Wild Geese Martial Arts & Fitness

The Kettlebell snatch is a hell of an exercise. It can quite literally feel like your going through hell. Kettlebell Snatch training,...

The Kettlebell Snatch is an iconic lift. To be perfectly honest, it’s a non essential lift for many and it’s not a lift that features...

I’ve little something I’d like you to try for me. You should know by know that I’m a huge fan of breathing. I feel it’s one of the most...

I’ve just announced the topic and dates for my next workshop. To be honest I’ve been a bit slack on presenting workshops this year, I did...

Every now and again I asked my opinion on Movement Screening. More often than not the asker has been reading about the FMS or “Functional...

As part of my fitness triangle we have the word “mobility” Like the fire triangle which shows the three component factors needed to make...

This Saturday 10th October Yeah, I know! It’s the October already! But THIS Saturday is World Mental Health Day. If you’ve been around...

About 2 months ago one of my regular members, Kevin”Hardcore”  Callan who is the head of the Kyokushin Karate Ireland Federation asked me...

I always tell people that if you look sexy while you’re training then you’re doing it wrong. Well I’ve figured out a way around that at...

Ok, this is the last instalment of this bottoms up kettlebell series. At least until I think of something else to say about it…. This...

I hate warming up. I understand it’s a vital part of training, and I’m incredibly particular about how my clients warm up. But when it...

Everyone who plays hard gets hurt from time to time. It’s a frustrating truth. Injuries we pick up in our teens and twenties and...

Last week I wrote about the Bottoms Up Kettlebell grip and waiters walk. We talked about how and why I like to use them in Wild Geese,...

We’re taking on new clients! To be honest, we’re always open to enquiries, but at the moment there’s two items on the calendar that are...

The nature of the clients that come to Wild Geese for training means that they’re the type of folk who see physical limits as challenges...

Mobility is best defined by the following equation: Flexibility + Strength = Mobility What use is mobility? Why is it important? Simply...

Facebook pops up some gems sometimes. I have to say I’m spending less and less time on there. I’m part of so many “secret” and “hidden”...

Earlier this month we had our first meeting of the Self Defence Training Group. It went down very well. The group was started on request...

When teaching self defence or working with our Thai Boxers and Kyokushinkai fighters I talk about the wrist. Think about the punishment...

Warming up is important. It can also be confusing. Even today with the amount of information available on foam rolling, joint mobility...