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Phil

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About Me

I am a easy going person that likes to meet people that are not too dramatic. I was born outside of Chicago & grew up in South Houston, League City to be exact. I am & 3 of a four boy family. I am joined the USMC after high school & had my 18th birthday in boot camp. No ice cream or cake there.I had my 19th & 20th Birthday in Honolulu. I had my 21st birthday in Thai Land. 22nd in Honolulu. I traveled to much of the Mid-Pacific & Asia in the USMC. I stayed in Hawaii afterwards, then back to Texas. To know where I have been & what I have been so lucky to see defines who I am, along with how I have let it effect me. Certain wrinkles in time can shape people and their perception of life. I gravitate to very unique moments & places in time & life. I live a pretty healthy life & like everything to do with nature, Martial Arts, travel,and hanging with friends. I love to be outdoors, fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, looking for cool rocks & fossils and such. I also like really good food. I even know how to make many different types. I travel for fun would consider myself almost a saltwater fish. I love the ocean, surfing, fishing, diving, an everything else. I try to contribute to peoples lives in a positive way, & try to focus my time, friendship, and efforts in people that are the same. It took me a while to figure out I wanted to live this way, but it seems to be working.

My Interests

I of course love my job, Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, surfing, body boarding, body surfing, spearfish, fishing, hunting, travel, great food, and company.

I'd like to meet:

As far as Martial Arts, fitness and competition stuff I would like to find more people with the same work ethic for training that I have. I would also like to meet good people that keep my goals in mind. I am preparing to be the best athlete I can. I do other activities as well, but I am a focused fighter and competitor right now so I don't tear up the night life like I used to. I try to do that to celebrate victory once every couple months. I go out on some special occasions and these days only drink the best tequila or a really good beer, recently started enjoying red wine. I'd like to meet any one that wants to contribute to my life in a positive way. I tend to like a wide array of people. I am in touch with hold high school friends, military friends and old family friends, people from different Martial Arts, fighting, and fitness back grounds. I would like to meet more people like the the good people that I have already met.

Music:

I don't listen to much pop, hip-hop,or r&b. I do know of a couple good artists that play those types of music. But I don't have it on my MP3 player. I don't like most Country (specially new stuff) I like some rap, but too much stuff about how tuff, how much money, how many, women, bling bling ect. I like some old school rap, and some other types, I really like fast music, rock, metal, reggae, up beat stuff, classic rock, and even some more reserved stuff to chill to.

Movies:

Reservoir Dogs, Clock Work Orange, Family Guy The Movie, The Burbs, Stepping Into Liquid, Riding Giants, Grandma's Boy, Mob movies, City Of Gods, Holy Grail, Gracies In Action, Scarface, Godfather, The Matrix, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Apocalypse Now, Boondock Saints, Brave Heart, Pink Floyd the wall, Anchor Man, Old School, 12 monkeys, Nacho Libre, and whatever else makes me laugh. I don't watch as many serious movies these days.

Television:

I usually watch animals, surfing, fighting, hunting, fishing, travel or food stuff, I catch adult swim as often as possible. But for many months I have not watched any t.v. I have been living life instead.

Books:

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another mix of old matches Victor and Phil Close Tournament

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Posted by Phil on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:06:00 PST

some old unseen video "Closing Jiu-Jitsu Tournament"

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Posted by Phil on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:04:00 PST

my cousin put this video together this video: Relson Gracie Team

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Posted by Phil on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:03:00 PST

my second match @ Gracie Championship Black Belt Division

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Posted by Phil on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:59:00 PST

I was on ESPN radio this morning.

Here is a link to the Radio show I did this morning. http://gracie-jiu-jitsu.blogspot.com/2006/06/phil-cardella-o n-austin-espn-radio_18.html Now I have to ask it that the way I really sound? I though...
Posted by Phil on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:31:00 PST

A quick note about our last trip to Hawaii.

So when Relson told me I was eligible for promotion to my Black Belt under him I decided that I had to go out to Hawaii (where his main academy is) and be promoted on his mats where he teaches the mos...
Posted by Phil on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 05:07:00 PST