SWE Shift

[drkarnov]

Sounds and looks unnatural. Just my opinion. From the sound you can tell that the cards are being cut, and from the video you can see perfectly how the two halves are put together.

[moovonup]

very smooth, how long have you been practicing on this shift? and is this the book version by moving the right hand or is it the chris kener version where u move your left hand?

[simonbernard]

@moovonup I've been working on the move since 2004 I think. I mostly learned it from Erdnase's book as well as from Kenner's book. There's a friend of mine which does the move extremely well, his youtube account is "gibouze". Go check him out. You'll learned a lot from watching him doing the shift.

[moovonup]

@simonbernard thanks :)

[concolossus]

Fuck! xD 

[ZhuangziZhou]

I have Erdnase's book, have watched videos of the S.W.E. Shift on Youtube, and can sloppily perform the sleight. Where can a guy get some pointers on how to perfect this valuable move?

[ShayDog332]

@ZhuangziZhou try chris kenners 1 on 1 on theory 11...



[powersean1]

Anyone who's says this is good think about the frame rate of the vid. I wanna see a realtime demo from this guy Before I rate it

[CARDSRuLUe]

gosh if this is how i think u do it......yur the MASTER AT S.W.E. SHIFT 5/5 DUDE

[CardAddict]

Perfect man !!!! One of the hardest move in card magic... Respect.

[simonbernard]

@CardAddict Merci !

[TrickyMagic12]

How? you got me thinking so hard lmao!!!!!!!!!! nice!!!!! keep up the good work!!!

[rynkuangel]

i use that same descrepency on the deck...and no one realizes it..

when i do guy hollingworth's waving the aces i use the same deck that you use...coz i'm a lefty...

[MrAceFab]

goooooooooood u use the kenner's grip ? or the original?i think the first i',m training day by day very difficoult move but the original is still a secret .... where i can find a video of the original one?

[UnknownMagician93]

do you have anytips for this move? mine just seems so awkward... btw.. do you do it as described in erdnase or with a reg. pinky break?

[TheDP96]

how do you do this???

[IVIrIVIagic]

I am really impressed and this is a great move to do when squaring up and is definently better than a pass

[UnknownMagician93]

hey man very nice job! I have just begun serious work on erdnase. Do you have any tips for

1- covering the obvious movement of the 2 packets.

2- masking the break?

Thanks!

Dna

ps- do you do any work on the open shift?

[tfrank8176]

Need to work on the sound. Try hopping it a tad to loose the slip sound. Nice work.

[Bonqq]

haven't idea how it's done;d nice performance

[xzenyphus]

Looks like you got the movement down. Very nice! Now you gotta eliminate the sound.

[makubexjo]

hi.. can i know in the book what page teach is move...

[simonbernard]

Hello,

in the copy I have, it starts at the bottom of page 134, right after the explanation of the open shift.

I think there's a little mistake on fig. 71, your left middle finger should be in contact with the short end of the deck.

For some reasons, they forgot to draw it.

Good luck,

S.

[makubexjo]

i found it... thanks for the info

[blockz86]

nicely done! (^_^)

[TheMagicAlian]

whoa... even tho there was some noise, nothing is revealed, and it was performed multiple times in a row! awesome 5/5!

[simonbernard]

As you can guess, the shift is meant for being done just once in a while, on the off beat.

I made the video to show you what the shift, in my opinion, should look like.

There's a little bit of "hand shaking" while performing it, but it's fairly subtle.

Of course, when done several times in a row, it looks a bit unnatural.

[MasterP4NDA]

Ok i have the book and I am having trouble understanding what to do. Last Paragraph after "(See Fig. 72.)" I dont understand what is being said about the right thumb...

[ericasmith0412]

The video is a little blurry. The shift looks good with the blur, but I'm not sure it would look so good in a live performance.

[115823101985]

The book is difficult, for a good reason. There are tutorials out there but thats not really the idea. Contemplation of the printed word makes the journey the bigger part of the task.  If not willing to work hard for the sake of improvement, take up another hobby.

[simonbernard]

I couldn't agree more

[jaemsspeaks]

Totally agreed. The SWE shift is really one of those "impossibles" that you only hit once in a while. I think even "Erdnase" himself probably missed it sometimes.

Good work on a most difficult move. It is a bit noisy on the shift, but over time it will get smoother. After 4 years mine is still "iffy".

[Tyrannol]

Fast nice

[josiewhales]

man that is fast, trying to learn it, its gonna take a lot of work, good work

[10katsu]

Can anyone post a tutorial the book is way too

difficult...

[shreyman08]

Very cool. Never caught it once. Get job.

[BadgerMajik12]

this is an opinion...if you never caought it then how do you know what you were looking for to know not to?

[packerfannumber1]

chris kenner does it different but thay was good

[ClerikZ34]

That was amazing. Wish you had a better camera though, seems every time the shift happens it gets kind of bright.

