#35 - Enrique Matute - Sambo, Judo & Life

On this episode of the Grapplezilla podcast, I had the pleasure of having Enrique Matute as a guest. Enrique is a great Sambo and Judo practitioner as well as has one of the most solid grappling backgrounds a martial artist can have.Enrique Matute has been consistently training in martial arts since 13 years old. His first two martial arts were Judo and Freestyle wrestling. After a few years of some modest success at competing Enrique wanted to try something new. He began his journey in BJJ and Combat SAMBO in 2017. He would later make the switch to precision MMA later that year.Enrique has his blackbelt (shodan) in Judo (2012) and purple belt in BJJ in ( 2022). He has competed in Judo (4th at Junior nationals and Hatashita International Silver and Bronze) Freestyle wrestling, BJJ ( Silver at the Canadian BJJ Nationals), and SAMBO ( both Sport Sambo and Combat Sambo) (Arnold sports festival Battle of Columbus 2023) and has achieved modest results. Enrique continues to compete and has started teaching at Precision Martial Arts as the Grappling coachIf you enjoyed this episode of the Grapplezilla Podcast, we invite you to subscribe to the Grapplezilla Podcast for more great Grappling focused content uploaded regularly!---------------------------------------------------------------------You can follow Enrique Matute through his social accounts below:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoyajudoka---------------------------------------------------------------------Check out our Grapplezilla Merch at our store below, we have great merch for Grapplers from any style and it helps support the Grapplezilla Podcast:https://grapplezilla-shop.fourthwall.com/Until next episode, Grab, Throw, Tap!