I work with my hands everyday (electrician), and trying to pinky count is nearly impossible being that there is like 0 sensitivity in my fingers... practicing the push off and thumb count as alternatives 😊 Your tutorials are excellent btw. Thanks
Intro game strong! My favorite double lift is the Blaine version with the corner push off. I wish I could do the pinky count get ready though - it's tough! (I do the thumb count from the back which is lame but it works for me).
Alex Pandrea jonathan kamms because i like to have my deck bent in a way that enables bottom deals, this makes a pinky count harder. So I do kamms double lift (get ready with index finger) Sometimes I also do that vacuum double lift, where you squeeze with your ring finger.
Have you tried learning the Stuart Gordon double? I am now downplaying the push off it’s very nacky and hard to do but so is the Stuart Gordon. I like the fact that it takes the card away from the deck. Xavier does the push off double into the Stuart Gordon and it looks fantastic. On a side note thank you for the awesome video Alex!
@@calebim-th2iq Strike is by far the hardest. Not necessarily the hardest to do technically, but definitely the hardest to reliably get away with. You typically have a choice with it - risky, or obvious. Unfortunately, with only half a thumb, a strike and a riffle are my only two good options. I can riffle count up to 4 pretty quickly and reliably, but it still looks weird to lift a card from the back. But, done correctly, a strike looks the best, because its a very natural looking way to take a card.
@@tannerschmidt7211 My favorite thing about all art forms : what's 'easy' for one is a challenge for another. I love the Stuart Gordon double, Its my go to, and i'm good at it. But ask me to be able to do a push off double.... not a chance.
Thank you so much man!! I've struggled with a clean double lift since I started getting into sleights about 14 months ago. I had almost given up, but the thumb break is what I've been missing
Great stuff, great channel - none of these were my double lift, and there's something unique about mine that none of yours, or anyone's I've seen do. I pull the card off the deck from the other axis. So rather than turning from on the East to West axis, I turn from the South to North axis. At the end of the video Alex says it must look natural - and this is so important, flashy, over-rehearsed appearing movements give the game away. If you give a deck of cards to anyone and ask them to turn over the top card, they nearly ALWAYS turn from South to North. After tidying up the deck, your hands are naturally positioned to peel the card off South/North. Try it. I am thinking of setting up a conjuring channel so maybe that'll be my first video.
Alex, thank you so much for such an instructive video. I am trying to improve my double lift and I have a question regarding angles. If I perform standing or sitting, but with my arms relaxed, I can manage to angle the deck to show to the spectators the face/back of the cards. This allows to not flash possible separations of the two edges of the two cards that may occur especially if the deck is a bit used. Am I correct till now? I love performing sitting at a pub's table. However, in that situation, usually the arms are blocked by the table and it is likely that the edges of the deck are more exposed. In this situation, I have been caught few times lifting 2 cards using the "book" flipping. I guess that the first kind of lifting that you show would be better. May I ask your advice on what to do or not to do in this situation?
Hello Alex! The first time i entered into a magic shop, it was in Paris, close to the Pompidou Art center. The guy in front of me respond to me by doing one of the most simple card trick ever. When I told him I am fascinated by card in magic, he post himself fromt of me, and ask me if this is what I wanted to know, and he started to turn over and over again the top card. It was the seven of heart, and boom, after a couple of turn, the seven change by the king of diamond. Since this time, I think I fall in love with the double lift move! Thank you Alex for your video!
Your instruction lacks important detail. 2:50 “Just push over two cards with your thumb, then bring them back,” leaves out all of the how-to info (finger position, pressure, dealing with cards sliding around on top of each other, etc.)
I'm just wondering if there is any way you can do a double lift with damaged hands? I have all my fingers and thumbs intact, but limited motion and flexibility. Is there an alternative to the double lift?
Alex thank you so much for this gift. Im so happy to know, that you like the Larry Jennings Snap Double. So much people hate this because its difficult and the chances to get caught are big. But this is my second go to. Greetings from switzerland...
It's a Big plesure to watch your videos Alex! They are beautiful, informative, easy to understand(your explanation is good), and also everytime i find something new there, So thank you and good luck!^^
There’s also the Strike Double, which you do by beveling the deck so you can feel 2 cards with the index finger and go right into the double lift without any get-ready.
Because one big thing that separates humans from monkeys is the humans ability to use their thumbs! Why in the world would one use their index finger trying to feel for apparently one card in the ege of the deck when you have a thumb that can push off that one card off from the top of the deck without any effort...
