Category: News

Surprise promotion for Sensei James Walker on March 11th!

Congratulations to James Walker on his recent promotion to Sandan in Shito-ryu karate! James started training at CMAC in early 1992 and was one of our original students! James was the first CMAC student to get his black belt from Sensei Gurganus! He received his last promotion in...

Student of the month for Feb. 2019!

Congratulations to Tray Batson, our student of the month for February 2019! Tray, 52, has been training since August 2016! Tray is a music teacher for The Raleigh School and Montessori Day School of Chapel hill! He is also a music therapist for Duke Children’s Hospital! Tray says...

Test in January and February!

Congratulations to everyone who tested in January and February! Xavi who tested on Jan. 30th, Raghav who tested on Feb. 6th, Ava who tested on Feb. 27th and Nathan who tested on Feb. 28th! Great job everyone and keep up the good job in class!

31st annual Winter Spirit Martial Arts Camp, Feb. 8-10!

The 31st annual Winter Martial Arts Spirit Camp was held Feb. 8-10 at Kill Devil Hills, N.C.! This beach training includes 4 different classes to choose from every hour! Classes were offered in kata, kobudo, kumite, iaido, jiujitsu, knife training, combative flow, gun disarms, etc., just to name...

Master’s memorial seminar on Feb. 2nd!

The Master’s Memorial Seminar was held on Feb. 2nd in Satellite Beach, Florida. Dojo from all over take this day to train and to celebrate past martial artist and their contributions to the arts! It was started to honor the passing of Akamine, Eisuke, of the Ryukyu Kobudo...

Student of the month for January 2019!

Congratulations to Dylan Keeler, our student of the month for January 2019! Dylan is 20 yrs. old and is a graduate of Durham School of the Arts. He attends Durham Tech. with a concentration in visual arts and plans to attend N.C. State! Dylan has been attending CMAC...

Happy Birthday, Soke Shogo Kuniba!

Soke Shogo Kuniba would have been 84 years on on Feb. 5th! Soke Kuniba was the founber of Motobu-ha shito-ryu karate-do, the style practiced at Carolina Martial Arts Center!

Student of the month for Dec. 2018!

Congratulations to Anya Rumbach, our student of the month for Dec. 2018! Anya is 11 years old and is in the 5th grade at the Montessori School of Durham! Her favorite subject is science. Anya has been training at CMAC for 2 years! She says she started martial...

New web pages coming soon!

Be on the lookout for some new website pages coming soon! We will be adding a CMAC store page and a new membership page! We are also busy filming and editing new and updated videos for members instructional pages! We should have new karate, kobudo, and iaido videos...