Magic Trick Secrets Revealed

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Melting rubber bands trick revealed

Also called the Crazy Man's Handcuffs trick. Learn how two interlocking rubber bands can be separated 'magically'. Simple and easy to do.

Firstly, take a look at how Cyril did it and then the solution to the technique. Enjoy :)

Cyril Takayama's magic - rubber bands - separating the unseparable & linking the unlinkable

Closer look at Cyril's separating 2 rubber-bands trick:

Solution to the Separating 2 rubber-bands technique:

A number of cool rubber band tricks revealed:

Coin piercing cigarette trick revealed

This is cool. Shows you how a cigarette pierces through a British coin.

You will need a real coin and a specially made one :)

Cyril Takayama's cool cigarette trick

I am always impressed with Cyril's tricks. Here's one cool trick he performed up close with cigarettes.

The clip below shows Cyril in action. He shows how a broken cigarette can be pieced back together and even have the marks erased under a lid match stick. And then he shows how an empty cigarette pack turns into a full unopen pack.

Sorry no revelations here. If you know how it was done, please share it via comments below. Thanx and enjoy!

Cool magic tricks with cigarettes revealed

Here's some cool and simple magic tricks you can perform in bars with cigarettes. Check them out!

Cigarette vanish trick - 1 (using double-sided tape)

Cigarette vanish trick - 2

Cigarette vanish trick - 3 (using saliva)

Cigarette vanish trick - 4 (not so impressive, though)

Cigarette bend trick (Apart from this video trick, you can also use a dollar bill. Take a new cigarette, roll it up tightly with the dollar bill, and then bend it in half all the way. Unroll the bill and you will find the cigarette still intact without breaking)

Friday, May 2, 2008

Card through window magic trick revealed

I bet you must have seen the 'card through window' trick before. Believed to have started from John Kennedy, most of the well-known magicians like Chris Angel, David Blaine and Cyril Takayama have performed it.

The trick itself has become complicated and varied. To make the trick more real, magicians have used different ways such as asking the spectator to sign on the card, performing in front of the window and even putting the hand across the window to retrieve the card and etc.

Here's 4 video clips on this trick. Clip 1 shows David Blaine in action. Clip 2 and 3 provides explanation of how its done. And Clip 4 shows what will happen when the trick goes wrong :)

Clip 1:

Clip 2:

Clip 3:

Clip 4:

Thursday, May 1, 2008

T.H.E.M - Totally Hidden Extreme Magic (Eps. 2)

Continuing with three more clips of the exciting TV series - T.H.E.M episode 2. Just like Just for Laughs tv program, its fun to see the natural reactions of those in confusion caught on camera :) Enjoy...

Episode 2 (Part 1)

Episode 2 (Part 2)

Episode 2 (Part 3)

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

T.H.E.M - Totally Hidden Extreme Magic (Eps. 1)

"What if magic was real? Would you believe your eyes?" - This was the opening statement of a short-lived TV series called T.H.E.M or Totally Hidden Extreme Magic, consisting of a gang of street magicians: Rico, Chris, Justin, Cyril, Lisa, Michael, Jason, Dan, Thomas.

As I have blogged about Cyril Takayama here, here and here before, he actually used to be a member of T.H.E.M. Its actually an interesting program that shows magic as 'real' to those unaware before revealing the truth rather than showing magic in the usual way that magicians do.

There are no tricks revealed here but the natural reactions of those caught unaware are fun to watch. Enjoy!

Episode 1 (Part 1)

Episode 1 (Part 2)

Episode 1 (Part 3)

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Classic magic trick revealed - body cut-up

This trick by today's standard is classic. Most of you should know by now how a person's head, hand and leg can move even when the human box that contains the person gets separated into 3 boxes.

The first part of the video shows you how the presentation is done and the second part reveals the trick.

Barry and Stuart: Funny Magic Trick

Since we are on a string of comedy magic strips, here's a series of funny magic tricks by Barry and Stuart. Kick back and enjoy some laughs.

Follow up: Daniel Chesterfield's easy to do magic

Back in July, I posted an interesting video on how to learn some COOL magic super duper fast. Here's a few more from the same magician. Check them out!

And before you know it, some are following in his footsteps.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Wanted: instant magician, no skills needed!

Okay, maybe Cyril Takayama is not for you. There's just too much trouble trying to learn the art of magic or simply too lazy to practice 24/7. Here's one way you can be an instant magician without any skills at all.

Easy, isn't it?! :))

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Cyril Takayama's cool magic tricks

Following up to the previous post on Cyril Takayama, here is a selection of really cool street magic tricks performed and appeared on Japanese TV recently. Truly exceptional!

Taking out a card from inside an aquarium

Taking out a real hamburger from a poster

Putting a coin through a glass table

Bringing a fish back to life

Cell phone on ice