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The Birth of Ora Cascade The day started like any other until The Virts dropped their first Instagram video featuring the Virtuoso Launch Edition deck. Daren Yeow unveiled Waterwheel for the first time, and the cardistry world lit up. The move was hypnotic and instantly iconic. I was completely hooked. But I was also frustrated. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t nail the perfect one-handed faro Waterwheel demanded. After weeks of grinding, I finally decided to take a break from forcing it. In that downtime, I sat back and started thinking about creating something comfier and easier for myself. That’s when I decided to experiment from a regular cascade position, where a normal faro felt natural and controllable. Out of that session came what I originally called Orakusa. The move originally featured a “bloom” phase where the cards opened up beautifully before cascading down. I eventually removed the bloom because it shortened the cascade too much and hurt the overall flow. Over time, most people started calling it Ora. I completely forgot the original meaning behind “Orakusa” (it was that long ago), so I just rolled with it and quietly shortened the name to Ora Cascade. What began as a workaround for Waterwheel became one of my signature moves. A reminder that sometimes the best creations come from adapting to your current limits instead of stretching for perfection. - Zomb Tien
Backdrop is a simple flourish in which a single card is launched horizontally through the air from one hand to the other. The card is held under tension created by the index, middle, and ring fingers, secured by the thumb and little finger, then released with the little finger. The move is often combined with ATM as a clean and visually striking finisher. Created when Kevin was exploring the idea of shooting a card from the back-palm position. It was first introduced in his 2012 One-Card EP and was later added as the closer for Revolver.
Transfix is one of Oliver's most classic flourishes. It's a combination of two simple three-packet cuts, each of which can be performed on their own. A packet rotates out of the deck to create an arrow-formation before closing with a seemingly chaotic movement of packets. A special four-packet version by Tobias is also explained in the tutorial.
Flicker is a move in which a singular card is spun around your fingers. This move can be useful in combos, and can be used in before perfomring the flicker shot.
Here's a little ditty that I've been using for a while - it's just one of those things I really enjoy doing, especially as a part of my warm-up practice. It's nothing original, other than the order the different elements of the cut are in (hence the name). And while it's not my greatest work, I hope it encourages those watching to discover fun and visually stylistic combinations of their own to play around with. Thanks for reading! - Kevin Ho
The title is a reference to 3 spin cuts: Sick and Twisted, Wings of the Butterfly, and Mockingbird. The move is inspired by Daren's Sora and was first published in 2008 (?).
Toss a card into the air and catch it in a fan! This move was originally posted with variations in 2007 around Christmas time.
It's been over half a year since I've posted a tutorial, so I figured it was time to make a new one. There are a lot of flashy multiple-packet cuts out there, but the real challenge is to make something just as nice with only two. I've been using this for a while (some of you may recognize it from HFFH), and as of late the handling has been changed to have it end with Huron's amazing deck spin, Swivel. He graciously gave me permission to teach this move, so do give credit where credit is due and offer a prayer to the big H every time you perform this. Special thanks to Michael Stern, music by The Bravery - Kevin Ho
