Magic Tricks

Now, I'll start off by saying that this is an absolutely amazing beginner's guide to hypnosis. Anthony Jacquin breaks down the material for you, going into detail every step of the way, leaving few to no questions.

After a week of this video, rewatching a few times to make sure I had everything down, I did my first performance. I made a big mistake by slapping my subject on the back, which wasn't taught in the DVD but I clearly wasn't thinking about it, I was just excited about everything before hand going way too smoothly. After my next try, I actually hypnotized somebody, and this is with The Manchurian Approach being my only source of information for hypnosis, so overall I'm very happy with the DVD.

A major problem I have is the lack of foundation this DVD installs. It'll teach you what you need to do in order to hypnotize somebody, but it won't teach you why you do something or why/how it works. If you're like me, and enjoying breaking down theories and studies to have a better grip on things, this will bother you, and inspire you to learn more.

Not as big of a problem as lack of understanding, but most of the performance videos just seemed awkward to watch. The settings didn't feel right, but if you can ignore that, they show you exactly what is possible with hypnosis.

I gave The Manchurian Approach four stars because of the lack of teaching a foundation of knowledge to understand exactly what hypnotism is and how to do it. This DVD will keep you guessing on why/how it all comes together, but it's a good way to learn how to get started. Excellent beginner's DVD, and because of the success I've had with it, I would recommend it as a starting point.