The International Federation of Magic Societies – FISM was hosted in England last week. Magicians from all over the world converged on the magic convention to compete in the most respected magic competition in the world.
FISM was founded in 1948 to bring together every 3 years, national and international magic clubs, representing over 50,000 magicians from 32 countries.
UK magicians did very well this year, with Matthew Wright is gaining 2nd place in the Parlor Magic Competition and Guy Barett places 3rd in the Illusions category.
As well as a stunning magic competition, FISM is renowned for a great week of magic lectures and a huge range of magic dealers demonstrating their new products. In the weeks following the competition, there are usually a huge range of new magic tricks released to the magic community, so it’s a great time to refresh parts of your act!. Congratulations to everyone who took part in FISM. The next convention will run in 2015
2012 Winners:
Grand prix stage – Yu Ho Jin – Korea
Grand prix close-up – Yann Frisch – France
Manipulation Magic Tricks
1st Yu Ho Jin- Korea
2nd Lukas (Lee Gi Suk) – Korea
3rd Kim Hyeon Joon – Korea
General Magic Tricks
1st Marko Karvo – Finland
2nd Ha Won Guen – Korea
3rd Ta Na Manga – Portugal
Comedy Magic Tricks
1st Doble Mandoble – Belgium
2nd Mikael Szaniel – German
3rd Jean-Philippe Loupi – France
Parlor Magic Tricks
1st Yann Fricsh – France
2nd Matthew Wright – UK
2nd Johan Stahl – Sweden
3rd Pierric – Switzerland
Magic Illusions
1st Marcel Prince of Illusions – Netherlands
2nd Cubic Act – France
3rd Guy Barett – UK
Card Magic Tricks
1st Jan Logemann – German
2nd Patrick Lehmen – German
3rd Yu Hyeon Min – Korea
Close Up Magic Tricks
1st Andost – USA
2nd Jaque – Spain
3rd Red Tsai – Taiwan
3rd Vittorio Belloni – Italy
Mental Magic Tricks
1st NO AWARD
2nd Kristoph Kuch – German
3rd Christian Bischof – Switzerland
Invention award Close-up – Tango – Argentina
Invention award Stage – Ha Won Geon – Korea
Most Original in Close-up – Simon Coronel – Australia
Most Original in Stage – Kim Tae Won – Korea
Creativity and artistic vision – Teller
History, research and scholarship – Mike Caveney
Theory – Eugene Burger
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