Just wanna say thanks a lot for your video presentation. It's very hard to find well-done, informative magic tutorial videos that are not based around the ego and (not funny) jokes of the creator. Yours are terse and clear. Much appreciated. Keep it up!
This vid is amazing and Alex is doing wonderful DLs. The main issue with DL is : every time we see a magician turning over a card from the top of the deck then turning it back again, even if it's the smoothest and best DL in the world, WE KNOW it's a DL.
Yo yo yo 100 subs Alex. Please can I get a shout out.... please do a bio on yourself. I have so many questions about you like how you attained your status how are you able to meet with Shin Lim Chris Ramsay and David Blaine please do tell all if you don't have a sad story came from the hood or whatever then don't pretend to if you grew up rich that's okay but please tell I'm so curious to know you are very inspirational I think you're a cool dude and I think meeting you would just be incredible for me I don't know how you keep your cool around guys like shin Lim and David
Do you know Richard Turner?? He is so amazing with cards. He is Ana amazing person. If you don’t know him search his name on YT. You wouldn’t believe what he can do
Q from a beginner: What cards to get? I imagine classic Bicycle cards are great to master since they're easiest to find in any given situation, so you could simply grab them and 'do a card trick' to impress anybody. But buying a more expensive deck may 'work better' for magic, but you may not have them accessible in a party scenario for instance? Any blogs to point to or simply advice for me? Thanks in advance.
I would honestly say that a double lift never looks good, and I'm a total noob. It always looks like an unnatural magician's movement. It also suffers from the basic problem that there's no ather explanation behind what happened.
the best way for beginners to learn a doublelift is copping the Movement how a spectator or you turns a singel card. The perfect doublelift is when u pay so much time in this move, that it becomes a normal action. Ty for his Video, not for me but for this great community magic have. soory for bad english lmfao im from germany potato land
I don't use any of these double lifts! Some people say Push Over double lift is more cleaner some say Strike Double is more cleaner but I do a double of my own! *I do a double which is very much of strike but looks like push over double*
Do the 4 lift, put card to middle, snap tripple lift, put card in the middle, snap double lift, put the card into the middle, show th card without lift.
It would be so much easier for some people to learn if you find from over the shoulder or your pov. Trying to teach from the spectator point of view doesn't makes sense.
I do a top change more often than a double lift. Most of the time when I do a double it's a center double or a forcep double lift I learned from one of Alex Elmsleys books. But I just do a pinky count and a normal turnover when I do a DL. And any time I turn over a single card I do it the exact same way. Consistency is key
Pinky count is perfect for a novice. The best. Actually I came for advice on how to trouble shoot the errors in one of the hardest novice moves - double lift. The mistakes, as said in the video, make double lift look pathetic. But nearly none are covered. The methods themselves are good, of course, but i couldn't perform even the easiest, the first one, while I'm not complete novice Therefore the easiest is the pinky break. It's very solid for the beginner as it gives very sneaky and very controlled count. Can be triple lift and quad lift also with no problems after some really short practice a week Max). Also u can count very very slowly and solid, while talking. But the others? Count 2 cards with reversed deck AND square it up with one hand - for the beginners?))) Come on))
Loved your explanation of reversing the cards after the breaks. That's something which scare the sht out of me when doing DL and these things u show inspire some confidence
I have been practicing the snap double lift where you show here using your thumb to count 2 cards and then do the lift. My question is how do you kind of conceal the "get ready" from the audience? Or how can I make it less obvious im thumb counting down 2 cards? Thanks for any help.
Alex Pandrea sună românește. Adevărat? Am 38 de ani și am devenit brusc interesat de magic tricks, deci sunt la început de drum. Cred că îmi trebuie un profesor și multă răbdare dacă vreau să ajung la fel de bun ca tine :).
Alex, you literally exposed my double lift in the first ten seconds of the vid. So much for secrets...
MORE LESS SUSPICIOUS! 😒
"amatuereeish"
Yes, MORE LESS,like LESS MORE but better!! Your videos are very slick dude, just like your performance. I'm learning!!
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I work with my hands everyday (electrician), and trying to pinky count is nearly impossible being that there is like 0 sensitivity in my fingers... practicing the push off and thumb count as alternatives 😊
Your tutorials are excellent btw. Thanks
Im also an electrician trying to learn. Man hands aren't good for this stuff lol
Intro game strong! My favorite double lift is the Blaine version with the corner push off. I wish I could do the pinky count get ready though - it's tough! (I do the thumb count from the back which is lame but it works for me).
