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...
Thank you to everyone who donated and contributed to our collection this year!!! With only two weeks to collect donations you filled up the truck twice. We had enough to provide for our selected families then set up a store for parents to come in and select more...
Congratulations to Marley Stephens, our student of the month for November 2022! Marley started training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in September of 2022. Marley is just turning 12 years old and is home schooled where he is currently in the 5th grade. His favorite subject is P.E....
On Wednesday November, 30th, we demonstrated and taught a class at Hope Valley Elementary for Multicultural Night! The demonstration included basics, kata, jujitsu, and kobudo. Specials thanks to Yuquian, Marc, Robert, Chris, and Yunmiao for coming out to help demonstrate and represent CMAC. Great job everyone! After the...
Congratulations to Sue Gouchoe, our student of the month for October 2022! Sue has been a longtime student of Carolina Martial Arts Center! She is currently a Ikkyu brown belt. Sue started training in 2003 after her son, Matt, had been training for a few months. Having been...
On October 29th, CMAC took a small 5 person team to compete at the Alamance Open in Burlington, N.C.! Competition consisted of kata, weapons kata, and sparring. Our team consisted of Brian Shaw, Lindsay Gardner, Sindi Perez, Brian Lopez, and Sensei Gurganus. Results were as follows: Brian Shaw...
Congratulations to Ryder Strickland, our student of the month for September 2022! Ryder started training at CMAC in January 2020, right before the pandemic hit. He took a 2 year break and started back in April of this year! Ryder is nine years old and is a third...
Congratulations to all who tested in August and September! Left to Right are Ryder, Camille, Henry, Shamir, and Arlo. Henry tested for yellow(9th kyu) on August 24th. Ryder, Camille, and Shamir tested for yellow(9th kyu) in September. Arlo also tested in September for yellow/green tip(8th kyu). Great job...
Congratulations to Mary Walters, our student of the month for August 2022! Mary started training at CMAC in December of 2015. She also trained at the SafeSkills dojo before coming to CMAC! Mary is a senior at Riverside High School were she is also on the field hockey...