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Have you ever tried to learn the pass, only to give up in frustration?Trust me - it's not your fault.
At this Alpha Class, Aaron shares his favorite training tactics for getting astonishing, invisible Passes in record time.
This is the exact process he uses to get great results fast for his private clients, and if you follow it, you WILL have a truly astonishing Classic Pass.
Just imagine you astounding everyone you know with the most direct, astonishing card effects...
...it's as if you never even touched the cards!
You'll discover:
> How to decode the Classic Pass into 4 simple stages for fast mastery
> Classic Pass Myths that make us think this move is harder than it really is
> Why practicing the pass makes all of your card magic exponentially stronger...even if you never use the move in performance!
> The secret behind making your pass not just invisible, but imperceptible..and why that's actually easier to do!
> The best tricks and applications to start using your new passes with success in record time
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Indexed by Jonathan Minond
Apr 2016 - Alpha Class with - Your Miracle Pass: Closer Than You Think
Apr 2016 - Alpha Class with - Your Miracle Pass: Closer Than You Think
Presenter: Aaron Fisher
Running Time:
- Part 1 - Classic Pass: 72:41
- Part 2 - Turnover Pass + Applications: 62:30
Key Moves and Sleights:
- The Shift
- Classic Pass
- Turnover / Hermann / Hofsinzer Pass
- Pass Practice
- Pass Application
The 4 Phases of the Pass:
1. A - Understanding and positions
2. B - The action
3. C - Cleaning up and Tightening the bolts
4. D - Pro Pass, Nothing to see here
Part 1:
00:00 - 11:50 : Intro, Paper Engine, History, Goals
11:50 - 19:00 : Big Myths of the classic pass
- "You don't need the pass".....technically true..... but you do need a secret shift
- "It's the most important move in card magic"... false... but it does teach a lot of technique
- "It is incredibly difficult"
- "The pass should be invisible" .... HAHAHAHAHA .... To who?
- Not Invisible... Imperceptible would be more appropriate
- **** Quiet, Economy, Lack of tension ****
- Invisibility is an illusion...
- "Turnover pass is a better move"
19:00 - 00:00 : 4 Stages of the Classic Pass
19:00 - 00:00 : Stage 1 - Understanding the process
- What does the engine really look like
22:05 - 38:00 : Finger Positions, Arm Motion, Left and Right hand Grips, Like a hinge
38:00 - 42:30 : Stage 2 - The Action
42:30 : Review finger position placement
44:00 - 51:15 : Stage 3 - Tightening up and Cleaning up, Smaller break
- Deepen the grip
- Smaller break
51:15 - 00:00 : Stage 4 - Pro Pass
- Normal 4th finger break, nothing to see
- No Flashing
- Remember, Charlie Miller said, a break is the hardest move in magic
59:00 - 66:30 : Right hand Meeting left, timing, relaxation
66:30 - 67:30 : When do you take the pinkie out
68:00 : Video cuts to break
Part 2: Turnover Pass + Pass Applications
00:00 - 00:30 : Welcome back from break
00:30 - 00:00 : Hermann Turnover Shift
00:30 - 01:00 : Demos
01:00 - 05:30 : Description and Difference between classic
05:30 - 17:00 : Aaron Fisher Turnover Method
- Speeding things up and making the action happen at same time
- No need for 2 packets
17:30 - 25:40 : QA - Gaze and Misdirection
- Application as an out/precaution
- Reason to put deck in left hand
- Turning over the deck, while turning attention to the object of Open action
25:40 - 42:10 : Search and Destroy Application
- Shift to put the selection in place
- Riffle + Pass Control
- First phase of Search and Destroy..... Replacing the cut with a pass
35:00 - 42:00 : Advice on pass practice for application
- Be ready to go on a moments notice
- The appearance of sleight of hand is enough to lose the whole show
- Being on rails, audience management for cutting cards
42:15 - 45:00 : Prepping for a Dribble Force
45:00 - 49:00 : Learning to do, and times to try it, practice in live situations
- John Carney "You are looking at me.... you are looking at the deck... you look up at me"
49:00 - 52:00 : QA
- 49:00 Noise of pass lever? Noise is a sign of tension
- 50:00 Any situation where you would use the pass as a control to the top?... In short... You probably have a better method.
52:30 - 60:30 : The passport card trick surprise... covering the pass... changing the moment to use as a control
- Double backer trick
- The Bert Allerton Book "Close up magician"
60:30 - End : Final comments and goodbye
