Learning Paths
93 courses · 790 lessons · 1207 videos · 263h of content
Stage Card Manipulation
A complete guide to producing cards from thin air, covering sleight-of-hand techniques, visual flourishes, and stage movement.
Julio Montoro's Gimmick Workshop
Three lessons on building and performing a production object, the Manila changing envelope, and To Do List. Julio Montoro covers the materials, construction, adjustments, and handlings for each effect.
Close-up Linking Rings: Techniques and Routine
Ten lessons and twenty videos by Julio Ribera for working with four Linking Rings. The journey covers grips, counts, links and unlinkings, vertical and table phases, closing sequences, and the assembly of a complete routine.
The Double Lift: Preparation, Turnovers, and Combinations
Study the phases of the double lift with Julio Ribera: getting the break, choosing a turnover, and regaining the separation. The path includes twelve lessons, fifteen videos, handling variants, and two final combinations of varying difficulty.
Gimmick Construction with Julio Montoro
A workshop by Julio Montoro on building mechanisms and gaffed cards. Six lessons and seven videos cover tools, Card Splitting, magnets, elastic thread, custom designs, and two flap constructions.
Card Forcing Techniques
Master eight essential card forcing methods, from classic psychological approaches to versatile sleights, to reliably control any spectator's choice.
Close-up magic with everyday objects and magic props
Seven lessons by Julio Ribera on productions, penetrations, vanishes, restorations, and secret writing. It includes material preparation, handlings, and presentations with everyday objects and specific magic props.
Card magic with Julio Ribera: predictions, coincidences, and productions
Thirteen lessons by Julio Ribera to build predictions, card travels, coincidences, and signed endings. The course combines handling, participation, and patter; several routines start with an ordinary deck, while others require props or specific preparation.
Creative Weekly
A curriculum covering visual close-up magic, from impromptu card routines to practical DIY gimmicks you can perform anywhere.
Matrix and Fundamentals of Cards and Coins
Julio Ribera, Luis Olmedo, and Yago Turia bring together Matrix routines and card and coin magic, featuring explanations on coordination, sleight of hand, construction, and patter.
Techniques for packet magic
Julio Ribera explains the Elmsley count, three double lift positions, and Ascanio's Spread. A journey focused on showing, turning, and controlling small packets of cards.
Triumph: three versions with Julio Ribera and Leandro Furtado
Three ways to present mixed faces and backs until just one card remains reversed. Julio Ribera and Leandro Furtado explain controls, shuffles, displays and attention. Covers an ordinary deck, a three-double-backer setup and a version requiring half a double-backed deck.