Left backward inside mohawk

LBI to RFI: 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.

Backwards on the inside edge, stepping onto the other foot to run forwards on its inside edge, still on the same circle. Less used than the forward inside mohawk and more awkward for the same reason every back inside entry is awkward: the free leg is on the inside of the circle with nowhere to sit.

It is worth practising anyway, because it is the exit half of what the forward inside mohawk teaches, and a skater who can only go one way through the change of foot has learnt half a move.

Derived

Build on

• Left backward inside edgeLBI: the left foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Backward two-foot turnBoth turn from backwards to forwards, and the mohawk changes feet as it turns.

Leads to

5 elements in the guide are built on this one.

• Left backward inside choctawLBI to RFO: a step onto the other foot, changing edge and reversing onto a new one. No cusp.
• Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI: 3 turns on two feet.
• Left forward inside counter-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI: 2 turns on two feet.
• Left forward inside rocker-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI: 2 turns on two feet.
• Left forward outside three-mohawkLFO → LBI → RFI: 2 turns on two feet.

From LBI

• Left backward inside push backexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside step wideexits RBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside change of edgeexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside three turnexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside rockerexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside bracketexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside loopexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside choctawexits RFO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside counterexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses

Clusters from LBI

• Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI
• Left backward inside counter-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-choctawLBI → LFI → RBO
• Left backward inside counter-2½ twizzleLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside bracket-cross rollLBI → LFO → RFO
• Left backward inside bracket-counterLBI → LFO → LBO
• Left backward inside counter-threeLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside rocker-counterLBI → LFI → LBI
• Left backward inside three-mohawkLBI → LFO → RBO
• Left backward inside choctaw-three-rockerLBI → RFO → RBI → RFI
• Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI
• Left backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBI → LFI → LBI → LBI
• Left backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBI → LFO → LFI → LFI
• Left backward inside triple threeLBI → LFO → LBI → LFO

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