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So we did it, bumping Cora up to the 70-79 lb weight class to test her out and boy we weren't dissappointed. Great match, but the kid was very strong and limit Cora's attack. She wasn't really on her game today, but still it was a great match. He threw everything at her and she escape them like Houdini. Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR2J8CNVKEg
After not having enough kids back in the 60-69 lbs division, we were asked to put Cora back into her division for the No- Gi. ANd guess who was there waiting for her...the same 13 year old that she fought 2 wks ago in Austin!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO3QgTMXtg8
After a couple of hard fights, then a very long walk (sight seeing), and a 3 hour drive home, Cora was so excited to find waiting for her at home was a beautiful 10thplanet T shirt from Rachel. THank you so much, it really make her day.
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Glad she likes it! She reps us well. ;) Keep it up, kiddo!
great fights, i was planning on signing up and to see cora fight, but had to rest up for work, ive been sick and figured i would train for the next tourney. Were there other 10p reps there.
Cora is a true warrior. Going up to fight 13 year old boys as a 10 year old girl takes mad heart and courage, I am VERY proud of Cora for being the savage that she is :-)
THank you everyone for all your words of encouragement and support. You know Cora work hard to prepare for each tournament, she juggles school with jiu jitsu. But as of late for the pass 2 weeks we haven't had much father/daughter time in the garage to drill because her teacher have been sending rediculous amount of homework. Needless to say that affect her jiu jitsu, but its cool as school will ALWAYS come first.
ANyways, yesterday we just wanted to test the water of San Antonio. We want to see what the bigger boys has to offer and it turn out to be a great battle. She does hold her own in that division. Although she lost all her matches as you can see, she really got the attention of everyone there. Win or lose people surely will remember this little girl. A couple of people came over and tell me that they been watching her videos..:) Some said that she has inspired their daughters, even when she lost. It really make her day hearing that after a tough lost.
Cora rightful division is in the 60-69 lbs. She basically has full control of this division here in Tx, if that 13 year old boy wasn't in it. So our goal is to catch up with him by the end of the year. He has so much more experience than her and every summer he goes and train at AOJ with the Mendez bro. The first time they meet, he taps her out in less than 20 seconds, the 2nd time they meet it was at 1 minute, this past weekend it took over 3 minutes for him to tap her out. So yes she is catching up with him. But she don't just want to catch up with him, she wants to avenge her losts. So with this in mind, please help me help my little girl. Please watch her videos and see if there is anything that we can do to speed up this process. I truly believe in this system and that this style, the 10thplanet style of fighting will help her defeat him. BUt finding the right mixture of things is the toughest thing. Or am I being delusional and thinking that my little girl can beat a much older and more experience boy? He is the only one on her hit list, the only one that really got under her skin and one that she is willing to train hard to defeat. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.. Bruce
Awesome great job Cora!
I feel for her with the bigger boys. I am the smallest woman in my group and I know how getting squished like that feels. I have yet to tap any of them, BUT I am getting SO much stronger physically. I will say that I have started doing better since I quit trying to take mount- for me- it's a waste of energy as at some point through brute force a bigger opponent is going to stop you or buck you off once you finally get there.
Bigger opponents try to squish the air out of you to tire you when they have side control. I try really hard to keep my arms safe but at the same time make space to keep my airway open, control my breathing and think of my next move. It requires more energy to roll with someone bigger than you so expending that energy carefully is also important. I have started reacting to less of what they throw at me. I am very flexible so if they want to stack me- cool- I will let them use up energy on that all day. I have a low center of gravity so when they do that I shift my weight and make myself as heavy for that as possible.
I think the answer for me lies in rubber guard and twister. My legs are very strong- and I can defend better with them. I am working on getting opponents in my guard and submissions from that position.
I discovered last week that putting people who are much taller than you in twister control hurts them A LOT more than someone the same size. I have one class worth of experience in twister, but I just ordered Eddie's book :)
I have only have 3 months worth of experience, but have had to deal with being the runt the entire time. I have lots of experience with big people mopping the floor with me.
Cora is clearly a force to be reckoned with, and just as important, you are clearly a wonderful father and she will be a better woman for it. Thanks for sharing her experience with us!
Bruce, watch my match with Royler and have Cora master the "jailbreak", it's how I reclaimed guard several times in that match. There are 3 different ways to do it, but I only did it 2 different ways in that particular match. Cora is so ready for jailbreaks :)
Great defense against the AOJ kid. He had an impressive game and Cora seemed one step behind but still looked good. I learned that sub he hit from Gerald Strebendt and it sucks to be put in!
Master Eddie, I've seen that vid of you and Royler about 3 times back when I first found you. Its about 5 months since then and I guess I will have to study it again. Are all the 3 ways of the "jailbreak" on the MTS? I will do my research. ANd yes, I do feel if she can get him in her guard, he will not be able to leave. THat is why I notice that in every match against him, he always pulls some kind of guard first. Now that you mention the jailbreak and getting that guard, it all make sense. I think we will focus on getting her guard game up to the next level. Once in her guard, I think she knows very well what to do after that. Thank you so much for your advice....Bruce
Brent: yes you are correct, every match he always a step ahead of her. I guess that comes with more experience. He just have more time to work on his game than Cora has to work on hers. I feel that given enough time for us to dive into the system more, she will catch him. Just need time for her to truly absorb the system and more rollin time. You will see by the end of this summer, its going to be a brand new Cora. Last summer we focus on getting her to the next level and we accomplished that. And that RNC he did, well Cora been hitting that move also. Its not like its new to her, its not, its just that he's always a step ahead of her. But we'll work on it more because enough is enough. As a competitor, she wants to pay him back and move on to the next one...
