Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes-Autographed
& 4-DVD Performance Set
Title:
Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes
Author: Gerald P
Cestkowski
Publisher: Printmeister Press
Publication
Date: 2002
Hardcover
Book Size: 8
¾ X 11
Pages: 545
Edition: First
Edition-Autographed!
Book Condition: Brand New
Dust Jacket
Condition: None-As Issued
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLAYING CARD FLOURISHES
The Encyclopedia
of Playing Card Flourishes is the first of its kind. This current, comprehensive treatment of
fancy card manipulation will teach you everything from the
Jerry Cestkowski has been fascinated with spinning objects since
he was too young to know better.
Taking up card flourishes at fourteen, he has been honing his craft for
twenty-five years. Now an
inveterate fanatic, he is eminently qualified to write an encyclopedia of fancy
stunts with cards. He has developed
an unparalleled knowledge of the subject both through exhaustive research and
ceaseless hands-on experience.
Jerry has made it his mission to master, invent and describe as many
good flourishes as possible. He
considers card flourishes a pure art form, and his goal is to advance the
art.
Jerry has been
doing pure XCM shows since the 1980's, and effortlessly eviscerated all comers
in the first ever all-flourish competition in Las Vegas in 1996. A veteran of thousands of performances
for audiences large and small, he is also the most prolific inventor of non-magical
moves and sequences ever, with hundreds of creations to his credit. To date, no other
practitioner of the art has come close to developing, mastering and presenting
such a staggering variety of different material. Jerry blends card manipulation with
martial arts, Frisbee, and juggling in a style that is a far, far cry from the
repetitive, narrowly focused sequences that are the stock in trade of the
current crowd of compulsive cut conformists.
Please see my other auction for the 4-DVD set of performance videos!
Contents:
xi Foreword
xii
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
5 Philosophy
9 Tools of the
Trade
13 How To Use
This Book
15 Chapter 1 -
One-Hand Single Cuts
19 Charlier Pass
21 Thumb Cut
22 Pinkie Cut
23 Herrmann Cut
25 Scissor Cut
27 Horizontal
Turn Cut
29 Vertical Turn
Cut
30 Vertical Spin
Cut
32 Roll Cut
34 L Cut
36 Extension Cut
(X Cut)
38 Index Cut
40 Pincer Grip
Cut
42 Helicopter
Throw Cut
44 Straight
Throw Cut
46 Roll Throw
Cut
47 Flip Throw
Cut
49 Hindu Throw
Cut
50 Aerial Cut
53 Chapter 2 -
One-Hand Multiple Cuts
57 Charlier
Tri-Cut
58 Thumb Tri-Cut
60 Turning
Tri-Cut
62 Extension
Tri-Cut
64 Running Thumb
Cut
67
Charlier/Thumb Shuffle
69 Five-Packet
Cut
72 L-X Quad Cut
76 Running L Cut
78 L-X
Interpolation
82 Six-Packet
Display Cut
87 Flip-Flop Cut
89 One-Hand Cut
Miscellany
91 Chapter 3 -
Fanning
95 Pressure Fan
97 Thumb Fan
99 Finger Fan
101 Side-Spring
Fan
103 One-Hand
Close
105 Twirl Close
108 Fan Twirl
111 Reverse
Pressure Fan
113 Reverse
Thumb Fan
114 One-Hand
Reverse Close
115 Left-Hand
One-Hand Indices Fan
118 Right-Hand
One-Hand Blank Fan
119 Right-Hand
One-Hand Indices Fan
122 Twin Fans
123 S Fans
127 Fan Within a
Fan
131 Giant
Pressure Fan
134 Giant Thumb
Fan
135 Giant Angle
Fans
137 One-Hand
Giant Fan
140 Closing
Giant Fans and Circles
145 Flower Fan
148 Automatic
Flower Fan
151 Fan
Miscellany
153 Chapter 4 -
Springs and Drops
157 Basic Spring
159 Waterfall
Drop
162 Flat Drop
163 Cascade
165 Double
Spring
166 Upside-Down
Spring
167 Very Long
Spring
168 Overhead
Spring
171
Behind-the-Back Waterfall Drop
