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Ian Kendall

Ian Kendall is one of the most respected teachers of magic in current times. A professional magician for over twenty years and with almost thirty years' experience of teaching various subjects, he is extremely well placed to give accurate, detailed instruction on sleight of hand or stage craft.

For three years he wrote the Basic Training column for MUM magazine, and is now one of the writers for Genii magazine's trick column, Magicana, where he continues to write up routines and effects in his relaxed but authoritative style.

Ian has been producing video and written instruction for ten years, and in 2006 he started the first online magic course, called the Virtual Session. Over the years he has performed in pretty much every situation, from the show rooms of the Magic Castle to street shows in Sydney, and everywhere in between. Every lesson has the stamp of real experience earned while performing in the trenches for real people.

website: www.iankendall.com

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Ian Kendall
Basic Training for Breakfast by Ian Kendall

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Magic lectures, and more relevantly their notes, are a strange thing. While some are an endless parade of tricks and their explanations, some are thinly disguised dealer dems and some are virtuoso displays of unattainable sleight of hand, there are occasionally lectures that offer the inside information on performing for real people. Where it's not just the tricks that matter, it's all the little bits and pieces that lie in between the lines that make the difference between 'doing a trick' and 'making magic happen'. Guess which one I'm aiming for here.

The goal is...

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Basic Training by Ian Kendall

Between 2009 and 2011 a very special column appeared in M-U-M, the in-house magazine for the Society of American Magicians. Conceived to be an introduction to sleight of hand aimed at beginners, the thirty-six lessons ended up being one of the most detailed courses in conjuring to date. The topics covered included all aspects of magic; cards and coins, balls, ropes and cups, stand up and close up, interspersed with real-world performance hints and tips from someone who has spent time in the trenches.

This e-book version contains all thirty six Basic Training columns, plus two extra lessons...

★★★★★ $25
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Tops, Seconds and Bottoms by Ian Kendall

"I have never come across such a well-thought out and explained package of false dealing tutorials, in print or on screen, ever." - Will Morton, MagicBunny.co.uk

These lessons teach dealing Tops, Seconds and Bottoms from the same grip. A few things to note:

  1. The methods in the lessons are the ones I use in the demo clips. I don't talk about seventeen different methods.
  2. Nothing in the lessons is self working. If you are not willing to put in the practice, then don't buy them.
You will also get audio metronome files which will help you to practice these moves and develop a natural...
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Palming by Ian Kendall

Palming - This video pack contains three video lessons on palming cards - the two handed top card palm, the one handed top card palm and the Gambler's cop. 27 minutes in total, these lessons will have you palming cards with confidence in a relatively short time.

length 27 minutes

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Razor Blades by Ian Kendall

Swallowing the razor blades is a classic routine of magic. In this two video pack Ian shares everything about the routine that he has used on stage and on the streets all over the world for almost twenty years. Nothing is held back as you see clips from several different live performances to illustrate what is being taught. This is a full professional routine for a fraction of the price of other versions.

length 40 minutes.

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Proof by Ian Kendall

Proof is a collection of strange mathematical proofs where you can show, convincingly, that things are not always what they seem. To most people, the idea that 'minus one' is equal to 'one' might sound barmy, or that Pi=2, or 4, or that 4=5, but that is what you will be able to prove with this video.

Ian has been using some of these diversions for well over thirty years, and he can attest to how much fun they are to demonstrate. They are not 'performance pieces' - by that he means that they would not fit into a traditional magic show, but as an impromptu moment of strange, they are perfect....

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Egotistical Opinions by Ian Kendall

This is a collection of six theory talks by Ian Kendall on various subjects of performing in general and performing magic in particular.

1st edition 2009

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Egotistical Opinions: Stage Fright by Ian Kendall

This is the sixth video from Egotistical Opinions. In this six minute lesson Ian explains his approach for conquering stage fright, a proven method that may sound strange, but one that means stage fright, and 'shaky hand syndrome' are a thing of the past. Everyone can benefit from this advice, beginners and experienced performers alike.

