Thumb Touch Coins Across – coin magic trick
Here you’ll learn how to perform coin magic trick that use only one move – Geoff’s Han Ping Chien. The application is also fairly easy. There is, of course, a catch: you must be able to act, and well. If you convey the proper impressions to the audience this is one of the cleanest coins across routines you could possibly want. It uses only four coins and can be done either standing or sitting.
Display the four coins and drop them on your left palm. Close your hand and do Isolation Placement as already described, getting one of the coins ready. Look at your left fist and give it a slight upward shake. Follow the path of the invisible coin as it travels across to your right hand. Glance in front of you, just a bit to your right, as if you see the coin in midair (fig. 1 is the audience view). You’ve followed the path of the imaginary coin to your right hand and, when it reaches it, pretend to grab it, your hand turning palm up with your thumb behind your straightened fingers (fig. 2).
Do it with conviction. If you don’t really believe that your right hand has caught a coin then there’s no way you can convince the audience. it works, too – they’ll think you’re actually holding a coin in your right hand. Now, simply place the coin that you’ve caught with your right hand onto the table. Of course, you do the Han Ping Chien move so that as your right hand smacks down onto the table, your left hand moves smoothly to the left. The isolated coin slides out of it and, as your right hand descends, your fingers push it downward onto the table. The illusion is perfect, as if you were simply smacking the “caught” coin onto the table. It’s also a little easier than some other applications of the move because there’s nothing else in your right hand to worry about (no extra coins, etc.).
After you lift your right hand, leaving the single coin on the table, turn it over to show it empty. Turn it palm down and make a fist. Shake your left hand and open it to display three coins. Maneuver them by shaking your hand so that they’re stacked inward in position for Isolation Placement. Do the move as you close your hand and turn it over, getting another coin ready for the Han Ping Chien. Then, turn your left fist up again. Give it a shake and follow the invisible coin, catching it with your right hand, which immediately smacks it to the table as you do the move. The second coin will slide out of your left fist and, as your right fingers push it downward, clink against the coin already on the table, Simply repeat the entire business as described to get the third and fourth coins across. Remember that your aim has to be good here so that each coin that’s released from your left hand lands on the coin or coins already on the table.
Card magics revealed
Colour separation card magic trick
Here is another secret of card magics revealed for you. This quick, straightforward effect creates a strong impression on the minds of the spectators. For this reason you can include it in your programme, immediately after some more lengthy card trick.
EFFECT. From a shuffled pack a spectator hands the performer any four red cards and any four black cards. These cards are shuffled together by both the performer and the spectator. The performer places the packet behind his back and by the sense of touch alone, separates the red cards from the black.
METHOD. Ask someone to hand you any four red cards which you receive face up in your left hand in the dealing position. Now ask for four black cards and as these are being taken from the pack, take the red packet into your right hand, the right inner corner of the cards between the first and second fingers. By pressing down with the thumb, a slight downward bend is put into the corner of the cards.
Extend the left hand to receive the black cards then place them on top of the red cards in the right hand. Turn the packet face down so that the bend in the corner of the red cards is at the inner end, and give the packet a shuffle. Hand the packet to the spectator for shuffling, ensuring that it is taken so that, when shuffled, the bent corners will still be at the inner end where they will not be noticed.
After shuffling, take back the packet and hold it face down behind your back. Take each card separately and feel for a bent corner. If a straight card you bring it forward, face down, saying “That’s not a colour”, and place it to your right. If it has a bent comer you straighten it, then bring it forward, saying “That’s a colour”, and place it to your left.
Finally you will have a packet of four face down cards to your right and four to your left. Turn the packets over and spread them to show that you have separated the reds from the black. A trial will convince you that the trick is much more effective in performance than it appears in print. The fact that only a few cards are used prevents the repetition becoming boring. To the spectators it appears quite impossible for the performer to separate the cards by touch alone, but of course, this is the true explanation.
