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Can someone please tell me how to do a Mazurka Jump? |
I heard its used in Footwork and Combination Jumps. The Mazurka is also called a "Scissors Jump." From a back outside edge (many skaters use the Toe Loop entrance), the skater picks in behind the skating foot and jumps up into the air, crossing the legs above the ankles, pointing toes down with knees straight. The landing is the same as a Half Flip - forward landing, toe-to-opposite foot edge. It's a required element on USFSA Basic 8, an uncaptured maneuver in ISI. If you're just starting out to learn this jump, practice from standstill using a Side Toe Hop. Just pick out to the side, jump and cross, then land. Once you're comfortable, you can add the back outside entrance edge and the half-rev rotation. (Think about picking in BEHIND your skating foot edge.) Source(s): Discussion thread: http://www.skatingforums.com/showthread.... Demonstration Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ibdndlz9dy8... Definition: The mazurka jump is a half revolution figure skating jump. First, the skater picks with the free toe. The other leg makes a scissor type motion forward and the skater turns in the direction of the toe that picked and jumps forward in a leaping motion. There is a cross-legged pose in the air. Both legs are straight and the toes are pointed in the air. The skater then taps the toe of the foot that leaped forward into the ice. Then, the skater lands and glides forward on the foot that was originally tapped into the ice. Examples: Figure skating legend, Sonja Henie, did huge mazurka jumps. Today's skaters rarely do the large mazurkas that were once a standard for most figure skaters. Today, mazurka jumps are usually done as part of footwork sequences or used in jump combinations. Young figure skaters do mazurka jumps in their ice skating programs. my self Simply speaking the Mazurka is basically putting one toe in the ice and crossing the other one over in the air. This describes it well http://www.sk8stuff.com/f_recog/recog_sj... It is used a lot in Footwork and sometimes Combination Jumps. Though not a whole lot anymore, but they are definitely good for young skaters just learning how to jump to get the feeling. Mazurka's are fairly easy to do and are a lot of fun! (to me anyways) Hope I helped I've never used it really since I learned it in my basic skills classes, but I know that it can be used in footwork etc. Here is a link that describes what the mazurka is: http://www.sk8stuff.com/f_recog/recog_sj... Mazurka One of the few jumps based on a toe loop entrance, the Mazurka is a half rotation jump that does not have a full rotation counterpart nor is it performed from any other entrance. From a RBO edge, the skater taps his left toe pick into the ice as though initiating a toe loop jump. As he begins to turn, the right leg passes quickly across the left in a kicking motion. This results in a cross-legged pose in which both legs remain straight with the toes pointed down. Unlike the basic backspin rotation position, the legs do not lock together with the ankles touching. The legs actually scissor passed each other. In extreme versions, the legs may kick far enough apart to resemble a cheerleader split position facing sideways. The skater lands forward on the right toe pick and pushes to a LFO edge. http://www.skatejournal.com/jumpposition... Figure Skater |
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