Memory

The average person doesn't have a way of trapping thoughts, so they're never really certain of what they know.

-Grandmaster Kevin Horsley

Memorize 52 Cards

Memorize the order of a shuffled 52-card deck:

  1. map each card to a word
  2. tell a story about 4 cards upon each of 13 body parts (clockwise)
    • head
    • right shoulder
    • right elbow
    • right wrist
    • right hip
    • right knee
    • right ankle
    • left ankle
    • left knee
    • left hip
    • left wrist
    • left elbow
    • left shoulder

Diamonds

  • A - Date (ace is one)
  • 2 - Dan
  • 3 - Dam
  • 4 - Door
  • 5 - Deal
  • 6 - Dish
  • 7 - Duck
  • 8 - Dove
  • 9 - Deep
  • 10 - Dice (10 will be zero's "s" sound)
  • J - Diamond (jacks are the image of the suite)
  • Q - Dean (queens use a rhyming word)
  • K - Ding (kings use the word with "ing" in it)

Hearts

  • A - Hat
  • 2 - Hen
  • 3 - Ham
  • 4 - Hair
  • 5 - Hail
  • 6 - Hash
  • 7 - Hack
  • 8 - Hoof
  • 9 - Hoop
  • 10 - House
  • J - Heart
  • Q - Halloween
  • K - Hinge

Spades

  • A - Sit
  • 2 - Sun
  • 3 - Sam
  • 4 - Sour
  • 5 - Seal
  • 6 - Sash
  • 7 - Sack
  • 8 - Safe
  • 9 - Soap
  • 10 - Seas
  • J - Spade
  • Q - Spleen
  • K - Sing

Clubs

  • A - Cat
  • 2 - Can
  • 3 - Cam
  • 4 - Car
  • 5 - Coal
  • 6 - Cash
  • 7 - Cake
  • 8 - Cafe
  • 9 - Cap
  • 10 - Case
  • J - Club
  • Q - Canteen
  • K - King