Romeoville's Taylor Guerra has won 24 titles fighting in the North American Grappling Association. She's also life-lessons, chief among them how to push toward achieving a goal and how to maintain a healthy respect for others.
Few at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Plainfield would know to call Taylor “The Terror” Guerra by her fighting nickname.
Fewer still know the 13-year-old girl from Romeoville is recognized nationally as one of the best young Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grapplers in the country.
“That’s one of the reasons I contacted you,” said Taylor’s father and instructor, Jerry Guerra. “Taylor is a very humble kid. She doesn’t say much to her friends about her fighting. I doubt they know how good she is. And I thought maybe our community would like to know.”
Know this: Guerra boasts a record of 106-17 and 91 of her wins have come by submission, meaning she has choked out her opponents or they have tapped out, and 95 percent of the time she is fighting against boys.
Most of them are 10-20 pounds heavier than Guerra, who is anything but a 92-pound weakling.
http://bolingbrook.patch.com/sports/p/secret-is-out for the video and the rest of the story....
Few at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Plainfield would know to call Taylor “The Terror” Guerra by her fighting nickname.
Fewer still know the 13-year-old girl from Romeoville is recognized nationally as one of the best young Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grapplers in the country.
“That’s one of the reasons I contacted you,” said Taylor’s father and instructor, Jerry Guerra. “Taylor is a very humble kid. She doesn’t say much to her friends about her fighting. I doubt they know how good she is. And I thought maybe our community would like to know.”
Know this: Guerra boasts a record of 106-17 and 91 of her wins have come by submission, meaning she has choked out her opponents or they have tapped out, and 95 percent of the time she is fighting against boys.
Most of them are 10-20 pounds heavier than Guerra, who is anything but a 92-pound weakling.
http://bolingbrook.patch.com/sports/p/secret-is-out for the video and the rest of the story....
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