Congratulations to all who tested on June 9th! William Benz, Meadow Wrobel, and Jackson Wilfong(L to R) all tested for 8th kyu(yellow/green stripe)! They all did a great job on basics, kata, and sparring techniques! Testing outside in 90 degree plus weather for over an hour wasn’t easy...
I thought you’d like to see this video featuring Raghav on Spectrum News. He is in class in a part of the video. I met Raghav and his family in 2003 when he and his brother Abu started taking classes. He trained for several years and his mom...
On April 29th and 30th, the National Karate Jujitsu Federation held training outdoors and on the beach at Kitty Hawk, N.C.! Great training with 3 hours of iaido(sword drawing) on Friday night taught by Carolina Martial Arts Centers Bill Harmon(Shihan Dai)! Saturday included beach training for all including...
Congratulations to Lillian Nyiri, our student of the month for April 2022! Lillian has been training at Carolina Martial Arts Center since Oct. 2021. Lillian is four years old and attends preschool at Kids R Kids RTP. She loves riding horses, playing chase, spending time in nature, bugs,...
Congratulations to Marc Mitzner, our student of the month for March 2022! Marc has been an active student at Carolina Martial Arts Center since April 2013! He is currently a sankyu brown belt training for his next level. Marc started training after his daughter, Eva, had been training...
World Autism Awareness Month happens every April! 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 an open door to individuals of all...
Thank you to Mrs. Dais and her kindergarten class at Hope Valley Elementary School for allowing Carolina Martial Arts Center to come into their classroom to give a presentation and demo on karate! All the kids said “ohayo(ohio)”, good morning in Japanese when I came into the classroom!...
Congratulations to Chris Alford, our student of the month for February 2022! Chris started training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in September of 2015! He is currently a 5th kyu green belt. Chris is 26 years old and works at Velocity Fitness. Chris started martial arts because he...
March 5th, 2022 was the Landry Gray Memorial seminar in Winterville, N.C. that is held every two years and alternates with the Hanshi Stroud memorial in Kinston, N.C.! There were over 50 participants from a variety of martial arts systems and styles. Every hour, three class subjects were...
Congratulations to Henry Westbrook, our student of the month for January 2022! Henry is seven years old and is a second grader at Easley Elementary School. His favorite subject is math. He has been training at Carolina Martial Arts Center since October of 2021. Henry started training because...