1st edition 2009, runtime 6 minutes

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Egotistical Opinions: Practicing by Ian Kendall

This is the fifth video from Egotistical Opinions. In this six minute lesson Ian talks about the correct way to approach practising and how to get the most from your practice sessions.

1st edition 2009, runtime 6 minutes

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Egotistical Opinions: Performance by Ian Kendall

This is the fourth video from Egotistical Opinions. This 13 minute clip talks about performance, professionalism and generally getting the correct attitude to entertaining your audience.

1st edition 2009, runtime 13 minutes

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Egotistical Opinions: Visual Noise by Ian Kendall

This is the third video from Egotistical Opinions. This ten minute lesson talks about the concept of visual noise, and how you can control your body language so that you are not distracting to watch. This information is useful for both stage and close up performers, as well as anyone who needs to speak in public.

1st edition 2009, runtime 10 minutes

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Egotistical Opinions: Microphone Technique by Ian Kendall

This is the second video from Egotistical Opinions. The 32 minute video covers microphone technique for magicians, covering handheld, tie clip and headset mics. Ian shows the correct way to handle and use the microphone so that you look and feel confident and professional.

1st edition 2009, runtime 32 minutes

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Egotistical Opinions: Entrances by Ian Kendall

This is the first lesson from Egotistical Opinions. In this 12 minute video Ian talks about entrances, and how to make that important first impression. Covering both stage and close up situations, he shows examples of how he starts a show, and then explains why he does what he does when he does it. The final story is not only true, but still makes him wince...

1st edition 2009, runtime 12 minutes

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The Work Volume 5: The Top Change by Ian Kendall

This ebook covers three different handlings of the top change, as well as the book change, the Erdnase change and Marlo's Snap Change. 56 photographs and 13 video clips show the moves in the kind of detail that is to be expected from Ian's teaching. All the moves have been used by Ian in the real world, so you get the level of detail that comes only from experience.

[Please note that you need to use Acrobat Reader to view this eBook on PC or Mac. Foxit, Preview and other software cannot handle the video files. On iPad we tested it with PDF-Expert and on Android with ezPDF. Both apps can play the videos embedded in the PDF.]

  • The Work: Palming 1: Bottom Palm and The Gambler's Cop
  • The Work: Palming 2: The Top Palm
  • The Work: Palming 3: The Side Steal
  • The Work Volume 4

1st edition 2010, 30 pages....

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The Work Volume 4: The Pass by Ian Kendall

Following on from Michael Close's ground breaking series of eBooks, Ian has taken over The Work with volume 4 - The Pass. This eBook combines the detailed, structured writing for which Ian has become known with clear photographs and sixteen video clips that show every step in exacting detail. Five passes are covered, the classic pass, Ian's Simple pass, riffle pass, turnover pass and the one handed pass. As they used to say - equal to personal instruction.

[Please note that you need to use Acrobat Reader to view this eBook on PC or Mac. Foxit, Preview and other software cannot handle the video files. On iPad we tested it with PDF-Expert and on Android with ezPDF. Both apps can play the videos embedded in the PDF.]

  • The Work: Palming 1: Bottom Palm and The Gambler's Cop
  • The Work: Palming 2: The Top Palm
  • The Work: Palming 3: The Side Steal
  • The Work Volume 5

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Basic Chip Tricks by Ian Kendall

Ian describes carefully and in detail a number of beautiful and cool flourishes with chips. You are sitting at a blackjack table and you have won a stack of chips during the last plays. The dealer ran out of cards and has to shuffle his six decks, which takes a while. This is the ideal moment to impress with a few chip flourishes. Of course, all of these moves can also be executed with coins rather than chips. You will learn:

  • The Pickup Move
  • Roll Down
  • Double Cut
  • Shuffle on a soft surface
  • Shuffle on a hard surface
  • Shuffling tall stacks
  • The Twirl
  • The Triple Twirl
  • The Reverse Twirl ...
★★★★★ $14
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