Chad Nelson – Liberation of the Fingers

The first thing I should say is this dvd was produced by Chad Nelson himself with some help from his friends and family, so a lot of love went into this project. That love shines bright when you navigate the menus filled with fun photography and specially made music for the dvd.

This DVD is not for everybody however, it is filled with professional card magic that works especially well for a strolling performers and flourishers. With creative sleight of hand ranging from intermediate to very advanced. Of course the moves, flourishes, tricks, and ideas that Chad provides are labors of love themselves. There are items I added immediately to my repertoire and others

I realized are not for me at this time. All of the items will be discussed below:

3 CONTROLS
a. Cirque (Cirque Du Soleil Control): This is a flourishy double that has an aesthetic appeal and never uses a break. Useful for card to mouth or an ambitious card routine. It can be done standing without a table.
b. OK: A natural control for 3 cards that leaves them palmed in your left hand with dummies outjogged in the deck. Can also be done standing without a table.
c.Thumbki: A control from a vertical spread that leaves you with an outjogged dummy card and the selection on top. On a personal note, this control is perfect for solving a control problem that I was having with a card across (from The Trilogy) type of effect.