here is
you're gonna slowly let go
of the pressure as you come back down.
As you let go of the pressure
what's gonna happen is
that card's gonna wanna rotate
and you're gonna kick this card out
as you close everything here.
Look where my thumb is,
ready for a Tenkai, okay.
So we're gonna go over that again.
Spread the cards, outjog their
selection, show that to them.
As I come back I kick that out, close up,
and instead of grabbing it from here,
you can bring your hand
a little bit over to make
that Tenkai a little bit
cleaner for the angles.
So you're gonna spread,
you're gonna upjog one,
show it, that rotation
is that one kicks out,
and then everything closes.
Your hand comes, instead of here,
your hand is gonna come over top,
contact the side of that card
and what I like to do here is,
I like to switch my thumb
to my middle finger.
So I'm kind of like
left a little bit open.
And that also allows me to come over here
and close it up, okay?
Now one thing I see a lot of
people do is this big motion
where they're here and the
come back and they swing it.
And that's so gross.
Don't do that ever.
Alright, if you're one of
those people, just don't.
Cause this motion here,
(grunts) super weird, alright.
Don't do that.
It's just a matter of
letting go of the pressure,
just enough, and gravity'll take care.
Trust gravity.
Look this one's already ready.
I'm already ready but I'm down here.
As I come down I'm just gonna
let go of the pressure a bit.
It's gonna go right there.
Look, it's still holding
on to my middle finger.
I'll show you from the
back what that looks like.
Outjog, I'm here.
And it just goes down.
No swinging necessary, okay?
Up jog, show, as I come back
that one gets pushed out.
And you wanna close this up.
Bring your hand over.
Change grips.
Close everything up.
And the card is now on top.
So let's talk about angles for this, okay?
So the best angle is going
to be, so this is your,
let's say this is your middle,
you want the spectator
to be right about here.
Eye level is okay because
you're doing a Tenkai.
All you need to remember is
that the card has lasers on it
and it's shooting towards their eyeballs.
And they won't see it.
If you keep a card here,
you know, they'll see this,
they'll see this, but they won't see that.
That's to their eye level. (whooshing)
Okay, so you wanna keep
them just a little bit over to the side.
If you, you know, if you
perform this from the front,
obviously they're gonna get all
of this section here, alright?
So the more you turn here,
the more they're not gonna see anything.
So again the spectator's over here,
you say look at that card.
As you come back here your
hand's gonna come over,
switch grips, and you're
gonna close everything off.
And the card is controlled
and that my friends is the first variation
of the Praxis Control.
Variation (speaks in foreign language)
This one here, little bit harder, okay?
Now this is basically the opposite
of the Carpenter's Ghost
Production by Jack Carpenter,
released by Chris "Orbit" Brown.
The Carpenter's Ghost
Production looks like this.
That's where you produce
a card, kind of like that,
it looks like a ghost kind of produces it.
Well the same thing, except
once they see the card,
it's going to go backwards.
And here's the difference
between this one,
is that I'm not touching this,
I'm not touching their selection.
They're looking at it,
I'm touching it for a brief
instance while I just split.
I split, I show them that card like this.
But as I come back, look
at my middle finger.
It's not touching it anymore.
The only points of contact
are the bottom corner
of this card and the
bottom corner of this card.
And they're allowing that to rotate, okay?
A bit trippy.
They see the card, I let them see,
I can even do this, that's fine.
As they come back together,
I let go of everything,
and on the way down, that's
going to rotate by itself.
And again, right into this position.
Now that's gonna take some practice.
The card's just gonna
wanna, you can see it,
the cards kind of just, my
finger's not touching them
This is just, I'm applying pressure here.
Let me show you from this side.
The cards are just falling like this.
Look, look.
See how that works?
So as they're here, let's
say you're the spectator
I'm showing you this and again,
same angle as the other one.
But this time it's a
little more sensitive,
because as I come down, I
don't want this to flash.
I don't want you to see that movement.
So I'm gonna cover that
up by closing up the deck.
And as soon as I close the deck,
that's when the move is done.
So it happens really quickly
and as an exposed view you're doing this.
Alright, one more time.
They see the card, on my way down is
where that card gets rotated.
So from here again.
Spread, they touch a card,
you show them that card.
So this one here, the eight of diamonds.
As I come back down this way,
I'm going to close everything up.
Now at this point, you can pause,
you can riffle through the deck.
I mean that card's not going anywhere.
So I can stay right
here as long as I want,
until I feel the need
to pull that card out.
And then come over top and replace it.
But you don't have to do it right away.
So if you show them the
card and you're here,
you don't have to go like this right away.
You can if you want to
for video or something.
But if you're in person, you're here.
I can come back and say,
okay well your card's
somewhere in this deck.
Now I've got it in this palm
and then when I'm ready I can replace it.
And replacing it, you know, this is,
I've played with so many
different types of replacements.
I think the one for this
that works is just grabbing the deck
and rotating it and that looks fine.
You know, some people like doing this
where they turn it over.
I think that's weird.
Or, you know, that one.
I also think that's weird.
I even played around with this one
where I show this card, put that back,
and then turned it into that one.
Which is also weird, it's
just a fun thing to play with,
but I'm kind of just
kicking it out, you know.
I played around with this one too
where that's their card
and I go here, again,
there's something fishy going on.
So I think the best way
to do it is just literally
to come over the deck
and rotate it or just,
if you can get away with just
replacing it, that's fine too.
So up to you.
A fun move to practice none the less.
I even came up with like
a bit of a cull system
where they would like touch a card,
I would come here, they
would look at another card,
I would come here, another card.
(chuckles) You know what I mean?
But never really went anywhere,
it was just fun to play with
but the mechanics are so much fun.
You're gonna have a lot of fun just doing
that by yourself honestly.
As with this one, I think they're
both equally as fun to do.
One of them more
challenging than the other.
Anyways, that is the Praxis Control.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Alright boys and girls, that was Praxis.
Hope you guys enjoyed that.
I put a lot of my time
and effort into this move
over the years so if
you're just starting it,
don't get discouraged.
That's sleight of hand.
That's the way it goes.
You're just gonna suck
until you don't suck as much
and then you're gonna not suck as much
until you get really good.
Alright, and that's just the way it works.
And it takes years sometimes or whatever.
But I thought I'd give you this,
something to practice on the couch.
As I mentioned in the tutorial,
I don't use this regularly,
it's just a cool move
and the mechanics of it are
really what sort of gets me off,
is behind the scenes.
And I think you guys are gonna have a lot
of fun practicing it.
And if you do, you know, post a video.
Make sure it's good.
Cause if it isn't, don't post it.
Simple, so simple.
Anyways guys, thanks
for watching this video.
A like, subscribe if you're new here.
We'll see you Wednesday for another puzzle
and yeah, have a, have a good Monday.
Peace.
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singing in foreign language)
