Originally Posted by Aaronblue

I train at the Marcio Simas school in Orlando. The school didn't use to be like that but BJJ has been growing in popularity so fast the school can't handle the growth. It's moved to bigger locations twice in the last year already and it's already at capacity again. I think that's why they are taking more of a straight business approach to it as opposed to the wine and dine your customer approach most places would take.

Marcio is a 5th degree black belt and the school itself has about 15 black belts that train regularly so almost every class has 2-4 black belts in it that you can grapple with. If enough people don't show up to a class which happens from time to time it's like getting a private lesson for free and several of the black belts have won national championships like Anthony Tolone was the Naga U.S. National Champion.