Mixed Martial Arts is a very new sport here in mainstream society. It was designed to see which style of Martial Arts or fighting was more effective. In the beginning it was a spectacle sport. It has evolved into the fastest growing sport in America today. There are professional events with competitive athletes using the most limited rules allowed by the states' governing bodies in which our team has had overwelming success through proper training & technique. Basically limited rules fighting has transformed into a sanctioned sport where athletes can test their self-defense training against another willing trained athlete.

Self-defense is basically Mixed Martial Arts training but less polite. It is important to be able to successully apply self-defense moves in a fast paced enviornment. This is not on the streets for fun. Self-defense in the past had only been tested in the academy & in the rare situations when someone is attacked. Most instructors have not really applied what they teach at full speed. Each Mixed Martial Arts class at our facility is taught by Phil Cardella, with assistance from other accomplished professional fighters. Self-defense training gives you the option to use every dirty trick in the book, this gives you a huge advantage over people that don't train. It is needed to become skilled and relaxed. This includes knees to the head & body, punches, elbows & kicks and every type of submission.

Our Jiu-Jitsu is best designed for this type of training unlike most Jiu-Jitsu we do not only focus on sport grappling competition. We do great in those areas but just like anthing you have to practice the right moves to be good & we practice these moves in a controlled safe enviornment. Fact is most people don't know the proper defense that real Jiu-Jitsu offers, we learn and drill the most effective moves and nothing that is ineffective. Training with control prevents injuries and allows for training on a regular basis, which makes you improve the fastest because you are healthy and training, not injured and frustrated.

We pass on our battle tested and proven techniques in every class in full detail. Our academy holds very high training & personal standards for people intrested in representing our facility in Mixed Martial Arts. Our training sessions allow every one of our students to train in Mixed Martial Arts. Our team's self-defense has been tested in daily life and in fights for large cash prizes. This is done in major events drawing the most elite fighters from around the nation. Our team has brought home the 1st place in the largest tournaments in our state beating local heros and we have fought and won at international competition. We are constantly testing the effectiveness of our techniques for our students' benifit.

Phil Cardella is the first American to ever represent the Relson Gracie Team in Professional Limited Rules Fighting. We have several Professional Fighters at our academy and have Fighters from the UFC come to learn on a regular basis.