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Strength Training & Injury Prevention Seminar

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Mixed Martial Arts is the fastest growing sport in the world, it’s popularity has spawned hundreds of MMA clubs, each churning out potential fighters.

But are these fighters really ready?

Training for MMA is a new art, few coaches really have the answers. This is reflected in the rate of injury we see amongst the more experienced MMA athletes.
Knees, shoulders, backs, all damaged. Need this be the case?

Is this the future for all who take up this excellent sport?
Are all MMA fighters destined to be crippled with injury?

We believe this does not have to be the case. Fighters and coaches just need the right tools in their tool box to help prepare bodies to become resistant and resilient to the rigours of the sport. And on September 24th, we aim to provide these tools.

Wild Geese Martial Arts have lined up 4 great coaches, each with an excellent knowledge of the body and it’s workings to help provide some of this information.
We have:

  • Paul Cox
    Paul is the founder of Wild Geese, a martial artist and world champion in his own right. He currently defies the odds as he continues to train and make improvements despite a seriously arthritic hip. His doctors are befuddled at how he is able to walk, never mind Squat heavy barbells, kick heavy bags and practice takedowns in Judo.
    Paul says much of his success comes from the use of kettlebells. He will show how to keep the body strong and resilient, regardless of what happens to it.
  • Dave Hedges
    Co founder of Wild Geese, also a life long martial artist who has had his fair share of injuries. Dave has a huge knowledge of strength and conditioning techniques and hopes to show the difference between the Body Building style of training common in our gyms and an effective strength program for athletes.
    He’ll also teach some of the most effective bodyweight drills that can be used anywhere, without equipment, to forge a lean and powerful body.
     
  • Mark Sexton
    Mark is a Physiotherapist, Acupuncturist, Martial Artists and friend of Wild Geese. His insight into martial arts along with his insatiable thirst for knowledge has lead to Mark becoming one of the leading Physio’s in Ireland.
    He’s the first person we recommend when any of our members gets hurt.
    Mark will be talking about the body and how best to prevent and recuperate from injuries.
  • Anne Dempsey
    Strength and flexibility are two sides of the same coin, you can’t have one without the other and remain an athletic and an effective fighter.
    Anne is a yoga instructor with a unique teaching style. She blends Somatics, which are excellent for prehab and rehab, Pilates for core strength and Yoga for flexibility, all which she teaches and demonstrates without any of the wishy washy nonsense usually associated with the art.

All four instructors will be open for questions through the day.

What: Strength Training & Injury Prevention for MMA
Where: Wild Geese Martial Arts, Pearse St, Dublin2
When: Sat, September 24th. Time TBC
How Much: Prices to announced shortly
How to book: email info@wildgeesema.com, but do it soon, priority will be given to all who actively fight under the Wild Geese name, limited space is available for outside interest.

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Wild Geese
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Strength & Injury Prevention for MMA & BJJ

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Right you lot, we’re looking for interest here:

We’ve been watching the JuJitsu guys train for the last while and seen them become a force to be reckoned with inn the Irish MMA scene. We’ve also seen the kinds of injuries they regularly pick up and the grumbling injuries their instructors live with on a daily basis.
There is no doubt the the “Gentle Art” of JuJitsu is hard on the body.

So we have decided to get together a crack team of experts to run a 1 day seminar on all things injury related in the hope that we can put out enough information for each attendee to take home and apply in their training.

The line up will include, but not limited to:
  • Paul Cox – Joint Mobility, Strength Training
  • Dave Hedges – Structural Integrity, Power Development, Injury prevention.
  • Anne Dempsey – Yoga stretches and sequences for opening the hip and shoulder girdles, spinal health. Recovery practices
  • Mark Sexton (possibly) – Mark has a wealth of experience as a martial artists and physiotherapist, he always brings good info.

The line up may change depending on instructor availability and of course the level of interest.
This will most likely run in August, so please get in touch by this time next week (Monday 18th) so that we can start the ball rolling.

Till then, here’s some motivation:

Wild Geese

P.S. – All classes this Saturday and Sunday are cancelled due to Strength & Conditioning Expert Steve Cotter holding a two day seminar, if you need more info, contact Dave H.

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BJJ Champ joins Wild Geese Team

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Brazilian Jujitsu (BJJ) and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) have been tought at Wild Geese Martial Arts for some time now, and while we’ve had good instructors, we’ve never had great instructors.

This is about to change.

Since our old BJJ coach, Mariousz left us we’ve had a bit of help from a few friends. Lads have stepped up and taken on the classes, and we’re extremeley grateful, and extremely lucky to have had them do this for us. It’s a debt we’ll be repaying for some time.
But one of the lads came to us a week ago and told us about a group of BJJ coaches and students that have recently been left without a studio to train out of.

He brought them to us.

We were immediately impressed.

They are starting here NEXT WEEK.

As of Monday 19th April 2010, Wild Geese are proud to offer you the opportunity to learn from Andre Ramos, a BJJ Brown Belt. A rank he earned in Brazil.

Take a look at the following clip of him in action:

We have changed the class schedule slightly to suit the boys a little better, the new class times are now on our homepage, www.wildgeesema.com.

Regards

Wild Geese

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Husaria Fight Team – Non fighters need not apply

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The Wild Geese MMA club is honoured to have Mariousz Domasat as it’s BJJ coach.

