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 Peak Performance Professional Instructors

     Master Schill is the owner and chief instructor of Peak Performance Training Center. With nearly 37 years of Martial Arts experience, more than 20 years instructing and Cedar Park's premier Martial Arts Academy, Master Schill has partnered up with Gracie Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Phil Cardella to Bring Gracie Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai to Cedar Park.

    In addition to Master Schill's vast experience and training world wide, he is also an author, Personal Development Coach and father of 5. Master Schill is very excited about adding more programs, especially for adults to their already successful program.

     With the addition to Mr. Cardella, his MMA experience and proven instruction ability, Peak Performance has catpulted themselves far ahead of all other academies in North Austin, Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander, Georgetown and surrounding areas.  

     Mr. Cardella is a proven instructor and academy owner.  A Relson Gracie Jiu Jitsu, Mr. Cardella has highly proven track record. With a successful Jiu Jitsu  academy (Gracie Austin Jiu Jitsu) down south.

    

Phil started Martial Arts at age 12 in South Houston where having a humble good nature and the warrior spirit was first and foremost. He first achieved rank in Tae Kwon Do & Hapkido under Master Chad Glisson.

     Master Chad Glisson also exposed Phil and his brothers to Shodo Kan Karate, Akido, Ryku Kenpo, Dillman theory pressure points, Small circle Jiu-Jitsu, Hapkido, Thai boxing, Jeet Kun Do, Kali, Judo, and whatever else he could. Chad Glisson was the first to tell The Cardella brothers about the Gracie Family and their system of fighting.

     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 Relson'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.

     If you are ready to start training with one of the best practitioners and instructors in the United States, then sign up for a FREE trial class and exeperience the Peak Performance Difference. 

   

Mr. Lance Yager is our Muay Thai and Striking Instructor is an accomplished striker.  At the age of nine, he was first introduced to the martial arts by his father and first instructor, Master Ray Yager.  Lance began his striking career in Kempo Karate.  After two years of hard work and dedication he made a transition from Kempo to Tae Kwon Do and Kickboxing.   As a very competitive teenager Mr. Yager was ranked 1st in Texas for three consecutive years in the AOK tournament circuit.

     In 2004, Mr. Yager joined the United States Air Force to serve as a combat medic.  The first three years of his service were spent at Yokota Air Base where he spent the majority of his time training at the Chute Boxing Academy in Tokyo.  Mr. Yager’s training at Chute Boxe taught him the use of basic tactics in combination with very complex strategy.  He also began to realize the balance of the mind and body.  When his tour of duty in Japan was completed Mr. Yager was relocated to Hill Air Force Base, Utah.  Shortly after his arrival he met UFC veteran, Jeremy Horn and decided that he would be wasting my time if he trained with anyone else in the area.  This marked the beginning of his professional fighting career. 

     After a year of training with Jeremy Horn Mr. Yager was released from active duty military service and made his new home in Austin, TX in OCT 2008.  As soon as he and his wife Brandi were settled in he started to ask around for a good MMA gym in Austin to continue his journey.  If you ask around town about a quality Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Austin, you  will hear the name Phil Cardella.  Mr. Yager has been training with Mr. Cardella ever since. He will now lead the striking classes at Peak Performance Martial Arts.