Author: sensei

Kuniba-kai International Zoom training on March 13th!

Kuniba-kai had its second monthly Zoom training on March 13th, 8:00 a.m. U.S. eastern time! There were over 250 participants from more than 15 countries! Training lasted for one and one half hours with different instructors teaching 10 to 15 minute sessions. We had a 30 minute head...

Embu Taikai, Master’s Memorial on Feb.6th, 2021!

Our annual Embu Taikai was held on Feb. 6th! This year was virtual on Zoom and had 40 participants! Many styles were represented: shorin-ryu, shito-ryu, shotokan, chito-ryu, yoshinkan, isshin-ryu, and wado-ryu! The day was sent training in bo and sai basics and kata. The event always begins with...

Student of the month for January 2021!

Congratulations to Joel Kungu, our student of the month for January 2021! Joel has been training since March of 2019! He is eleven years old and in the sixth grade at Durham School of the Arts(DSA). His favorite subject is math! Joel started to take karate to learn...

Student of the month for December 2020!

Congratulations to Joe Kelly, our student of the month for December 2020! Joe started training at CMAC in May of 2009! Joe recently tested on Dec. 13th, 2020 for black belt(Shodan)! Joe is involved in all aspects of CMAC, including karate, kobudo, iaido, sparring, demos, fund raisers and...

Advanced testing in December 2020!

Congratulations to everyone who tested, both in person and virtually on December 12th and 13th! Advanced testing for green through black belt took place on these two days! Lindsay Garner tested for 6th kyu, green belt! Adam Weiss, Tray Batson, and Chris Alford tested for 5th kyu, green...

Student of the month for November 2020!

Congratulations to Marc Mitzner, our student of the month for November 2020! Marc started training at CMAC in April of 2013! Marc recently tested and was promoted to brown belt(sankyu) on Dec. 12th, 2020! Marc in active in all CMAC activities and is always there to help with...

Student of the month for October 2020!

Congratulations to Jackson Wilfong, our student of the month for October 2020! He has been training at CMAC since March 2019! Jackson is six years old and is a first grader at Easley Elementary School. Jackson started martial arts to develop more core strength and coordination! His favorite...

Dojo visit from Sam Sykes!

It is always a pleasure when our former students come to train when they are in town. It was great to see Sam Sykes, one of CMAC’s black belts, when he came to our outside training on Wednesday, October 6th! Sam started training when he was 6 years...