The Boyd Family, Australian artistic `dynasty` ...[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 backwards, usually into a back salto or layout. == Variation...
vaulting style involving a handspring with a half turn onto the vaulting table to backflip off
A vault family in which vaults start with a quarter-turn onto the vault, a push off the hands and a back salto before landing. Also, a full twisting double back on floor and a full twisting double flyaway off high bar. Named for Japanese gymnast Mitsuo Tsukahara.