Do you know the name of the teacher there? or their website? I compete all the time and know a lot of guys including a teacher in that area who can give me some inside info. I'd say do it though - it's great, and BJJ is a great base to start with, and I'm not saying that cause I do BJJ currently, I used to be a wrestler and did a little kickboxing... of them BJJ is the hardest to learn, and with the gi, its even harder. You can train in the gi, and walk into a no-gi tournament and take first against all the no-gi guys, but it doesn't work in reverse.