Same here! My favorite is Blaine's and I do a thumb count when I am not doing Blaine's.
Honestly it does just take a lot of hard work but it’s so worth it.
The pinky count is the best. Push off needs to be done in one-take; also, the card's condition and sticky fingers vary the push off as well.
oh is it "tough" for u andrei? hilarious
nice
What's your favorite double lift?
Alex Pandrea jonathan kamms because i like to have my deck bent in a way that enables bottom deals, this makes a pinky count harder. So I do kamms double lift (get ready with index finger)
Sometimes I also do that vacuum double lift, where you squeeze with your ring finger.
Pinky count
Alex Pandrea I put a comment on your post about what we wanted thank for this tutorial my Instagram is joed129
Alex Pandrea the one you did in the beginning 😊😂just kidding, push off is my favourite
Pinky count into Stuart Gordon
Dear god, please, what was that beautiful thing happening at 0:15??? Does it have a name? Tutorial please?!?!
Pressure fan
Its called angel you can learn it on shin lims chanel just type in tetris flourish
I think the Push off Double Lift is by far the best and hardest doublelift
Have you tried learning the Stuart Gordon double? I am now downplaying the push off it’s very nacky and hard to do but so is the Stuart Gordon. I like the fact that it takes the card away from the deck. Xavier does the push off double into the Stuart Gordon and it looks fantastic. On a side note thank you for the awesome video Alex!
I also think it is best, but not hardest. The stupid snap double that 52kards teaches is bad and 100% the hardest.
@@calebim-th2iq
Strike is by far the hardest. Not necessarily the hardest to do technically, but definitely the hardest to reliably get away with. You typically have a choice with it - risky, or obvious. Unfortunately, with only half a thumb, a strike and a riffle are my only two good options. I can riffle count up to 4 pretty quickly and reliably, but it still looks weird to lift a card from the back. But, done correctly, a strike looks the best, because its a very natural looking way to take a card.
@@tannerschmidt7211 My favorite thing about all art forms : what's 'easy' for one is a challenge for another. I love the Stuart Gordon double, Its my go to, and i'm good at it. But ask me to be able to do a push off double.... not a chance.
Thank you so much man!! I've struggled with a clean double lift since I started getting into sleights about 14 months ago. I had almost given up, but the thumb break is what I've been missing
Great stuff, great channel - none of these were my double lift, and there's something unique about mine that none of yours, or anyone's I've seen do. I pull the card off the deck from the other axis. So rather than turning from on the East to West axis, I turn from the South to North axis. At the end of the video Alex says it must look natural - and this is so important, flashy, over-rehearsed appearing movements give the game away. If you give a deck of cards to anyone and ask them to turn over the top card, they nearly ALWAYS turn from South to North. After tidying up the deck, your hands are naturally positioned to peel the card off South/North. Try it. I am thinking of setting up a conjuring channel so maybe that'll be my first video.
Alex, thank you so much for such an instructive video.
I am trying to improve my double lift and I have a question regarding angles. If I perform standing or sitting, but with my arms relaxed, I can manage to angle the deck to show to the spectators the face/back of the cards. This allows to not flash possible separations of the two edges of the two cards that may occur especially if the deck is a bit used. Am I correct till now?
I love performing sitting at a pub's table. However, in that situation, usually the arms are blocked by the table and it is likely that the edges of the deck are more exposed. In this situation, I have been caught few times lifting 2 cards using the "book" flipping. I guess that the first kind of lifting that you show would be better. May I ask your advice on what to do or not to do in this situation?
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Thank you very much, I am learning the first one, I love that one :) :) :) The Pandrea double lift ;)
Once again, great video, thank you very much.
Hello Alex! The first time i entered into a magic shop, it was in Paris, close to the Pompidou Art center. The guy in front of me respond to me by doing one of the most simple card trick ever. When I told him I am fascinated by card in magic, he post himself fromt of me, and ask me if this is what I wanted to know, and he started to turn over and over again the top card. It was the seven of heart, and boom, after a couple of turn, the seven change by the king of diamond. Since this time, I think I fall in love with the double lift move! Thank you Alex for your video!
Your instruction lacks important detail. 2:50 “Just push over two cards with your thumb, then bring them back,” leaves out all of the how-to info (finger position, pressure, dealing with cards sliding around on top of each other, etc.)
I'm just wondering if there is any way you can do a double lift with damaged hands? I have all my fingers and thumbs intact, but limited motion and flexibility. Is there an alternative to the double lift?
