Kobudo training and testing was conducted on Jan. 21st! Bo basics were covered and kata review up through Yondan! Those testing were Dave Henshall-shodan, Joe Kelly-nikyu, Carl Turner and Marc Mitzner-yonkyu! Congratulations!!!
On Jan. 14th, the Master’s Memorial seminar was held! Dojo from all over the world participate to celebrate Akamine, Eisuke Hanshi and other teachers who devoted themselves to teaching martial arts and who have passed away. Jan. 14th is the actual day that Akamine passed away in 1999! ...
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Christmas collection for Durham Public Schools! The CMAC family and their giving heart always seem to amaze me! We will be able to give many Hope Valley families a brighter Christmas this season! Pictured are some of the items collected...
Thank you to everyone who came out to help with our demo at Holt Elementary on Aug.19th! Holt is a year round school with a focus on asian studies! We demonstrated karate, jiujitsu, kobudo and iaido for the entire 2nd grade! Thank you to Ms. Michele Chan, 2nd...
While on vacation in the Georgia mountains, I had the chance to visit and train with an old friend and student, Sensei Todd Irvine! Todd was one of the original students of CMAC that started out at the UNC-Chapel Hill fencing room in 1991! I visited Todd’s class...
Congratulations to Nathan Henshall on his recent outstanding performance at the 2016 AAU National Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida! Nathan won a bronze medal in kumite! Time to get ready for next year, nationals may be in Raleigh, N.C. next year!
Happy birthday to Shihan Sherman Courtney! I started training with Sensei Courtney in 1974. He is a direct student of Koyasu, Michio Sensei of the Soryu-kan style of karate. After earning 5th dan ranking he received the adoptive name of Soman Koyasu from his teacher. He was the...
Congratulations to everyone who tested May 19th! Great test and we’re really proud of all the hard work and heart that has been put forth! We have several new advanced green belts that have been training a long time to get to this point! Well done everyone!
Congratulations to Nathan Henshall on his recent outstanding performances at the AAU Super Regional in Raleigh, N.C. on March 14th. Nathan won gold in all three of his events! Gold in kata, gold in kobudo, and gold in kumite! On to the nationals.