This is a sweet Ninja Star variation with a unique twist: the flyer enters star through reverse bird and exits through back bird. In mid-air, there’s a leg switch — the extended leg bends, and the bent leg straightens — allowing the flyer to rotate onto the bent leg into side star. The direction alternates with each round, rotating to the right first, then to the left.
From star to back bird, from there to inside star, and after a half turn up to star again
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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, …
Star with hand holds
Shoulderstand on feet, but we just call it “star” for short, so it’s shorter and more compact. This is the basic position, it can have …
Back bird
Back bird “doe-legged”, i.e. the flyer draws in one leg bent and the other leg extended Flyer lets go of his hands and feet and …
Used Transitions
It’s a good idea to start by holding each pose between transitions to build control and stability. Over time, you can link the elements more fluidly, moving continuously without pausing in each position.
From Inside Star to Reverse Bird
We mostly use this transition when switching from one side of inside side star to the other. In this case, reverse bird is just a …
From Reverse Bird to Star
The flyer turns in from the front to step onto the base’s foot and enter star pose. Since the sequence flows without pausing in the …
From Star to Back bird (step and pop)
This transition can be done with a step, which is the beginner-friendly version, or with a pop for a more dynamic challenge.With Step: A commonly …
From Back Bird to Inside Star with upper handgrip
From back bird to side star with upper handgrip, flyer puts her hand next to her ear to the base. A very short transition, base …
Referenced videos
Freedom
Freedom is a dynamic washing machine that features trapdoor, back bird, side star, and reverse bird. In the back bird …
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 …
Ninja Trio washing machine
If the three basic versions of the ninja star washing machine are already flowing smoothly, let’s connect them! The three …
Star Ninja
The Star Ninja is created by linking two transitions: the reverse bird tic-toc and the star tic-toc in one direction. …
