Right backward inside counter-mohawk

RBI → RFI → LBI: 2 turns on two feet.

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On RBI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO → LBO → RFO: 2 turns on two feet.
RFORFO → RBO → LFO: 2 turns on two feet.
LFILFI → LBI → RFI: 2 turns on two feet.
RFIRFI → RBI → LFI: 2 turns on two feet.
LBOLBO → LFO → RBO: 2 turns on two feet.
RBORBO → RFO → LBO: 2 turns on two feet.
LBILBI → LFI → RBI: 2 turns on two feet.
RBI (this page)RBI → RFI → LBI: 2 turns on two feet.

Not checked yet. The mechanics on this page are a first draft by a non-expert, and no coach has seen them yet. Read them as a starting point and check them with a coach. Corrections are very welcome.

mirror

inside edge: the darker line

RBI → RFI → LBI. A skater who rotates the other way traces LBI: the same element, generated from this one.

A counter from a backward edge into a step onto the other foot. Blind entry, reversed lobe, then a change of foot on the new curve.

The step is what saves it. A counter’s exit is a difficult edge to hold for long, and stepping off it before it decays is easier than sustaining it. That is presumably why this cluster exists alongside the counter on its own.

Derived

RBI is three letters (foot, direction, edge): right foot, backwards, inside edge. Every edge in the guide is written that way, so RBI is a right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge.

RBI, counter to RFI, then mohawk to LBI. 2 turns on two feet, and the skater finishes on LBI.

Nothing above is stored on this page. The cluster records its entry edge and the order of its turns; every edge in between is chained out of the same rule that draws a single turn.

A skater who rotates the other way does the same thing from LBI. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

Right backward inside counterRBI to RFI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
Right forward inside mohawkRFI to LBI: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.

From RBI

Right backward inside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
Right backward inside step wideexits LBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right backward inside push backexits LBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Right backward inside change of edgeexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right backward inside three turnexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right backward inside rockerexits RFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right backward inside bracketexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right backward inside loopexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Right backward inside choctawexits LFO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right backward inside mohawkexits LFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues

Clusters from RBI

Right backward inside double threeRBI → RFO → RBI
Right backward inside rocker-mohawkRBI → RFI → LBI
Right backward inside rocker-choctawRBI → RFI → LBO
Right backward inside counter-2½ twizzleRBI → RFI → RBO
Right backward inside bracket-counterRBI → RFO → RBO
Right backward inside bracket-cross rollRBI → RFO → LFO
Right backward inside counter-threeRBI → RFI → RBO
Right backward inside rocker-counterRBI → RFI → RBI
Right backward inside three-mohawkRBI → RFO → LBO
Right backward inside choctaw-three-rockerRBI → LFO → LBI → LFI
Right backward inside double three-mohawkRBI → RFO → RBI → LFI
Right backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleRBI → RFI → RBI → RBI
Right backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRBI → RFO → RFI → RFI
Right backward inside triple threeRBI → RFO → RBI → RFO

Appears in

BIS Skills 5BIS · level 5
BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6

Where it sits in one country's grades is on that country's copy of this page: UK, USA, Australia or New Zealand.

BIS Skills 5, exercise 7: Backward counter exerciseBackward inside counters into open mohawks, and backward outside counters into 3-turns, with changes of edge between them.
BIS Skills 6, exercise 2: Backward inside countersBackward inside counters, each one leaving into an open mohawk, repeated across the full ice surface.