Cora match at Kids Pan AM

Here is Cora's match at the Kids Pan AMs this past weekend. They put her against the 4 time Champ in her very 1st match. She fought great, but came out short. The girl is obviously prepared for Cora's game. Although she didn't win, she put up a good fight and went the distance. The winner went on to tap out the rest of the girls in about a minute time. So I guess for us, we know Cora gave a Silver Medals performance, but due to bracket structure, she got eliminated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtMbL8LHFes

I understand why some brackets are set up that way, but i dont like the idea of losing once and that being it. Im sure everyone wants to get some more mat experience

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Originally Posted by Tom Carbone

I understand why some brackets are set up that way, but i dont like the idea of losing once and that being it. Im sure everyone wants to get some more mat experience

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Yeah it sucks bro. Same thing happened to me last year at a Gi comp. Traveled miles, get there and my first opponents is a 3 1/2 year white belt that ended up winning the whole thing. I got submitted in like 4 minutes then that was my day done.

Well done Cora. You will be back better and stronger next time for sure. :-)

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Originally Posted by Tom Carbone

I understand why some brackets are set up that way, but i dont like the idea of losing once and that being it. Im sure everyone wants to get some more mat experience

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Yeah it sucks bro. Same thing happened to me last year at my first Gi comp. Traveled miles, get there and my first opponents is a 3 1/2 year white belt that ended up winning the whole thing. I got submitted in like 4 minutes then that was my day done.

Well done Cora. You will be back better and stronger next time for sure. :-)

The video skips in the beginning, so I can't tell how she got her guard passed so early on. I would suggest she work more on guard passing and guard defense. But a hard fought match. I'm still a fan. :)

Her opponent was Alyssa Mia Wilson from the Mendes Bros academy. It was her fourth consicutives pan ams championship. Your daughter fought good she is legit good job man!

here's a version with the guard pass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydm2CsV2OFs

Good job Cora!!

Yeah the structure of IBJJF really sucks. And the clip got cut because I was so nervous that I push the record button again, thus stopping the recording. Anyways, Alyssa took Cora into deep water and Cora got out fine. Cora was in her guard, but she can't finish her. She mounted Cora, she couldn't finish her. Unless she has a submit mentally, she won't ever finish Cora. Too bad that Cora wasn't able to get that guard, because I can 100% guarantee that Alyssa has never been put into a guard like that of Cora's. She never been in a rubber guard. Since the kids at AOJ compete alot, they are very good at collecting points, which is the opposite of our game plan, I train Cora to finish fights, not collect points. Also I train Cora using the 10thplanet system, which is NO GI, Allyssa was very good at holding on to Cora's gi for control. So basically you have 2 good kids from different systems, and the winner was the one who got to their system first. But rest assure that we will work harder on it. The next night, Master Eddie addressed why Cora lost the match in his class. He said that at first Cora will be killing kids with her rubber guard, but as time goes by, they will try their best to stay out of her guard, thus making it tougher and tougher for her to get people into her guard. So instead of going for the guard right away, Cora need to develope her half guard game...... I understood where he is coming from and we will start right away on it.

To confirm what Eddie said (not that it needs it),In my travels to other traditional schools, with more traditional trained people, I find getting to guard a pain, let alone getting posture broke and getting to RG. But most will happily give you HG. If then I work to FG I usually have posture broke already, then can go to RG. I have been to one very traditional, top level school a couple of times and have never, not once, had someone in my full closed guard with control. Tuff road!

Yes greg that is exact what Master Eddie said. That night he address this issue and the class work on their half and half and dog fight and prison guard. The more I get into this system, the more I realize I am only seeing the tip of the iceberg. Keep on watching, the next tournament is NAGA Houston next month and you will see all this in Cora's game. Always improving for every tournament.

Keep it up!!

How cool would it be to see a 23 year old Cora in ADCC? That would be nuts! :)

That is if she doesn't get bored with it and quit like so many young prodigies do :/

If Cora can somehow stick it out and continue to compete and get her black belt, she will no doubt be known worldwide as "that chick with the insane rubber guard" :)

Master Eddie,
Cora and I make a pack. Before any boyfriends or husband, she promise me that she will be a Black Belt World Champion with a college degree..:) The picture you just painted in my head is an awesome one. I will try my best to stir her in the right direction. But it isn't hard as she love this sport. So far we only let her compete once a month. I think competing once a month is good enough, as there are many tournaments. I can't really afford to do more than that. And it also allow her enough time to work on new things so that she can improve with every tournament. Its an honor to know that you see this much potential in her.... Bruce

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If Cora can somehow stick it out and continue to compete and get her black belt, she will no doubt be known worldwide as "that chick with the insane rubber guard"

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AWesome thread and great encouragement to all aspiring 10th Planet masters......Keep it Up!!!

Hey guys, thanks to the other side, they just posted ALL of their videos back on youtube. Prior to Kids Pan AMs, they took ALL of them down, now they put them all back up...LOL Anyways, here is the missing part of fight that I failed to record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydm2CsV2OFs

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Originally Posted by Cora Sek

Master Eddie,
Cora and I make a pack. Before any boyfriends or husband, she promise me that she will be a Black Belt World Champion with a college degree..:)

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Haha, holy crap: The pressure's on!

OH I left out one more thing..... the guy who wants my daughter need to be able to Tap her out.. I don't want her to be with a guy who can't handle himself or take care of her right? No pressure.....:) LOL

I made a similar deal with my parents over girls, but once hormones hit...all deals are off lol

You should probably think of other ways to keep her motivated than pacts with ten year olds, forcing someone isn't the greatest path.

Jiu Jitsu is her hormone replacement....:) Man I'm just BSing... cus I know down deep, when she become a teenager, it will be my worst nightmare coming true. Any parent with a teenager daughter out there? THen yall know what I'm talking about. HOPEFULLY her love for the game remain strong, that no matter what happen later on, she will stay focus. She has older cousins who mess their lives up with boyfriend/ girlfriend drama. THat is another reason why we found Jiu Jitsu and put it in her life.

I think you're doing the best thing you can possibly do for her as a parent: Offer her a full support system and get her proficiency and confidence up through Jiu Jitsu while helping hopefully build a stong character.

Traditional martial arts made me the person I am today. I am very at peace with myself. I only wish I start BJJ when I could have.

A strong support system can greatly keep kids out of trouble. PAL's boxing programs are a great example of this, not only does fighting create a strong empowered individual, it also instills non-parental life figures and keeps the kids off the streets during the most dangerous hours (the unsupervised time between when school ends and adults work schedule ends).

Just make sure she always has fun, that's important to keep her from being burnt out like so many other prodigies (as Eddie was saying).

Seeing so many kids stray away from their parent, this worries me. That is why I do what I do. Hopefully when she gets older she can truly understand the value of what we are doing together. It isn't about the thrill of the competition? Its more about finding something that we both love to do....together, father/daughter time. And I use that time to guide her to be a good person.