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The Jet Li of Magic

The Jet Li of Magic, Ray Lum.  Ray Lum of Morgan Hill, California is featured in today?s Mercury News as one of the people in the know and to know.  He has been described as the Jet Li of Magic and not coincidentally, Jet Li has been described as the Ray Lum of Acting and Martial Arts.  

 

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The paper did a wonderful job of profiling this prolific and impressive representative of our Art.  When asked for his favorite sleight of hand practice, Mr. Lum responded:

 

My dad was in Shaolin. He taught me most everything in the Shaolin arts, like tai chi. Martial arts and magical arts are in parallel lines. In martial arts, to get ahead of the opponent, you have to be five steps ahead and you have to use your eyes real good to see each body movement. In magic, you have to know each and every eye, where they’re going to look. If you don’t move right, you’re going to be in trouble.

 

Check out Mr. Lum?s website for great footage of some new effects performed by this master here.

 

 

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