Indian Burn

The Magician holds his arms out in a “follow me” motion. One wrist is placed over the other with thumbs pointing to the floor. The fingers interlace and on the count of three, the magician twists his wrists to be pointing straight up.

METHOD:
Here’s the arm twisty thing David Copperfeild opened with. It really is a cool trick. You have to perform it right though. The fact that he did it in front of an entire audience is risky as hell. When he said, “ok, thumbs down,” he stopped and said, “sir, I said thumbs down,” in which almost the whole audience got momentarily distracted, which is all you need. It’s really simple.Just do as he did first. Ok, hold out your arms, put your thumbs facing down,cross your arms right over left, now line up your thumbs real good (*this is where the special move happens*) now clasp your fingers to together, and rotate your arms (which they cant do)

* SPECIAL MOVE: The spectator will momentarily look at their thumbs to line them up. While then do that, you take your left hand (the one underneath) and spin it 360 degrees counterclockwise. It helps if you open your hand and close it real quick again because it’s less likely to get noticed when you’re doing the move. It’s kind of a stretch though. Make sure you have your thumbs aligned and pointing down when you finish the move. Now just clasp the fingers and do the impossible. This is almost full proof; If you do it to one person and have them stand facing the same way as you, and to your left. Kind of like the old 360 arm-twist trick.