Classic Crap.
Last night I got together for a session with a few local magicians, we have a small group that gets together every two weeks and we take it in turns to hold the session at our house. One of our new members held it for the first time and during the evening was telling us how he learnt the classic force but it doesn't work too often.
When we asked how he learnt it, it turned out he'd got the 'classic force instant download' from Penguin Magic.
We all gathered around his computer and had him play the video explanation.
No wonder he wasn't having any success. It really had to be one of the worst explanations of the force I'd ever seen.
Oz Pealman basically says 'The key to this force is timing, whack the card against their finger'. And then does a really poor demonstration of what he means.
There is more to the classic force than just timing. There are three key ingredients. One of them is timing, the other two are confidence and attitude.
The good news for him was that we were able to give him some pointers and in very little time he'd got the basics down. I spoke to him today and he'd found a few friends and family members to do some tricks for and was hitting the classic force almost 100% of the time.
The way Oz teaches it you'll probably hit 75% of the time, of which 50% wouldn't appear to be you thrusting a card into someone's hand.
What's really funny is how Oz then goes on to demonstrate what to do when you miss. Actually, 'funny' might not be the best word to use there, 'sad' is probably more accurate.
He says that if you miss you should take the card they picked and lay it down, then go for another classic force, if you miss a second time then lay that one down and do a riffle force. You now have two or three cards face down on the table. Now do equivoque (magicians choice).
How would that fly? 'Here pick a card, now another, now say stop. Now put your hand on any one... ok we'll use this one.' Gimme a break.
To make matters worse, Oz clearly has no idea how to do Equivoque properly and he might as well just push the one he wants forward and say 'we will use this one'. He is as subtle as the proverbial fart in an elevator.
Is it any wonder that we see so many bad magicians at conventions if they're learning their art from useless teachers like this?
MW.
When we asked how he learnt it, it turned out he'd got the 'classic force instant download' from Penguin Magic.
We all gathered around his computer and had him play the video explanation.
No wonder he wasn't having any success. It really had to be one of the worst explanations of the force I'd ever seen.
Oz Pealman basically says 'The key to this force is timing, whack the card against their finger'. And then does a really poor demonstration of what he means.
There is more to the classic force than just timing. There are three key ingredients. One of them is timing, the other two are confidence and attitude.
The good news for him was that we were able to give him some pointers and in very little time he'd got the basics down. I spoke to him today and he'd found a few friends and family members to do some tricks for and was hitting the classic force almost 100% of the time.
The way Oz teaches it you'll probably hit 75% of the time, of which 50% wouldn't appear to be you thrusting a card into someone's hand.
What's really funny is how Oz then goes on to demonstrate what to do when you miss. Actually, 'funny' might not be the best word to use there, 'sad' is probably more accurate.
He says that if you miss you should take the card they picked and lay it down, then go for another classic force, if you miss a second time then lay that one down and do a riffle force. You now have two or three cards face down on the table. Now do equivoque (magicians choice).
How would that fly? 'Here pick a card, now another, now say stop. Now put your hand on any one... ok we'll use this one.' Gimme a break.
To make matters worse, Oz clearly has no idea how to do Equivoque properly and he might as well just push the one he wants forward and say 'we will use this one'. He is as subtle as the proverbial fart in an elevator.
Is it any wonder that we see so many bad magicians at conventions if they're learning their art from useless teachers like this?
MW.
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