Congratulations to Marc Mitzner, our student of the month for March 2022! Marc has been an active student at Carolina Martial Arts Center since April 2013! He is currently a sankyu brown belt training for his next level. Marc started training after his daughter, Eva, had been training...
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...
Thank you to Mrs. Dais and her kindergarten class at Hope Valley Elementary School for allowing Carolina Martial Arts Center to come into their classroom to give a presentation and demo on karate! All the kids said “ohayo(ohio)”, good morning in Japanese when I came into the classroom!...
Congratulations to Chris Alford, our student of the month for February 2022! Chris started training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in September of 2015! He is currently a 5th kyu green belt. Chris is 26 years old and works at Velocity Fitness. Chris started martial arts because he...
March 5th, 2022 was the Landry Gray Memorial seminar in Winterville, N.C. that is held every two years and alternates with the Hanshi Stroud memorial in Kinston, N.C.! There were over 50 participants from a variety of martial arts systems and styles. Every hour, three class subjects were...
Congratulations to Henry Westbrook, our student of the month for January 2022! Henry is seven years old and is a second grader at Easley Elementary School. His favorite subject is math. He has been training at Carolina Martial Arts Center since October of 2021. Henry started training because...
Congratulations to Brian Bishop, our student of the month for December 2021! Brian first started training in 1984 at a dojo that Sensei Gurganus was teaching at here in Durham, where he reached brown belt! He started training again in 1992 at Carolina Martial Arts Center in preparation...
Thank you to everyone who donated and contributed to our collection this year!!! With only two weeks to collect donations you filled up the truck twice. We had enough to provide for our selected families then set up a store for parents to come in and select more...
Congratulations to Arlo Bender, our student if the month for November 2021! Arlo started training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in March 2021. He is eight years old and is a third grader at Holt Elementary School where his favorite subject is science! Arlo started training because he...
Congratulations to everyone who tested on November 22! We had six karate kids who have been working very hard and tested for their 9th kyu(yellow belt)! Very proud of this group and how they have prepared and how they perfomed their basics, kata, and sparring drills! Front row(L-R):...