Description
Get anyone of the 23 lessons, individually and in any order according to your level of expertise at €4.95 each, or buy them all together in one ZIP-file at the special price of €49.95.
Roberto Giobbi’s remarkable Card College books have become the groundbreaking course in the subject – an analysis of the art, science, technique and philosophy of card magic. Card College has changed the way a generation of magicians have learned card magic, and changed the way they think about it.
Card College 1&2, Personal Instruction was originally released as a four DVD set, with nearly eight hours of material. It is now available as an immediate download in the much more practical and comfortable MP4 format, which will allow you to load and enjoy it on any of the known platforms.
This unique course combines Roberto’s lessons with his performances, demonstrations and explanations. Here you have a chance to learn directly from Roberto. He explains the essential moves, the subtle touches, and gives amazing examples that will allow you to add these techniques to your repertoire.
As one of magic’s great teachers, Roberto will serve as an inspiration in your work. These videos are unlike any you’ve ever seen, professionally photographed and edited to efficiently demonstrate card techniques, with clear close-ups and reverse shots, as well as expert analysis of every move. There are fundamental lessons for the beginner, and expert approaches for experienced magicians. Best of all, here’s a chance to meet Roberto, watch his presentations and benefit from his personal instruction.
In these 23 lessons, you’ll learn basic techniques like squaring, cuts, grips, dealing, breaks, spreads, shuffles, false cuts, card controls, forces, glide, glimpses, key card handlings, double lift and flourishes, the Hindu shuffle, and special techniques like thumb count, buckle, palm, spread count, top change, crimp, reverse, the classic force…. and much more. In the Card College tradition, Roberto teaches magic immediately, with astonishing routines, allowing you to see the sleights in action and put them to use in these effects.
Produced by Frankie Glass and Jim Steinmeyer, with magic consultant Richard Kaufman.
Technical Information
The complete course consists of 23 lessons (MP4) together in one ZIP-file, and is compatible with almost all currently known systems and devices.
The size of each MP4-file is between 80MB to 250MB for best viewing quality; the ZIP-file is 4.2GB; you can stream-view it online, or download it to your favorite device, from where you can enjoy it anytime offline.
For smooth downloading we recommend a good connection to Internet.
Important!
This project encapsulates a lifetime of study & experience. It is part of our livelihood, and we kept it at a very affordable price to discourage piracy. Please be fair and do not share this file with others. Thank you!
What the Experts say:
“I was extremely impressed. Giobbi is an excellent teacher, he communicates his ideas clearly, and he’s passionate about card magic – this is one of the best card magic DVD sets I’ve come across in recent memory. It contains a tremendous amount of solid material for beginning and even seasoned performers, and it’s a perfect companion to Giobbi’s terrific Card College book series.” (Jason England in MAGIC)
“It’s getting a prominent place in my video library and I will return to it to gain insights and improve my own technique and execution.” Wayne Kawamoto Read the review from Wayne Kawamoto of Magic.about.com. Five Stars rating!
Watch what Gary Scott has to say on the entire Card College series:
Ankush Dhariwal (verified owner) –
As a total beginner, I bought the Introduction to Card Magic PDF from this website, which I enjoyed. To continue learning, I bought this, for 50 euros.
I wasn’t sure about whether to buy the books or this (and so I’m leaving this review in the hopes of helping others). Having found the embedded videos very useful in the Introduction to Card Magic PDF, I decided to buy this, and am extremely happy with my decision. The techniques are taught incredibly well with both clear explanations, and clear video footage of the techniques. At the end of each video (apart from the Introduction), there is a performance (with spectators) of a trick that incorporates that video’s technique, followed by an explanation, which is a great way to teach, by putting the technique into action. Each video is introduced with a slide displaying which techniques will be taught.
Occasionally things go a bit fast – but I can slow the video speed down on my computer if I need to see something a bit more slowly.
So far I have used 8 of the 23 videos, and learned a number of very impressive tricks already, despite not being especially gifted with manual dexterity.
This is a fantastic resource and I would highly recommend it. It is a little bit expensive, but now that I have learned a whole new skill, I can say you really do get what you pay for.