Today, magicians all over the world use card throwing as parts of their act. Ricky Jay and Rick Smith, Jr. Are among the most well known people to frequently use card throwing during performance. Hello and welcome to my YouTube channel! When I created this channel, I saw it as a way to promote my in-person shows and used it to upload short videos of m. With his unique fusion of magic and card throwing, Rick Smith Jr is in high demand around the world. He's performed on television many times, for some of the biggest names in the business. Each year he does more than 600 shows for a steady stream of clients, who want to bring his exciting brand of magic and card throwing.

Rick Smith, Jr. is the current Guinness World Record holder for throwing a playing card further than anyone. On this video he teaches several methods of how to throw cards for speed, distance and accuracy and how to slice vegetables and topple a pyramid of soda cans.

Card Throwing techniques taught include: different throwing techniques, grips, stances, warm-ups, multiple card throws and how to control speed, distance and accuracy.

Rick Smith Jr Card Throwing Technique

Techniques and Stunts:
Grips (Herrman Grip, Jay Grip, Smith Grip), Throwing Techniques (Using the body for distance throws, accuracy, body momentum,) Multiple Card Throwing, Audley Walsh’s Thumb Shooting, Swing Shot, Boomerang Card, Ring Finger Shot, Snap Shot, Back Flicks, Fire Flicking, Hackey Flick, Pop up Cards, Fly Out, Quick Flick, Canned, Celery Stalker, and more.

Magic Routines:
►Flick Trick: A card is selected and lost in the deck by the spectator. When you get the deck back you give the deck a fancy cut and their card jumps out, and boomerangs back toward the deck using the Martin Lewis Spinner Move, where it is caught in the middle.
►Sucker: A card spins out of the deck and is sucked and caught by your mouth.

You also get to see Rick set the Guinness World Record on March 21, 2001 where he threw a card for a distance of 216 feet and 4 inches! The video ends with some outtakes where the cards don’t want to participate.

If you ever wanted to learn how to throw playing cards across the room or to the back of theaters, you can’t go wrong with this video.

Rick Smith Jr Cards

A Meir Yedid Magic Product. Produced by A-1 MagicalMedia. Original release date: 2003. Running time: Approximately 30 minutes.

Rick Smith Jr. is THE card throwing champion for speed, distance and accuracy. Not only that, he is a WORLD RECORD HOLDER for throwing a playing card 216 feet and 4 inches at a top speed of 92 miles per hour.

Now, he's ready to give you the secrets to the most effective techniques in card throwing-- transforming you into a card-throwing ninja in minutes.

You don't have to be Rick Smith Jr. in order to throw like him. Just a few secret techniques and styles, taught in this video, will bring you from zero to Pro in no time.

In Velocity, you will quickly learn:

• The hidden technique for throwing with the power to slice and penetrate
• The secret to throwing for speed, distance and accuracy
• How to slice through fruits and vegetables like a Samurai blade
• How to penetrate hard surfaces like crystallized Styrofoam, pumpkins and cardboard
• How to make a card whistle as it cuts through the air
• Trick throwing styles and stunts
• Multiple throwing styles and when to use them
• Safety precautions
• Proposition betting
• How to get a crowd with card throwing
• How create your own card throwing show
• Four NEW single-handed card flicks that eject cards without throwing them
• How to start with no knowledge of card throwing and become deadly; fast

Rick Smith Jr Card Tricks