Alex thank you so much for this gift. Im so happy to know, that you like the Larry Jennings Snap Double. So much people hate this because its difficult and the chances to get caught are big. But this is my second go to. Greetings from switzerland...
It's a Big plesure to watch your videos Alex! They are beautiful, informative, easy to understand(your explanation is good), and also everytime i find something new there, So thank you and good luck!^^
I use the pinky count every time but now the riffle break is easier
So good stuff man. Really appreciate how you take time to really break down sleights etc. Love all your stuff 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
thanks a lot! appreciate you taking the time to watch!
Thank you sir!!!
I was looking for the best double lift video and I found it!!!!!
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
Nice videos you inspire me to creep going on my channel
I Like the deck. Looks like the PS1 colour
Oh you can do a bit of cardistry Pandrea. That's a surprise!
Your videos have improved. I like your energy on this one.
There’s also the Strike Double, which you do by beveling the deck so you can feel 2 cards with the index finger and go right into the double lift without any get-ready.
The Strike Double is so clean and useful. Never understood why it doesn't get more love.
Because one big thing that separates humans from monkeys is the humans ability to use their thumbs! Why in the world would one use their index finger trying to feel for apparently one card in the ege of the deck when you have a thumb that can push off that one card off from the top of the deck without any effort...
Alex looking like he never slept last night. Nevertheless great material bud. Keep it up
Just wanna say thanks a lot for your video presentation. It's very hard to find well-done, informative magic tutorial videos that are not based around the ego and (not funny) jokes of the creator. Yours are terse and clear. Much appreciated. Keep it up!
This vid is amazing and Alex is doing wonderful DLs.
The main issue with DL is : every time we see a magician turning over a card from the top of the deck then turning it back again, even if it's the smoothest and best DL in the world, WE KNOW it's a DL.
Alex quality pandrea
ZeeJYan‘s double lift from smoothZ is also very convincing. Super hard though
Yo yo yo 100 subs Alex. Please can I get a shout out.... please do a bio on yourself. I have so many questions about you like how you attained your status how are you able to meet with Shin Lim Chris Ramsay and David Blaine please do tell all if you don't have a sad story came from the hood or whatever then don't pretend to if you grew up rich that's okay but please tell I'm so curious to know you are very inspirational I think you're a cool dude and I think meeting you would just be incredible for me I don't know how you keep your cool around guys like shin Lim and David
Hello what's the deck's name
Do you know Richard Turner??
He is so amazing with cards. He is Ana amazing person. If you don’t know him search his name on YT. You wouldn’t believe what he can do
You're probably the best instructor on the net. Thx AP.
It’s not a major tutorial but a sleight tutorial
I have a feeling that mr X will jump from some bush and scream:
-"THERES NO SUCH THIING AS NATURALENESS IN MAGIC!!!!!!! AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!"
In the very beginning you flash the two cards
I was going to say the same thing.
Hey alex please give me the link of intro music
Fake shin lim
Q from a beginner: What cards to get? I imagine classic Bicycle cards are great to master since they're easiest to find in any given situation, so you could simply grab them and 'do a card trick' to impress anybody. But buying a more expensive deck may 'work better' for magic, but you may not have them accessible in a party scenario for instance? Any blogs to point to or simply advice for me? Thanks in advance.
You put much effort and many details. Thanks & please try to keep it going that way when teaching
Alex Pandrea: hello guys, what's.
Going on
Me: covid 19 going on
Stuart Gordon
I would honestly say that a double lift never looks good, and I'm a total noob. It always looks like an unnatural magician's movement. It also suffers from the basic problem that there's no ather explanation behind what happened.
You where on mr beast
Intro had me crying lmaoo
new subscriber.thanks a lot.i came from spidey
the best way for beginners to learn a doublelift is copping the Movement how a spectator or you turns a singel card. The perfect doublelift is when u pay so much time in this move, that it becomes a normal action. Ty for his Video, not for me but for this great community magic have. soory for bad english lmfao im from germany potato land
How long did it take for you guys to learn this? Because I've been trying for a really long time and CANT do it!
I don't use any of these double lifts! Some people say Push Over double lift is more cleaner some say Strike Double is more cleaner but I do a double of my own!
*I do a double which is very much of strike but looks like push over double*
Harsh Magic that sounds dookie
I'm watching the Video but now i have already learned so much!
Love your videos and i'm hyped in your new products:)
Do the 4 lift, put card to middle, snap tripple lift, put card in the middle, snap double lift, put the card into the middle, show th card without lift.
