This program at the University of Northern Michigan, did it not apply to senior level wrestlers as well? It seemed for a while the quality of competitors coming out of that program was on par with Colorado Springs. Even though Im sure many of those NMU guys spent time at the OTC as well.
It didnt apply to most senior level competitors because most senior competitors were already All Americans and graduated college already.
That is an interesting question, and to answer it - yes. Especially no gi. Ever since EBI and other submission only formats have come out, BJJ and grappling in general has been getting bigger and bigger. There are more tournaments like that over here now, more BJJ (in gi) tournaments than before. It is really cool to see. Even Brazilians move here to teach. It surprisingly is the same in Central Asia (namely Kazakhstan). Very cool to see these countries getting boost in BJJ, when they are all typically wrestling, judo (and sambo) and boxing dominated countries.
