A back handspring carrying a full 360-degree twist, so the hands touch down mid-twist and the trick lands facing the way it started. The usual progression runs through straight cartwheels on both sides, a dive cartwheel, and an a-twist gumbi — the second half of the trick is essentially that gumbi, launched from a two-foot back-handspring takeoff instead of a step-in. The jump comes first: leave the ground off both feet as if setting an Arabian, keep the head neutral, and let the twist arrive late — hunting for the floor under the armpit twists the shape early. The hands face the opposite way to a backwards cartwheel and touch down one after the other, typically catching around three-quarters of the twist and squaring up on the way back to the feet.
Key cues
- Drill straight cartwheels on both sides first
- Jump off both feet before any twist starts
- Keep the head neutral in the air
- Turn the hands opposite to a backwards cartwheel
- Land one hand then the other
- Square up over the hands to finish the twist