Phil started offically training Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu at the Aiea assocation of Relson's Ran by Sam Mahi, Chris & Mike Onzuka and their assistant instructors. He started competing while in the Marine Corps and met Master Relson Gracie and has been a Champion on Master Reslon's competition team since 1997.
He has been lucky enough to train with some of the best fighters in the World & at some of the best schools on the planet. He is a full time fighter & Martial Artist. The best way to judge his skill is to look at the achievements of his students in tournaments, they are beating Black Belt Champions in competion and winning the highest level of competition in the world. They are also in great shape and able to easily defend themselves. His Bio shows his current record. He is still a active competitor in order to strive to find and battle test the most effective, current & usable techniques.
The Head Judo & Wrestling coach. Richard Giberson is Phil Cardella's second student in Texas and his ranking & training has been with the tough standard of Master Relson Gracie. He is Texas States ex-head wrestling coach, and is at the Black belt level with his Judo. Richard has trained private lessons with every single guest Instructor brought to our Academy & is a great example on & off the mats. He assists with teaching the Austin Police Department, and helped train each of the Professional Athletes from the academy for every professional tournament we have done and has been an instrumental part of training the competition team. He holds a Black Belt under Relson.
Christy Thomas is a Brown Belt under Master Relson Gracie and Black Belt Phil Cardella. She came to Jiu-Jitsu with no prior martial arts experience. She is an active competitor in both amateur and professional grappling competitions. She instructs the women only Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu class which started in September 2003. She holds several wins since her start with Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in November 2001. She has competed in Brazil, Hawaii , and the Mainland USA.
Brown Belt Under Master Relson Gracie and Black Belt Phil Cardella
Assistant Instructor Relson Gracie Austin Association
Assistant Instructor of Local Law Enforcement
Randy began Martial Arts training at 16yrs old in Muay Thai and Jeet Kun Do and branched out to Kickboxing, Gung Fu ( Sil Lum ), and Olympic Tae Kwon Do. He is a Tae Kwon Do black belt under Phil Cardella.
He has trained at Guy Mezger's (UFC Contender and Pride Fighter) Academy in Dallas Tx and has countless amateur and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments and 4 professional Pancration bouts.
Randy holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and currently competes professionally in MMA competitions.
Classes Offered at Gracie Austin