[nathanlulu]

well thats incredible,best used for a colour change i reckon

[BadgerMajik12]

not true it's a pass pure and simple...done face down you dont see a thing its quck and subtle

[nathanlulu]

sorry..but what comment did i make for u to say not true...i know its a pass

[kommeht00]

can you tell me how you did that??

becouse I'm tired of searching!!

[Jesys1]

It's in The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase. Or you can buy it from theory 11 I believe, it's taught by Chris Kenner. I wouldn't suggest pirating it though. If you don't want it enough to buy it, you'll never practice it enough to do it.

[kommeht00]

oh, ok thanks bro...

[Jesys1]

Yep, and I don't say that to be mean. But the S.W.E. shift really is an incredibly difficult move to learn.

[kommeht00]

yeah, I know it's really hard. :D

[ThePoomed]

Very well done I think, having read and tried to master this myself.

[simonbernard]

Great !

As you'll see, you'll improve your shift over the time, all it takes is a lot of practice.

There's nothing like doing it 3 or 4 times in a row while no ones sees it !

S.

[lukimausii]

lol wannabe !

the atmospeher is always different so you only stop and play the record.

its not a clipshit or another magic trick

[simonbernard]

I'm sorry ?

[simonbernard]

I think you should start reading The Expert at the Card Table before making comments...

[K1z2a3m4a5]

Agreed..

i got the book but i just can't get how it works.

[perplexedgenius]

ill teach u clipshift if you teach me this... is this used for the shifty trick?

[JackofDiamonds7]

it was but he changed it... but ya the original shifty used the SWE shift

[TomJHodgson]

Very smooth im practicing this move myself you should do it in the motion of getting a card picked and controlling it

[goldncards]

That was excellent! Is it worth buying and learning? And how long does it take to be able to do it to fool someone?

[simonbernard]

Sorry ?

[Zach1and1Dax]

nice job!

if you try to move your hands forward less, it looks much more natural--as if you barely move your hands and the card changes. Great job! 5/5

z&d

[Mdaniels909]

Incredible to see a card magician on youtube who would take the time out to learn a move like thi, bravo.

5/5

[simonbernard]

Thank you very much.

It's really appreciated.

S.

[joehudon99]

Congratulations, seems that you put lot of work into it. How long have you been doing it ?

Joe

[simonbernard]

A few years.

I learned it from Erdnase.

[stanlyhanly]

interesting... although erdnase IS deceased.

[simonbernard]

... We don't even know who he really was...

I learned it from the book..

[nathanlulu]

i find it hard to understand erdnase instructions from the book and i lovethis shift.bloody hell!!!!

[awimagic]

that was incredibly smooth ... well done !!!

[wilsoncardist]

great job, good to see someone having alot of fun wit this move :D

[CardAddict]

5 stars !!! wonderfull !!!

[MagicianMarkTirone]

Better than Kenner bro! keep up the good work. Btw, do you do any coin magic?

[domandmattsmagic]

whenever i do it it makes a loud *schhhhfffuuuuueeeelch!!* noise :( any advice tips?

[simonbernard]

I make some noise too...

But over the time, it became much more quiet.

I encourage you to keep on practicing.

[domandmattsmagic]

thanks :)

[MrSkatastic]

A good way of explaining this is "amazing" You do it very well and clean.

[LoneWolf006]

how in the world do you do this. I cant understand from the book......

[nickandelliott]

yeah

magic termanology is hard enough to understand normally, in Victorian English is even harder lol

I guess its just a matter of playing around with it :/

[grndlmagic]

very well done! how does it look with shade?

[simonbernard]

with shade ?

[grndlmagic]

this is an exposed view and uses faces. does it cover well when face down?

[simonbernard]

I'm doing 3 shifts face down before I turn the deck face-up

[seadawg93]

NICE!!!

[zarrow50]

wow, looks like you have mastered that one.

i can't work out how to do erdnase shifts from the book.

[vkr29]

Very good man..!!

[ChrisSD1]

Whatever light source you're using is washing out the face of the bottom packet. When you do the shift, the deck just turns into a blur of white.

[simonbernard]

Thanks, I'll work on that.

I'll post another video when I'll get rid of that blur.

I'm actually trying to get rid of the noise, wich is kind of hard to do...

Anyway, thanks again for the critique, I really appreciate.

S.

[holysmokes700]

Im into music production so:

Download Audacity or Adobe Audition (the first is free, the latter far from it)

Select a portion of audio that has no other sounds except the noise. Go to "Effects", "Noise Removal", "Capture Noise Profile", then Remove Noise.

p.s. I can produce some music for you if you want to make a video of some original effects or something. good luck,

- rekshaw

[simonbernard]

Hi there,

Thanks for the tip, but I'm actually trying to make the shift silently, not to remove the sound from the video !

Thank you,

S.

[holysmokes700]

I thought you meant the camera static noise :)

Anyways, music production offer is still valid :)

[simonbernard]

Thank you guys

[ancleasai]

wow!! when i read first read it i thought it was completey impractical but youve jus proven the opposite well done!

[xmetalxrulesx]

nice