Category: News

Student of the month for January 2020!

Congratulations to Shamir Owens, our student of the month for January 2020, the first one this decade! Shamir has been training at CMAC for five months! He is six years old and is a kindergartener Holt Elementary School! His favorite subject is math! Shamir saw us training through...

Master’s Memorial Seminar!

What a great weekend of training on Jan. 25th and 26th! We had a great day of tekko and sai basics on Saturday, also working on Tawada no sai and Maezato no tekko kobudo katas! After training we officially presented Hanshi Dometrich with her 9th Dan certificate, She...

Student of the month for December 2019!

Congratulations to Adreanna Wilkerson, our student of the month for December 2019! Adreanna is 17 years old and has been training at Carolina Martial Arts Center for one year. She is a senior at Voyager Academy! Adreanna started training at CMAC because she wanted to learn how to...

Test in December!

Congratulations to everyone who tested on Dec. 21st! We had a group of yellow belts who have been working hard since the summer to get ready for their next rank before the end of the year! Great job Luke, Erick, Caleb, Joel, and Rex! Get ready for your...

Christmas collection for Hope Valley Elementary School!

Great job CMAC students, families, and friends! You never seem to amaze with your kindness and generosity!!! You again delivered a truck load of gifts to the many families who were in need! Pictured are Hope Valley school counselors and school social worker with Sensei Gurganus. Thank you...

Student of the month for November 2019!

Congratulations to Robbie Matthews, our student of the month for November 2019! Robbie is 7 years old and is a first grader at Hope Valley Elementary School! He has been training at Carolina Martial Arts Center since January 2019! He got interested in taking classes after meeting Sensei...

Recent competition results from November 16th tournament!

Team CMAC competed in the Bull City Classic tournament on November 16th here in Durham! We entered with a small team but came back with big results! Our team consisted of Sensei Gurganus, Sensei Bryce, Lindsay, and Ava! The girls had some tough competition! Ava placed 1st in...

Student of the month for October 2019!

Congratulations to Andrew Wright, our student of the month for October 2019! Andrew is 42 years old and has been in the martial arts since 1984, he was seven years old. He started training with Sensei Gurganus in 1984 at another dojo, CMAC was founded in 1991 and...

Student of the month for September 2019!

Congratulations to Robert Kistler, our student of the month for September 2019! Robert is 56 years old has been training at Carolina Martial Arts Center since July 2013! He has been employed by the United States Postal Service for the past 31 years. Robert got interested in training...