Crawl Labs

MOVEMENT FUNDAMENTALS WORKSHOP with and

🕰️ Sunday 27 August, 1-4 pm
📍 Observatory Community Hall
💸 R300 (CTS Members get 30% off)

Exploring fundamental movement and mobility principles as they apply to Lindy Hop

This 3-hour workshop, offered by Crawl Labs (crawllabs.co), aims to expose Lindy Hoppers to movement and mobility training that will help develop awareness, responsiveness, coordination and agility.

The workshop will be broken into two parts:

1. Mobility:

Every synovial joint in the body has a potential range of motion that can only be expressed with control and intrinsic strength in isolated areas. Intrinsic strength in these areas is expressed as control through movement.

By developing our intrinsic strength in these areas, we are bringing more awareness to these sites and enhancing the intelligence of the connective tissues (muscle, tendon, ligament etc.) within these areas, which ultimately expresses more awareness and control through movement pathways.

We will use specific exercises to explore the individual capacities of the feet, ankles, knees and hips to bring more awareness and intrinsic strength to these areas.

2. Movement Dynamics:

In this portion of the workshop, we will explore a series of partner based tasks and puzzles that will build our ability to converse through movement by addressing our listening and responding abilities.

By using specific frameworks and rule-sets, we are able to explore tensional dynamics and develop our sensitivity to sudden changes in tension and as a result learn to respond timeously and appropriately.

✨This workshop is open to everyone, whether you’re brand new to swing dancing or have been dancing for years.

Bookings: link in bio

CTS Members, check your WhatsApp group for the discount code!

At Crawl Labs it is our aim to shift the landscape of exercise and fitness towards a movement-centric paradigm.

This means that we emphasise the importance of quality of movement through technique and awareness. More awareness and precise technique results in rhythm and coordination and ultimately less energy spent conducting and producing movement and therefore enhances overall performance and longevity.

Intentional action and mindful practice allow us to work towards unlocking our innate movement and performance potential.

We strive to provide workouts and programming that leave our students feeling as though everything else they do in life, whether physical or mental, becomes easier because of what they do in the Lab.

By working towards movement skill, intrinsic strength, joint mobility and tissue elasticity we develop coordination, awareness and connection. We improve our response times and the quality of our responses, no matter the challenge.

For us, this is true adaptability and performance. This is fitness.