Episode 115 - BJJ World Champion Dominyka Obelenyte

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

Wrestling, Wellness, Brazilianjiujitsu, Sports, Interviews, Mma, Bjj, Health, Chewjitsu, Injuryprevention

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Dominyka Obelnyte is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and multiple time world champion.

On this episode, Dominyka shares her story of immigrating to the United States, her start in martial arts and specifically BJJ because of being bullied, having her father as a coach, her initial dislike of Jiu-Jitsu, accessing a state of flow in training and competition, how to calm down prior to a competition, overcoming injury to win the world championships, dealing with constant injuries, finding balance in BJJ, competing for the right reasons, the impact of teaching, the biggest issue in BJJ gyms, the importance of questioning yourself, building a connection with your students, and much more!

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0:00.0	What's up, guys?
0:00.7	Today on the podcast, we have Dominica Obolente.
0:03.5	I'm probably butchering that.
0:05.2	I'm down here in Kentucky.
0:07.0	How are you guys doing?
0:08.1	Dominica Obolente, right?
0:10.2	Like when we say, down here in Kentucky, when we say Omapata, it's like Omapalata.
0:15.1	But no, hopefully I said that right.
0:16.5	So basically, we got Dominico on the podcast today.
0:19.3	She is a female jihitsu practitioner, world champion.
0:23.7	It had a fun podcast with her.
0:25.6	A lot of cool stuff.
0:27.3	A lot of cool stuff that, like, for me and some of the stuff that I get into,
0:30.8	she was talking about, like, kind of going through almost like a, you guys that listen to,
0:36.6	I'm a big fan of Joseph Campbell,
0:38.2	and one of his big ideas that he talks about is that idea of the death and rebirth.
0:41.8	And, you know, I actually read a quote the other day.
0:44.9	I was reading a book and I saw this quote.
0:46.4	And this one's a really cool one to share.
0:49.0	It, let me get into it real quick.
0:50.0	It's from Gabriel Garcia-Marquez. The quote is,
0:54.4	human beings are not born once and for all
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