Category: News

Congratulations to those who have recently tested!

Congratulations to all who tested in August and September! Left to Right are Ryder, Camille, Henry, Shamir, and Arlo. Henry tested for yellow(9th kyu) on August 24th. Ryder, Camille, and Shamir tested for yellow(9th kyu) in September. Arlo also tested in September for yellow/green tip(8th kyu). Great job...

Student of month for August 2022!

Congratulations to Mary Walters, our student of the month for August 2022! Mary started training at CMAC in December of 2015. She also trained at the SafeSkills dojo before coming to CMAC! Mary is a senior at Riverside High School were she is also on the field hockey...

Student of the month for July 2022!

Congratulations to Jimmy Jenista, our student of the month for July 2022! Jimmy is 8 years old and is a 3rd grader at Morehead Montessori Elementary school.  His favorite subject is math! He has been studying karate for almost a year.  Jimmy started taking martial arts in hopes to...

Student of the month for June 2022!

Congratulations to Sindi Juarez Perez, our student of the month for June 2022! Sindi is originally from Chiapas, Mexico! Sindi started training at CMAC in February 2019! Sindi started training after Sensei talked her into it after she watched her son Brian training for several months and Sensei...

Test on June 30th!

Congratulations to everyone who tested on June 30th! This was the first test we have had inside the dojo in over two years! Everyone has been working hard outside to prepare and get ready. Great job to (L-R) Brian Bishop, Raghav Swaminathan, Adreanna Wilkerson, Ben Smedley, and Jimmy...

2022 Shuri-Te Martial Arts International Conference!

Great weekend of training and teaching at the 2022 Shuri-Te Martial Arts International Conference in Fort Mill, South Carolina! The event took place over the weekend of June 17th-19th! Four to five classes were offered during each session in a variety of martial arts from A-Z! There were...

Student of the month for May 2022!

Congratulations to Robert Kistler, our student of the month for May 2022! Robert started training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in July of 2013! He is currently a 4th kyu green belt preparing to test for his brown belt this year! Robert is retired from the United States...

Test on June 9th!

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...

Spectrum News

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...

National Karate Jujitsu Federation training!

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...