Interactive TKA lessons

Explore guided lessons from the grid through reading TKA words. The interactive course starts when this page loads in your browser.

1. The Grid Find your way around the diamond and box grids.
2. Hand Placements Learn Alpha, Beta, and Gamma hand placements
3. Hand Motions Shift, dash, and static: three ways a hand can move.
4. Timing and Direction Explore timing and direction, then combine them in six ways.
5. Reading a Choreo Card Find the start, steps, and scan code on a hand-path card.
6. Rotation Direction See whether each prop rotates with or against its hand arc
7. Dual-Shifts: Alpha & Beta Practice split-same and tog-same dual-shift patterns
8. Gamma Motions Master quarter-time movements in gamma placement
9. Staff Placements Track thumb orientations for staff work
10. Pictograph Anatomy A pictograph shows one step of motion.
11. Type 1: ABC & GHI Split-Same and Tog-Same dual-shift letters
12. TKA 1: Learning Letters Learn the six Alpha and Beta words one at a time