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Flair bartending school
from 3x World Champion
Ivan Usov

IvanUsov

Unique online & offline educational flairing program.
Directing flairbartending perfomances for shows and events.

Flairing lessons

Online school

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My story

My name is Ivan Usov, I am 3x times World Tandem Flairing Champion. For more than 13 years I have been a flairbartender artist. Actually creation of flairbartending shows is my passion and my life thats why i have got a degree in Directing theatrical performances and holidays.

During the last 10 years i have visited more than 40 countries, done hundreds of performances
and competitions and met a lot of people. I’ve got a lot of knowledge and invaluable experience so now I would like to share it with other bartenders .

Few years ago I created a unique training methodology for bartenders. It helps to teach bartenders quickly
and easily learn flairing tricks and create spectacular bar shows that evoke emotions and excitement with the public.

Usov

The beginning of my career

2008

First steps in a flair bartending

2009

Won the first flairing competition

2011

2012

Became a flair instructor
at first school of bartenders

2013

Won the first world championship

2014

Started to make video tutorials on IG & YouTube

2015

Enter to the University of Culture and Arts

2018-2019

Twice won the most prestigious championships Roadhouse World Open Grand final in tandem

2019

Created an online school for teaching bartenders around the world

The history of flaring

The film Cocktail featuring Tom Cruise helped spread flair bartending across the USA and eventually the world. Within 8 years of the film, there was a huge demand for training in flair bartending and John Bandy found himself performing training seminars in over 30 countries. This represented the birth of flair bartending as a mainstream discipline and something any professional bartender would need to have within their skill set. When the classic cocktail revival which came roaring back in the late 90’s early 2000’s, flair bartending proved itself to be more than a fad, flair was here to stay. Nowdays flairbartending is not only about beautiful work behind the bar, its about great performances and spectacular shows.

Flairbartending originated in United States of America in the late 19th century. The earliest record of anything that would come close to a flair bartender is the mention of a man called Jerry ‘The Professor’ Thomas who poured firey streams of boiling water and flaming whisky, mixing an original called the Blue Blazer in the 19th century. Other than this early mention Flair Bartending is thought to have emanated out of the T.G.I Fridays Company, specifically at their establishment in Los Angeles with a man called John Bandy.

As the story goes, John Bandy was awfully bored at some point in the ’80s and was tired of the same old meet and greet with the customers and so, he decided to switch it up. He began experimenting with all manner of bar tools, teaching himself how to frisbee toss bar napkins and catch a flying cocktail tin behind his head. In fact it was John Bandy who taught the actors in the only other great contributor to Flair Bartending in history, the film Cocktail.

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Flairing lessons

Free video tutorials & articles to help you to improve your skills

Top 13 dope easy pours

6 min. 47 sek

In this video you can find for yourself some interesting infusions and ideas that can complement your range of movements in the bar.

22 Apr. 2020

Palm spin, figure 8, thumb around with a shaker

4 min. 41 sek

In this video, I will explain the most basic movements in flair bartending and how to combine them together.

12 Apr. 2020

Top 13 dope easy pours

6 min. 47 sek

In this video you can find for yourself some interesting infusions and ideas that can complement your range of movements in the bar.

22 Apr. 2020

Palm spin, figure 8, thumb around with a shaker

4 min. 41 sek

In this video, I will explain the most basic movements in flair bartending and how to combine them together.

12 Apr. 2020

Top 5 bar spoon tricks

In this video I explain how to work with bar spoons on easy and without complicated complicated techniques

Top 5 bar spoon tricks

In this video I explain how to work with bar spoons on easy and without complicated complicated techniques

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Top 5 bar spoon tricks

In this video I explain how to work with bar spoons on easy and without complicated complicated techniques

READ

Show & events

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Competitive

Good for creation a performance and show for commercial and theatrical events.

20 video lessons
checking homework assignments
online call

Behind a bar

This course good for beginners & bartenders who want to save time & get fast results.
Includes a set of skills and knowledges how to use tricks behind a bar easily.

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Good for competitions. Construction of the original program for participating in a flair competition.
The most complete technical flair course. Author’s method of flair bartending education from basic to pro level.

20 video lessons
checking homework assignments
online call

I really enjoyed taking your course. I really enjoyed getting to know more about flairbartending You were very good at telling how to learn tricks and use all this unbelievable skills behind the bar!
Thank you!

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