[00:04.640 --> 00:07.680] Hi folks, James Harrison here in the confines of my house, [00:08.320 --> 00:12.400] wanting to help you all practice pickpocketing so we can all get ready [00:12.400 --> 00:15.280] for next year, because I can't wait to see you all. [00:15.640 --> 00:20.760] Now, for those who possibly wonder, [00:21.230 --> 00:28.100] why should I listen to this guy? Well, I pickpockets for a living. I [00:28.100 --> 00:33.000] have gone overseas to entertain and educate and all the rest of it, [00:33.000 --> 00:37.720] and I've brought all my equipment for you guys all to enjoy. [00:38.240 --> 00:41.760] But if it's all right, I'm going to get the Four Suits company here to help me [00:41.760 --> 00:45.580] out and present a little video, just for a [00:45.580 --> 00:50.420] refresher, of why I'm doing a talk on pickpocketing, [00:50.420 --> 00:57.120] if you don't mind. [00:57.120 --> 01:01.040] Ladies and gentlemen, all the way from Canada, after 10 years [01:01.040 --> 01:03.700] of us going back and forth, we finally got James Harrison, [01:03.700 --> 01:07.280] pickpocket extraordinaire, and somebody who just performed at the [01:07.280 --> 01:11.180] Rogue's Village in DEFCON. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Not to [01:11.180 --> 01:14.280] toot my own horn, but apparently there was more people there at my show than [01:14.280 --> 01:17.940] yours. I used to think that this was [01:17.940 --> 01:22.940] something you only saw in movies, until I saw you do it last night. It was a [01:22.940 --> 01:26.160] total blast. We went to the Moon Tower Saloon, where we shoot a ton of [01:26.160 --> 01:29.460] Scam School, Scam Nation episodes, and it was so fun to just point and say, [01:29.460 --> 01:34.180] do the thing. So guys, we thought we'd try something out here, [01:34.180 --> 01:38.440] just something silly with my ring. Lane, do you mind double checking that for me? [01:39.020 --> 01:43.280] It doesn't bend or open or do anything silly? Just a normal ring to me. [01:43.280 --> 01:45.360] Fair enough, because in a moment I'm going to frustrate you, and I don't want [01:45.360 --> 01:47.020] you to blame the ring, I want you to blame me. [01:47.020 --> 01:52.340] So if I take my ring, throw it back on. Yeah, it gets really weird. Do you have [01:52.340 --> 01:55.120] one that comes off? I do. Pop it off, if you don't mind, for [01:55.120 --> 01:58.440] just a second. Sure. Awesome. You seemed a little hesitant. [01:58.960 --> 02:01.860] So I'll tell you what, we'll put mine in the pocket. Okay. [02:02.460 --> 02:04.940] And we won't put yours in the pocket. Okay. [02:04.940 --> 02:08.520] We'll take your ring, and if I give it a squeeze, now it's my ring. [02:09.600 --> 02:13.140] Do you know where yours went? Not in the pocket, because I told you I [02:13.140 --> 02:16.020] would never put it there. Lane, why don't you come over and give [02:16.020 --> 02:18.200] me a hand real quick. Come on up. You get to be my Vanna. [02:18.200 --> 02:20.400] Okay. Now, I can make it jump back and forth [02:20.400 --> 02:22.920] in my hands. Can you hold your hands open for me for one second? [02:22.940 --> 02:25.960] Excellent. I'm going to put my ring here, your ring there. [02:26.500 --> 02:29.340] I'm going to ask you to squeeze my ring as tight as you can. [02:29.640 --> 02:33.840] Excellent. Turn your hand over. Hold tight, because it might disappear [02:33.840 --> 02:35.000] from your hand. Okay. [02:35.000 --> 02:37.840] Squeeze this hand as well. And do you know this lady well enough [02:37.840 --> 02:40.040] she can hold your hand without it being awkward? Sure. [02:40.280 --> 02:42.940] Could you do that? Excellent. We're going to try and get... [02:43.560 --> 02:47.160] Now you made it awkward. That's fine. [02:47.160 --> 02:49.520] We're going to get this ring to join that one there. Ready? [02:49.560 --> 02:53.060] One, two, three. Did you feel it go? [02:53.060 --> 02:56.320] Drop my ring. Open that one up. [02:56.780 --> 03:00.540] I said I'd get it there. I did not say how. Not all of these are good tricks. [03:00.540 --> 03:03.640] Some of these are bad jokes. You can put your ring on for one second, [03:03.640 --> 03:07.420] but I'm going to borrow my ring. Because if I take my ring, [03:07.420 --> 03:10.820] I may jump around. Did you feel it go? Oh, sorry. [03:10.820 --> 03:14.480] That's your phone there. I don't want to play with your phone there. [03:14.660 --> 03:18.400] That's stuck in there. Good. But here's the funny thing. [03:18.980 --> 03:23.140] Did you feel me take that? I did not. [03:23.140 --> 03:23.800] No? No. [03:23.800 --> 03:26.380] If you didn't feel that, you probably didn't feel this either. [03:26.380 --> 03:29.120] No, I didn't. Thank you for not hitting me. [03:30.400 --> 03:34.680] So what really struck me is how important having a process, having a magic trick, [03:34.680 --> 03:36.980] the fact that you were pretending to be doing one thing, [03:36.980 --> 03:38.740] but actually grabbing the wristwatch was, [03:38.740 --> 03:42.780] because it bought you an inordinate amount of time holding their wrist. [03:42.780 --> 03:45.680] I mean, I knew you were doing it. Like after a minute, then I'm like, [03:45.680 --> 03:48.020] he's had his hand on that wrist for a long time. [03:48.020 --> 03:51.400] You don't have to be fast. You just got to be smooth. [03:51.500 --> 03:54.740] And if I can instruct you on something, that means that you're going to be nice [03:54.740 --> 03:59.060] and let me do what I need to do under the pretense of helping me out. [03:59.060 --> 04:00.960] Is that the most important fundamental, [04:00.960 --> 04:04.360] the fact that you need permission to be touching somebody for a long time? [04:04.360 --> 04:07.620] Oh, of course. If I just come up and grab you, [04:07.620 --> 04:11.640] there is no way that you're going to let me stay there longer than the fact that I touched you. [04:11.640 --> 04:15.140] Which is more important, manual dexterity or verbal dexterity? [04:15.140 --> 04:19.920] Oh, that's good for myself. I find verbal dexterity works way better [04:19.920 --> 04:22.680] because if I can distract you with my mouth, [04:22.680 --> 04:25.620] then I can take way more time with my hands to take things. [04:25.620 --> 04:30.400] Yeah, I guess the whole verbal dexterity thing is just don't arouse suspicion. [04:30.400 --> 04:32.820] It's only when they become suspicious that you run into trouble. [04:32.820 --> 04:35.920] Like if I assume that if I'm holding your wrist doing a thing and I'm like, [04:35.920 --> 04:42.740] yeah, and also if I don't have that, then people are like, what is happening here? [04:42.740 --> 04:46.940] And then they kind of do a self scan and we're like, he's really fidgeting on my wrist. [04:46.940 --> 04:50.480] You have to be dexterous enough and clever enough to create [04:51.040 --> 04:54.240] a good enough smoke screen for what you're actually wanting to do. [04:54.240 --> 04:58.100] A smoke screen is a perfect analogy because that's what I'm trying to do. [04:58.100 --> 05:02.080] Whether it's with my words or actions with my body or my other hand, [05:02.080 --> 05:07.100] that allows me the time I need to slip a wrist, watch off. [05:07.100 --> 05:09.160] Well, teach us the fundamentals. How do we start? [05:09.160 --> 05:17.980] We start with proving that I can do something really, really well. [05:17.980 --> 05:22.000] Yeah, when I know a magic trick's about to happen, then it happens and it tricks me anyway. [05:22.000 --> 05:24.000] I love it. I love it. I love how mad he gets. [05:24.100 --> 05:28.980] So it just occurs to me that once you do, all you need to do is that one decent trick. [05:28.980 --> 05:31.120] And after that, everything else could be a fake trick. [05:31.120 --> 05:35.060] Like you could do two minutes of grab these, swap these, who's got a coin? [05:35.060 --> 05:37.680] And then you could just end with like, oh, I guess it didn't work. [05:37.680 --> 05:40.100] Then you have a watch. [05:40.100 --> 05:41.500] We're going to use your watch, Brian, [05:41.500 --> 05:45.540] because this is a leather strap watch or a belt buckle watch. [05:45.540 --> 05:47.880] Leather's the best, especially if you're starting out. [05:47.880 --> 05:51.500] So I just realized that a very important part is finding a good target. [05:51.500 --> 05:54.860] You probably spend 20 minutes looking for the right wrist watch [05:54.860 --> 05:57.180] before you do the five minute performance. [05:57.180 --> 05:59.620] That's kind of suspicious behavior. He's casing you, [05:59.620 --> 06:01.720] just like casing a house, like we did on Hacking the System. [06:01.720 --> 06:05.020] Yeah, exactly. What you see is just tip of the iceberg. [06:05.020 --> 06:07.200] Everything else I'm doing is under the water. [06:07.200 --> 06:09.560] I'm casing, I'm looking for the right targets. [06:09.560 --> 06:13.200] I'm looking for people that don't have a problem with people in their personal space. [06:13.920 --> 06:16.780] They seem like they will listen to instructions. [06:17.260 --> 06:20.580] These are the people that oftentimes make good volunteers for magic tricks. [06:20.580 --> 06:23.660] You look for people who look you in the eye when you say hello to them [06:23.660 --> 06:26.560] or they're clearly engaged and distracted and on a date [06:26.560 --> 06:29.240] and looking for an excuse to have something amazing happen. [06:29.240 --> 06:32.880] All of these are the same traits that will make them, I assume, a good target. [06:32.880 --> 06:36.900] Absolutely. So first thing I have to do is I have to get you to hold your hand open. [06:36.900 --> 06:39.580] I'm going to make something amazing happen with my ring. [06:39.580 --> 06:40.180] Right. [06:40.460 --> 06:42.540] All I need you to do is just squeeze your hand. [06:42.540 --> 06:43.020] Okay. [06:43.080 --> 06:43.920] Perfect. [06:43.920 --> 06:45.500] This hand goes over top. [06:45.740 --> 06:49.700] My thumb goes right on the tongue of the watch. [06:49.700 --> 06:50.320] Okay. [06:50.540 --> 06:51.480] Right there. [06:51.480 --> 06:59.040] And when I grab this here, my thumb is going to use friction to push that through like so. [06:59.040 --> 07:01.120] This seems like such a dangerous moment. [07:01.120 --> 07:02.720] It kind of is. [07:02.800 --> 07:04.180] But luckily, this is also... [07:04.620 --> 07:10.420] Well, also when I'm doing this here with my motor functions, [07:10.420 --> 07:13.800] I'm asking, again, distracting with instruction, [07:13.800 --> 07:17.880] to open this hand and we're going to get into a moment of just a little bit of disconnect [07:17.880 --> 07:20.060] because you don't understand what to do. [07:20.060 --> 07:20.420] Okay. [07:20.420 --> 07:22.260] I'm going to ask you to hold your hand up like this. [07:22.260 --> 07:22.400] Right. [07:22.400 --> 07:24.680] And I'm going to tell you to close your hand. [07:24.680 --> 07:25.120] Okay. [07:25.120 --> 07:26.380] My thumb's in the way. [07:26.380 --> 07:28.780] Right. So I'm waiting for you to move your thumb. [07:28.780 --> 07:33.840] And so essentially you're handing me the awkward situation like, [07:33.840 --> 07:34.800] Oh, I'm sorry. [07:34.800 --> 07:35.240] Exactly. [07:35.240 --> 07:36.780] All of my attention goes right here. [07:36.780 --> 07:39.180] Because you're on his side now and you want this to work. [07:39.180 --> 07:39.640] Yeah. Exactly. [07:39.640 --> 07:40.660] You don't want to fail. [07:40.660 --> 07:41.020] Yeah. [07:41.060 --> 07:43.500] Exactly. And when I ask you to squeeze that tight... [07:43.500 --> 07:43.900] Okay. [07:43.900 --> 07:45.800] This is the moment that I squeeze over here. [07:45.800 --> 07:46.720] Oh, that's great. [07:46.720 --> 07:48.040] Because I'm 100% focused. [07:48.040 --> 07:49.880] And then there I pop the pin. [07:49.880 --> 07:52.720] The pin is now popped, ready to go. [07:52.760 --> 07:54.880] And then I turn this over like so. [07:54.940 --> 07:58.020] And again, this is all process that I assume is leading up to a magic trick. [07:58.020 --> 07:58.360] Exactly. [07:58.360 --> 07:58.860] Right. [07:59.100 --> 08:02.760] The thumb, again, does its job to push this all the way through. [08:02.760 --> 08:04.300] You can take your time with that. [08:04.300 --> 08:06.060] All the time in the world. [08:06.060 --> 08:06.360] Okay. [08:06.360 --> 08:08.000] And then when I'm ready, I'm just gonna... [08:08.000 --> 08:09.060] This is the one thing... [08:09.060 --> 08:15.080] The one thing you'll notice when I do this is when we're ready to pull the watch off your wrist, [08:15.080 --> 08:17.180] I give it a little extra squeeze. [08:17.180 --> 08:17.720] Okay. [08:17.720 --> 08:22.020] So I assume that's so that I won't notice the difference in pressure. [08:22.020 --> 08:23.400] Because there's always on my wrist. [08:23.400 --> 08:24.860] And it anchors in your mind. [08:25.120 --> 08:26.800] I feel my watch. [08:26.800 --> 08:27.340] Right. [08:27.340 --> 08:27.640] Okay. [08:27.640 --> 08:28.180] Okay. [08:28.180 --> 08:30.240] So I'm going to have you let go here. [08:30.800 --> 08:34.780] I reach under here just for the moment to drop the ring for my gag. [08:34.780 --> 08:35.600] There you go. [08:35.680 --> 08:38.280] I give it a squeeze. I say, open your hand here. [08:38.280 --> 08:38.700] Yep. [08:38.700 --> 08:40.500] Perfect. And then I've got your watch. [08:40.500 --> 08:42.540] That was very fast. [08:42.600 --> 08:46.580] You bother to do a whole routine at this point and keep everyone's attention. [08:46.580 --> 08:49.720] And then you get that time delay that is so important to magicians. [08:49.720 --> 08:51.840] Because you get the moments of amazement. [08:51.840 --> 08:57.340] In fact, it's probably even better if you lock that away and then do three or four other routines. [08:57.340 --> 09:01.660] And then finally, it's a guy who's been sitting down for 10 minutes for sure. [09:01.660 --> 09:02.560] The use of the ring. [09:02.560 --> 09:05.300] And this is something that really appeals to me. [09:05.540 --> 09:06.760] It's not an illusion. [09:06.760 --> 09:07.880] It's a trick. [09:07.880 --> 09:09.240] It really is a trick in this. [09:09.240 --> 09:10.680] And it doesn't require any skill. [09:10.680 --> 09:12.620] You're just saying, hold it here. Now hold it here. [09:12.620 --> 09:12.720] Yeah. [09:12.720 --> 09:16.660] You don't have to learn something else on top of how to do all of this. [09:16.660 --> 09:21.260] So the only bummer, I guess you have to practice with a friend. [09:21.260 --> 09:23.520] Because you can't practice on yourself really, right? [09:23.520 --> 09:24.500] You actually can't. [09:24.500 --> 09:24.900] What? [09:24.900 --> 09:25.780] You'll go blind. [09:28.040 --> 09:31.760] With the technique that I'm showing you, this thumb here, [09:31.760 --> 09:34.800] all you're doing is you're kind of like giving yourself a handshake. [09:34.800 --> 09:35.840] Oh yeah, you're right. [09:35.840 --> 09:38.260] So you can just sit there and practice it. [09:38.260 --> 09:41.640] Once you've got that part there, you just give it a little squeeze. [09:41.640 --> 09:42.140] Got it. [09:42.140 --> 09:45.860] And you're going to use the tongue to push the pin. [09:46.520 --> 09:46.720] Yep. [09:46.720 --> 09:49.600] Now this is important. You don't want the pin to fall back into the hole. [09:49.600 --> 09:49.920] Right. [09:49.920 --> 09:52.780] So you're just going to go on a small angle as this goes. [09:52.780 --> 09:54.860] Oh, that's great. So it's slightly off. [09:54.860 --> 09:57.220] And then now it's pretty much done. [09:57.220 --> 10:00.280] You give a squeeze, because even though it's still threaded through, [10:00.280 --> 10:05.480] that moment when it comes off, wow, that is shockingly easy. [10:05.660 --> 10:07.880] And so I assume that with this type of watch, [10:07.880 --> 10:11.240] there's different variations based on where they're positioned that you do. [10:11.240 --> 10:13.980] Yeah, when I'm standing in front of you, I have to use my thumb [10:13.980 --> 10:16.520] because that's just where everything lands. [10:16.520 --> 10:19.120] But if I found you on the other side of me, [10:19.120 --> 10:22.980] I would need to use my middle finger because that's my next strongest finger in my hand. [10:22.980 --> 10:24.420] Okay, what about this crazy one? [10:24.420 --> 