Congratulations to Tariku Mitchell, our student of the month for July 2023! Tariku is 9 years old and is homeschooled and entering the 4th grade this year. His favorite subject in school is math. He started in September 2022 after asking his parents to sign him up for...
Congratulations to everyone who tested on July 8th! We had ten students testing in all, six tested for 9th kyu yellow belt(Rudy, Sullivan, Grayson, Bryson, Will, Brennan), three tested for 8th kyu yellow belt(Camila, Shamir, Ryder), and one tested for 7th kyu yellow belt(Jackson)! Pictured front row(L-R): Grayson,...
Congratulations to Sullivan Weant, our student of the month for June 2023! Sullivan began training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in November of 2022 and just recently tested for his 9th kyu yellow belt. Sullivan is nine years old and is a rising fourth grader at Club Boulevard...
Congratulations to Alex Gilligan, our student on the month for May 2023! Alex is a longtime student of Carolina Martial Arts Center. He started in 1998 when he was just 6 years old, he is now 30! Wow, thats 24 years ago! Alex started training just because his...
Congratulations to all who tested on Saturday, May 13th! Everyone tested for 9th kyu yellow and did a great job! Pictured below are: (L to R) Annabel, Archer, Ethan(our April student of the month), and Rafi. Keep up the good effort and we’ll see you at your next...
The 2023 conference was held May 5-6 in Fort Mill, S.C.! The annual event had over 200 participants and 30 instructors! Each training session had a choice of 5 different class subjects and instructors! A great time to train with old and new friends and to share and...
Congratulations to Ethan Villalta, our student of the month for April 2023! Ethan is 7 years old and is in the first grade at Hillandale Elementary School. His favorite subject is science! Ethan started training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in October of 2022. He started martial arts...
Team CMAC competed April 22nd in Greenville, N.C. at the ECU Martial Arts Open! Our small four person team brought back eight medals, six gold and two silver, not a bad percentage! Yunmiao Shi took gold in kata, her only division! Brian Shaw took gold in kata and...
Congratulations to Yuqian Shi, our student of the month for March 2023! Yuqian started at Carolina Martial Arts Center in September 2022 with his five year old daughter, Yunmiao! He is 34 years old and works as a Strategy Consultant for Pharma and Biotech. He has a PH.D...
Autism Awareness Month happens every April and April 2nd is National Autism Awareness Day! Carolina Martial Arts Center and Sensei Gurganus have been honored and privileged to work with and serve individuals with autism for almost forty years! Working with children and adults, our dojo has always had...