Learn to Hold Cards Like a MAGICIAN! [TUTORIAL]

BUY TICKETS TO MY SHOW: parlourofdecep...
ONLINE COURSE ON CARD MAGIC: cardmagic101.com
PRIVATE EVENTS AND LESSONS: danielroymagic...
SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER: danielroymagic...
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: / danielroymagic
Twitter: / danielroymagic
Tik Tok: / danielroymagic
CARD MAGIC STARTER KIT:
Playing Cards: amzn.to/2OiNG0V
Self Working Card Magic Book: amzn.to/3qvdB2L
Sleight of Hand Card Magic Book: amzn.to/38lwcYC
[Optional] Mat: bit.ly/3eum6bE - choose Plush Material Forest Green
PLAYING CARDS:
The Best Cards for Magic: amzn.to/2OiNG0V
My Favorite Cards: amzn.to/3v5XvA3
LEARN SLEIGHT OF HAND CARD MAGIC:
Royal Road to Card Magic: amzn.to/3rpRD2h
Card College Vol. 1: amzn.to/38lwcYC
Card College Vol. 2: amzn.to/3ejjGgd
Card College Vol. 3: amzn.to/3sW976G
Card College Vol. 4: amzn.to/3sUrKbg
The Expert at the Card Table: amzn.to/38kP1eI
LEARN SELF WORKING CARD MAGIC:
Card College Light: amzn.to/3qvdB2L
Card College Lighter: amzn.to/3ruzIrh
Card College Lightest: amzn.to/3v84Wa0
GEAR:
Main Camera: amzn.to/3v0UfWu
Second Camera: amzn.to/3kWZEJw
Third Camera: amzn.to/3t603vY
Main Lens: amzn.to/3t72uyH
Second Lens: amzn.to/3t0hSwC
Favorite Lens: amzn.to/30ngvvG
Light: amzn.to/3bvDs64
Softbox: amzn.to/3l2gy9F
Mic: amzn.to/3ruBgBB
Audio Interface: amzn.to/3eq5WQG
External Recorder: amzn.to/3t62v5E
Computer: amzn.to/3sUtnFU
Capture Card: amzn.to/3ejXIcL
Stream Deck: amzn.to/3v6J3rw
Amazing Copyright Free Music for Creators: www.epidemicso...
These are affiliate links, so by using them, you help out the channel. Thanks!
This series of Card Magic Tutorials on my channel will explain the most fundamental techniques along with some strong card tricks -- everything in the series is fully self working and requires no sleight-of-hand. But, you'll still want to practice the card handling with precision to prepare yourself for future techniques and tricks.
Learning to properly hold a deck of cards is, bar none, the most important technique in all of card magic. If there are any problems with the initial grips you learn, you'll run into challenges time and again with any tricks and moves you attempt. If you learn the grips properly, however, your life will get much easier as you continue on your journey.
Note that Dealing Position is sometimes called "Mechanic's Grip" and End Grip is sometimes called "Biddle Grip."
CREDITS:
Dealing Position and End Grip are described in a variety of sources. I first encountered these grips in Card College Volume 1 by Roberto Giobbi. That's also where I got the holding-a-bird analogy from. In Card College, Giobbi created a systematized vocabulary and framework for learning sleight of hand with cards which I draw on in this video. However, there are many critical details often left out of both written and video instruction that I've encountered through practicing and in this video, I try to cover those in as much depth as possible.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

BUY TICKETS TO MY SHOW: parlourofdeceptions.com ONLINE COURSE ON CARD MAGIC: cardmagic101.com PRIVATE EVENTS AND LESSONS: danielroymagic.com/booking SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER: danielroymagic.com/newsletter CREDITS: Left hand dealing position and right hand end grip are described in a variety of sources. I first encountered these grips in Card College Volume 1 by Roberto Giobbi. That's also where I got the holding-a-bird analogy from. In Card College, Giobbi created a systematized vocabulary and framework for learning sleight of hand with cards which I draw on in this video. However, there are many critical details often left out of both written and video instruction that I've encountered through practicing and in this video, I try to cover those in as much depth as possible.

[@memorizer4941]

I just want to say, when I watch your videos Daniel, I feel like I’m reading a magic book but with visuals! Exactly what I wish it was always like with videos; perfect!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Wow, thank you!

[@memorizer4941]

@@DanielRoyMagic You’re very welcome!

[@memorizer4941]

I wonder at some point will you talk about the overhand shuffle grip taught in Royal Road? (And other places) Because I feel that a lot of people get that wrong, especially the pinky!

[@TUFRIDEGPGT]

This is exactly why I'm drawn to sleight of hand so much, why I love practicing it and watching it. It might be one of the hardest skill sets to learn. There is so much nuance you almost can't understand it unless you try it for yourself. The amount of dexterity that needs to be learned to do most of these movements takes hours and years in most cases to perfect. And that's practicing every day. I wish I wasn't 40 years old already so that I can have 40 extra years to learn everything. I should've never stopped when I got out of High School. I've been picking up the slack the last few years though. And you, my friend, think extremely thoroughly and your neuro-science background really shows, especially with your and performance and patter. You think about everything possible simultaneously. A true multi-tasker. I like this about you. I'll be lurking and watching all your videos over time. I'm in.

