There are a lot of videos out there teaching how to throw playing cards. But how many of them teach you to throw them "machine-gun" style?

Here professional comedy magician and mentalist Curtis Waltermire teaches the two methods he has used for throwing playing cards in rapid-fire fashion in his stage shows for many years.

In this video, he also teaches a brief bit of the history of throwing playing cards, which--believe it or not--dates back to the late 1800s!