I have nothing personally against William and Chandra Vandry. However, I feel I need to let others know about my bad experience in hopes that they can avoid the same experience. I took both BJJ and kick boxing for over a year. In addition, I enrolled my 8 year old son in the kids BJJ classes. With adult BJJ, the classes were okay - William is certainly good at BJJ and a decent teacher. However, what turned me off was when I personally saw William hurt a few students (even though he claims he doesnt ever rip submissions). Kick boxing with Chandra was also okay. She is super nice, but clearly not qualified.The classes are all pads and other drills, but NO sparring. So, its great from a cardio perspective, you never learn to actually defend yourself. The kids class was even worse; often taught by white belts with only months of total BJJ experience. Being a martial arts novice, I didnt realize how much beter it could be until I went to a different school - better instruction, atmosphere, and kids classes. So, before you sign a binding contract with William, please look around and see what else is out there... good luck!

Completely toxic environment. William constantly makes extremely inappropriate comments about women. He also constantly pushes his religious beliefs and tries to sell his own miracle oil during class. Look elsewhere especially if youre a woman.

Run away as fast as you can. I trained with William for about 1 year. Never before have I met a more unprofessional, sexist, and egotistical person. He even degrades his own wife Chandra in front of the class. Classes usually start very late due to William feeling the need to discuss his questionable beliefs with the class. Also the fact that he has been teaching in Austin for ~20 years, yet has one of the smallest schools and a small number of long term students should be telling. Save yourself the agony and go train at one of the other excellent schools. Id recommend BTT, Brazilian Fight Factory, or Coopers MMA - all within a few miles of Vandrys, and much better schools.

GREAT TEACHER! GREAT PEOPLE! LOVE GOING TO CLASS! Hardest part about finding a good school is rolling with people who are trying to hurt you. Everyone here is respectful and they roll accordingly. GREAT SCHOOL!

Clean facility. Friendly and helpful students. Top notch instruction.Not for Muscle-Heads or Mat-Hoppers just looking for a place to roll. A legit, quality academy to train at and learn Jiu Jitsu from a top level instructor.As a visiting student, I always try to stop in for a visit when I am in Austin.I would strongly recommend Vandry BJJ to anyone looking for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in the area.

Ive been training with Professor William Vandry since 2003, but i dont live in Austin, I have been traveling from Brownsville, TX to train with him if not once a month once every two months since i started. I travel 6 hours each way just to get to train with him. Professor Vandry is a genius when it comes to teaching and developing BJJ techniques, I have trained all over the country, with lots of other black belts but i chose Professor Vandry for the way he builds his students at his school. I have never been to a better school. Always greeted with a smile from day one, everyone trained with alot of respect, everyone was at a high level of skill, and all a testament to how Professor Vandry was teaching. I wouldnt change my school for anything in the World. I highly recommend Professor Vandry and his school to anyone at any level for men women and children.

Highly quality Instruction! I high recommended!

The instruction and community have kept me coming here for over a decade.

I love training at this school under Proffessor William Vandry ; Coach Carbone; Coach Aiken and Coach Dixon and Coach Collard.They not only give clear instruction but they do not take it easy on me just because I am a girl. I really feel like part of an extended family and I am treated with kindenss and courtesy by all who train there. I think the kids class is awesome also and all the kids train so hard and I am very proud when I see them pull off Bjj moves with confidence and true ability.

Very good instruction. Family friendly kids classes.

The owner William is literally the biggest fabricator of stories, not to be trusted