dlkksk8fan said:According to Earnest Jones writing in "The Elements of Skating" in 1931, the Two editions later Max Witham described the "choctaw" named for another Indian tribe: "A variation of the Mohawk has lately been introduced and is called a "Choctaw"...the skater goes from the outside forward of one foot to the inside back of the other.
"Brackets", "rockers, "counters", "mohawks", and "choctaws" are the names of the skating turns.