Whats a mohawk, choctaw?
The mohawk and choctaw involve a step from one foot to the other during the execution of the turn. Mohawk. A Mohawk is a change of direction (eg. forward to backward) while skating on an arc of a circle. It includes a change of skating foot and retains the same character of edge (eg. forward inside to backwards inside). The edges before and after the turn are on the same lobe. Because of the use of both feet, there are only 4 Mohawk turns, depending on whether the entry edges is inside or outside and forward or backwards. There are however, many variations on the execution of the Mohawk turn within this analytical constraint. Choctaw. A Choctaw is a change of direction (eg. forward to backward) that involves both a change of skating foot and a change in the character of the edge (eg. backward outside to forward inside). The edges before and after the turn are on different lobes having opposite directional curvature. Like the Mohawk, there are only 4 Choctaw turns.
