Right forward inside bracket

RFI to RBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

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On RFI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO to LBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RFORFO to RBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
LFILFI to LBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RFI (this page)RFI to RBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
LBOLBO to LFI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RBORBO to RFI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
LBILBI to LFO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RBIRBI to RFO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

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

outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

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

shoulder to hip —on the —

RFI · the blade turning half a circle against the curve, the cusp pointing out · RBO. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

Forwards on the inside edge, rotating away from the circle, out backwards on the outside edge. The exit is the good one (a checked back outside edge), and that makes this a turn worth having even though the rotation fights you all the way in.

The common failure is turning early. Rotating against the curve is hard work, so the body starts before the edge is ready and the blade scrapes round where it should cut a clean cusp. If you can hear the turn, it went early.

Derived

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

RFI bracket to RBO: the edge changes, the skater rotates against it, and the lobe continues.

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

Build on

Right forward inside three turnRFI to RBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

Leads to

3 elements in the guide are built on this one.

Right forward inside counterRFI to RBI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
Right forward inside bracket-counterRFI → RBO → RFO: 2 turns on one foot.
Right forward inside bracket-cross rollRFI → RBO → LBO: 2 elements on two feet.

From RFI

Right forward inside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
Right forward inside step wideexits LFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside change of edgeexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside mohawkexits LBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside rockerexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside choctawexits LBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside counterexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside loopexits RFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from RFI

Right forward inside double three-mohawkRFI → RBO → RFI → LBI
Right forward inside bracket-counterRFI → RBO → RFO
Right forward inside rocker-counterRFI → RBI → RFI
Right forward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFI → RBI → RFI → RFI
Right forward inside bracket-cross rollRFI → RBO → LBO
Right forward inside counter-mohawkRFI → RBI → LFI
Right forward inside counter-threeRFI → RBI → RFO
Right forward inside counter-2½ twizzleRFI → RBI → RFO
Right forward inside double threeRFI → RBO → RFI
Right forward inside rocker-choctawRFI → RBI → LFO
Right forward inside rocker-mohawkRFI → RBI → LFI
Right forward inside three-mohawkRFI → RBO → LFO
Right forward inside choctaw-three-rockerRFI → LBO → LFI → LBI
Right forward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFI → RBO → RBI → RBI
Right forward inside triple threeRFI → RBO → RFI → RBO

Appears in

BIS Skills 5BIS · level 5
BIS Skills 8BIS · level 8

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 4: Inside bracketsForward and backward inside brackets, entered from crossovers, on a shape the skater chooses.
BIS Skills 8, exercise 2: Section 2The technical middle: a double 3-turn, a bracket, steps crossed behind, and a double twizzle reached through a change of edge.