HOOK // Cardistry Tutorial by Zach Mueller

Learn more at www.fontainecards.com // Flourish History:
This flourish was heavily inspired by Tobias and Oliver - when they stayed at my house in April, I really got into 3 packet cuts.
There's a certain aesthetic to a cut with only 3 packets throughout the flourish that I really love. Tobias describes these as feeling more 'premium', and I would have to agree. There's something nice about 3 packets which move around each other without any additional packets being broken off, or single cards just randomly extending off of a packet.
Transfix and Tailormade specifically were two I was very inspired by, and I was determined to make my own 3 packet cut. This was the result! The beginning is very inspired by and reminiscent of Michael James' Collector, which you can learn on his DVD, Solo. The ending is inspired by Borolo 2 by Nikolaj, which you can buy in his B-Bundle download on dananddave.com.

[@TheLimitlessLegacy]

5:10 Dat colour change :O

[@pkrmagic]

ahahahah

[@wytdragn]

Very clean lol

[@spidey5166]

yes I can finally do it! , it's been 1 year!!!!

[@ales.hrdlicka]

5:10 the best colour change I have ever seen!

[@KyleLacardistry]

lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!, just realized that

[@threehard8378]

Aleš Hrdlička of

[@scolhs]

Aleš Hrdlička w

[@1234567890AlvinWang]

Zach you the best! You always make the best tutorials and you are the reason i got into cardistry. Thanks.

[@yigitergul9489]

Following, following, following, follo... Oops the cards are on the floor

[@kingsoonkit9234]

Nice one

[@icecreamjoe9744]

Yiğit Ergül turkmusun

[@CSAN33]

Thanks for putting this up Zach, I really enjoy this flourish.

[@philmcguire7346]

You Guys have gave me so much inspiration and my cards a new lease of life, I've only just discovered your channel and I love every single video I've watched, thank you for your great tutorials and keep up the good work.

[@dduck_chanee]

I like your flourish move! And this is so amazing! Thanks for upload this tutorial!

[@alexanderedlund84]

took my like 1 year to learn this Lovely florish. Thanks. i droped card alltime in the start but now fit my hands.

[@ferdinandlim1436]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial Zach,I learn a lot flourish from you

[@MrGuitarsung]

I have never ever thought this will be released .

[@cavinkwah]

thanks zach i have always saw this flourish in your videos and wanted to learn them thanks for the tutorial

[@vilmossoh635]

Thank you soooooooo sosososososososososo much for doing this tutoriall! ive been trying to figure this flourish out for soo long! You're the best!!!

[@djbernardy1000]

OH MY GOOOD I LOVE THIS FLOURISH!!! THANK YOU SOO MUCH ZACH

[@mediaofhogwarts]

omg i waited for this flourish for so long thank you soo much zach :)

[@NJAAY98]

Dude your an amazing flourisher! The gliding move though always stuffs me up

[@cardistryjuice972]

That moment when you're practicing Hook and you drop your cards but they only make a soft *paff* sound as they hit the floor... almost as if they're sympathetic for you XD

[@brandden7162]

AHHAAHAH

[@TwoFootGiant]

Not that you care about an old video, at 88k. But the “I didn’t like that card anyway” just bought you a sub with notifications

[@normalizermath4006]

Amazing card fluorish!!! And now i have learnt this card fuorish

[@reydeespadasDBD]

you´re the best zach

[@gaonkim7183]

I REALLY WANTED LEARN THIS CUT!! THANKS!

[@hexfletch]

Love the new website!

[@lianpalima]

Such a nice cut. Thanks for the tutorial :)

[@davidlashaway]

My hands are too small as well. However, after training with this video for 3 to 4 days I can now do this move. More training and I will be doing this at full speed. Keep trying, if you can't do it today then keep at it. It will come as it did for me.

[@avpceltic715]

Zach can you please do a video on how to do the Curly-Q or LePaul Fan? You perform it flawlessly and it is a stellar fan that I think we would all love to learn. My Blue Fontaines shipped yesterday and I'm so excited!

[@cskhard]

Awesome :D I was wishing a new cardistry tutorial and this is perfect :3

Really awesome move Zach :D

[@vaclavgregor9050]

3:07 WTF

[@quintonfarmer2574]

+Václav Gregor Did you get it yet? I have the spin down now, but holy crap the pushing the cards out and back is tricky.

