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Back to mentalism, how does one train for it?
Nagbasa ako ng mga psychology books talaga. Yung mga ginagawa ko, body language at basic psychology ang involved dito. Actually, I co-founded Body Language Social Engineering firm, where we teach people how to read the body language of other people.

I founded it with TJ Arcinue, who is also a mentalist. We teach businessmen, and salesmen on how to close a deal just by reading body language. Kunwari pinapakitaan ka ng negative body language, tinuturo namin how to disarm that.

Additionally, nag-aral din ako ng kaunting magic, which I need for showmanship. I entertain professionally sa mga bars, sa mga government parties, private parties, sa mga media events. Kailangan may entertainment factor talaga, hindi lang basa ako ng basa ng utak.

How long did it take you to achieve your level of proficiency?
Around 6 years. Pero marami pa din talaga akong dapat matutunan.

Can anyone be a mentalist, or is some in-born talent involved?
Anyone can learn this. Kung ako nga eh, hindi ko alam may capabilities pala akong ganito. Pinag-aralan ko lang talagang mabuti. Kailangan mo lang talaga ng dedication.

Kasi yung iba meron na ngang basic knowledge, pero hindi nila tinutuloy pag nahihirapan na sila. Mahirap naman talaga, pero ako, meron lang talaga akong drive. I feel this is my calling.

We heard you can also bend metals, like forks and spoons, and perform telekinesis. Are those true?
Do you want me to show you?

At this point, Justin Pinon demonstrates a trick where the forks (which he tells us he just nabbed from the foodcourt) bend in many different ways without him using readily observable force. And once again, we were quite impressed.