Mariousz doesn’t just work with us (although we’d love him to), he is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with in his own right.

To this end he has created his own team, with their own name and now a website.
The Husaria Fight Team take their name from the legendary Hussars, who like the Wild Geese were mercenary warriors both feared and respected in equal amounts.
Mariousz was very careful in choosing the name and with it’s rich history, he is equally careful in choosing his team members.

Do you think you can make the grade? Dare you try?

“If you think you are beaten-you are
If you think that you dare not-you don’t
If you’d like to win,but think you can’t -it is almost certain you won’t
if you think you’ll lose,you’ve lost
Life’s battles don’t always go to the faster or stronger man,
But sooner or later the man who wins is the man who believes he can!!!”
Does this sound like you?

Visit http://www.husariafightteam.com/ and find out.

Regards

Wild Geese

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The Art of the Masters

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Whats the most fundamental skill a martial artist must develop?
The skill that is a common thread regardless of the individuals style or syetem?

It’s what makes the master seem untouchable.
It’s why the novice is so unpredictable.

It’s the difference between effortlesly beating an opponent and being in a fight.

What is this great skill?

Timing.

At some point in out martial arts career we’ve al thought that we were a bit tasty and really put it up to our superiors in a sparring session.
More often than not we were put straight back in our box.
But if your coach is twice your age and half your size, how is it is seemingly untouchable and able to pick you off at will?
It’s his sense of timing, his ability to read the situation and move only as much as he needs and no more.

At Wild Geese, we’re all about effeciencey. You cannot be effecient without good timing.

So how do you learn this skill?
By learning to flow with a training partner. Free play and sparring are the keys to developing a keen sense of timing. Learning to move as he moves, when to exploit he openings and offering up your “openings” as a trap.

The Filipino’s use many such drills, as do Tai Chi, Wing Chun and many of the Chinese styles. BJJ players will also spend time “rolling” which is the same thing. Playing with the training partner with a predetermined level of resistance, attempting to apply various techniques while not falling victim to your opponents.
At first there should be complete cooperation between the partners so that a basic level of skill may be accomplished, then as that skill improves, the resistance should go up in response.

The end game is basically free sparring whee anything goes.

Although there is absolutely no need to rush to the anything goes stage. A degree of cooperation is necessarry in order to best develop the skills and techniques. All out sparring should be kept for special occaisions.

Add some flow into your own training and you will very quiclky see your abilities improve. You won’t have any new techniques bt you will lear when to best apply the techniques you have.

This is timing.

This is the art.

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Wild Geese
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Wild Geese MMA Club

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We just can’t deny it, MMA is the most popular form of martial arts available today. And like most things that get a surge of interest it is in danger of becoming a victim of it’s own success.
Everywhere you look there are MMA gyms and MMA instructors popping up out of nowhere. You local karate instructor suddenly starts teaching ground work, your self defence coach is teaching ground and pound. But where did they learn?
To this end we at Wild Geese have brought together some of the finest minds currently in Ireland, people who have proven track records and experience and we are making them available to you, the public. We have top Brazilian JuJitsu coach, Mariousz Domast, the only man in Europe to represent legendary BJJ coach Marcello C Monteiro (http://www.bjjcoach.com), former Polish national Judo team member and creator of too many chapions to count both back home in Poland and here in Ireland.
We have Phil Whyte & Ronan McSweeney both well known and respected in the Irish and European kickboxing circles.
We have Dave Hedges who is one of the few to hold an instructor certification from World kettlebell lifting champion Vasilly Gincko and has a long history of training Martial Artists and athletes with a variety of methods.
The three instructors ware available through the week to train you to become a highly conditioned and effective mixed martial artsist.

On Mondays, Mariousz will be teaching the finer points of the ground game, how to perform escapes and submissions and find advantage in any position from the floor. Brazillian JuJitsu is the foundation of MMA, without adequate grappling skills, you will never realise you full potential.
Tuesdays & Thursdays are your opportunity to train with fitness coach and martial artist, Dave Hedges. The tues (beginner) and Thurs (advanced) Kettlebell class will beef up your strength, explosiveness and cardio while stripping away unwanted extra weight. Many top names in the MMA scene have turned to kettlebells, now it’s your turn.
Wednesdays and Saturdays are the MMA days. You will work your stand up, cardio and groundwork on these days. Putting together the skills from Mondays, the strength & stamina from Tues/thurs and adding to it the Kickboxing and striking drills, ultimately putting it all together.

The MMA club will be priced differently to regular classes at the Wild Geese House of Strength, reflecting the dedication required to become a combat athlete.

  • 4 days/week (eg 2x MMA, 1xBJJ, 1xKBFitness) €80/month
  • 3 days/week (eg 1xMMA, 1x BJJ, 1x KBfitness) €70/month
  • 2 days/week (eg 1x BJJ, 1xMMA) €60/month

The class breakdowns are examples only, you may choose any combination from the MMA package. We suggest that you choose classes that will bring up your weaknesses, for example if you can box but keep getting choked out, emphasis the BJJ. If you are gassed after the first 10 minutes, emphasise the kettlebell. You have the opportunity to make informed decisions.

Should this pricing scheme proves popular we may change our whole pricing structure to match.

Regards
Wild Geese
www.wildgeesema.com
info@wildgeesema.com
+353 87 672 6090