One of the most important lessons in Erdnase is transitioning between moves. Knowing a palm, shuffle, deal, etc. is wonderful, but, without the proper way to get in and out of the move you are left high and dry. Enter Erdnase! I recall during the "Systems of Palming" Top Palm, method one, Erdnase mentions that upon completion of the shuffle the cards are squared up. But the break above the cards by the pink is held and maintained during the square up, then immediately as they pass from hand to hand *blink* the palm is done. If you have tried this move, you understand how remarkable it is! Try practicing the move, the move alone, drilling it, palm, replace, palm replace. When you are done doing it about 20-30 times try this, give the cards an overhand shuffle as per Erdnase to maintain top stock Method One (Two can be just as easily substituted). Upon completion of maintaining top stock immediately square and execute Top Palm Method One. This includes catching the break with 4th finger during the square, the kick of the first finger momentarily before "dropping" (another post on dropping the deck soon) and finally the placement on the table before retreating to a rest position. As a sequence of moves it is actually easier to accomplish and MORE DECEPTIVE! If you record yourself or watch diligently through a looking glass (Gotta love Erdnase!) you will see how disarming the whole sequence and the transitions really are!
Comments on your progress and conclusions are appreciated and if anyone is so inclined to 'YouTube' it that would be great to see.
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Welcome to the club. Beautiful, isn't it?
Erdnase has been a love for a long time. It's like getting corrective eye surgery, everything makes sense, it's clear and you have perfect peace and harmony in your work. It is also remarkable to consider how poorly others do their work when holding it up the Erdnase Measuring Stick. Perhaps that will be another post!
Cheers!
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