10:26.520] He's got like a manacle on him. [10:26.740 --> 10:30.280] Well, when you're starting out, you don't use him. [10:30.280 --> 10:30.980] Okay. [10:31.160 --> 10:33.960] There's absolutely no way I can steal this watch. [10:33.960 --> 10:38.100] I even point out what I got to deal with here and turn it over like this. [10:38.240 --> 10:41.520] And I'm going to ask Jason, Jason, now that I've distracted you, [10:41.520 --> 10:43.720] did you notice that I might have taken your wallet? [10:43.920 --> 10:44.400] No. [10:44.400 --> 10:48.220] And then when you go to look for it, he pulls his hand right out. [10:48.240 --> 10:49.140] Oh, okay. [10:49.140 --> 10:52.400] So you, you get the proof that you can steal watches. [10:53.940 --> 10:56.740] Oh, oh, you actually thought he had taken the... [10:57.220 --> 10:58.660] This is not my wallet. [10:58.660 --> 10:59.960] I know this is. [11:04.620 --> 11:06.400] And I was watching you. [11:06.400 --> 11:08.240] I really should have put this back. [11:08.240 --> 11:09.680] There's not much to take. [11:09.680 --> 11:11.220] No, no. [11:11.280 --> 11:13.280] Patreon.com slash modern room. [11:15.160 --> 11:17.060] Oh, that's so great. [11:17.300 --> 11:18.560] Legit got me. [11:18.560 --> 11:20.120] I was watching for it. [11:20.120 --> 11:21.260] I was trying to help. [11:21.260 --> 11:23.260] You turned me into your confederate. [11:23.260 --> 11:23.880] Yeah, man. [11:23.880 --> 11:24.900] That's my job. [11:24.900 --> 11:26.160] Oh, that's so great. [11:27.160 --> 11:28.300] Very well done, sir. [11:28.300 --> 11:29.240] Thank you. [11:29.240 --> 11:31.500] Uh, so are we going to learn how to do that? [11:32.940 --> 11:34.840] We'll save this for part two. [11:35.380 --> 11:37.240] I want to learn that too. [11:37.620 --> 11:40.520] So let's come back and see part two. [11:46.480 --> 11:50.940] Okay, I hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane. [11:51.480 --> 11:56.560] And what we're going to do is we're going to go over the basics of how to practice at [11:56.560 --> 11:58.000] home and by yourself. [11:58.320 --> 12:01.760] So we can get ready for next year because I got a lot of stuff planned with you guys [12:01.760 --> 12:02.980] with the four suits company. [12:02.980 --> 12:08.200] Okay, first thing you're going to have to do is have a place to practice. [12:08.200 --> 12:13.900] I have myself made a dummy out of PVC pipe. [12:14.300 --> 12:19.960] But if you don't want to go to Home Depot and make it, you can quite literally hang [12:20.700 --> 12:27.500] a big hoodie or jacket off a hanger and hang the hanger off some string off a ceiling or [12:27.620 --> 12:28.340] a doorframe. [12:30.440 --> 12:37.900] These are useful tools so you can go over the repetitive nature of practice with this. [12:37.900 --> 12:39.540] I usually have this set up. [12:39.540 --> 12:43.720] I have my TV over in the corner so I can just watch whatever I'm doing so I can go over [12:43.720 --> 12:44.900] the muscle memory. [12:44.920 --> 12:52.200] Okay, you want to be able to have, if you do go the dummy route, you do want to be able [12:52.200 --> 12:57.100] to have the arms move up and down so you don't want to glue the shoulders when you do this. [12:57.100 --> 13:05.080] Okay, but all you do is you make a frame like a square with two T's, sort of like what I [13:05.080 --> 13:06.500] have here for the neck. [13:06.500 --> 13:11.460] Okay, shooting up so you can make the legs and all the rest of it. [13:11.460 --> 13:13.720] Now you want to pad your dummy out. [13:13.720 --> 13:15.660] You don't want to just put clothes on there. [13:15.660 --> 13:22.160] So get some old towels and rags and wrap the legs and everything so you get a feel of weight [13:22.160 --> 13:24.040] and girth on your dummy. [13:24.280 --> 13:29.520] Okay, but once this is ready to go, or if you've gone the quick route with just the [13:29.520 --> 13:32.500] hanger, you need stuff to practice with. [13:32.500 --> 13:37.140] Okay, I've chosen a couple things to play with. [13:37.320 --> 13:48.900] We're going to choose a pen for hanging items, sort of like ID tags and Arabiners and stuff [13:48.900 --> 13:49.600] like that. [13:49.600 --> 13:54.380] Okay, usually there's some kind of important information on whatever those things are, [13:54.380 --> 13:59.380] whether it's an ID tag, a clearance card, that sort of thing. [13:59.380 --> 14:01.740] We're also going to be playing with a cell phone. [14:01.740 --> 14:06.220] Okay, mine is an old busted up iPhone 6. [14:06.700 --> 14:11.880] And these are going to let you practice out of any pocket you want to play with. [14:12.180 --> 14:16.780] Mainly because one, it's a lot smoother to have come out of a pocket. [14:17.200 --> 14:23.080] And two, not everybody is going to be wearing one, like have a wallet that they have all [14:23.080 --> 14:27.460] the stuff because we're all going digital now and all our stuff is going to be on our [14:27.980 --> 14:28.820] phones. [14:28.820 --> 14:34.140] Or three, the third item that we're going to be working with is a watch. [14:34.780 --> 14:36.200] We'll play with those things. [14:36.200 --> 14:38.700] And I'm going to show you how you can practice these at home. [14:38.700 --> 14:42.140] That way, we can go over all the different steps later. [14:42.140 --> 14:48.240] Because just like I was reminded by our good friends at Foursuits, I will be answering [14:48.240 --> 14:50.120] questions in the Discord. [14:50.120 --> 14:52.380] So write the questions down. [14:52.380 --> 14:55.040] I'll be happy to answer whatever questions you may have. [14:55.040 --> 14:59.840] So starting off with hanging items. [14:59.840 --> 15:07.240] I like to think of it like if you ever watched The Professional, how he was teaching how [15:07.240 --> 15:12.960] to assassinate from the furthest away to the closest. [15:13.280 --> 15:16.340] And we're wanting to practice that way, okay? [15:16.360 --> 15:22.100] You have the hanging items on the outside of the jacket or a hoodie or a shirt, case [15:22.100 --> 15:22.580] may be. [15:22.580 --> 15:26.020] You have the inside of the pockets and then you have the pants pockets, which are a little [15:26.020 --> 15:27.100] more sensitive. [15:27.320 --> 15:31.700] Right now, we're just going to be staying on the outside of the jacket, okay? [15:31.820 --> 15:33.840] We'll get to the inside in a moment. [15:33.840 --> 15:35.880] But right now, we just want to deal with this. [15:37.500 --> 15:43.260] So what you're going to want to use is your thumb and index finger and your middle finger. [15:43.260 --> 15:49.260] You're going to be doing a clipping motion like this and like this, okay? [15:49.260 --> 15:53.100] You put your thumb on the one side, you put your middle finger on the other side, your [15:53.100 --> 15:57.360] index finger goes on top, and you're going to lift. [15:57.980 --> 16:01.040] It's very simple, because it is. [16:01.240 --> 16:06.760] However, you can't just walk up to someone and just lift it out of their pocket. [16:06.760 --> 16:11.080] They tend to notice, especially because their eyes are going to follow whatever moves. [16:11.080 --> 16:13.260] It's what our eyes are designed to do. [16:13.600 --> 16:17.460] So you have to come up with a reason for your hand to go there. [16:17.460 --> 16:25.120] Nowadays, it's going to be a little difficult, but once we get used to socializing on a regular [16:25.120 --> 16:31.240] basis more normally, where we're having more physical contact, a lot of gestures tend to [16:31.240 --> 16:34.080] be the pat on the shoulder, okay? [16:34.220 --> 16:38.040] When you're going for the pat on the shoulder, like, hey, good to see you, I got to get going [16:38.040 --> 16:43.140] kind of thing, I find that if you pat the shoulder and let the hand just sort of come [16:43.140 --> 16:52.840] down, not touching, just in front of the person, and let your hand just sort of graze it. [16:53.140 --> 16:59.560] Once it's in position, you bring your other hand to push, and that way you're kind of [17:00.220 --> 17:05.780] clipping the shoulder underneath and on top, and then, oh, have a good one, and you're [17:05.780 --> 17:11.000] lifting this out and using the shoulder for cover, okay? [17:12.040 --> 17:17.020] There are other ways to do this, but I find for practice, you just want to work on that. [17:17.760 --> 17:21.640] Very simple, very beginner-esque kind of thing. [17:21.720 --> 17:26.700] And if you have friends, this is the perfect thing to play with each other. [17:27.340 --> 17:33.400] Believe it or not, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, as my father used to do [17:33.400 --> 17:36.240] this in high school, and this was something that he would do with his friends. [17:36.240 --> 17:39.020] They would just bond into each other and take stuff. [17:39.600 --> 17:42.780] So I don't underestimate how important that is. [17:42.780 --> 17:47.120] It also gives you the hand-eye coordination to practice this, because you want to be able [17:47.120 --> 17:51.060] to play with different scenarios, because not everything's going to be in this pocket, [17:51.860 --> 17:56.860] not everything's going to be hanging out of here, but we've got to have a place to start, [17:56.860 --> 17:57.520] okay? [17:57.520 --> 18:03.740] So your hand comes here, tap, tap, lift, okay? [18:03.800 --> 18:08.960] Try and get a rhythm with it so it feels a little more natural, sort of like a dance, [18:08.960 --> 18:09.720] okay? [18:09.940 --> 18:16.860] But when you reach in, the hand just goes there to clip, you do your tap, bring it up. [18:16.860 --> 18:23.380] You can actually switch hands if you want to, but again, these are little motions and [18:23.380 --> 18:27.700] little things of rhythm that you're going to find work better suited for your body type [18:27.700 --> 18:30.620] and the way you move your body, okay? [18:30.620 --> 18:34.780] And we can go over that stuff in the Q&A, all right? [18:34.900 --> 18:38.760] The other thing, too, is that there will always be loose items in pockets that are [18:38.760 --> 18:45.500] put here, so when you want to reach inside, you're going to want to use a two-finger approach, [18:45.500 --> 18:46.300] okay? [18:46.620 --> 18:50.660] When this finger goes in, you're going to move whatever you need. [18:50.780 --> 18:56.220] If it's a pen, for instance, you're going to be clipping it like this, okay? [18:56.260 --> 19:03.200] However, if it's like an ID tag or a room card or any of that kind of stuff, I believe [19:03.200 --> 19:04.120] I have it here. [19:04.120 --> 19:05.280] Phone pocket. [19:05.820 --> 19:09.860] Too many things to worry about in the pockets of my dummy. [19:11.440 --> 19:14.620] But if you use a card, it can be any one. [19:14.620 --> 19:20.860] You can get these from stores, like any gift card will work because they carry the same [19:20.860 --> 19:26.120] kind of information or a capacity of