RIP Ricky Jay

[Drunk Monk]

His book Cards as Weapons escaped my martial arts library and is the MOST SOUGHT AFTER book remaining for me of the 'out of print' collection.  I stupidly lost of my copy years ago.  I studied some of those techniques.  They were very practical.  And that book - maybe I still have it buried in my collection but I went looking for it several times over the years without success.

If you don't know him, I highly recommend the PBS American Masters Doc: Deceptive Practice.