[@amfay123]

haha! If anyone has any advice for this part it would be helpful :)

[@vbeis0]

It's easy man. Actually all you have to really do is exactly what he does. Don't be scared you will drop some cards but you'll be doing it in like a week or so

[@victivity52]

you need to try to keep your index as close to the left edge as possible so there is room to move on the rotation for your finger

[@notmagicok7612]

Thank you for this! Real great! I usually take cardistry moves from others and enhance them and I have don't them with this one (by enhance I mean make it easier for me

[@reimon8890]

I suggest everyone to revisit this move if you can't do it now. Learn some other moves and train your fingers and when you come back you'll be able to get the rotation

[@spidey5166]

yes I agree

[@lutekytg]

I'll follow your advice. Jesus Christ I though myself not too bad for a beginner, now I'll go cry in a corner with my split-second blindfolded sybil cut.

[@luisg.8420]

today is the day that i finally successfully perform this cut after 6(?) years of trying it

[@willhuynh6330]

Zach can you put put a tutorial on Curly-Q fan in the classic catalog by any chance, cause your's is so awesome !!

[@samysiahaan]

Congrats zach for your new website. Cheers frok Indonesia!!

[@MrCharlie066]

Yes! Sooo Goood!! :D Cheers from New Zealand!

[@Gamelordqk]

shjt, my skinny fingers wont allow me to spin that easily, but im not giving up on this move!!!

[@JackSepticEye22]

ayy 2019 gang

[@louisiles9309]

I think this guy is getting a lot of unnecessary shit for no reason, his tutorials are some of the best in depth out there, if you don't have the mechanics down for this in one session your simply trying to perform cuts that your skill set/ hands aren't used to, try learning some cuts of D&D's system then tell me if I'm wrong.

[@darkkososTrick]

genius flourish

[@Marco-qf9ce]

AMAZINGGGGGG

[@alessioa1818]

best cardistry ever ❤

[@amg7490]

+Magic_ Alessio no

[@jacoblott4002]

Zach I love ur work and think u are the best in my eyes at card flourishing. Hook is my favourite flourish , but I have hit a wall and can't seem to get it down. I would really love to be great as u one day. I practice every day / all day. I really need ur help and advice please respond.. keep up the great work all the way from Decatur Alabama

[@GavHern]

to help people tutorial starts at 0:39

[@joelsorri6532]

5:10-5:13 That was pretty cool color change

[@vilronferaman6746]

Your best thanks

[@veronicasimioni8731]

is a best of cardistry

[@yournamehere004]

on the 1st rotation, the cards rotate to my right fingernail and i lose half the pack. if i move my finger more to the knuckle, i can't clear the 2nd rotation. so hard, but i love this flourish so I'm not giving up. maybe ill practice with some wooden blocks or wide/flat lego pieces :)

[@johnathanceja2452]

Finally did it but very slow and sloppy thank you zach

[@JMP-ETTAN]

thats of the hook !

[@kramster20032]

I am wondering if there are variants of this I am having trouble with the peal with the thumb and the counter clock wise spin.

[@jonathand5793]

Insane

[@marcojeda5288]

You're awesome

[@ndrewRock]

You know Zach, I think your flourishes are awesome to watch, and you're not that bad at teaching them, but learning them made me figure out a lot of useful but untold details that would make the learning process easier.. What I'm trying to say it's just: give us some more detail in your tutorials, would you? ;)

[@waltersixinchsub9861]

well at least its a verbal cardistry explanation

[@Romina-fl8bo]

Hey im a beginner, left handed girl who has really small hands and what really helped me was to separate the 3 packs whith rubber bands so my cards didnt drop, i hope this tip can help if you have trouble with this flourish

[@Yohannes-fv1en]

Please more tutorials

[@rixon1204]

zach how do you find all this great music for cardistry

[@kaustubhfadnis2731]

I couldn't make it yet but one tip is, do not hold the cards with the support of your nails. They slip. Rest it just on the skinny part

[@zSphox]

OMG i

[@BzBlade]

for people having cards slipping from the thumb on the first rotation: Move your thumb up a bit closer to the middle

[@UncleViz]

pls halp. when I rotate the packets the slide up my finger towards my finger nail. Thus letting them fall. Am i not having a strong enough grip with my fingers? plss

[@jimmathers7924]

try a smaller packet to start. it's much easier to handle

[@flourishes4u]

haha i have dropped so many cards trying to learn this!

[@Hiddenidentity86]

I can't do the second spin (Counter Clockwise) always drop the cards. Anyone else having this problem.

