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Magic & Parlor Tricks

Magic, the art of illusion and special effects, requires no spells or supernatural powers. All you really need to be a good magician is knowledge of the trick, practice, and showmanship.

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Nov 29, 2007

Here is an inventive way to retrieve an egg once it has been magically placed into a bottle. Dazzle the audience with two magic tricks in one as you make an egg appear in a bottle and then magically ...

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Nov 28, 2007

In this street magic and illusion revealed video series, learn how to do rope magic tricks. Our expert magician will show you how to do the one handed knot trick, the three ropes to one trick, how to ...

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Nov 26, 2007

Kipkay shows you how to balance a quarter on a quarter which is an advanced magic trick. The secret is you put a hole in the bottom of the top quarter and a pin on the top of the bottom quarter. ...

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Nov 26, 2007

Kipkay demonstrates how you can make five dollars by doing a bar trick and you bet your friend that you can lift a half full shot glass up with the palm of your hand. You have to use 100 percent liquo ...

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Nov 26, 2007

Kipkay shows you how to escape from a pair of handcuffs with only a bobby pin just like Harry Houdini did. You peel away the plastic protective covering from the bobby pin and you put the end of the b ...

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Nov 26, 2007

If you want to do orbitals and some of the more advanced poi spinning moves, then you'll need to know how to do hyperloops. Check it out in this video. ...

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Nov 26, 2007

Nick is here to show you how to do an isolated 3-beat weave when poi spinning. It's a bit different from a normal 3-beat weave or a regular isolation. The most important thing on this one? Practice! ...

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Nov 26, 2007

If you know anything about spinning poi, then you've probably heard about orbitals, but you may not have heard about superduperuberloops. Either way, Nick is going to show you how to do them. ...

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Nov 26, 2007

Nick and the Playpoi guys filmed a poi lesson on 5-beat weaves in Austria, including musings on 7 and 9-beat weaves and the idea of winding and unwinding. ...

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Nov 26, 2007

A young Maori woman named Migoto (the name is Japanese takes the time to teach Nick (and you) some traditional Maori poi dancing. ...