carrying the same information, so these are fun to [19:26.120 --> 19:26.940] play with. [19:26.980 --> 19:29.780] A lot of people put them in quick pockets, okay? [19:29.780 --> 19:34.280] Quick pockets usually being the outside front pocket or hoodie pockets. [19:34.560 --> 19:38.600] And I don't want to get into hoodies right now, though they are important to play with [19:38.600 --> 19:45.860] because we find that it's a type of clothing that a lot of people wear, and when it's [19:45.860 --> 19:48.400] unzipped, they sort of hang in the same position. [19:48.400 --> 19:53.180] But for now, I want you to practice what we're going over for now. [19:53.680 --> 19:58.380] Everything starts with the first step, so we're working on those first steps. [19:58.380 --> 20:04.520] So when you go in here to get this, instead of clipping like this, you're going to do [20:04.520 --> 20:08.690] more like scissors, not like a cheerleader. [20:08.920 --> 20:19.440] You're going to go in here, push the pocket away from the body to create space so your [20:19.440 --> 20:25.020] fingers can clip the card and pull it out, okay? [20:25.020 --> 20:32.560] I find for something like this pocket here, when you're doing this, it is better to have [20:32.560 --> 20:37.660] this be the after effect of what's going on, if that makes any sense. [20:38.220 --> 20:42.760] What I'm trying to do is I want my fingers to go in here, but I don't want his eyesight [20:42.760 --> 20:45.360] to follow to this pocket. [20:45.360 --> 20:53.560] So just like in magic, a bigger motion works better so the smaller motion can be hidden. [20:54.940 --> 21:01.380] You're going to kind of reach across this person like they're in the way of what you're [21:01.380 --> 21:08.580] trying to get to, whether it's an object, person, or a local cafe, wherever we're doing [21:08.580 --> 21:09.500] the same. [21:09.500 --> 21:15.260] But you're reaching across this person to dip your fingers in, and you're going to [21:15.260 --> 21:18.140] continue going that direction, okay? [21:18.140 --> 21:23.300] So when you've put your body in front of them to sort of make them look the way you [21:23.300 --> 21:30.580] want them to look, these hands dip into this pocket and lift it out, okay? [21:31.080 --> 21:34.360] Now the same can be said for putting items back. [21:34.440 --> 21:36.640] Why would you want to put items back? [21:36.640 --> 21:40.620] Well, you want to put items back because you don't want them to think that you did [21:40.620 --> 21:46.860] anything. Because I know a couple people that I'm sure can get the information off [21:46.860 --> 21:47.960] these quite quickly. [21:47.960 --> 21:54.340] So if I'm able to lift one of these, feed it to one of my friends, and then come back [21:54.340 --> 22:00.900] later and put that back in the pocket without them knowing, I think you're going to have [22:01.060 --> 22:07.160] a much longer time period where you get to use that information without this person being [22:07.160 --> 22:08.200] suspicious. [22:09.280 --> 22:16.380] So, to be able to take it out is one thing, to put it back in is sort of a little different [22:16.380 --> 22:19.880] only because you can't hold it at the fingers. [22:19.880 --> 22:24.280] You can't hold it here to do this, okay? [22:24.280 --> 22:29.200] You have to hold it in more of this kind of motion. [22:29.200 --> 22:35.200] Your thumb is holding it where the muscle of the pinky is holding it right there, okay? [22:35.200 --> 22:40.240] You're going to take this, and again we're doing the pat, okay? [22:40.240 --> 22:45.360] Like we're hitting the shoulder, and then this hand comes down and just slides right [22:45.360 --> 22:47.580] in, okay? [22:47.580 --> 22:54.420] And then our ID badge is back where it needs to be, and we've got a much bigger window [22:54.420 --> 22:56.500] to work from, okay? [22:56.500 --> 22:59.100] So just boom, and in it goes. [22:59.540 --> 23:04.900] So when you are at home and you've got your jacket that you're practicing this on, this [23:04.900 --> 23:06.840] is what you're going to start with. [23:06.840 --> 23:10.900] So you're going to start with your pen, and you're going to start with a gift card, [23:10.900 --> 23:13.680] simulating our ID badges, okay? [23:14.220 --> 23:17.660] If there's any questions, again, please put them in the Discord. [23:17.660 --> 23:20.820] I'll be happy to answer them for you, okay? [23:21.060 --> 23:26.520] Now, the next item that we're going to play with is the cell phone. [23:26.520 --> 23:28.020] We all have them. [23:28.020 --> 23:30.120] We all like to take care of them. [23:30.120 --> 23:38.280] So this is going a little closer to the body, so we have to use a little more direction [23:38.280 --> 23:41.980] of attention to make sure that we get away with this, okay? [23:41.980 --> 23:46.600] Because it's on the inside here, this is going to be a little harder, and we have to [23:46.600 --> 23:54.300] create scenarios in which will allow us to have the opportunity to do this. [23:54.300 --> 24:03.520] So to go on the inside of a jacket, like this, to grab the phone, by itself is not good. [24:03.520 --> 24:05.920] We need scenarios to work with. [24:05.920 --> 24:11.020] It could be anything as simple as someone reaching up to put stuff away, say an airport [24:11.020 --> 24:12.180] luggage. [24:12.240 --> 24:17.780] It could be as simple as someone reaching for something in a store, okay? [24:17.780 --> 24:20.860] When they