Wild Geese Martial Arts & Fitness

Hi, my name is Dave and I: Not just Kung Fu, but all the martial arts. The reason I do what I do now is because in 1988 I walked into St...

“Oh, I hate these, I never seem to get better at them!” says the client as I’m explaining her new program. “Ok, bear with me though. You...

This is a bit of rambling rant inspired by conversations on the gym floor. The topic: Your lane and why you should stay in it. The muse:...

Mobility requires strength. It also requires motor control. Get those two elements right and mobility training becomes child’s play. And...

I love training martial artists. Most likely because of the role martial arts played in my own life growing up. The majority of my...

A client asked today “Are we fixing the source of the problem or simply chasing symptoms?” What a fucking great question! He had trained...

Activation exercises “Dave, what’s your opinion on activation exercises?” This question cave from a client during the week, he asked it...

That was an intense few weeks. One of the hardest elements of this job, this calling, is coaching athletes and sitting helplessly at home...

The old saying, “Every dark cloud has a silver lining” is something you hear me say a lot on with my client base. You see, people come to...

When it comes to shoulder health, strength and function you’d do very well to take a long look at the scapula (shoulder blade) Here’s...

Last week I posted a breakdown of the Turkish Get Up with a stack of detail. You can read that here if you missed it:...

This is a video of Mick who is a regular of our morning bootcamp program: View this post on Instagram Mick finishing training this...

I like questions. So when I get this one from a friend and highly recommended Physiotherapist Gavin Yore, I have to respond: “Well Dave,...

Today I have a blatant sales pitch for you…. On December 1st and 2nd, I’ve been invited by my mate Ducky Quade to come to his gym in...

Meet your psoas muscles They are held responsible for: Your anterior pelvic tilt Your posterior pelvic tilt Your lordotic low back Your...

Flexibility workshop follow up: (This was originally posted in my closed Facebook group, but is being shred here on request) –...

What do the Glutes do for Kicking? This is a question asked this morning. As you should be aware, if you follow my work, I love when my...

This morning a client who’s following our 12 week Kettlebell Sport beginner program was chatting to me. She’s very much looking forward...

When in the gym, we lift weights or move our body in various ways all to elicit a training effect. In a very general sense, the training...

Time for another Random Friday Thoughts post. It’s been a fairly random kind of week, which partly explains why there’s been little...