Slydini Style Magic Masterclass by Bill Wisch | Misdirection, Timing & Close-Up Routines
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- Master Slydini’s legendary misdirection, timing, and rhythm techniques.
- Learn iconic routines: Slydini Poker Deal, Aces, Sugar Express, Napkin Manipulation.
- Comprehensive 3-volume video set for close-up and stand-up magic.
- Exclusive insights and teachings from Bill Wisch, Slydini’s authorized lecturer.

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Unlock the Secrets of Slydini with Bill Wisch
Dive into the legendary world of Slydini with “Slydini Style” by Bill Wisch, a comprehensive video masterclass revealing the foundational principles of misdirection, timing, and rhythm. Bill Wisch, the only magician authorized by Slydini himself to teach his original routines and theories, provides an unparalleled learning experience for aspiring and seasoned magicians alike. This masterclass is essential for anyone aiming to captivate audiences and elevate their close-up magic.
Master the Art of Misdirection, Timing, and Rhythm
This three-volume video series is your definitive guide to understanding the subtle psychology and precise mechanics behind Slydini’s miraculous performances. Volume one meticulously breaks down the strategies and nuances that made Slydini a legend, enhancing your sleight of hand and stage presence through his unique approach to magic.
Slydini’s Core Principles Unveiled
- Seated Timing & Lapping Techniques: Perfect your table magic by mastering Slydini’s precise seated positions, body movements, and angles for optimal cover and misdirection. Understand the proper motivation for lapping.
- Stand-Up Techniques: Learn Slydini’s influential thinking on stage posture, movement, and foot positions to enhance your presence and control.
- The Beat System: Discover a revolutionary system, developed by Bill Wisch and Slydini, for easily learning and applying Slydini’s rhythm and timing to any routine. Includes in-depth interviews on its goals, application to classic vanishes, and beat sequence development.
Featured Routines & Concepts
Beyond theoretical understanding, you will learn to perform iconic Slydini routines:
- Slydini’s Poker Deal: An engaging and humorous card routine where a spectator receives five cards, and you end up with half the deck.
- Slydini Aces: A clever method for losing four Aces into a shuffled deck, then revealing or finding them at will.
- Slydini’s Sugar Express: Master this classic vanish where sugar vanishes from a spectator’s hand, reappears in its packet, and then the entire napkin ball vanishes.
- Slydini’s Napkin Ball Manipulation: A lengthy discussion on Slydini’s system of magic, exemplified by the vanish of a balled-up paper napkin, teaching numerous techniques, subtleties, and the correct execution of the Slydini Revolve Vanish.
Exclusive Insights & Technical Details
This series includes exclusive interviews with Bill Wisch, offering personal anecdotes about his relationship with Slydini, his career, and the figures who influenced his magical journey. Gain insights into Slydini’s performance philosophy and Bill’s unique experiences.
Produced by Meir Yedid Magic, this essential video series lays the groundwork for advanced close-up and card magic featured in subsequent volumes. Original release date: 2021 (Recorded in 2004). Running time: Approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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Master the Art of Misdirection with Slydini Style by Bill Wisch
Discover the secrets of legendary magician Slydini, brought to life by Bill Wisch, the only person authorized by Slydini himself to teach his original routines and techniques. This masterclass is a must-have for any magician looking to refine their craft and captivate their audience.
What You’ll Learn
This comprehensive three-volume video set is your gateway to mastering timing, rhythm, and misdirection. Volume one is a deep dive into the strategies that made Slydini’s performances truly magical. You’ll learn techniques that enhance your sleight of hand and overall stage presence.
Featured Routines and Techniques
- Slydini’s Poker Deal: An engaging card routine with a humorous twist.
- Slydini Aces: Discover the clever method behind finding aces in any shuffled deck.
- Seated Timing & Lapping Techniques: Perfect your table magic with Slydini’s seated techniques.
- Sugar Express: Master the classic sugar vanish routine.
- Napkin Ball Manipulation: Learn the intricacies of napkin vanishes and manipulations.
- Stand-Up Techniques: Enhance your stage presence with Slydini’s stand-up strategies.
- The Beat System: A revolutionary system to master Slydini’s timing and rhythm.
Plus, enjoy exclusive interviews with Bill Wisch, discussing his experiences with Slydini, his career, and the influential figures in his journey through magic.
This video series, produced by Meir Yedid Magic, is an essential addition to your magic library. Original release date: 2021 (Recorded in 2004). Running time: Approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
A Masterclass in Timing, Rhythm, & Direction.
Bill Wisch is an expert magician and a long-time student and promoter of the magic of Slydini. Bill is also the only person who Slydini gave permission to lecture on his original routines and techniques.
This three-volume video set features the magic that Bill Wisch created using what he learned from Slydini. He also shares Slydini’s theories, techniques, and some routines.
Volume one of this three-volume video series is a masterclass on timing, rhythm, and misdirection. By studying what is on this video you will learn the many little secrets that made Slydini’s magic disarming and miraculous.
Routines and techniques performed and explained:
►Slydini’ s Poker Deal: A funny Poker themed interlude where your spectator receives five cards, and you end up with half the deck in your hand.
►Slydini Aces: A very clever method is involved in this routine where you lose the four Aces into the deck and let a spectator shuffle the cards. You can then find or reveal the Aces anyway you want.
►Slydini’s Seated Timing & Lapping Techniques: Bill explains how Slydini taught his students the proper way to sit at a table, at what distance, the rest positions, the various body movements, and other subtleties to control the angles for optimal cover and misdirection. Also discussed is the proper motivation for lapping.
►Slydini’s Sugar Express: A classic Slydini routine where a spectator pours the contents of a sugar packet into his hand. The sugar then vanishes and appears back in the sugar packet. All is then wrapped up into a napkin ball and is vanished.
►Slydini’s Napkin Ball Manipulation: This is a lengthy discussion about the Slydini system of doing magic, as illustrated using the vanish of a balled-up paper napkin. Along the way you are also taught many different Slydini techniques, subtleties, and his approach to sleight of hand. You are also taught the correct way to do the Slydini Revolve Vanish.
►Slydini’s Stand-Up Techniques: Bill explains Slydini’s thinking about how to stand and move on stage, with emphasis on foot positions.
►The Beat System: Bill and Slydini worked out a beat system based on Slydini’s timing to be able to teach his rhythm and timing more easily. This in-depth interview teaches that system so you can apply it to your magic. Discussions surround the goals of the system, the four beats of the Classic Palm vanish, Slydini’s Balls Over the Head Timing Beats, a beat sheet for beat sequence development, Bill’s beat sheet challenge, and much more.
►Bonus Section: To finish off the video you are treated to some extensive interviews where Bill discusses his life, career, and influences. Discussions revolve around how he met Slydini, Herb Zarrow’s generosity, I Wanna Really Learn Those Knots, Slydini’s Performance Philosophy, and much more.
This video lays the groundwork for the Close-Up Magic and Card Magic vidoes of the series, that feature many routines that incorporate the beat system of easily learning, annotating, choreographing, practicing, and performing the magic.
A Meir Yedid Magic product. Original release date: 2021 (Recorded in 2004). Running time: Approximately 1-hour and 15-minutes.
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