reach, this opens up, okay? [24:20.860 --> 24:26.920] Again, while we make sure that our dummy's arm can move, okay? [24:26.920 --> 24:33.740] When they reach up, this creates the space away from the body that allows us to reach [24:33.740 --> 24:35.540] in here, okay? [24:36.100 --> 24:45.190] Now, what you want to do is not just reach in when they're moving their body out of the [24:45.190 --> 24:45.770] way. [24:45.770 --> 24:52.970] You're going to want to be a help, but be a hindrance. [24:53.330 --> 24:57.790] And what I mean is you're trying to be helpful, but in reality, you're being a hindrance, [24:57.790 --> 25:03.570] and you're annoying them, and they want you to go away as quickly as possible, okay? [25:03.570 --> 25:09.830] So when the arm goes up, this arm is going to be under here to go for the jacket, because [25:09.830 --> 25:13.570] this is no longer near the body to be able to be felt, okay? [25:13.570 --> 25:15.050] And you're going to reach there. [25:15.050 --> 25:20.150] You're going to be putting your hand up here to be in the way, all the rest of it. [25:20.150 --> 25:28.170] And then these two fingers have clipped the foam, and you just slide it out like so, okay? [25:28.590 --> 25:30.570] It's a very simple technique. [25:30.570 --> 25:34.570] The two-finger technique is a workhorse, okay? [25:34.570 --> 25:37.450] You're definitely going to want to practice with those two fingers. [25:37.450 --> 25:40.290] And it's just repetition, okay? [25:40.290 --> 25:45.830] Now, if you don't have the arm movement, and you're just using the coat hanger, that's fine. [25:45.830 --> 25:48.470] There are other techniques, and I'll show you that now. [25:48.830 --> 25:57.330] All we're going to do is we're going to do sort of like a little bit of a ballet, okay? [25:57.410 --> 26:04.390] Your hand is going to go here and reach around the jacket, okay? [26:04.390 --> 26:08.730] So your hand goes like this as you reach into the pocket to grab the foam. [26:08.730 --> 26:15.050] But what you're going to do is, and I apologize, I'm going to turn my back to you for one second. [26:15.050 --> 26:20.530] When I turn, I'm going to look this person in the face, keep eye contact, [26:21.210 --> 26:24.510] so I can slip this out without him looking down. [26:24.510 --> 26:27.810] Because what's going to happen is I'm going to turn this way. [26:28.890 --> 26:35.830] I apologize for going out of frame, but what I'm doing is that I'm stepping out of his [26:36.810 --> 26:40.550] sort of view of the world, okay? [26:40.550 --> 26:44.970] Because as much as we want to think that we can see everything, [26:44.970 --> 26:48.690] when it's up close, you'll find, especially if you're looking at video, [26:50.070 --> 26:54.150] that's where I can't see my hand anymore, okay? [26:54.150 --> 26:56.630] So if it's up close here, I'm looking straight ahead, [26:56.630 --> 27:00.670] you've got a lot of window space here to reach in. [27:00.670 --> 27:03.950] So if I'm making sure that this gentleman is looking at me, [27:03.950 --> 27:07.910] I can easily... oh, excuse me, sir. I apologize. Let me get out of your way. [27:07.910 --> 27:11.990] And I can use that awkwardness and looking him in the eye, [27:11.990 --> 27:16.330] which is not a comfortable thing for people, [27:16.330 --> 27:20.230] and they want to get out of that uncomfortable situation as quickly as possible. [27:20.270 --> 27:24.650] So that facilitates us reaching into here because they're not going to be worried about this. [27:24.650 --> 27:27.850] They're going to be worried about this, okay? [27:27.990 --> 27:33.390] I have no problems about being awkward about stuff because I have a goal in mind. [27:33.390 --> 27:36.450] And that's the same thing that you guys are going to have to practice, [27:36.450 --> 27:42.450] is working for that goal so you guys can overcome the awkwardness, okay? [27:42.630 --> 27:46.090] And now all you're doing is you're just using those two fingers again [27:46.090 --> 27:49.930] to hold onto the phone, to put it inside. [27:50.230 --> 27:53.550] Last year, there were some people that were having difficulties [27:53.550 --> 27:56.050] with picking the phone up with those two fingers. [27:56.050 --> 27:59.830] We came up with solutions because their hands were much smaller. [27:59.830 --> 28:05.090] So if anyone in the Discord remembers this, please make mention [28:05.090 --> 28:07.210] because I remember us working on that. [28:07.210 --> 28:11.150] And I don't think I've seen anywhere in print about people using this technique. [28:11.150 --> 28:13.830] So I think we kind of came up with something on the spot. [28:14.510 --> 28:17.630] But what they were doing was that they were using all four fingers [28:17.630 --> 28:19.790] because they could get their whole hand in. [28:20.790 --> 28:23.210] And what they were doing is that they were doing this [28:23.210 --> 28:28.390] with the first and last finger down, middle and ring finger up, [28:29.150 --> 28:31.690] and they were gripping it like this. [28:31.850 --> 28:35.050] This allowed them to use more muscles in their hands [28:35.050 --> 28:40.590] to be able to lift a heavier object, like a phone with a case on it. [28:40.870 --> 28:45.290] But because their hands were smaller, they were able to reach into a pocket [28:45.830 --> 28:48.770] and pull it out with that technique, okay? [28:48.770 --> 28:51.110] So you have this technique here. [28:51.650 --> 28:54.250] There's usually