Right forward inside bracket-counter

RFI → RBO → RFO: 2 turns on one foot.

combinationentry RFIexit RFO2 turnsone foot throughout

On RFI · 7 other entries

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

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.

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outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

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

A bracket into a counter, forwards. Both turn against the curve, which is what makes this cluster feel relentless: there is no point in it where the edge is helping you.

The bracket keeps the lobe; the counter reverses it. So the body rotates the same way twice while the circle changes underneath, and the checking has to hold through both. It is the cluster that most rewards a deep, quiet entry edge and most punishes a shallow one.

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, then counter to RFO. 2 turns on one foot, and the skater finishes on RFO.

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 LFI. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

Right forward inside bracketRFI to RBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Right backward outside counterRBO to RFO: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

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 three turnexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
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 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

In New Zealand's grades

None of the New Zealand level lists in this guide name it.

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 6, BIS Skills 7.