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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Congratulations to Lillian Nyiri, our student of the month for April 2022! Lillian has been training at Carolina Martial Arts Center since Oct. 2021. Lillian is four years old and attends preschool at Kids R Kids RTP. She loves riding horses, playing chase, spending time in nature, bugs,...
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!...