172 One-Hand
Waterfall/Double Waterfall Drop
173 One-Hand
Spring
174 Virtual
Electric Deck
176 Springing
Miscellany
177 Chapter 5 -
Two-Hand Single Cuts
181 Pivot Cut
183 Paddlewheel
Cut
189 Inversion
Cut
192 Drop Cut
197 Cross Drop
Cut
202 Forward
Tumble Cut
207 Reverse
Tumble Cut
213 Twirl Cut
220 Two-Hand
Helicopter Throw Cut
222 Two-Hand
Roll Throw Cut
224 Two-Hand
Flip Throw Cut
225
Behind-the-Back Deck Separation
228 Arm-Roll Cut
231 Chapter 6 -
Two-Hand Multiple Cuts
235 Running
Pivot Cut
238 Quick Triple
Cut
240 Butterfly
Cut
244 Riffle Cut
247 Thumb Riffle
Cut
253 Charlier
Combo Cut
257 Paddlewheel
Combo Cut
261 Pincer Combo
Cut
264 Juggle Cut
269 Triple
Transfer Cut
273 Twirl
Transfer Cut
277
283 Half Gearscrew Cut
285 Full Gearscrew Cut
292 Tower Cut
299 Two-Hand Cut
Miscellany
301 Chapter 7 -
Arm-Spreads
305 Basic
Arm-Spread, Turnover and Glide Catch
308
Opposite-Hand Scoop Catch
309 Same-Hand
Fall Catch
311
Opposite-Hand Fall Catch
311 No-Turnover
Down Catch
313 Full-Deck
Cross Catch
315
Half-Turnover Down Catch
316 Half-Turnover
Up Catch
317 Changeover
Arm-Spread
319 Upright
Arm-Spread
323 Giant
Arm-Spread
324
Behind-the-Back Catch
325 Elbow Double
Arm-Spread
328 Forearm
Double Down Catch
330 Back-Arm
Reverse
333 Continuous
Same Back-Arm Catch
337 Continuous
Alternating Back-Arm Catches
347 Double
Back-Arm Catches
347 Arm-Spread
Miscellany
349 Chapter 8 -
Two-Hand Shuffles
353 Basic
Waterfall Shuffle
356 Cross-Hand
Waterfall Shuffle
358 Double and
Triple Waterfall Shuffles
363 Spread
Shuffle
365 Flat Drop
Shuffles
366 Spring
Shuffles
367 Double Fan
Shuffles
370 Turning
Overhand Shuffle
375 9. One-Hand Shuffles
379 Standard
One-Hand Riffle Shuffle
382 Turning
One-Hand Riffle Shuffle
384 One-Hand
Table Riffle Shuffle
387 One-Hand
Overhand Shuffle
390 Pincer Grip
Shuffle
394 Shuffle
Miscellany
395 Chapter 10 -
Deck Flips, Twirls and Spins
399 Thumb Twirl
402 Corner Twirl
407 Corner Thumb
Twirl
410 Palm Twirl
413 Finger Twirl
417 Quick Deck
Spin
419 Deck Twist
423 Flash Toss
426 Regrip Flip
428 Flip Back
430 Deck Flip
431 Helicopter
Deck Spin
433 Twisting
Deck Flip
434 Arm Roll
437 Chapter 11 -
Table Flourshes
441 Two-Hand
Twirl Deal
443 One-Hand
Twirl Deal
446 Two-Hand
Roll Deal
447 One-Hand
Roll Deal
448 Multiple
Deal
452 Basic Ribbon
Spread and Turnover
454
457 Double
Spread
459 Upright
Spread
461 Meshing
Spread
463 Table Fans
466 T Cut
478 Fall Cut
482 Rolling Cut
484 Flap Cut
487 Wing Cut
489 Chaos Cut
493 Cross Cut
498 Pyramid Cut
503 Deck Bounce
506 Pad Roll
507 Deck
Put-Downs
509 Deck
Pick-Ups
513 Table
Flourish Miscellany
515 Chapter 12 -
Throwing and Juggling
519 Throwing For
Distance
520 Throwing For
Accuracy
522 Boomerang
Card
525 Helicopter
Card
526 Snap Throw
527 Long Thumb
Propulsion
529 Short Thumb
Propulsion
530 Pinkie
Propulsion
531 Index Finger
Propulsion
532 Card Twirl
534 Thumb Wrap
536 One-Finger
Spins
540 Juggling
542 Brushing
544
Ultra-Miscellany
545 Selected
Bibliography
Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes-Jerry Cestkowski
4-DVD Set
See the Flourishman perform every stunt in the book on this 4-DVD set and that's just for starters. Each stunt is executed as you see it and in the order it appears in the "Encyclopedia." Following every stunt is a performance tip, using that stunt as an example. For instance, you see the basic Charlier Pass, followed by a short sequence of Charlier Passes being performed with the hands crossed, and the title admonition to "Do Cuts with the Hands Crossed." There are dozens of different tips presented in this fashion.
