• Description

    The Tenkai Palm is a devious card palming technique that allows you to secretly conceal a card in your hands while your fingers remain naturally open. It has a great deal of applications and is one of the most powerful palms a magician can learn.

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate.

  • Pre-Requisites

    None

  • Sources

    First published by Tenkai Ishida in 1938 in “Palming One Card. Tankai’s Method”.

  • Deck Used

    Bicycle

25 replies
  1. Serge Van Kaufenbergh
    Serge Van Kaufenbergh says:

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  3. Margo
    Margo says:

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  6. cursivetool
    cursivetool says:

    I appreciate that Tenkai Ishida first published this back in 1938—it’s amazing how such an old technique still holds up as one of the most powerful palms today. The fact that no prerequisites are needed makes it really accessible, and I can see why the open-finger concealment would be such a game-changer for vanishes. Albert’s comment about it working in practice gives me some confidence to try it out myself.

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  7. quizvex
    quizvex says:

    I’ve been trying to learn the Tenkai Palm because the idea of keeping your fingers naturally open while concealing a card sounds so much cleaner than a standard palm. It’s wild that this technique dates all the way back to Tenkai Ishida’s 1938 publication and is still considered one of the most powerful moves today. I’m definitely going to grab my Bicycle deck and start practicing this tonight.

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  8. gachalab
    gachalab says:

    I’ve been trying to get the Tenkai Palm down, but keeping my fingers looking naturally open while holding the card is definitely proving to be an intermediate challenge. It’s crazy to think this technique goes all the way back to Tenkai Ishida’s 1938 publication. Like Albert started to say in the comments, it really does take a lot of practice to make the vanish work smoothly.

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  9. laowanke
    laowanke says:

    I’ve been trying to get my fingers to look naturally open while holding the card, but it definitely takes some practice to get the hang of it. It’s wild to think Tenkai Ishida first published this method all the way back in 1938. Definitely a step up from basic sleights, but absolutely worth the intermediate effort.

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  10. puzzletoolbox
    puzzletoolbox says:

    I’ve been trying to get my fingers to look naturally open while keeping the card hidden, but it definitely lives up to that intermediate difficulty. It’s wild to think that Tenkai Ishida first published this method way back in 1938 and it’s still so effective. I’m practicing the grip with a standard Bicycle deck, but I really need to work on the angles so I don’t flash.

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  11. puzzleboxs
    puzzleboxs says:

    I had no idea the Tenkai Palm dated all the way back to Tenkai Ishida’s 1938 publication. It is amazing how a technique that keeps your fingers looking so naturally open is still considered one of the most powerful moves for intermediate card magic today. I’m definitely going to grab my Bicycle deck and start practicing this vanish.

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  12. BloxMeta
    BloxMeta says:

    I’ve been practicing the Tenkai Palm with a standard Bicycle deck, but keeping my fingers looking naturally open while concealing the card is definitely proving to be an intermediate challenge. It’s crazy to think this technique dates all the way back to Tenkai Ishida’s 1938 write-up. Like Albert mentioned, the vanish is incredibly clean once you get the hand positioning down.

    Reply

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