Master Ricardo Murgel/Union World Organization

[Stonebreaker]

If I've done my Google-based homework correctly, Master Murgel is currently instructing at KnuckleUp in Georgia, and as the Official Union World Organization webpage (link) appears to have been last updated in late 2008, I'm assuming that it is now defunct. Can anyone confirm this, or know what happened to the UWO?

For that matter, does anyone know what the difference was between the UWO BJJ program and their "Submission Grappling" program? Was it gi vs. nogi, or something else?

 

[unionteambjj]

UPDATE: Master Ricardo Murgel is an 8th Degree BJJ black belt under the IBJJF and currently owns his own gym in Alpharetta, GA called Union Team BJJ. His organization is called Union Team BJJ Organization (still alive and strong) with affiliates in the US, Brazil, and Eastern Europe. Here is the facebook page. Master Murgel's program focuses on Gi, No Gi, and Judo techniques, as he's also a black belt in Judo under the Judo Brazilian Federation.