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Congratulations to Meadow Wrobel and Ben Smedley for testing for 9th kyu yellow belt on April 21st! Both tested live in our outside classes and did a great job and a little extra! Meadow and Ben both started in November 2021 and both have recently received Student of...

Congratulations to Cat Dean, our student of the month for April 2021! Cat started training at CMAC in November of 2015, she had previous training in Kyokushin-kai and was looking for a new dojo! She had previously started the martial arts in the early 90’s in New York!...

Kuniba-kai International held its 3rd Zoom training on Saturday, May 1st! There were 22 countries represented and over 200 participants! Three Kuniba-ryu instructors taught training sessions on kihon, kata, and kumite drills. Hanshi Darren Myers from Virginia started things off with basics and the review of the kata...

Congratulations to Ben Smedley, our student of the month for March 2021! Ben has been training at CMAC since November of 2020 and just recently tested for his 9th kyu yellow belt! He is 13 years old and is in the 7th grade at Immaculata Catholic School! His...

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...

Congratulations to Meadow Wrobel, our student of the month for February 2021! Meadow started training at CMAC in October 2020. She is seven years old and in the first grade at Easley Elementary School. Her favorite subject at school is science! She started taking karate at the recommendation...

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...

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...

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...