Definition: A choctaw is a figure skating turn. The turn is made from one edge to another edge, from forward to backward or backward to forward.
The choctaw turn has some similarities to a mohawk turn. What makes the turns similar is that the skater turns from either forward to backward or backward to forward and changes feet in the process.
Mohawk turns are made from same edge to same edge, while in a choctaw turn, the skater goes from one edge to a different edge. Choctaws can be entered on an inside edge and exited on an outside edge or be entered on an outside edge and be exited on an inside edge.
Examples: Choctaw turns are done in some compulsory ice dances. Some dances that include a choctaw turn are the Blues, Killian, Quickstep, and Rhumba.
Freeskaters don't always realize that they are doing a choctaw turn when they enter spins from a back inside edge to a forward outside edge.
