Entries by Danjerr Presson

How To Survive Beer Camp

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I’m here to tell you the legends are true. You might wonder how could it be possible for one person to train so hard, learn so many things, drink so much beer, have that much fun and live to tell the tale. Fear not my friends. With some simple guidelines you too can make it […]

Pomalo- Time Doesn’t Exist

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The country: Croatia Gyms visited: Black Dragon Zagreb, Alliance BD Split, Jungle BJJ SplitAtmosphere: Chill vibes and bring lots of water I’ve never been more tempted to buy a boat and float the rest of my life away. Touched down in Zagreb the capital of Croatia for one week followed by a week on the Croatian […]

Belgrade: The One Stop Shop

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The country: SerbiaGyms visited: Kimura Academy, Old SchoolAtmosphere: Instant friends  Read anywhere online and the forums will tell you Belgrade is party central Eastern Europe with floating clubs and women like goddesses. I was most excited for this stop on my summer trip around Europe, but for a different reason. That reason was Kimura Academy. […]

Vampires Know Leglocks

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The country: RomaniaGyms visited: 3Skill level: ExcellentVampire sightings: Possibly one After months of working and teaching BJJ in Africa I’ve decided to take a several month BJJ tour through Europe! This trip is going to take me from Eastern Europe to the July BJJ Globetrotters camp in Belgium and circle back to end at Oktoberfest […]

Edge of Africa

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Dakar doesn’t sleep.  At least that’s what I’m told as I pull my first all nighter of training after jumping off the plane in Dakar, Senegal. After arriving on my short 8 hour flight from N’Djamena I quickly meet AK and D’juan Owens who have spent the last 4 days teaching MMA seminars, preparing for […]

Heart of N’djamena

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 Part Two: N’djamena Has Heart Meet Basile. Basile is an approximately 6’2″/ 188cm tall 220lb / 100kg Judo black belt with 1o years of combined Judo and Wrestling experience. I stand at a staggering 5’8″ / 172 cm and 170lb / 77kg after leaving a buffet and I’m about to introduce Basile to BJJ. I […]

N’djamena welcomes BJJ

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At first it was just a crazy idea. I woke up hungover on a Sunday in the middle of a desert for about the third week in a row. I hadn’t trained at all for months and I felt terrible. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to be on the mats it’s just that there […]