Javier Palomo is a black belt in several martial arts, a purple belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu and a Catch Wrestling instructor. He talks about the value of exploring other grappling styles and different tournament rule sets. Click “read more” for show notes! 

SHOW NOTES:

• His recent silver medal at US Combat Wrestling
• His martial arts background
• Differences and similarities among grappling styles
• The value of cross training as a grappler
• Keeping an open mind
• His favorite grappling rule set
• Should all take downs be scored the same?
• The benefit of various rule set options
• The influence Reilly Bodycomb has had on him
• Competing while training with multiple teams and styles
• His advice to grapplers who want to be well rounded