Tsukahara (vault)

The Tsukahara can refer to a specific vault and a family of vaults in artistic gymnastics. The first Tsukahara vault was performed by (and named after) Mitsuo Tsukahara in 1972.

A Tsukahara vault consists of a half turn off the springboard onto the vault table, then a push backward, usually into a back salto or layout.[1]

In Japanese, this technique is known as a "Moonsault".[2]

Variations

Any vault that has a handspring with 1/4 – 1/2 turn onto the vault table into a salto backward is classified as a Tsukahara vault. Some variations on the Tsukahara vaults include:

  • Kim – Tsukahara tucked or stretched with full twist (360°) off
  • Zamolodchikova – Tsukahara stretched with a 2/1 turn (720°) off
  • Phelps – a half turn onto the vault table, followed by a half turn off and into a front layout.

References

  1. ^ "Vault Skills Terminology". Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  2. ^ Sports Zenshū 3: Kikai Undō, coauthored by Masao Takemoto and Kazuo Abe, published in 1975 by Poplar Publishing.
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