🌎 ENGLISH How much magic do you actually have ready to perform right now? Magic Beyond Tricks — Foundation 02: Build Your Magic Repertoire is now available inside the Classroom at Ruiz Magic Academy. ✨ In Foundation 01, we talked about being ready when opportunity comes. Now comes the next question: How do we actually prepare? In this Foundation, we begin by doing something simple — but extremely important: Make an inventory of your magic. The class introduces two essential lists: ✅ What I Can Perform Now ✨ What I Want to Perform The first is your current repertoire — material you could genuinely perform in front of an audience tomorrow. The second represents your future repertoire — techniques, routines, ideas and material you still want to develop. We also explore why it is important to organize your repertoire according to the type of work you do — close-up, parlor, stage, manipulation, mentalism, children’s magic, grand illusion, or whatever categories make sense for you professionally. 🎭 Because knowing many tricks does not necessarily mean having the right material ready for the right situation. One of the central ideas of this class is simple: Real progress is not how many secrets you know. It is how much material you have transformed into something you can truly perform. And instead of trying to finish everything at once, choose something. One routine. One technique. Five new minutes. Finish it — and move it from What I Want to Perform to What I Can Perform Now. That is real progress. 🎩✨ At the end of the class, I leave you with an exercise that will prepare us for Foundation 03, where we will begin classifying our repertoire into: Class A · Class B · Class C and start discovering which material should really become part of our show. Foundation 02 — Build Your Magic Repertoire Available now inside the MAGIC BEYOND TRICKS — FOUNDATIONS Classroom. Study · Practice · Create · Evolve Roger Ruiz ✦ ───────────────── ✦ 🌎 ESPAÑOL ¿Cuánta magia tienes realmente preparada para presentar ahora mismo?

🌎 ENGLISH Today, Ruiz Magic Academy reached its first 100 members. 🎉 For some, 100 may simply be a number. For me, it represents 100 people who decided to become part of this Academy while it is still being built — lesson by lesson, idea by idea, and step by step. 🎩✨ You are not joining a finished library. You are part of a growing international community of magicians who want to study, practice, create, share ideas, and continue evolving together. 🌎🪄 To every person who joined, watched a lesson, asked a question, shared an idea, practiced something I taught, or simply trusted this project: Thank you. 🙏✨ You are The Founding 100 — the first 100 members of Ruiz Magic Academy — and you will always be part of the beginning of this journey. 💯 From Parasol Magic ☂️, stage technique, manipulation and visual magic, to creativity, theory, professional tools and everything still to come — we are building this Academy together. There is still so much to build, teach, learn, practice and create. And we are only getting started. ✨ Study · Practice · Create · Evolve Roger Ruiz ✦ ───────────────── ✦ 🌎 ESPAÑOL Hoy, Ruiz Magic Academy alcanzó sus primeros 100 miembros. 🎉 Para algunos, 100 puede ser simplemente un número. Para mí, representa a 100 personas que decidieron formar parte de esta Academia mientras todavía la estamos construyendo — clase por clase, idea por idea y paso a paso. 🎩✨ No están entrando a una biblioteca terminada. Están formando parte de una comunidad internacional de magos que sigue creciendo, con el deseo de estudiar, practicar, crear, compartir ideas y continuar evolucionando juntos. 🌎🪄 A cada persona que entró, vio una clase, hizo una pregunta, compartió una idea, practicó algo que enseñé o simplemente confió en este proyecto: Gracias. 🙏✨ Ustedes son The Founding 100 — los primeros 100 miembros de Ruiz Magic Academy — y siempre formarán parte del comienzo de esta historia. 💯 Desde Parasol Magic ☂️, técnica escénica, manipulación y magia visual, hasta creatividad, teoría, herramientas profesionales y todo lo que todavía está por venir — estamos construyendo esta Academia juntos.

🌎 ENGLISH Why can a parasol have such a powerful impact on stage? Its size, color, movement and sudden appearance allow us to transform the stage picture in just a fraction of a second. But the parasol can become much more than an object that simply appears. It can be produced, vanished, transformed, levitated, changed in color or size, combined with other elements, and used as a true object of manipulation. For me, one of the most interesting questions is not: “How can I make another parasol appear?” but: “What else can I do magically with this parasol?” That question can completely change the way we approach the object. After watching the class, I would love to know: What do you believe is the greatest strength of the parasol on stage — its visual impact, its possibilities for manipulation and transformation, its versatility, or something else? And if you already work with parasols, what possibilities would you like to explore beyond simply producing more of them? Share your thoughts in the comments. 👇☂️ Knowledge should not end with us. We should receive it, work with it, and then allow it to continue. ✨ 🌎 ESPAÑOL ¿Por qué una sombrilla puede tener tanto impacto sobre un escenario? Su tamaño, color, movimiento y aparición repentina nos permiten transformar la imagen escénica en apenas una fracción de segundo. Pero la sombrilla puede convertirse en mucho más que un objeto que simplemente aparece. Podemos producirla, desaparecerla, transformarla, levitarla, cambiar su color o su tamaño, combinarla con otros elementos y utilizarla como un verdadero objeto de manipulación. Para mí, una de las preguntas más interesantes no es: “¿Cómo puedo hacer aparecer otra sombrilla?” sino: “¿Qué más puedo hacer mágicamente con esta sombrilla?” Esa pregunta puede cambiar completamente nuestra forma de estudiar el objeto. Después de ver la clase, me gustaría saber: ¿Cuál crees que es la mayor fortaleza de la sombrilla sobre el escenario: su impacto visual, sus posibilidades de manipulación y transformación, su versatilidad o alguna otra cosa?

Welcome to The Art of Parasol Magic! 🎩 Before we begin this journey together, I’d love to know a little about you. 🌎 Where are you from? 🎩 How long have you been practicing magic? ☂️ Have you ever worked with parasols before? 🎯 What would you most like to learn or improve? This is a space to learn, experiment, share ideas, ask questions, and grow together. Introduce yourself below and let’s get to know each other. 🙌✨ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¡Bienvenido a The Art of Parasol Magic! 🎩 Antes de comenzar este camino juntos, me gustaría conocer un poco más sobre ti. 🌎 ¿De dónde eres? 🎩 ¿Cuánto tiempo llevas practicando magia? ☂️ ¿Has trabajado alguna vez con sombrillas? 🎯 ¿Qué es lo que más te gustaría aprender o mejorar? Este es un espacio para aprender, experimentar, compartir ideas, hacer preguntas y crecer juntos. Preséntate en los comentarios y empecemos a conocernos. 🙌✨ Roger Ruiz ☂️🎩