Autism Awareness Month happens every April and April 2nd is National Autism Awareness Day! Carolina Martial Arts Center and Sensei Gurganus have been honored and privileged to work with and serve individuals with autism and all disabilities for almost forty years! Working with children and adults, our dojo...
Check out the new short video clip! Thank you to Brian Shaw!
Team CMAC attended the North Carolina AAU State Championships on March 9th in Raleigh, NC! We had a 5 member team and Sensei David Henshall(coach) attending. Competition was held in kata, kumite, and kobudo! Results are as follows: Yunmiao – 4th place kata, Aidan – 7th place kata,...
Congratulations to Amelia Bradway, our student of the month for February 2024! Amelia started training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in September of 2023 and tested for her yellow belt in November! Amelia just turned 8 years old and is a 2rd grader at E. K. Powe Elementary...
March 2nd was the Landry Gray Memorial Seminar in Winterville, NC at the Charles June Karate Institute! There were over 75 participants and instructors present. Several class options were offered during each block. Some of the classes offered were Jujitsu, Arnis, Tai chi, sparring, gun and knife defense,...
Congratulations to all of our testing candidates for February! We had kids testing on February 17th and advanced adult testing on February 19th and 26th! Way to go Mila, who tested for 9th kyu(yellow belt) and to Ethan, Ruby, and Ilan, who tested for 8th kyu(yellow belt) on...
Congratulations to Sindi Juarez Perez, our student of the month for January 2024! 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...
February 2,3 and 4 was our annual winter training camp in Kill Devil Hills, NC! Congratulations to Bill Sensei, David Sensei, and Ruby San for attending! This was Ruby’s first martial arts experience outside of the dojo! Classes run from Friday night thru Sunday morning with several arts/choices...
On Jan. 13th, 2024, we attended the Akamine, Eisuke Embu Taikai memorial training in Satellite Beach, Florida! January 13th, 2024 marked the 25th year that Akamine, Eisuke Sensei passed. It is tradition in Okinawan culture to celebrate his contribution to kobudo on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 13th, 25th...
Congratulations to Claire Muller, our student of the month for December 2023! Claire started training at Carolina Martial Arts Center in July of 2023 and is a 9th kyu yellow belt! She is 10 years old and is a 4th grader at Easley Elementary School where her favorite...