[@artheus1237]

Netflix should do a series about card tricks and/or card games, like they did with the one that has chest hahahaha You’re skills are amazing, keep posting the videos please

[@XNDL44]

Never knew that the fundamental levels were this deep with sleight of hand or magic. So much to learn and the results make it worth learning

[@KirjavaCat]

Daniel Roy, the master we didn't know we needed that much, you are amazing man

[@davehollingworth5537]

This was great. And exactly what I've been looking for, having realized the mechanics of how the hands hold the cards is really important! Thank You!

[@toiomagician]

I've beee studying on Giobbi's books as well! You're uploading such valuable material Daniel, and your explanations are some of the best on KZbin. Keep it up! 😁

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Awesome, thank you!

[@scentofthesea]

Thank you for this, Daniel. I was quite surprised when you took down the previous video (grips and holding the break) as I wondered if you had decided against posting such tutorials. I see now that you have just brought in a lot more detail. Exemplar clarity in instructions and explanation! The precision with which you have included the physics, body posture and various other details leaves no doubt in the mind of the viewer. I believe your work has the potential to become an collection which can surpass various other legends while building on them. Being available on KZbin might just be its greatest strength. Thanks once again, Daniel. Hope to learn a lot more from you.! :)

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Thanks! And yup, I wanted to go into more detail than I did in that previous video. I also decided that for publicly available videos, I wanted to focus more on basic card handling and self-working techniques/tricks. I'm currently working on an online course that will teach more advanced sleight-of-hand. But these fundamental techniques lay the groundwork for everything that follows.

[@elementohm]

I just started to learn magic and sleight of hand (mainly since I watched your 10 levels video) and I got to say: Daniel, you're the best! A true inspiration for me. THANKS ♥️

[@AndrewKinakin]

Very informative and must-know info for people getting into magic. Great video man! - Canadian Magician

[@PaulTheillusionist]

You are providing such valuable and extremely well taught material, Daniel. This is contrary to so many KZbinrs that attempt to teach magic. However, your audience is in great hands, thankfully.

[@deepanjanmudi2678]

Its quite challenging to teach the very basic lessons when u r at a daniel roy level , but daniel your teaching is so comprehensive and leaves no doubts whatsoever , i'm doing card things for a long time now just as a hobby and know this things but never heard these things in such detail

[@Davlavi]

Thanks for doing these videos.

[@abhishekgore2865]

This channel is soo underrated 😤

[@janalbrecht7082]

What a great Video. You are so right, if you start with card magic you have to know the basics. And this is really good explained. Its also nice that you promote Mr Giobbi and his card college. This books are really good to learn great card magic. I hope you do more of this basics Videos 👍

[@rlmar8246]

Please do double lift next time! I love you!

[@destinystarrr_]

I LOVE YOU BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH I REALLY NEEDED THIS

[@memorizer4941]

This is a very weird comment, but... you have really good hands. It truly adds something aesthetically to your videos, and makes your dealing position look very nice.

[@ryanandrewbaker]

Your teaching style is fantastic. Well paced, clear, succinct, and explains the rationale behind the move and the training techniques. I really appreciate that video, thanks very much.

[@mateusfonseca6672]

i've started learning magic this february, your video helped me to see mistakes i was doing, tyvm! greetings from Brasil!

[@rayankhor8972]

newer subber and just here to say , amazing skills you have Herr Roy

[@stokesfitness7492]

You are such an EXCELLENT teacher. I train athletes to learn specific skills and one of the greatest techniques is to learn slowly and once you are proficient then practice Faster than you would in an actual performance/game... this slows everything down (in your brain) when it comes time to perform. This one tip can save magicians YEARS of practice ... it has helped me greatly in the past few months (I'm new to magic)

[@russpalmeri]

Also true of playing music. I'm learning classical guitar, and one of my teachers said "I've never had a student that practiced slowly enough."

[@chillax3158]

Thanks Daniel for this.

[@milowong4635]

you should do intermidiete to advanced tecniques, maybe a level above the double lifts and the breaks

[@davidcraig4355]

Thanks for lessons

[@xCaaanx]

thanks for this daniel

[@dianamoss159]

Thank you!

[@andreassch.4274]

You are my Hero .....God in sleight of Hand!!!!

[@b3arwithm3]

Not only you are a great magician, but a great teacher as well. Just curious, how much rehearsal you do for your videos? Words just flow out of your mouth at an impressive rate and things are so well explained.

[@1bm_]

I am proud of KZbin that they recommended me one of ur videos randomly.....😅

[@yilongmusk5745]

Great video!

