Right forward outside mohawk

RFO to LBO: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.

Also called C step, open C step or closed C step. Other names.

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.

Forwards on the outside edge; then, without turning on the blade, you step onto the other foot and travel backwards on its outside edge. The circle and the character of the edge stay the same. The foot and the direction you face both change.

The forward outside mohawk is the less common of the two, and it is the harder to make look calm, because the free foot has to arrive turned out and close in without the hips opening first. There is no cusp to hide behind: whatever the edge was doing at the moment of the step is what appears on the ice.

Derived

Build on

• Right forward outside edgeRFO: the right foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Two-foot turnBoth turn from forwards to backwards, and the mohawk changes feet as it turns. Ice Skating Australia teaches its forward inside mohawk after the two-foot turns.

Leads to

5 elements in the guide are built on this one.

• Right forward outside choctawRFO to LBI: a step onto the other foot, changing edge and reversing onto a new one. No cusp.
• Right backward inside three-mohawkRBI → RFO → LBO: 2 turns on two feet.
• Right backward outside counter-mohawkRBO → RFO → LBO: 2 turns on two feet.
• Right backward outside rocker-mohawkRBO → RFO → LBO: 2 turns on two feet.
• Right forward outside double three-mohawkRFO → RBI → RFO → LBO: 3 turns on two feet.

From RFO

• Right forward outside chasséexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside crossoverexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside change of edgeexits RFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside cross rollexits LFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside three turnexits RBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside rockerexits RBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside slip chasséexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside bracketexits RBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside choctawexits LBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside counterexits RBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside crossed step behindexits LFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside loopexits RFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from RFO

• Right forward outside double threeRFO → RBI → RFO
• Right forward outside triple threeRFO → RBI → RFO → RBI
• Right forward outside rocker-counterRFO → RBO → RFO
• Right forward outside choctaw-three-rockerRFO → LBI → LFO → LBO
• Right forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFO → RBI → RBO → RBO
• Right forward outside bracket-counterRFO → RBI → RFI
• Right forward outside counter-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
• Right forward outside counter-threeRFO → RBO → RFI
• Right forward outside counter-2½ twizzleRFO → RBO → RFI
• Right forward outside rocker-choctawRFO → RBO → LFI
• Right forward outside rocker-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
• Right forward outside three-mohawkRFO → RBI → LFI
• Right forward outside double three-mohawkRFO → RBI → RFO → LBO
• Right forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFO → RBO → RFO → RFO

Appears in

• BIS Skills 3BIS · level 3

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 3, exercise 5: Forward spiralsA serpentine of closed mohawks and crossovers into a forward outside spiral on each foot, held for three seconds.