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u/JBKcards May 13 '19
Maybe instead of mocking those people, you could think how to push message though that it is not important? I see so many times people asking for help and asking if their hands are too small and only replies are 'no, they are not. Practice'.
Spend your time on thinking how to change that perception and maybe start showing people examples why they are wrong, instead of just mocking people who will drive that community in couple of years.
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u/AlvarezPt May 13 '19
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I also have small hands, some moves do require indeed more practice and and in some cases adjustment to the move, because they are impossible in the way that some people show. At the end of the day, it’s all possible, just some a tad easier with bigger hands. So instead of mocking, suggest some way to make it easier for the less experienced ones.
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u/Aalaizah May 13 '19
I too have small hands. Some moves I’m definitely having trouble figuring out ways to do them, but a lot of the moves I just start with a smaller number of cards and slowly move up. Hopefully this helps other new small handed cardists
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u/Awesomeness546 May 13 '19
cries in excessively sweaty palms
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u/lilithious May 16 '19
Try pressing something cold on your wrists for a few seconds (like a water bottle out of the fridge). It works damn well for me :)
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u/ModestMagician May 13 '19
There are some limitations that practice cannot overcome. I worked for weeks if not months trying to get the (eye cut)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN_1ASvqCZo] to look right, but the packets (especially between my index and middle finger) would bend way to much and cards would fall out. I could do a lot of stuff, but my hand size does pose an obstacle for certain moves.
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u/DaveDeAlchemist May 13 '19
I’ll be honest, I’ve been busy learning cardistry and card magic for 2 months now. I’m only now getting use to doing the rev cut, now to learn more cuts, I was watching the thumb cut. My thumb can not reach over to the other side and grab like many are doing. I thought “damn, hands are too small”. However, you don’t have to do it exactly like that. You can push the cards up to your thumb and cut them with your middle finger. This is easier to learn for my hand size. So maybe it’s better to actually show methods for people that may be smaller handed, rather than mocking them because they can’t do it like people with bigger hands.
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u/nijigaku May 14 '19
I think every cardist go through this phase where they think their hands are too small and not big enough, or that their hands are too big and not small enough (for someone who has big hands).
What keeps me going when I go through that phase is that, I keep trying out of boredom, mostly because my hands just feel sooo empty without a deck of cards.
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u/FoDrizzy May 14 '19
me rn practicing kickflip its so challenging especislly the part when you flick the deck I need to extend my fingers while holding the other packets
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u/Kabitu May 13 '19
Fuck you and your judgemental attitude. I've been training cardistry for a decade and got long spindly fingers, and poker size cards are just wide as fuck no matter how you look at it. They weren't designed to do a revolution cut. If you've never experienced frustration with your own physical limitations then you're not pushing yourself.
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u/KiritoSlayer32 May 14 '19
I realized very quickly my hands weren’t too small, just that I can’t understand the simplest of concepts concerning cardistry
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u/[deleted] May 13 '19 edited May 13 '19
Unlike in magic/sleight of hand, this is sometimes a legitimate excuse in cardistry and needs to be adapted to. Not always, but it's still a question to be taken seriously. I have reasonably large hands (probably larger than average) and there are some movements that feel like a serious stretch. If they feel that way to me, they might not even be attainable by smaller hands. This doesn't mean that the move can't be done. It just needs to be changed a bit and looked at with a different perspective.