I had forgotten about the beautiful waterfall. I do faros all the time in my card magic. I should definitely start including the waterfall. Thanks for the reminder.

I'm one of those laypeople, no magician by any mean. I have no idea how I ended up on this video but I enjoyed it. Cheers mate \o

18:18 Didn’t realize I’ve been trying to do the fifth method incorrectly for years haha. That bit about riffling the cards was super helpful

Great video and excellent, excellent teaching. Thanks for this excellent video. I put down some thoughts (too many really) but thought they might help with beginners. Feel free to delete the post if it's too much! I think you hit the head of the nail--the absolute hardest thing for me when learning the faro was holding the cards very lightly. As you point out, the cards can't move if you are holding them with an iron grip. In this regard, it helped me greatly if I gripped both decks close to the outer ends at the initiation of the faro, keeping my fingers as far away from the center area where the faro action happens. This does not result in a perfect faro, because you lack some control, but once you get the knack of how to get the faro going, you can hold the cards in the more classic position--which affords better control of the weave--with less difficulty. Some other things that may help: 1) cards are cut in a certain way such that they are much easier to faro 'up' or 'down'. Traditionally cut cards will faro more easily from the bottom to the top and Modern cut cards more easily from the top down. (People like to do table faros definitely prefer traditionally cut cards....) Once you have the knack of the faro, you'll be able to faro them in either direction, but it's always far easier to faro in one direction and the only way to figure that out is by experimentation. (Unless you bought a deck where the product description is 'traditional' or 'modern' cut... rare unless you are buying cards from a magic store. So try faroing in both directions at first, to see if one way is easier or not. 2) Finding the correct angle for the cards to faro is a bit challenging. not sure exactly what that angle is, but starting somewhere around 20-30 degrees is probably good. As you get better, the angle will become more shallow 3) It may just be me, but when starting, I found it easier to faro starting with a corner of the cards that are faroing. Start by angling the cards end to end and get that 20-30 degree angle but also tilt the cards that are faroing in so that you are starting with a corner. Again, once you get the knack of it--the right pressure and all--you won't have to do this. That said, I still find that this works well if I'm faroing cards that are pretty beaten up and, as such, not so suitable for faroing. 4) Choose your cards well! Standard Bicycle cards are fine, but no-name, off-brand cards might not ever faro very easily or at all. The cards also should be worked in a bit before you start faroing. It's not impossible to faro cards right out of the box, but in order to faro easily the cards have to bend. Brand new cards are at their maximum stiffness, so working them in a bit really helps. (Even cards that are advertised on magic websites as 'faro right out of the box' are easier to faro after being worked in.) By the same token, if the cards are so worn that they are losing their edges, they become more difficult to faro. After some experience you will be able to pretty much faro anything, but when you start it's good to have an optimal set of cards to work with!

These are some great tips, Biz! You describe the subtle moves and nuances perfectly!

Nice tutorial! Thank you.

Iscritto!

You look like a nice channel dude just subbed

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I remember it took me forever to learn this and now I always do it. Only thing that I can’t get is the reverse farro.

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