Dominyka Obelenyte is 21 years old. In that time she’s accomplished becoming a world champion several times at different levels including being world champ at the black belt level for both her weight category and absolute in 2015.
Her accomplishments don’t stop there, she conquered Pans, Europeans and various other stages. She got her black belt from Marcelo Garcia on 15th January 2015.
Earlier this year at Mundials she was still representing team Marcelo Garcia:
But that would soon change as Obelenyte became part of Fabio Clemente’s team.
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She explains the rationale for leaving to flograppling:
“I’m no longer under Marcelo Garcia. I’m not under team Fabio Clemente.I’m not gonna delve too deep into why I switched but there were certain circumstances that arose in my time there and I kind of saw my time there running its course just needing something else that I couldn’t find there that I happened to find here. ” Dominyka added “At this academy I feel a different level of support and a different type of family.”
And as for Marcelo Garica, Obelenyte insists she still has the utmost respect for him:
“I have the utmost respect for my former instructor. He will always be the person to have given me belts blue through black. I’m always gonna respect him and he’s always gonna be a really vital part of my jiu-jitsu journey. “
