A shoulderstand tic-toc and a reverse bird tic-toc follow one another, one flowing into the next.
This is another variation of the Ninja Star, and it fits well with the other Ninja Star transitions.
There’s no change of direction – once you start rotating one way, the whole sequence continues in that direction.
From inside star a reverse bird tic toc and a shoulderstand tic toc alternate.
Nuad Balance
with hand grip
Dezső Piroska & Bódis József
Acrodemy
Reverse bird and shoulder stand alternate, with side star binding. In this video, the flyer is holding the foot of the base, not the hand!
Mito FlyingMonkey
Used poses
Inside Star
This is the most popular, simplest, and easiest to execute of the four side stars. The flyer faces the base, with their upper body positioned …
Reverse Bird
The flyer’s upper body turns towards the ground, her head is on the opposite side of the base’s head. If we do it without hands, …
Shoulderstand with forearm holds
The next level of the shoulderstand on hand is when the base holds the flyer’s shoulder with vertical arms and the flyer holds the base’s …
Used transitions
Reverse Bird Tic-toc
This movement swings from one side of Inside Star to the other, like a tic-toc, using Reverse Bird as a bridge. Inside star transition via …
Shoulderstand Tic-toc
A symmetric transition in tic-toc style: from Inside Star on one side to Inside Star on the other, through Shoulderstand with forearm holds. Shoulderstand is not just a transitional …
Referenced videos
Ninja Star and Variations
Ninja Throne Variation
I’ve known and practiced the Ninja Throne washing machine for a long time, but I recently came across a video …
Ninja Queen
“Ninja Queen is a lovely washing machine. Apart from the first transition — which can be a bit of a …
Ninja Star deLux
This is a sweet Ninja Star variation with a unique twist: the flyer enters star through reverse bird and exits …
Ninja Throne
This washing machine is almost identical to the one called Dust Buster, but there’s one key difference that I find …
Nataraj washing machine
Nataraj: we have also a Nataraj pose! The Nataraj pose is a visually striking move that many beginner acroyogis love …
Splosion
The Splosion washing machine is a variation of the Naked Singularity — there is only one difference between the two. …
Naked Singularity
A naked singularity is a variation of the ninja star. The main idea is that we add an extra step …
High Ninja Star
This is a Ninja Star variation where two halves of different tic-toc transitions follow each other without reversing — the …
Tangled Web
The Tangled Web connects elements from two well-known washing machines: Walk in the Park and Ninja Star. It combines the first …
Ninja Copter
A shoulderstand tic-toc and a reverse bird tic-toc follow one another, one flowing into the next. This is another variation of …




