The Ninja Star is one of the most well-known AcroYoga washing machines. Its popularity is evident from the numerous tutorial videos available on YouTube, where instructors teach this sequence, as well as countless videos showcasing practitioners performing it. The Ninja Star’s widespread appeal is further highlighted by the variety of its versions.
The foundational Ninja Star washing machine involves transitions between inside side stars, incorporating poses like straddle bat, reverse bird, back bird, and others. Among these, the BAT Ninja Star is considered the most accessible version, making it an excellent starting point for beginners. (baby version) Once practitioners are comfortable with this variation, they can progress to more advanced versions.
The BAT Ninja Star specifically connects the straddle bat and reverse bird poses through inside side stars. In other words, it transitions between inside side stars via the straddle bat and reverse bird positions.
Ninja Star (BAT) Tutorial videos
It is worth watching the entire video, it shows the movements step by step.
Daniel Scott
Tutorial video, it’s also worth watching!
Feel the flow
Tutorial video Acro Adventure
Tutorial video with Super Dave
Tutorial video with Modern Tarzan
Ninja Star lesson with Jacob Brown
Ninja Star videos
Used elements
Inside Star Tic-toc, Straddle bat
This is a tic-toc style transition between the left and right side of Inside Star, passing through Straddle Bat It is worth watching the …
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 …
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Ninja Star washing machine (original)
This is the original, classic Ninja Star washing machine. When we refer to “Ninja Star” without any additional descriptors like …
Referenced videos
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 …
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 …
