In Praise of Shigeo Takagi
This is simply one of the best magic books I have ever read and Richard Kaufman has done us all a huge favour by reprinting it recently.
Takagi’s magic is well thought out and beautiful. For the card worker there are a number of approaches to the ‘Triumph’ plot, an excellent alternative handling of the ‘Wild Card’ and an effortless ‘Spectator Cuts the Aces’ routine. But there is so much more than this - including coin work, silk and rope work, linking rings etc. etc. (you can read detailed table of contents with some comments here)
An old-school classic, but with much to enjoy!
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