Jekyll2022-08-06T20:14:09-07:00http://localhost:4000/feed/tag/instructor.xmlA decorative knotting blog.Carol Wang2018-02-22T00:00:00-08:002018-02-22T00:00:00-08:00http://localhost:4000/knot-a-long/the-thca-instructor-test-with-comparison-to-the-zgj-tests-plus-a-japanese-preview<p>The THCA has a specifically labelled instructor or teacher test consisting mostly of hoop flowers (turks head mats) and hollow mystic knots with a few fun cloverleaf and mystic knot variants. The ZGJ set of tests cover perhaps a third of the (admittedly repetitious) content here. The ZGJ advanced test also sprints completely into the wilderness, relatively speaking, with complex and involved projects.<!--more--></p> <p>Earlier this week, while matching Taiwan to China tests, I was thinking about asking some Korean and Japanese nodologists to kibbitz/offer opinions but then I had the revelation that their organizations probably (maybe?!?) had their own tests. It was at this point that I re-discovered in my archives incomplete information about the Japan Chinese Knotting Association (JCKA) and <a href="http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/~cyu-gokumusubi/kentei0.htm" title="JCKA test hub still working as of Feb 20, 2018">their tests</a>. I considered mixing in the hardest JCKA test but it looks like they are still developing their <a href="http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/~cyu-gokumusubi/kenteishihan.htm" title="stub page">instructor test</a>. That said, I am still thinking about translating the beginner/intermediate tests and correlating them with the Taiwan and China tests. In any case, I have put out feelers to both Japan and Korea and will let you know what I find out.</p> <hr /> <p>檢定分級-師資 (jiǎndìng fēnjí-shīzī) <b>THCA Teachers / Instructor Test</b><br /> (26 knots with 3 inversions and 2 rotations, Pages 47-48)</p> <pre> 01. 4股3花(單平結) (4 gǔ 3 huā (dān píng jié) / 3B4L) 02. 6股5花(單平結起手) (6 gǔ 5 huā (dān píng jié qǐ shǒu) / 5B6L) 03. 4股5花(五福) (4 gǔ 5 huā (wǔfú) / 5B4L) 04. 6股7花(七巧) (6 gǔ 7 huā (qī qiǎo) / 7B6L) 05. 5股4花(鈕釦環) (5 Gǔ 4 huā (niǔkòuhuán) / 4B5L button knot var) 06. 7股6花(鈕釦環) (7 gǔ 6 huā (niǔkòuhuán) / 6B7L button knot var) 07. 5股6花(六合) (5 gǔ 6 huā (liùhé) / 6B5L (six unity)) 08. 7股8花(八珍) (7 gǔ 8 huā (bā zhēn) / 8B7L (eight treasures)) 09. 盤長 90°位移(一) (pán zhǎng 90°wèiyí (yī) / centre rotated 2x2 mystic (a)) 10. 星辰結(八耳) (xīngchén jié (bā ěr) / octagonal stellar knot) 11. 心形股長結(一) (xīn xíng gǔ zhǎng jié (yī) / heart shaped mystic knot) 12. 心形股長結(二) (xīn xíng gǔ zhǎng jié (èr) / heart shaped mystic knot inverted) 13. 盤長 90°位移(二) (pán zhǎng 90°wèiyí (èr) / centre rotated 2x2 mystic (b)) 14. 酢漿草結(複翼) (cù jiāng cǎo jié (fù yì) / square cloverleaf + vertical fig 8) 15. 星形結 (xīng xíng jié / 4 pointed star knot) 16. 六角盤長 (liùjiǎo pán zhǎng / hollow hexagonal mystic knot) 17. 五角盤長 (wǔjiǎo pán zhǎng / hollow pentagonal mystic knot) 18. 水滴 (shuǐdī / hollow teardrop mystic knot) 19. 心形結(一) (xīn xíng jié (yī) / hollow heart shaped mystic knot inverted) 20. 心形結(二) (xīn xíng jié (èr) / hollow heart shaped mystic knot) 21. 回菱 (Huí líng / 5x5 hollow mystic square knot) 22. 十字菱 (shízì líng / 5x5 mystic square w cross void) 23. 三角盤長(一) (sānjiǎo pán zhǎng (yī) / hollow 5 mystic triangle) 24. 回菱 (Huí líng / 5x5 hollow mystic diamond knot) 25. 十字菱 (shízì líng / 5x5 mystic diamond w ‘x’ void) 26. 三角盤長(二) (sānjiǎo pán zhǎng (èr) / hollow 5 mystic triangle inverted) </pre> <hr /> <p><b>Test Item Concordance</b> In addition to 3 inversions, 2 of the knots are copies of other knots but rotated 45° .</p> <pre> TT01 = -- TT02 = -- TT03 = ZI17c TT04 = -- TT05 - ZA39 TT06 = -- TT07 = ZA40 TT08 = ZA42 TT09 = -- TT10 = ZI12a TT11 = -- TT12 = TT11 inverted TT13 = ZA25 TT14 = -- TT15 = -- TA16 = -- TA17 = -- TA18 = ZA23 TA19 = -- TA20 = TA19 inverted TA21 = ZA22 TA22 = -- TA23 = -- TA24 = TA21 eigth turn TA25 = TA22 eigth turn TA26 = TA23 inverted </pre>Carol Wang

The THCA has a specifically labelled instructor or teacher test consisting mostly of hoop flowers (turks head mats) and hollow mystic knots with a few fun cloverleaf and mystic knot variants. The ZGJ set of tests cover perhaps a third of the (admittedly repetitious) content here. The ZGJ advanced test also sprints completely into the wilderness, relatively speaking, with complex and involved projects.