[@zoroyt9044]

Good cardistry

[@kingzo1131]

Amazing!!! Love the website!!! But I can't get any fontaines😭😭😭😭😭my parents can't afford them😭😭😭

[@SpadeMagician23]

Hey zach can you tell me the name of the camera used for this video

[@nicholasdolan4794]

Fucking love this flourish

[@DarlingAFK]

okay so i cant do the second spin because the thumbpack is in the way. tips?

[@Gromst3rr]

Whats the song when Zach is explaining how to perform the trick?

[@gamingmastache]

Super

[@quintonfarmer2574]

God damn this ones tricky...

[@slimyzombie]

sometimes you just have to fucking spring your cards all over the place just to relieve some of that DAMN frustration because HOLY fuck this is some advanced shit right here!!! >:(

[@CristianKirk]

"...or wave your hands like you're The Cuso..." :D

[@davidefinotto5618]

what's the name of the song in the first 40 secs of the video? btw this move is so hard to do, i've been practicing for 2 days and i'm only able to rotate the packets :C

[@headchest6616]

That song is :: MF Doom - Hoe Cakes. You're welcome)

[@EvanTheShade]

Just wondering, how can I stop cards from falling out of my packets when I'm spinning them around my fingers? Thanks

[@EvanTheShade]

Also, how do you stop cards from sliding down your fifer when you get to any angle? Or should they not end up at an angle in the first place?

[@waltersixinchsub9861]

ExtantDJ its just practice because practice makes perfect

[@logolorin]

rubber bands

[@waltersixinchsub9861]

maybe

[@fatpigsyt2275]

When you rotate put the edge of the cards lower on your fingers so that the cards don't contact your fingernail.

[@darkskullanimationsdsa8756]

Here's an idea what if every time you release a new colored deck you also restock all the other colors because what if someone wants a blue deck but there's only green plus even on eBay there way to expensive.

[@darkycsgo]

ZACH I

[@jamesspearman8108]

I still can't rotate packets around my finger...I always drop them...

[@leoshestown1140]

sick

[@blaisejackson4917]

I'll learn it in a few years I guess...

[@blaisejackson4917]

What I'm trying to say is it's hard

[@robertrampollo3102]

Any more new flourishes going on your website

[@JavierMartinez-jh4ov]

What the name of the cut in the final?

[@abhisen6426]

good move

[@lilgskirocks]

What is the song at the start?

[@Leosuggate]

MF Doom - Hoe Cakes

[@sike2313]

its so hard😂...you do it damn well though👌👍

[@matthewsaunders4698]

Any tips for the 2 packet glide? Anybody help

[@souz0417]

When you slide the bottom packet up you need to rotate your finger downwards(towards you).

[@courseyy]

Here.

[@xenon8657]

anyone know I good way of dealing with frustration with not being able to do a move

[@martinortizhidalgo5657]

WHO'S WATCHING THIS IN 2017? Well.... Me

[@joshuasim9326]

Martin Ortiz Hidalgo same

[@luisvictor4914]

Me

[@f.c.4549]

@@luisvictor4914 9 months ago was 2018 tho

[@hypereviews1856]

Rubber band is a mans best friend

[@andrevieira8271]

This can be used as a false cut, btw

[@savage.trollingninja8652]

"its pretty ugly ..but it works" lmao

[@kingsoonkit9234]

This is harder than I thought,the rotating is the hardest for me

[@Meekox]

Yeah! Idk how the second rotate is possible xd

[@jimmathers7924]

when I first started I rotated it on my pointer immediately. I found waiting until your ring finger touches the pack works a lot better.

[@jimmathers7924]

+yuyt yuytyuyt I also found that a smaller pack to begin with is a lot easier as well

[@wiseanddead6045]

Does anyone know the name of the song at the beginning?

[@unavailable4064]

MF Doom - Hoe Cakes

[@RaredragonEXZ]

1:28 7 of hearts, looks at my deck, also 7 of hearts. Wtf.

[@paulschneider8634]

RaredragonEXZ Same O.o omg

[@uxchunks]

Your name should be @zachweird Edit: I finally learned how must it be learned.

[@baynenelson8442]

What deck is at 0:26?

[@johannfaust3325]

Can u tell me the name of the deck at 0:26

[@charlierobinsonmagician7593]

music at 1:10

[@antonioaraujo4045]

what's the name of the background song?

[@KaijinTips]

sonoo gayyyy

[@Slothieee_]

+Antonio Araujo MF Doom - Hoe Cakes

[@Keithstaeger01]

Zack, you need to make your cardistry tutorials more in depth. When I'm doing this, at the part where I'm supposed to reverse the rotation, I drop one packet

[@soumyajitsaha4217]

practice it.you"ll get over it.

[@blindkiddd]

Supah!