You will see all the One-Hand Single Cuts in Chapter One, interlaced with invaluable performance tips. Then you see an eye-pleasing, accessible routine of nothing but One-Hand Cuts. This is repeated for the remainder of the book. There are also instructions for powdering cards, working in the deck and avoiding card-condition pitfalls.
Then there is one of the Flourishman's Signature routines of pure flourishes from every type and category. We guarantee you have never seen anything like it. See why the other guys have to rely on Sybil Cuts and ace productions. See why only Jerry is known as THE Flourishman. There are also some outtakes and madness.
This DVD set will tell you everything you need to know about angles of presentation, pace, rhythm etc and includes never-before published, no-edit routines to show you how to connect flourishes into riffs, riffs into runs, and runs into routines.
Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes DVD 1
by Jerry Cestkowski
See the Flourishman perform every flourish in Chapters 1 through 3 of what is already considered the bible of fancy playing card manipulations: The Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes. In addition to demonstrating the first 56 stunts in the already classic Encyclopedia, there are 56 performance tips, 3 basic chapter-specific routines, 3 additional routines, and more than 50 additional flourishes. There is even a section on how to prepare cards for flourishes plus outtakes and the kind of madness only the Flourishman could generate.
See the famous L-Cut, 6-Packet Display Cut, and Fan Twirl in action. See a behind-the-back L-X Quad Cut sequence. See many original creations never before published, not even in the Encyclopedia. See more than 30 years of experience compressed into easy-to-understand advice that is guaranteed to enhance your artistic card manipulation.
Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes DVD 2
by Jerry Cestkowski
The Flourishman has done it again! Wall-to-wall non-stop action! See the Flourishman perform every flourish in Chapters 4 through 6 of his comprehensive manual of artistic card manipulation: The Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes. Not only that, but there are performance tips, advice on body and hand positioning, even tips on how to keep the deck square. See stunning routines, including the signature "Twist Cut" routine.
See loads of never-before-published stunts like the Double Arm Roll Fan Close, the Behind-The-Head Deck Catch, the New Fan Spin and New Fan Spin Close, the Corner To Corner Twirl, the 720 Degree Deck Catch and much more! This second performance-only DVD is a companion to the book itself, which painstakingly teaches every flourish. The flourishes themselves are not taught on this DVD. Just seeing the flourishes in motion and in routines will reveal a wealth of priceless information available nowhere else. And no one but the Flourishman has the endless supply of moves to deliver so much variety at such a manic pace!
Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes DVD 3
by Jerry Cestkowski
The saga continues! See the Flourishman perform every flourish in Chapters 7 through 9 of his comprehensive manual of artistic card manipulation: The Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes. Not only that, but there are performance tips, advice on routining, and the usual stunning routines. See the famous Pirouette Arm-Spread Catch, the True Double Fan Shuffle and the Impossible Double Arm-Spread. See the Flourishman juggle two cards in one hand while shuffling the rest of the deck in the other. See full routines of one- and two-hand shuffles, two complete routines of arm-spreads, and the unique still deck and two-card juggling routines. See never-before-published stunts like the Jump Through Shuffle, Double Overhand Shuffle, Back-Arm Changeover Arm-Spread, Giant Upright Arm-Spread, Whole Arm-Spread Catch and many more! This third performance-only DVD is a companion to the book itself, which painstakingly teaches every flourish. The flourishes themselves are not taught on this DVD. Just seeing the flourishes in motion and in routines will reveal a wealth of priceless information available nowhere else. And no one but the Flourishman has the endless supply of moves to deliver so much variety at such a manic pace.
Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes DVD 4
by Jerry Cestkowski
See the Flourishman perform every flourish in Chapters 9 through 12 of what is already considered the bible of fancy playing card manipulations. In addition to demonstrating all of the stunts in the last three chapters of the already classic Encyclopedia, there are the usual performance tips, chapter-specific routines, additional routines, and more than 50 additional flourishes. There is even a section on teaching you the Flourishman's favorite gags, and for the first time ever, 5 minutes of live stage performance footage. See card juggling, table cuts, deck twirls, aerials, and much more. See many original creations never before published, not even in the Encyclopedia. See more than 30 years of experience compressed into easy-to-understand advice that is guaranteed to enhance your artistic card manipulation.
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