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...
Congratulations to Camila Arzuaga, our student of the month for February 2023! Camila is eight years old and is in the third grade at Duke School. Her favorite subject is specials, especially Spanish. Camila started martial arts training in 2019 at NCMA (North County Martial Arts), in Carlsbad...
More than 70 martial artists from across North and South Carolina and Maine attended the annual Shihan Barry Huneycutt and Hanshi Lemuel Stroud Memorial Seminar Saturday, March 11th at Lenoir Community College. The seminar was hosted by Stroud’s School of Martial Arts in Kinston and Charles June Karate...
Congratulations to everyone who tested on March 4th and March 7th! Very proud of this group! They all worked very hard to get ready but several really stepped up lately to overcome some obstacles and prepare for the test! Testing on March 4th, front row(L to R): Yunmiao,...
Congratulations to Aidan Shaw, our student of the month for January 2023! Aidan is eight years old and is in the second grade at New Hope Elementary School in Hillsborough, N.C.! His favorite subject is specials(especially P.E. and Music). Aidan started martial arts because he wanted to learn...
Congratulations to Esme Bender, our student of the month for December 2022! Esme started training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in April of 2021! She is currently a 9th kyu yellow belt and has been working hard to test for her next rank of 8th kyu. Esme is...