Hi Craig, love your channel! It's practical methods and advice from a working magician, invaluable stuff. As a fellow practitioner, I can't stress enough to beginners reading this, just how good Craig's advice is to always force a card, even if it doesn't matter. This is exactly how to practice all timing-based forces in a realistic setting. I'd add that what Craig is calling the "attitude" force is how most magicians (myself included!) end up doing the classic force. If you're struggling with it now, you'll be amazed how it suddenly starts working when there's no consequence if you miss. What's holding you back now is most likely fear of failure, not lack of ability. Taking it a step further, I also follow Daniel Madison's advice to never truly shuffle or cut a deck of cards. Ever. There's nothing more behind this approach other than to turn every performance into a practice and test environment. Keep up the good work, Craig! 👊
In response to the force's original credits; The "Stupid Force" is the Goldin force in card college and probably where a lot of people learned it. Created by Horace Goldin, presumably around the turn of the century 20th century. The pullback force is a Henry Christ force, earliest I could see it published is in The Jinx in 1940 under the "Stop When Ready" Force.
For the stupid force you can also force someone on your left and the cross your right hand under you left arm to offer them the card to add a little more convulution to sell it.
I first learnt the cull force in a Chris Ramsey video but he only had one card under the spread not a block which is less likely to be seen, he also asked them to say stop when he thumbed through the cards instead of getting the spectator to touch a card which is a nice alternative and stops the spectator trying to grab the card. I'd forgotten about the stupid force and the bevel force, which I think looked so much better face-down, and might be a better alternative than a slip-cut force. I've never been a big fan of the pull back force because it doesn't look natural to me as you have to cover the selected card. I've came up with a slight variation; if you get a break above the force card you can then do the add-on move when removing the face-up cards, this then feels like you have instantly removed all the face-up cards.
Hi Craig, love your channel! It's practical methods and advice from a working magician, invaluable stuff. As a fellow practitioner, I can't stress enough to beginners reading this, just how good Craig's advice is to always force a card, even if it doesn't matter. This is exactly how to practice all timing-based forces in a realistic setting. I'd add that what Craig is calling the "attitude" force is how most magicians (myself included!) end up doing the classic force.
If you're struggling with it now, you'll be amazed how it suddenly starts working when there's no consequence if you miss. What's holding you back now is most likely fear of failure, not lack of ability.
Taking it a step further, I also follow Daniel Madison's advice to never truly shuffle or cut a deck of cards. Ever. There's nothing more behind this approach other than to turn every performance into a practice and test environment.
Keep up the good work, Craig! 👊
Fantastically helpful video. Thanks.
A great sequel to your first 5x5 Card Force tutorial. Very well explained, as always!
Fantastic. Thanks. For sharing. Love some more
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G'day mate. Really enjoyed this. Definitely use 4 of the 5. Keep these coming. Cheers Craig
Awesome! Thanks great stuff!!!!!
I love these! Thank you!
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A+ forces. Stupid force wss my favorite. 🎉
In response to the force's original credits;
The "Stupid Force" is the Goldin force in card college and probably where a lot of people learned it. Created by Horace Goldin, presumably around the turn of the century 20th century.
The pullback force is a Henry Christ force, earliest I could see it published is in The Jinx in 1940 under the "Stop When Ready" Force.
Best magic channel on RUclips, Great video Craig.
For the stupid force you can also force someone on your left and the cross your right hand under you left arm to offer them the card to add a little more convulution to sell it.
Brilliant 🎉 thank you
Nice stuff
Like it!
I first learnt the cull force in a Chris Ramsey video but he only had one card under the spread not a block which is less likely to be seen, he also asked them to say stop when he thumbed through the cards instead of getting the spectator to touch a card which is a nice alternative and stops the spectator trying to grab the card.
I'd forgotten about the stupid force and the bevel force, which I think looked so much better face-down, and might be a better alternative than a slip-cut force.
I've never been a big fan of the pull back force because it doesn't look natural to me as you have to cover the selected card. I've came up with a slight variation; if you get a break above the force card you can then do the add-on move when removing the face-up cards, this then feels like you have instantly removed all the face-up cards.
Dude looked like he'd rather be watching grass grow
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I love the stupid force. I have no idea where i learned it but it's such a fooler. Similar to a cross cut force in a lot of ways.