Hello friends,
So you’ve seen Criss Angel on TV and he has inspired to stop playing with your X-Box 360 for a while. That’s great. Magic really is a fun hobby. And if you are looking to get started, you’ve come to the right place!
Ronjo has been a professional magician since 1972 and in 1974 he opened the first store with just 10 magic tricks for children. Since then we’ve grown in leaps and bounds stocking the latest and greatest as well as the classics in magic. 10,000 + items. Just about everything the beginner or the professional could ever want.
But we are selective about what we have to offer you. Just because it exists, doesn’t mean its good or original. (Original is a whole other blog).
So with 10,000 items, where do you begin? Just like school, magic has different subjects and levels. Well my advise is to start with a category that interests you but don’t jump right into the advanced stuff right away.
If you start with knuckle busting card manipulations, you will have to put in many hours of hard work to accomplish anything worthy of showing someone. This is a nice goal to reach but staring out this way may discourage you and possibly make you give up on a hobby that could give you a lifetime of enjoyment.
Well how can you tell if something will be too hard for you? If you are local to our store, please do come in for a visit, we’ll be happy to show you things that are right up your ally and steer you away from things that we know you are not ready for.
If you do not have the luxury of coming by, please do send an email with your questions. I’ll get back to you the same or next business day. Pete@ronjo.com. Or call us 631-928-5353.
Our website, www.ronjo.com is broken down into many categories. You would think the beginner section is where you should look. But in actuality, the beginner section is being set up for the small plastic children’s tricks. And if you are over 13 years old, that section will discourage you too because you may think magic is babyish. Even though, some of these tricks really are very good for any age.
Close-up, Money & Cards are a good place for most of you to start. Many of the effects in these sections are small enough to keep the props in your pocket. You can bring them with you to work or school and are most are not too hard to learn how to do.
Once you learn a few, you will notice that you like a specific type of effect more than others. Its just like everything else in life. Now that you know what you like, learn more about it. Don’t rush into buying another trick. Work on the things you favored. You will soon discover that you will get better at them. Mastering the workings, the angles and your performance. Once you have mastered these, they will seem NEW to you again. Half the fun of learning magic, is just that, learning it.The other half is the smile you put on your spectators faces.
Once you hit the point where you are putting a smile on their faces, there is no turning back. You are not in this to be fooled yourself. You are in this knowing you have the power to make people freak out.
Here are just a few suggestions of items I know someone just getting started is capable of doing with only minor practice that get nice reactions from the audience.
Jay Lesile’s Coin Thru Coin , Ronjo’s Gold Rush , Nickels To Dimes, Phil Goldstein’s B’Wave, Pavel’s Circulaiton, Mike Powers’ Diminishing Returns, Ronjo’s Clear Thru Cork, Spirit Feather.
Well that’s more that enough to get your feet wet.
Please have a look at my older Blogs too. There is lots of advise, reviews, opinions & more.
Thanks for reading.
Pete
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