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Card College Volume 1
by Roberto Giobbi
The first volume in this landmark course sets the groundwork for the rest of the series, beginning with lessons on the proper ways to hold, deal and shuffle the cards, then progressing through many basic sleights and techniques, including perhaps the most thorough and revealing discussion of the classic force ever offered. Along with the classics of card magic, Mr. Giobbi includes original ideas and refinements from his own repertoire, guaranteeing every reader, no matter how experienced, fresh techniques and insights into the performance of professional caliber card magic! Some of the topics covered in Volume One include: The Tools of Card Magic Fundamental Techniques The Overhand Shuffle The Riffle Shuffle False Cuts Transfer Cuts Card Controls Card Forces The Glide The Double Lift The Hindu Shuffle Flourishes The Spread Cull The Top Change The Key Card Auxiliary Sleights |
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Card College Volume 2
by Roberto Giobbi
Picking up where Volume One left off, Volume Two teaches such classic and invaluable sleights as the palm, the pass, the glimpse, false counts and much more. Volume Two concludes with a chapter on psychology, misdirection and presentation that's among the best treatments ever done on these important subjects. Throughout, Mr. Giobbi includes original ideas and refinements, guaranteeing every reader, no matter how experienced, fresh techniques and insights. Some of the topics covered in Volume Two include: The Glimpse Card Reverses The Crimp Palming False Cuts False Counts The Pass The Overhand Shuffle Flourishes The Double Turnover Misdirection Psychology Routining Presentation |
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Card College Volume 3
by Roberto Giobbi
Volume Three contains instruction on such invaluable sleights as the push-off double turnover, one-handed top palm, the Ascanio spread, gambler's cop, the Vernon addition, false displays and riffle shuffles, the convincing control, the Olram subtlety, and much more-including many powerful card tricks and routines. Mr. Giobbi includes original ideas and refinements, guaranteeing every reader fresh techniques and insights. Some of the topics covered in Volume Three include: The Biddle Steal The K.M. Move Breaks, Steps & Injogs Advanced Palming Card Controls The Zarrow Shuffle Advanced Double Lifts Multiple Shifts The Pull-Through Shuffle The Faro Shuffle Color Changes The Side Steal The Diagonal Palm Shift False Counts and Displays |
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Card College Volume 4
by Roberto Giobbi
Learn such invaluable sleights as the invisible pass, the turnover and spread passes, the Christ twist, second and bottom deals, the Jinx change, the Green angle separation, the cut force, the dribble force, and much more-including many tricks and routines by Mr. Giobbi himself. Some of the topics covered in Volume Four include: Forcing Techniques Card & Packet Reversals Advanced Passes Culling & Stacking Half Passes Tilt Sandwich Techniques More Flourishes Lapping Card & Packet Switches Estimation Deck Switches False Deals Structural Theory |
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Card College Volume 5
by Roberto Giobbi
It's finally here! In the fifth volume of the acclaimed Card College series, Roberto Giobbi has prepared a graduation party! In previous volumes the reader has been given a remarkable collection of tools for creating astonishing card magic. In the same vein, Volume 5 begins with a meaty chapter of new techniques and strategies, which include methods for covertly arranging stacks during performance, obtaining a duplicate of a spectator's signature with his knowledge, and secretly conveying cards to and from the deck-powerful tools indeed.
But then Volume 5 diverges from the established Card College formula. Judging that the reader now has more than a sufficient number of tools in his grasp, Mr. Giobbi provides eight chapters filled with tricks and routines that illustrate how various techniques are applied to create world-class card magic. These effects, however, are not mere constructions meant for teaching. Most have been drawn from Roberto Giobbi's professional repertoire-and because of this, even the classics of card magic are given a fresh gleam as Giobbi adds refinements won from years of performing experience.
His choice of material is impeccable, featuring not only original effects and handlings of his own, but tricks and routines by world-masters as well. One finds such gems as Fred Kaps' presentation for The Signed Card in Box, along with Giobbi's cunning treatment of this modern classic, Henry Christ's fabulous Ace routine and a superb handling of a forgotten masterpiece by Charlie Miller. And everything is taught with the clarity and attention to detail for which the Card College series has become known. Open this book and welcome to the party-prepare to graduate! Some of the topics covered in Volume Five include:
Making Secret Setups False Shuffles Obtaining Duplicate Signatures Quick Tricks Openers and Routines with the Aces Favorite Effects Gambling Demonstrations Mental Mysteries All in all, Volume Five features 34 professional-caliber routines that have astounded audiences the world over.
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CD Card College #1 E-Book
by Roberto Giobbi
This e-book is to my knowledge the first of its kind not just for magic literature but in general. The inclusion of several dozens of video clips extends and completes the description of moves and techniques and allows the student a deeper and quicker learning. Altogether 89 video clips are present. These show Giobbi hands without any comments, since one can find all comments already in the text. It would anyway be futile to try to capture all written information as a monologue in video. Video clips have to be understood as an addition and not as standalone. Each form of expression is used in its most efficient way. With the written word one can provide a lot of searchable details and present them in a clear and precise manner. Illustrations capture important moments and positions. And video clips convey the timing and motion of a technique. Video clips also allow one to acquire a basic understanding and overview in a few seconds. I am convinced that you will be delighted by this e-book. It will help you reach new levels in your card magic and reach them faster.
Card College is a modern classic. It is without a doubt the most important work on sleight of hand with cards. This is the first volume in a series of five. The specialty of this electronic book is its 89 video clips, which show how Giobbi executes each and every technique described. This e-book has also been nominated as a finalist in the prestigious EPPIE 2004 e-book award in the category non-fiction/how-to. This is the first magic book to be nominated for a non-magic book price. Please note that there are significant differences between the latest printed edition of "Card College 1" and this e-book, beside the video clips. This e-book was based on the German edition "Grosse Kartenschule 1" which has a somewhat different selection of chapters than the English one from Hermetic Press.
