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Throne Twist / Swinging Gate
A throne-family machine: Throne to Gate, Reverse Throne, Gate again, and back to Throne.
Throne Twist / Swinging Gate
Why it matters
Swing the gate. Do not kick the door.
Throne Twist is not just a cute rotation.
It is the beginner face of the throne-machine family.
What it is
Throne Twist is a small machine around Throne.
The clean map:
- Throne
- Gate / one-shin-for-two-hands pathway
- Reverse Throne
- Gate again
- back to initial Throne
Incoming
- Throne
- Straddle Throne
- Flashmob Basic Flow
Entry
Start from Throne.
Set the gate pathway before turning.
The flyer should feel readable, not dragged.
Exit
- Back to Throne
- Reverse Throne
- Chair / Titibhasana exit
- Pop exit only when the pair owns the line
Goes to
- Reverse Throne
- Chair / Titibhasana Exit
- Trono Jamón
- Throne-family revolutions
What breaks
- pair twists before the seat is stable
- flyer loses the gate shape
- base rushes the rotation
- no spotter when learning
Field notes
A twist is not chaos with a name.
Make it a gate.
Make it swing.
Make it come home.
Used in flows
Sources / attribution
- Swinging Gate with Ivo and Sofia — AcrobatIvo with Sofia; YogaSlackers lineage noted.
- Throne Twist short
Reference links
External refs are credited pointers, not ownership claims. The AcroGuru layer is curation, connection, and correction.