Tenkai palm

{{Short description|Card magic technique}}

The Tenkai palm is a card magic technique used to palm a card.{{cite book |last=Stone |first=Alex |year=2012 |title=Fooling Houdini: Adventures in the World of Magic |publisher=William Heinemann |page=297 |isbn=9780434019663}} It was invented by the Japanese magician Tenkai,{{cite book |last=Coleman |first=Earle Jerome |year=1987 |title=Magic: A Reference Guide |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=88 |isbn=9780313233975}} whose real name was Teijiro Ishida (1889–1972). The Tenkai palm has many applications in card magic, as well as other manipulative magic with objects of a similar size, such as jumbo coins. Additionally, the Tenkai palm allows a great deal of freedom in the methods of concealing and revealing.