Iñaki Zabaletta has a profound knowledge of the essence of our Art. He's a great communicator and his charm and creativity make him an exceptional artist. While it's tremendously difficult to be the best in one branch of magic, it is a true rarity to excel in all. Iñaki does just this.
"In this book you will find a compilation of the best material of a professional Magician, in the true sense of the word. He is an internationally successful Magician who will, in the same way, win an award at FISM, captivate the audience at a Magic convention or categorically receive a standing ovation tough foreign audiences. When I grow up, I want to be like Inaki Zabaletta" Woody Aragon
"Who is Iñaki Zabaletta?" is the amazing magic of Iñaki Zabaletta described by Levent. It is a book full of powerful close-up magic, card magic and parlor magic routines that are all suited for the professional magician. This includes his FISM-winning act.
It's really rare that a successful professional shares, with great generosity, his own repertoire. Here you will not find pipe dreams, but rather fully-worked routines that have been refined across thousands of performances in front of a real audience.
"When I was in Manila, Philippines, I did one of Iñaki's tricks for Paul Potassy and he was blown away. Paul had no idea how it was accomplished. So who is Iñaki Zabaletta? Quite simply, he's a man that could come up with magic that could fool the best of them" Levent
Contents
- Foreword
- This is Iñaki by Levent
- Iñaki by Woody Aragon
Chapter I: Intimate Miracles
- Joker Transformation
- Turned Cards
- Through the deck
- Ordered Transposition
- Spelling
- Back in Time
- Follow the Leader
Chapter II: Two for Parlor
- Stand-up Assembly
- Zen Cards Across
Chapter III: Unpublished Techniques
- Ricardo Martin's total false shuffle
- Spread switch
Chapter IV: Tricks Using the Spread Switch
- Discarding aces
- The different ones
- Prediction
- Tribute to LePaul
- The spectator cuts to the aces
- The problem of card 13
- Alternate finale for follow the leader
Chapter V: One Principle, a Thousand Possibilities
- 52 B'wave
- Impostors
- Red & Black Phenomena
Chapter VI: Firm Favourites
- The "No way" bottle production
- Ethereal Deck
- Psycho - card stabbing
- Silkeny 2.0
Chapter VII: A Great Finale
Hardover | 192 pages | 92 illustrations