Michal Hornacek
Profile / Resume:
- 22 years practice of martial arts including 18 years of coaching groups and individuals on a professional level
- Lecturer in the fields of „Psychology and behavior in self-defense“ and „Personal and situational safety“
- Specialization in pre-conflict phase and behavioral defense strategies designed to deal with problem situations, conflicts and violence
- Specialization in stress response of mind-body system, regulation of negative stress phenomena & high levels of stress (freezing, stress paralysis)
- Expertise, professionalism and human approach
Focus (self-defense):
- Defense principles on short, medium and long combat distance
- Defense principles against cold weapons: knife and stick
- Complex teaching methodology: SELF-DEFENSE 1–5 (author´s system)
- Combat methods: variability of strategies
- Use of body anatomy and bio-mechanic in martial arts
- Advanced principles of traditional martial arts
Practical knowledge and connections (the supporting areas for martial arts):
- Complex: BODY ↔ BREATH ↔ PSYCHIC: practical usage for martial arts and self-defense
- Know how in a work with contrasts (in movement & psychology)
- Physiology and behavior: practical usage for martial arts and self-defense
- Psycho-physiology and „body language“
- Yoga and Yoga for martial arts
- Qi Gong for health and martial arts
- Health aspects of martial arts
- External (technical / combat) aspects of martial arts ↔ Internal aspects of the traditional martial arts
Related educational background:
University studies in the focus of physiology and
behavior:
(Comenius University, Bratislava, grad. 2009)
- Advanced expertise in the functioning of the human body – physiology and anatomy
- Advanced knowledge in the field of behavior
Research and practice in the field of „Attention
regulation“:
(SAS, Lab. of Behavioral Neuroscience, 2009 –2012)
- Scientific research and the practice in the area of „Attention regulation“ and „Behavioral sciences“
- Advanced knowledge in the areas of: cognition, perception, attention control & self-regulatory methods
