Heads Up Lancaster

Published by Touro | Filed under articles, blog, happenings, news

HEADS UP is a community-based non-profit organization based in lancaster city, pa dedicated to Helping Empower And Develop Students – Unleashing Potential, through various creative and performance arts.

Due to funding cuts from the state to our district, our two-and-a-half year history as the most requested and contracted service provider in the after-school setting is in jeopardy (formerly the Know More! Programs). In faith, we are working to establish ourselves as an indepedent non-profit, seeking support from local businesses, churches, families and organizations to continue to empower students through our programs – regardless of state funds.
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Becoming good at capoeira

Published by Tanque | Filed under articles, training

Here is an article I found on another site. I thought it was helpful and will post it here.

Becoming good at capoeira is not easy. Like anything worthwhile, excelling at capoeira takes lots of time, practice, and dedication. You cannot step into your first capoeira class and expect to leave doing backflips. Even if you’ve been playing for a number of years, there is always room for improvement. Sometimes we hit a “plateau” where we feel like we can’t progress any further. I’ve been there, we all have.
With this in mind, I’m going to try to give some advice on how to improve your capoeira game. Whether you are a beginner and feel like you could never even do a cartwheel, or an advanced capoeirista who has slammed into a wall, this advice will help you at any stage.
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The Blog Is Up!

Published by Touro | Filed under blog, happenings, news

Do you want to blog on PennsylvaniaCapoeira.com? It’s really easy! Simply go here and click on ‘register’. You can then log into the site and post to the blog by clicking on ‘write’ and then ‘write post’. Write whatever you’d like but make sure that you check ‘blog’ in the categories box to the right of the page. After that, hit ‘publish’ and there ya go! You’re a bloggin machine!