Congratulations to Ben Smedley, our student of the month for March 2021! Ben has been training at CMAC since November of 2020 and just recently tested for his 9th kyu yellow belt! He is 13 years old and is in the 7th grade at Immaculata Catholic School! His...
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...
Congratulations to Meadow Wrobel, our student of the month for February 2021! Meadow started training at CMAC in October 2020. She is seven years old and in the first grade at Easley Elementary School. Her favorite subject at school is science! She started taking karate at the recommendation...
Kuniba-kai had its second monthly Zoom training on March 13th, 8:00 a.m. U.S. eastern time! There were over 250 participants from more than 15 countries! Training lasted for one and one half hours with different instructors teaching 10 to 15 minute sessions. We had a 30 minute head...
Our annual Embu Taikai was held on Feb. 6th! This year was virtual on Zoom and had 40 participants! Many styles were represented: shorin-ryu, shito-ryu, shotokan, chito-ryu, yoshinkan, isshin-ryu, and wado-ryu! The day was sent training in bo and sai basics and kata. The event always begins with...
Congratulations to Joel Kungu, our student of the month for January 2021! Joel has been training since March of 2019! He is eleven years old and in the sixth grade at Durham School of the Arts(DSA). His favorite subject is math! Joel started to take karate to learn...
Congratulations to Joe Kelly, our student of the month for December 2020! Joe started training at CMAC in May of 2009! Joe recently tested on Dec. 13th, 2020 for black belt(Shodan)! Joe is involved in all aspects of CMAC, including karate, kobudo, iaido, sparring, demos, fund raisers and...
Congratulations to everyone who tested, both in person and virtually on December 12th and 13th! Advanced testing for green through black belt took place on these two days! Lindsay Garner tested for 6th kyu, green belt! Adam Weiss, Tray Batson, and Chris Alford tested for 5th kyu, green...
Congratulations to Marc Mitzner, our student of the month for November 2020! Marc started training at CMAC in April of 2013! Marc recently tested and was promoted to brown belt(sankyu) on Dec. 12th, 2020! Marc in active in all CMAC activities and is always there to help with...
