Fists of Fury Starring Curtis Kam (DVD) - Kick your coin magic up five notches with this INCREDIBLE new DVD. Your spectators won't know what hit them! Highly Recommended!
The Effect In the summer of 2002, three masters of Coin-Fu met at a secluded monastery (strangely resembling the site of the IBM convention) for the sole purpose of bashing their audiences senseless.
Their weapon of choice? Coins.. . at close range.
In the wee hours of the morning, video cameras captured the most dramatic moments of what westerners call a �session� and escaped alive with the only known footage of these bizarre and mysterious rituals.
From master Kam:
Beijing Coins Across - Three silver coins shimmer into mirage-like existence, dance from hand to hand, then suddenly transform into ancient brass Chinese coins. They change singly back to silver, and visibly flash back to brass. This opening attack from Curtis Kam's formal parlor show is the showpiece for his signature �Fingertip Wildcoin� sequence.
Coercive Purse - Cited by Tommy Wonder for its construction, this routine uses psychological warfare to beat skeptics into submission. Imagine the copper/silver transposition warped through a purse frame, by way of a Jedi mind trick. The final stroke of oriental deviousness is the production of a coin larger than the purse frame, from the purse frame.
The Goblet - Six coins transpose, transform and transport in, over, and around a stemmed metal goblet as Kam's pioneering techniques turn this under-used prop into a dangerous weapon. The Goblet allows the elements of Beijing Coins Across to be re-sequenced for greater killing efficiency.
Tiananmen Square - For his final blow, Kam added a coin purse to Fingertip Wildcoin, punishing the audience with a standing handling of Roth's classic �Purse and Glass� that goes way off the deep end, ending with 13 Chinese coins covering the tabletop in a dazzling display of mysterious metals.
East met West as 2 masters of the unusual stepped upto the mats. Kainoa Harbottle met Kam's attack with a production sequence not for the queasy - 'Repeat Coins from Nostril.' Stunningly grotesque, it uses parts of your face not normally involved in western presentations.
He then staggered the others by tipping his groundbreaking work on the underground Mutobe Palm and an ingenious �spider� application of the otherwise ludicrous �over the top� vanish from Bobo's Modern Coin Magic.
Finally, from the exotic, mysterious land known only as �Portland�, came western master Reed McClintock, who delivered the deathblow by actually performing �International Dissolve� from his aptly named manuscript series, �Knucklebusters.� To rub salt in the wounds of the disbelieving, he then explained how it was done, and made it seem easy.
The ending to this routine will pummel you, so be prepared to defend yourself.
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If you are looking for visual coin magic then this is the dvd for you. This is all eye candy. Be warned; it's all hard. Nothing on this DVD is easy. Maybe that's a good thing because when you finally have a routine down I guarantee you will have earned it. Either way it is definitely not for beginner's. Beijing Coins Across is my favorite routine on the DVD and one I perform regularly. Tianamen Square is incredibly hard and is prop heavy (13 chinese coins of various size and color).
If you are a begginner, you shouldn't get this. curtis goes through everything very fast, and barely any detail. Plus this stuff is hard! the only reason why I like this is because of Klan and harbottle. Think about this before you get it.
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I was a total beginner with coins
[Verified buyer] by Vanardi from Nottingham England on 02/28/2006 07:28:33
Thats right! I had not touched coins until this DVD! Most people would probably say I made a mistake buying this DVD but I don't think I did. It took me a while but I can comfortably perform most things on this DVD. Its very hard to do, but its so damn visual.
I recommend it for anyone serious about coin magic.....
Vanardi
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Holy Cow!
[Verified buyer] by El Blanko from Tennessee on 03/11/2005 21:42:20
This is one of the most mind blowing coin magic DVDs I have ever seen! I new I was getting something a little more advanced than normal when I ordered this, but after seeing the performance on my TV I was floored and expected to be in way over my head. I wasn't exactly wrong, but this is for sure not the beginners coin DVD (good thing I'm not a beginner otherwise I would still be trying to get some of this stuff down.) Curtis Kam rocks! Along with the quest you get some awesome, in your face coin magic! I strongly recommend you get this DVD if you even think you might want to learn just one thing from it. Trust me, you will learn tons!
Yes some of the material on this DVD can be difficult. But it's not too bad. Coins aren't like cards. With cards, most new routines are done with moves most people already know. With coins new moves are generating all the time. Anyway, this video kicks @$$. Once you learn the general ideas on this DVD, you can make up your own stuff.
(By the way, Reed Mclintoc's routine isn't the best, no offense!)
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