One could say it is the author's cut: Chapter 9, The Glimpse in this e-book appears in Volume 2 of The Hermetic Press Series. On the other hand chapters 13, 14, 15 and 16 from The Hermetic Press book are missing in this e-book. They will be available in the electronic "Card College 2". Beside the chapter differences between the paper edition and this e-book, Giobbi added about 20 new pages to "Card College 1" since the latest printing. There have been numerous additions particularly to The Final Notes and Check Points sections.
Chapter 1 has a new section on the card case; you might think that opening a card case is a trivial matter. Not so, says Roberto, who dissects this process into its smallest part and gives you plenty of good reasons why you should know all these details. A new routine 'Further than that...'was added to Chapter 5 'Force Techniques Part 1'. And finally the 'Bibliographic Notes' have been updated and extended. So even if you have already "Card College 1" the book, there are plenty of reasons why you want to have this e-book.
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Card College Light
by Roberto Giobbi
This Is Not Your Father's "Self-Working" Card Book!
From the author of Card College, the world's most acclaimed course on sleight-of-hand card magic, comes Card College Light, Roberto Giobbi's first text focused entirely on professional caliber card tricks requiring no manipulative skill.
For whom is this book intended?
It is for beginners, of course-but by no means in total. This book is intended for everyone who has always wanted to perform card tricks, but who didn't have the time necessary to learn complex routines, or the years necessary to master difficult techniques. So, yes, this book is certainly meant for beginners.
However, it is also directed at those who are already proficient in the craft. Card College Light is in a class apart from other books that focus on sleightless card tricks. When it comes to artistic considerations-interpretation, staging, communication and psychology-other books seldom even recognize such concepts. Card College Light strives to remain as simple as possible, yet to identify concepts and to open doors that put sleightless tricks into the context of artistic and utterly baffling card magic. Although other books consider the same type of material, their approaches to it are quite different from Giobbi's.
Most of the tricks taught are from Mr. Giobbi's active professional repertoire, with which he baffles the public and magicians, too. Every trick can be done with any deck of cards of average quality, and many can be done under all performance conditions, with a borrowed deck and no preparation. With these sleightless tricks, you can easily acquire a reputation as a magician who can really make magic.
When It Comes to Great Card Magic There Is More to the Secret Than Just the Secret!
Countless books on card magic promise tricks that "require no skill" and are "easy to do" or "self-working". They expose the method behind the tricks, but they fail to explain how the tricks are made genuinely amazing. Card tricks that allow the fingers to remain idle require that their methods be cunningly protected through presentation and psychology, which in turn amplify the feeling of real magic. Without these things, all you are left with are mere puzzles.
Giobbi brings his widely respected talents as both teacher and full-time performer to bear on tricks he has selected from time-tested classics and little-known modern miracles by world masters, taught with a thoroughness that includes psychology, presentations, scripts and invaluable performance tips.
21 Tricks - 7 full routines!
Giobbi has also organized these tricks into powerful routines, which teach the reader how organization and combination can be used to make good tricks even more inextricably baffling. These lessons serve not only the beginner, but also the advanced card-magician who wishes from time to time to include a trick wherein the audience can stare relentlessly at the fingers without discovering a thing.
Pages 170 - Hardcover
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Roberto Giobbi Lecture
by Roberto Giobbi
Don't miss the chance to learn from the very best!
Roberto Giobbi is respected by magicians worldwide as one of the leading experts on card magic, he's also famous among them as author of the ‘Card College' series of books. On this DVD, he lectures for a studious audience of magicians, performing and explaining four excellent routines (all from C.C. #5). The performance, as you would expect, is perfection, the explanation meticulous. Nothing is missing, everything is explained to the finest detail, not only making this easy to learn from, but also revealing how fine tuned each routine is, nothing is left to chance. Study this DVD and apply this same thinking to perfect your own routines.
These are the effects shown on this DVD:
‘Card in Lemon'
‘The Colour Changing Deck'
‘Study For Four Aces'
‘The Joker Folds Up'
There's also some brilliant performance footage of both Fred Kaps and Frank Garcia. Plus Roberto talks on History & Theory, add to this some in-depth details on sleights like ‘The Classic Force', ‘All-Around Square-Up Glimpse', ‘Braue Addition' & ‘The Mercury Fold'. All in all, this is a great lecture by a great magician!
If you already own the books, it goes without saying you'll want this DVD. If you don't have the books, purchase this DVD then you'll want the books!
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Artist(s): Roberto Giobbi
Produced by: L&L Publishing
Running Time(s): 1 hr 52 mins
Released: 9/01
Special Features:
n/a The word is out about this great video-
"I am so impressed. First, for a lecture video it is extremely well filmed and quite clear. Second, the magic and the thinking involved is absolutely phenomenal. I added three ideas to my performing repertoire. I cannot tell you how much material I typically have to wade through to maybe get one idea I'll use. I have been into magic for 26 years and see a lot of material as Project Coordinator for a major magic distributor. However, I learned so much important information from this tape simply in the thinking and attention to detail. Bravo. I feel like I found the treasure chest with The Roberto Giobbi Video." - Tim Trono
This 112-minute, broadcast-quality video was shot with two cameras and contains these truly great routines, which all receive the Giobbi treatment:
Wild Business The Peek The Master Grip Miracle Prediction Card to Wallet Sponge Ball and Bowl Routine LePaul Envelope Nest Many of those who had the chance to see this lecture felt that it was probably the best ever presented at the British Close-Up Magic Symposium-and now you can see for yourself!
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