What's that?
This is a one-hand Cartwheel on ice!
She started out with a Cartwheel
A gymnast would always notice
We never have Cartwheel on our tumbling passes. It would be "Round-off" which is the closest thing to that.
Figure skating and gymnastics have a lot in common
What are some moves in figure skating that resemble gymnastic moves?
Both performances require strength, flexibility, balance, agility, endurance and control
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Top 6 figure skating moves which resemble gymnastics / martial arts moves
6 - Buttefly
If you don't know what a butterfly is..
It's pretty common in martial arts. But it's also used in gymnastics
It's even used sometimes in parkour
A butterfly starts facing forward
with the legs separated
And basically swing our body in one direction
kicking our feet the opposite direction
and spinning horizontally in the air
This isn't a masculine skill.
This is all about throwing different parts of the body in the direction they needed to go
To create enough forces to literally lift you and spin you off the ground
Butterfly is often used as entry for "Flying Camel Spin"
And it's more commonly used than you think
Almost every skater can do a "Butterfly"
The objective when you do this is to get your body nice and flat in the air
And the way you do that is by lifting your chest up and legs that way
You want to make your body as large as you can and as flat as you can
It just gives you that little "WOW" factor when you are in the middle of the "Butterfly"
Because it looks like your body stalls out
"Butterfly" is slightly more complicated than "Deathdrop" in figure skating
"Butterfly" can be used as transition to "Sit Spin"
"Butterfly" can also be used as transition in steps and turns
Some skaters used "Butterfly" as the finale ending
5 - Illusion
The illusion turn or illusion spin is a dynamic movement in gymnastics
With one foot on the floor, the gymnasts perform a 360 degree rotation
while kicking their leg through to split in a vertical movement
Flexibility and balance are needed to create a convincing illusion
Almost every top female skater can do an "illusion"
But not many top male skaters can pull it off
"illusion" is often used as a transition step
"illusion" can also be used as transition into "Layback Spin"
"illusion" also used as transition in "Change Foot Spin"
or transition in "Sit Spin"
Having this skill is useful when you need to "save" a jump
4 - Leaps
The leaps are not necessarily what you would see
I don't think the normal gymnasts' "Leaps" would look that good
You know some gymnasts don't have great leaps
Technically for choreography, there aren't points given for Leaps
But I think it only helps if you can take the judge out of their head
And make them watch you, so they are not constantly just writing down deductions
Leaps are also known as "Split Jump" in figure skating
There are some other steps and turns do not affect the level of difficulty (no Technical point given)
But it can be considered for quality (Might affect the artistic score)
Such as "Split Jump"
"Split Jump" into 3T
Yes, Sasha is "Unstoppable"
3 - Cartwheel
Fans: Zhenya, remember to wear non-slip gloves next time ^^
Then we thought a duet "One Hand Cartwheel" would be a good idea for the audience to cheer up
Ok, so I never "cheer" before (cheerleading), but so what?
Front handspring, step out, round-off, back handspring, step out, round-off, back handspring, full twisting layout
She started out with a "Cartwheel" and then she turned around and did a front handspring
We never have "Cartwheel" in our tumbling passes
It would be "Round-off" which is the closest thing to that
A really basic but very necessary skill in tumbling
And also perform in cheerleading would be a "Round-off"
It is similar to a "Cartwheel"
In a sense that you started just like a "Cartwheel"
But the ending is what makes it look different
For "Cartwheel" you would keep your legs separated
And in "Round-off" you would gradually bring your legs together and land on two feet
Coming out of this skill "Round-off",
those kids or most athletes performing in gymnastics or cheerleading,
would do either "back handspring" or "back tuck", which leads to other skills
In gymnastics tumbling, there are elements in the floor routine known as "Handspring"
One goes backward and one goes forward
The front handspring is more or less a forward "Round-off" or "Cartwheel"
Where you would hurtle as you lift your front leg, pair with your arms up
You would lunge into it
This takes a good strength in the shoulders
Aerial - "No hand Cartwheel"
Confused yet?
Let's do a recap for "Cartwheel" > "Round-off" > "Handspring" > "Aerial"
2 - Backflip
The easiest move to understand and everybody knows, it's called a "Backflip"
Now you need strong abs, strong legs
Because in order to do a good backflip
You need good arms swing like this
You need to be able to put your arms high up in the air
And you need to push through the ground
And squeeze your knees into your chest
So you need really strong arms, strong legs, and strong abs in order to do the backflip
Backflip into a 3Lz
1 - Tornado Kick (Martial Arts)
We've seen fighters like Anthony Pettis and Conor McGregor use this kick in the competitions
It's a tornado motion
Turn, up, and kick
Freestyle Ice skating
There's someone doing a "Butterfly" in the background
But can someone tell me why my eyes are focused here in front?
Because the person in front is Yuzuru Hanyu
He practically just needs to be on ice without any special move and all eyes will be on him ^^
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