Very impressive, congrats!
Rick: Thank you and I do hear what you saying about the T rex and home alone. That is what she was taught. However, after studying Master Eddie rolling on the MTS, I notice that he like to clinch and don't let his opponent have room to move, even when he is the one on the bottom. Correct me if I'm wrong in my assumption, but I was thinking that the reason why he clinch like that when being cross faced is because he doesn't want his opponent to have room to do anything else to him. And with him having the half guard (lockdown), he can work his way out to butterfly guard or full guard and break the the crossface and sink in the Whizzar thus still have his opponent under his control without trying to break posture again. This was the main reason why I teach Cora to clinch instead of giving her opponent space to attack her. Just clinch and work her way out from the half guard to full guard, but still prevent her opponent from posturing up. This way she won't have to try to break their posture once she is in full guard. Like I said, correct me if this thinking is wrong, but that is what I'm seeing from my untrained eyes...:) That is why I'm here to learn.
I see what you're saying. I agree you can clinch in the half, but full mounted and side control is almost, if not always, helping the opponent. From side if they clinch me, they're gonna get my triangle/armbar combo. From top if they clinch around the waist, they're gonna get a Kimura, or mounted rubber guard attack.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cora Sek
A very good example of what I'm trying to say is in the video of Master Eddie vs Royler Gracie. He was being crossfaced from the half guard (lockdown). Master Eddie clinched from the bottom not allowing Royler to do anything from the top and when he finally got the full guard, the rubber guard was right there without him trying to break Royler's posture. So this was my thinking for clinching and not T rex or home alone.
I see. I gave you my feedback in fb message. Didn't want to crowd the forum.
There is soooooo much to learn, Cora is still green, still many holes to fill. No need to rush, enjoy the journey to mastery. For now, work jail breaks, hip bump mount escapes, shrimp side control escape, the heisman, escape from Alcatraz and the B smith.
Drill these escapes back to guard like a soldier, they will allow Cora to use her guard more :)
These save my ass everyday all day. I find the B smith is my only escape from an opponent who doesn't want to submit or advance to mount. He just wants to grind. Gotta be timed right, but super money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo
Thanks guys for all your input. Basically we just have to drill MTS 52 like mad dogs..LOL
After a good night sleep. While taking Cora to school, I ask her if she still feels sore about losing to that boy, she said no. We talk more and decided to not base her progress on him, but rather just enjoy this journey like master Eddie suggested. There are so much to learn and we will get there in due time, but to go and push the learning curve to extreme just to catch up with an older boy, it might have adverse affect on Cora. So we will just enjoy this journey and learn at our own pace and just keep in mind that she will win some and lose some and that is fine by us as our journey really just started. Thank you for all of your support, you guys have been great mentors for both Cora and I.
Well at least shes developing her arch nemesis early lol. Cobrinha has Mendes. Caio has Bruno. Cora has..AOJ kid (forgot his name). If shes crushing people all the time she might not learn as much as when she has to face this kid. I notice this kid moves very quickly the best way to beat the fast twitch jiu jitsu guys is to slow them down. Controlling the hips is the most effective way. So instead of trying to go tit for tat in speed put him in quick sand.
This is the attitude that will increase the chances that Cora becomes a lifer at jiu jitsu :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cora Sek
Being 10, I don't think Cora needs any pressure of having a nemesis. I just want her to enjoy this sport for what's its really about, its not about the winning or losing, its about challenging YOURSELF to be better everyday. Of course the competition do play a roll in that, but its not the only thing. I guess the toughest opponent that she will ever face is herself. So as long as she competes within herself, she will always be a winner. As a father, its my job to guide her toward the right direction.
But I thought you had a list?
One does not simply want a nemesis..
You musttt takkke, what you wantttt,
Bobby: at this point in time a list won't help as these aregrowing kids and the boys that beaten her will out grow her and be in a different div before she can avenge her lost. Besides if we only focus on one opponent, we will miss out on the rest of the boys.
Yes, I agree, ditch the list, enjoy the wins and learn from losses, keep it beautiful :)
The reason why we created that "hit list" in the first place because we were new to the game and needed directions. Each boy on that list represented something that Cora needs to learn before she able to defeat them. That was our way of trying to learn. We had a boy that we called "flash" he is very fast, super quick and hyper. So Cora needed to learn how to catch and control him to beat him. Then we had a boy that we called "flexi boy", yes he was very flexible and hard to control and always manage to pull guard on Cora. She had to learn to stay away from his guard before she can defeated him. THen we have a kid called "Dynamite", he is very super technical. I am very impressed with him, I put Cora to spar with him the whole entire summer after every class. Little by little she learn from him. At the start he would tap her out anytime he wants. Each rolling session he would tap Cora out about 5-6 times, but the more they roll, by the end of summer Cora has almost caught up with him. Right now they are about equal, after blasting through all the other kids on the other team, these two teammates met each other at the finals 3 months ago and they split Gold. The reason why we don't need any list anymore is because now I have yall and the MTS. We have directions now from all the good people on here and Master Eddie.
Yep. I was fuk'n with ya. No lists. No vengence. Fact is she is good, so she will only compete against the best from now on. You are def progressing technically, mentally, strategically, and pretty much everywhere. She was outclassing her opponents in the beginning. Now she is facing opponents on her level. Now the journey begins. The greater the challenge the greater the reward. Best part is we know y'all are up for it. Ill be staying tuned from beginning to end:)
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Great job Cora!!
Kurzy: how many books do you have now? :)