Day 20 - Well Rounded But Hyper Focused
“Today we talked about being the best version of you. What this looks like is being well rounded but also having a hyper-focus. The hyper-focus attention is on you - what are you needing to defend the most, what are you most successful with and what are you going to add that will surprise your opponents the next time.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 19 - How To Redirect Your Finish
“The finish we set out for isn’t always what we get. Sometimes we get redirected. At this moment we can either choose to give up and look at our efforts as a failure or we can continue to move forward. The ability to get redirected, assess our new situation then pick a new finish is what experts call the flow state.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 18 - How To Improve Your Finish
“Today we focused on improving our finishes. First we start slow, then we set deadlines to create urgency and commitment to getting the finish.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 17 - How To Learn Your Finishes
“In combat, your finish is when you can take your opponent from a situation and move them in a direction that results in a score or the bout being terminated.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 16 - How To Move On From The Situation
“In wrestling the more time you spend in a situation. The more understanding you have of how you can move within the situation and where the exits are.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 15 - How To Prepare For The Situation
“Today we are going to discuss how to prepare for the situation. In wrestling you have 4 attacks that lead to 5 positions and 18 situations. Since it is unknown which situation our attack will lead to we must prepare for every situation.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 14 - How Did You Get In This Situation
“The reason we want to know how we got in to the situation is so that we can look back and see if that situation was advantageous for us or a disadvantage. That way we can look at the statistics to determine which situations we want to avoid and which situations we want to recreate in the future.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 13 - Technique In Relation To Situations
"To really understand how you can control your situation, we need to better know, what technique means in combat. Technique is direction and control. Directions are automated movements. We're going to focus on control today. Which is the fine motor skills of your head, your hands, your hips, your feet, and how they can adjust and move through an ever changing situation."
- Andy Hrovat
Day 12 - Offense/Offense
“Offense/Offense are the times in a match where both athletes need to score. Match is tied, 15 seconds left, who is going to pull the trigger to win. This is what we are talking about. This is attack and counter attacking. So no matter if you are acting or reacting the goal is to move forward in motion.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 11 - Defense
“When the strategy calls the purpose of defense is to shut down your opponent. Refuse them the opportunity to attack and if they do minimize the damage it can create.”
-Andy Hrovat
Day 10 - Offense
“In combat the strategies and tactics of how to attack are determined by the strength of your opponent and the circumstances within the match. At the highest level of the sport, the most successful attacks are offensive attacks.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 9 - Where to Attack
“In combat the purpose of your attack is to lead to an advantageous position. In yoga you can look at our attack as an entrance to a position or pose.”
- Andy Hrovat
Day 8 - Hand Fighting
“Today’s class focused on being deliberate in the placement of our hands and feet. For the purpose of directing our body in a specific way.” - Em Hrovat
Day 7 - Level Changes
“Level Changes increase the variety and range of your attacks and counter attacks making you a more well rounded and versatile athlete.” - Andy Hrovat
Day 6 - Body Fakes
“A big part of this class physically, is your ability to recalibrate quickly in the moment when you fall off balance.” - Em Hrovat
Day 5 - Movement Within Boundaries
Our movement on the yoga mat is determined by our orientation of where we are set up on the mat and the instructions of the teacher. If we are set up wrong or facing in the wrong direction we can hear the instructions correctly but will fail at getting to where we need to be.
Day 4 - How You Present Yourself
How you stand is the first battle. Do you have the confidence to face the world with your heart and chest forward, feet firmly rooted and your spine tall and engaged.
Day 3 - How You Think
What did you learn that will improve your life in the future. What did you learn that made you curious. Did you learn you are capable of doing more than you imagined.
Day 2 - How You Act
“How you act is the combination of the unconscious and the intentional conscience. By being able to differentiate between the two and focus on both of them, that is total self control.” - Andy Hrovat
Day 1 - Breath
Self control needed for combat is a combination of strength, flexibility, mobility, balance and movement. Which area did you excel in today and which area needs improvement?