My cards are too thick or somethin wrong with cards cuz I been practicing double lift techniques for weeks and can’t do it
You are really explaining in every video that's very helpful.
One of the best UA-cam channels
Thanks for your magic to but you don't show it many time ..just slowly and easy to understand...
It should look like YOU'RE TAKING A CARD OFF. STOP THE FANCY.
It would be so much easier for some people to learn if you find from over the shoulder or your pov. Trying to teach from the spectator point of view doesn't makes sense.
Trying to nail the pinky count and rarely can get 2 cards. I either get 1 or more than 2. They just keep popping up in a batch.
damn bruh, what are ur fingers made from... i cant do any of those lol
Hey man that Larry Jennings snap lift is life. Like a soft wave or a showy proffesional. I never get it tho! WAaaah
Currently working on the pinky count double lift, I keep counting three cards instead of two
Your double lifts are waaay better than Shim Lin. no disrespect to the master magician.
Thank you finally someone who explains things in details and explains finger placements
As a beginner the Larry Jennings snap double is the easiest for me, maybe it’s because my hands are small
my favorite double lift is ua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=mnU8dB5Brco it has no get ready and no pinky break
Please, just watch the french artist Bebel. The true master of double lifts.
Love your videos
👍👍👍
❤❤❤
It's a beautiful thing learning the pinky break thinky break and you are very good dude
I like the speed you use when maneuvering the cards, it's so smooth and flows =)
I do a top change more often than a double lift. Most of the time when I do a double it's a center double or a forcep double lift I learned from one of Alex Elmsleys books. But I just do a pinky count and a normal turnover when I do a DL. And any time I turn over a single card I do it the exact same way. Consistency is key
Lol there’s no point in learning a double lift when the tutorial has over half a million views lmao.
how call this move from 0:14 ? i want to find the tutorial of full this move (with "waterfall" after this)
you are a good teacher 😋😍😍
Pinky count or in jog, great tutorial!! Full shin hair going, noc color grades?
I’m crying I cannot do this my fucking hands are too small
Thanks 👌😎 My attempt at one handed: ua-cam.com/video/UsU5SFseLyw/v-deo.html
I love the twist
Look like new noc
👍
nice
My eyes was all over the deck
Can u tell the name of the card is it summer nocs
What cards btw?
i think the double lift taught in expert card tequnique is the best
Pinky count is perfect for a novice. The best.
Actually I came for advice on how to trouble shoot the errors in one of the hardest novice moves - double lift. The mistakes, as said in the video, make double lift look pathetic. But nearly none are covered. The methods themselves are good, of course, but i couldn't perform even the easiest, the first one, while I'm not complete novice
Therefore the easiest is the pinky break. It's very solid for the beginner as it gives very sneaky and very controlled count. Can be triple lift and quad lift also with no problems after some really short practice a week Max). Also u can count very very slowly and solid, while talking.
But the others? Count 2 cards with reversed deck AND square it up with one hand - for the beginners?))) Come on))
Loved your explanation of reversing the cards after the breaks. That's something which scare the sht out of me when doing DL and these things u show inspire some confidence
I can only see the sin lim deck on the website, not the other ones, what happened?
Any tips if you got small hands? None of these are easy with my little mitts
The start made me think he was TERRIBLE... aha. 😐
Damn Alex. Your hair did a double lift in this video.
Alex........
The blue crown website is acting funny it's only displaying shin lim nocs for sale. Plus where the heck do I get the cards in the video
mike Hash you can get them from Art of Play for $12. They’re the Noc Color Grades
Superb Smooth and satisfying.
I have been practicing the snap double lift where you show here using your thumb to count 2 cards and then do the lift. My question is how do you kind of conceal the "get ready" from the audience? Or how can I make it less obvious im thumb counting down 2 cards? Thanks for any help.
Turn your wrist like you would for a pinky count
Hol campeón grasias por tus videos
I came for the snap double, Daryl style !
Alex Pandrea sună românește. Adevărat?
Am 38 de ani și am devenit brusc interesat de magic tricks, deci sunt la început de drum. Cred că îmi trebuie un profesor și multă răbdare dacă vreau să ajung la fel de bun ca tine :).
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i mean the dai vernon push over is with the ring finger isn't it?
Which deck is been used in this video?
its awesome...
Thank you for your advices, they are very helpful! :)
thanks for watching!
It's a beautiful thing you got me hooked haha
That's a killer intro man!😂🤣
My favourite double lift I push over
my hands just aren't nimble enough