a three-finger technique, [28:54.250 --> 28:59.750] but with smaller hands, we worked on a four-finger technique, okay? [28:59.750 --> 29:03.470] So try all of them. See which one works for you the best. [29:03.470 --> 29:06.130] That will be important, okay? [29:06.910 --> 29:13.030] Now, you can do this with the cell phone in almost genuinely any pocket. [29:14.590 --> 29:18.450] You can use the cell phone for the pants pockets as well. [29:18.550 --> 29:22.210] I would suggest avoiding the pants pockets for now [29:23.310 --> 29:30.450] only because it's a little more involved and it takes a lot more time to go over everything. [29:30.450 --> 29:33.970] And I don't want to do that with you guys right now because we only have so much time. [29:33.990 --> 29:39.170] I'd rather do this in person as well because I'm able to hit all the little minutia with it. [29:39.170 --> 29:42.230] So I'm trying to get everybody's baby steps going [29:42.230 --> 29:45.650] so when we meet up next year, we'll be able to do a whole bunch of cool stuff [29:45.650 --> 29:48.490] because we've got a lot of cool things in store for you next year. [29:48.490 --> 29:57.170] But when I've got it in the pocket, you're wanting to use those fingers to hold on to it, okay? [29:57.830 --> 30:02.510] Now, our last item is the watch. [30:02.510 --> 30:04.510] How do you practice that by yourself? [30:04.550 --> 30:09.710] Well, I've seen videos where they show you how to do a doweling rod, [30:09.710 --> 30:15.370] wrap it with towels and duct tape and practice and practice and practice. [30:16.130 --> 30:21.350] But we're just going to practice the buckle strap for now. [30:21.350 --> 30:25.330] There are other kinds to practice, but this is the kind that I want you to practice for now. [30:25.470 --> 30:28.930] There are the Apple watches and the Fitbits and all that kind of stuff. [30:28.930 --> 30:32.030] But again, we're trying to walk, not run. [30:32.670 --> 30:38.490] And all I'm going to do to do this, this thumb is going to do all the work. [30:38.750 --> 30:40.690] You're going to put your thumb right here. [30:40.990 --> 30:42.250] You're going to push. [30:42.870 --> 30:47.990] If I can get this right, you're going to push this up as high as you can. [30:48.790 --> 30:51.430] And if I can show you this, there it is. [30:51.950 --> 30:58.170] My thumb and my index finger are going to clip this and pull. [30:58.530 --> 31:03.830] Once it's pulled, the pin is popped and you can just practice letting it fall back out [31:04.750 --> 31:06.510] and pulling it off. [31:06.690 --> 31:12.090] Now, I'm going to move in place so you guys can see this a little better, okay? [31:17.340 --> 31:21.140] So, I apologize, I'm going to go out of frame so you can kind of see this. [31:21.140 --> 31:25.740] But this kind of watch, you're going to use your thumb on this part here, [31:25.740 --> 31:36.120] where your thumb is going to push, like so, to get it out of that there, okay? [31:36.620 --> 31:41.500] And if I get this part here, you're going to clip it with this part of your hand [31:42.180 --> 31:44.100] to get the pin to pop out. [31:44.660 --> 31:52.000] Push this over just to the side to open this up and then use this to kick that part out. [31:52.780 --> 31:54.480] And you're good to go. [31:54.500 --> 31:58.780] You can practice this on yourself as many times as you want until you get bored of it [31:58.780 --> 32:01.180] and then you can start again the next day. [32:03.020 --> 32:08.880] It is not the most advanced technique, but like I said, it is a starting point. [32:08.880 --> 32:14.820] There are far, I think personally, there are far better techniques, but they are more advanced. [32:15.080 --> 32:18.580] And this one, you don't have to set anything up. [32:18.640 --> 32:25.740] You can just practice again and again on your wrist, put it back on, so forth and so forth. [32:25.840 --> 32:30.060] The same goes for the other technique that is taught on watches. [32:30.160 --> 32:31.460] You can learn to do that. [32:31.460 --> 32:39.400] You just switch the band on the watch itself, where it would switch, so this is backwards. [32:39.700 --> 32:45.900] And then I can practice doing this on my wrist this way, as opposed to this way. [32:46.480 --> 32:51.560] Now, all the techniques I'm going to be wanting to show you guys right now, [32:51.560 --> 32:55.280] if you have questions, go to the Discord. [32:55.280 --> 32:58.020] I'll be happy to answer all those questions. [32:58.020 --> 33:01.660] I so wish I could see you guys in person. [33:01.660 --> 33:04.340] I'm really happy that you guys enjoyed everything. [33:06.000 --> 33:13.320] Oh, and if you don't mind, just to help us with next year's surprises, [33:14.140 --> 33:22.900] I have a, I believe we have a link for this, but there's a link for a Pickpocket shirt at TeePublic. [33:22.980 --> 33:25.440] Just look up Pickpocket, it's Thieves Den. [33:25.440 --> 33:28.820] I think there'll be a link that we'll share with you nice folks. [33:29.220 --> 33:35.120] But please, if you want to help support this so we can do some really cool stuff next year, [33:35.120 --> 33:35.860] go buy a t-shirt. [33:35.860 --> 33:40.280] And if I see a t-shirt, I'll be your best friend. [33:41.120 --> 33:44.780] So, if we are all good, I will see you guys in the Discord. [33:44.780 --> 33:49.520] I hope you enjoyed, and I will look forward to your questions. [33:49.660 --> 33:50.840] You guys have a great evening.