Ukrainian martial arts champion adapts in U.S. [Video]

LIFE CAN TURN UPSIDE DOWN IN A SECOND, BUT MANY PEOPLE WILL SAY IT’S HOW YOU RESPOND TO THOSE CHANGES THAT DETERMINES WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I SPOKE WITH A 19 YEAR OLD WHO IS FACING CHALLENGES HEAD ON WITH DISCIPLINE AND DETERMINATION. THIS IS ANASTASIA SAVCHENKO AND ONLY 19 YEARS OLD. SHE’S SIMPLY PUT A CHAMPION. SO I WAS A NATIONAL CHAMPION NINE TIMES. I WAS A WORLD CUP WINNER FIVE TIMES AND A EUROPEAN CHAMPION FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS. SAVCHENKO PUT IN THE WORK TO MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF IN HER HOME COUNTRY UNTIL, BECAUSE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2022, WE HAD TO FLEE UKRAINE. SHE HAD TO LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND. I COME HERE AND I’M LIKE, I HAVE NOTHING KIND OF AND I’M NO ONE KIND OF, BUT NOT FOR LONG. SHE’S A VERY GOOD STUDENT. SHE’S MOTIVATED, SHE’S SMART. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE …