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Dave Hedges
Jul 14, 20081 min read
Do you run with the herd?
Ever watch the discovery channel? How about David Attenborough shows? Do you notice how the predators always pick out the weakest in the...
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Dave Hedges
Jun 26, 20081 min read
A Reductionist Approach to Fitness?
This is a guest post from fellow scotsman, martial artist and trainer Alwyn Cosgrove. Alwyn may have crossed over to the darkside by...
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Dave Hedges
Jun 20, 20082 min read
Similar Differences
I was just reading a post on the Applied Strength Blog entitled “Contradictions and Situational Correctness”. In it Brett Jones discusses...
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Dave Hedges
Jun 5, 20082 min read
Wild Geese @ The Martial Arts Academy
Wild Geese Martial Arts and our newer Personal Training and fitness wing will now be operating full time out of Dublin’s Martial Arts...
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Dave Hedges
May 31, 20081 min read
Old School Core Training
Old school seems to be back in vogue, crunches are on the way out and real core strength is on the way back in, hence the popularity of...
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Dave Hedges
May 31, 20082 min read
Sweep the leg. Do you have a problem with that?
It’s on TV now, I’m sat here mucking around online while the missus is sat flicking through TV channels, guess what she found, hang on...
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Dave Hedges
May 18, 20082 min read
Big Picture
I get all sorts of students coming to learn Martial Arts/Self Defence, many of whom have experience in other arts, even if it was from...
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Dave Hedges
May 11, 20082 min read
Basics, basics, basics!
I lost count of the amount of times Jack Parker would shout this at me and the other kids at St Martins Jnr Karate Club. “Without the...
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Dave Hedges
May 1, 20081 min read
Self Defence, Blade Awareness & Security Tactics
This is the last call for anybody interested in the escrima concepts seminar this weekend at Dublin’s Martial Arts Academy, Magennis...
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Dave Hedges
Apr 11, 20082 min read
The importance of hitting things
I was covering a Kenpo class there yesterday, I wasn’t too familiar with the student as he belongs to another instructor. The lad is...
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Dave Hedges
Apr 4, 20083 min read
The Wrong End Of the Stick
I often find that peoples view of the Filipino Martial Arts is somewhat inaccurate. I hope here to put it right. FMA otherwise known as...
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Dave Hedges
Apr 2, 20081 min read
Self Defence Course At 1st Active/Ulster Bank, Sandyford
Wild Geese Martial Arts in association with www.fitnecise.ie will be holding an 8 week self defence course at 1st Active/Ulster Bank in...
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Dave Hedges
Apr 2, 20081 min read
3rd British Filipino Martial Arts Festival
The last two FMA Festivals were incredible, this one promises to even bigger and better again. To be able to get 16 of the top Filipino...
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Dave Hedges
Mar 25, 20082 min read
80% of Fights End Up On The Floor
True. But don’t forget that 90% start on the feet. The truth is, if you’re awareness has failed and you find yourself in a situation that...
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Dave Hedges
Mar 12, 20082 min read
3 Best Bodyweight Exercises
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS www.TurbulenceTraining.com Here are 3 kick-butt bodyweight exercises you can do anytime, anywhere to burn...
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Dave Hedges
Mar 3, 20082 min read
Fighter’s For Life Charity Seminar
Last month I posted about an upcoming event that was organised with the help of Martial Arts instructors across Ireland to raise money...
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Dave Hedges
Feb 28, 20083 min read
Itosu’s 10 Precepts of Karate
The following blog is a translation commissioned by Iain Abernethy, the original can be found here: http://blog.iainabernethy.com/?p=81...
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Dave Hedges
Feb 25, 20082 min read
Restraint Training for Security Personnel
Here in Ireland there is no provision for the hands on aspect of the security industry. So while you’ve passed a course to get your Door...
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Dave Hedges
Feb 18, 20082 min read
Escrima Concepts Semiar – Confirmed
Eskrima Concepts Seminar Martial Art, Self Defence, Security & Sport with Master Steve Tappin Sat 3rd May, 11am – 5 pmSun 4th May, 11am –...
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Dave Hedges
Feb 12, 20081 min read
Grease the Groove Protocol
Here’s a simple method of improving a skill set that I got from Pavels “The Naked Warrior”, he calls it Grease the Groove. What it is, in...
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