[@LicensedTaddus]

Could you maybe cover palming at some point? Always been difficult for me

[@michaelbaby523]

Hi Daniel can you make a tutorial on how you shuffle your cards?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Yup, that's coming up soon!

[@jamesharp3445]

Excellent Young Professor...

[@garrygadsby5061]

Just wondering if this is the type of detail you go into in the Patreon training? It really is a great quality training video 👍😃。

[@kavemann7028]

Can you do tutorials of your 10 levels of sleight of hand? You do it so good and made me wanna learn it from you

[@PINGUA2311COMEDIAYPVP]

Me before watching the video: Technique for handling cards? naaah Me after watching the video: I think i have also been breathing wrong my whole life

[@exploringspace5640]

Teach some table cuts and table shuffles dude🤘🏻

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Will do! Got a video planned about that :)

[@exploringspace5640]

@@DanielRoyMagic Thank you dude🤘🏻😍

[@roymizrachi7360]

Fun fact, because the first few tricks I learned were self working and there were no slights, I held the deck with my right hand, because I'm right handed. Three years later and now I'm executing all of the hard moves with the left hand. It was the stupidest mistake but now whenever the deck is on the table it gives me freedom to execute the same sleights with two hands and I basically have two right hands. The down side is that it's hard for me to learn the reverse fan, so every fan of mine shows a blank deck of cards

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Yup, I find that handedness is a challenge that a lot of students run into. It's really important to be consistent!

[@cainebarrettduggan5337]

I’m right handed but hold the deck below in my right hand and above in my left hand

[@IchBinGReeN]

Thank you so much!!

[@le_maxarus]

please make a double lift tutorial!

[@clintn.kildepstein1656]

The problem for me is that, not even just in magic but in general, I use both my right and left hand. For instance, I dribble a ball with my left hand and catch a baseball with my left hand, but I throw with my right hand. I’m mainly a righty because I write with my right hand, but I also do things with my left hand so it’s weird. And by magic, I have the problem that you describe. I can only hold a pinky break with my right hand (it just doesn’t feel comfortable in my left), I do one handed cuts with my right hand, i spring cards with my right hand...but with my left hand I dribble cards, do double lifts in that hand...so yeah I’m all over the place and it does get in the way sometimes which is annoying

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Hi Clint, What you need to do is “decide” on your handedness and simply learn/re-learn everything that way. Just choose the handedness that feels more comfortable in general. You’ll run into problem after problem if you don’t adopt a consistent handedness, and then eventually, you will just have to relearn moves the other way around. Luckily, it’s actually much easier to learn a move once you’ve learned it in the other hand. You won’t necessarily have the muscle memory yet, but you intellectually know what to do.

[@clintn.kildepstein1656]

@@DanielRoyMagic thanks so much for the response man. I love your content! You deserve way more subscribers, but you’re on your way there

[@connorwells4033]

Daniel, what is the name of the trick you do when the aces sandwich the spectators card in the middle of the deck?

[@tiggert4002]

I learned how to hold the deck by just seeing how others do that. I don't think I've seen a video of why and how you place the deck, fingers, and palm.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

All of the details in this video are super important! They're so often left out of instructional materials, so I wanted to cover them in depth here.

[@muckaxe]

Hi Daniel, I don’t know where else to ask this: I’d like to enroll in card magic 101 but I don’t know the total cost. The Patreon says $19 per month, but for how many months?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

It's an ongoing subscription. New content is added each month and there are monthly livestreams + a discord.

[@LuisAtleti92]

I am starting from scratch and in the left hand dealing position i am unable to separate evenly my three fingers on the side. I always tend to join my ring and pinkie fingers. Am i doing something wrong or the shape of my hand and fingers could be the problem?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Nope, that's fine for now! More finger dexterity will come with time.

[@marclevant6639]

Hi Daniel, as a left hander when fanning the cards face up in my right hand you can’t see the suits or value. What should I do?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

You can either learn a reverse fan (put the cards much lower in your hand and fan in the opposite direction) or learn the fan in the left hand. Turns out there are very few situations in magic where you actually need to fan the cards and show all the faces, so doing this one technique with the opposite handedness is fine. Also, if you're looking for left handed peeks, check out Lessons in Card Mastery by Darwin Ortiz.

[@marclevant6639]

Thank you for your response!!!!

[@AntHonyTeisenKamijou]

Nice!

[@mohammedaligamal1295]

Respect

[@prosamis]

The dislikes are the people with 4 fingers

[@munchieschicken5074]

Please teach us another magic trick that does not involve double lifting 🤓

[@TwosStepUp]

Many thanks and very interesting: I know you have a few thousand views and even more subscribers, but PLEASE, PLEASE, could you turn off the background music in your videos? It is so distracting!!

[@orr4337]

My fingers hurt

[@gptandmee]

Now your backs gonna hurt cuz you just pulled landscaping duty!

[@thecommonman]

Just look at yourself are you harry potter from Hogwarts?

[@samuelkim5770]

1st