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In modern history the interest of East Asian martial arts for Western Civilization dates back to the 19th century, mostly to do with trade realtions with China and Japan. Few people at that time in the United States were practicing the arts, seeing it as more of a performance art. The first known demonstrations were performed by Asians, which contributed greatly to the perception of Martial Arts to be only a performance art. As influence of the West grew in Asia, a much larger number of military personnel spent more time in China, Japan, and Korea, which lead to soldiers seeing the value of Eastern martial arts other than a performance art. By the time of the mid to late 1900's Karate and Judo were a household name. Appearing in movies and TV shows, martial arts had gained mainstream popularity and a few martial arts schools could be found in major cities. Today martial arts are still used as a performance art, although, it is also used as a combat method as well as a sport for competition.
It is often said that the purpose of martial arts is for self-defense, and not injuring one's opponent is the highest expression of the art. There are several different styles of martial arts today. Some styles are meant to use an opponent's attack against them, block the attack, or even disable the opponent completely. As training progresses, the individual is taught position (stance), balance (control of position), coordination (control of blance and position in technique), form (performing correctly), Speed (increase the rate of performance without loss of form), Power (strengthing technique), reflex (technique becomes a natural movement), and conclusion (it is important that progression is not rushed, but developed). Although, the original creation of martial arts was created for combat, the main principles that are still taught today are: self improvement, truth, willingness, respect, and self-control. As lessons are taught, many students of martial arts have learned that martials arts can be used not only for combat or sport, but also as a way of life.
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Karate International of Apex
516 East Williams St, Apex, NC 27502 Map
919 303-5695
Alamance Black Belt Academy Inc
125 Oneal St, Burlington, NC 27215 Map
336 570-9500
Arts Alive Fine Arts Studio
335 South Main St, Burlington, NC 27215 Map
336 226-9700
Chapel Hill Carrboro Tae Kwon Do Inc
102 Brewer Lane, Carrboro, NC 27510 Map
919 933-7778
Asian Academy of Tae Kwon DO
2976 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary, NC 27518 Map
919 363-2220
ITA Taekwondo Academy of Cary
2456 Southwest Cary Parkway, Cary, NC 27513 Map
919 469-5555
Ninjutsu Defense Arts Center
260 West Chatham St, Cary, NC 27511 Map
919 380-7047
United Shotokan Karate
910 Northeast Maynard Road, Cary, NC 27513 Map
919 461-9708
White Tiger Taekwondo
1605 Northwest Maynard Road, Cary, NC 27513 Map
919 469-3553
Chapel Hill Quest Martial Arts
6118 Farrington Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 Map
919 489-8893
Neill's Taekwondo & Fitness
630 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Map
919 942-6622
International Karate Club
63 Anna Drive, Clayton, NC 27520 Map
919 550-2166
American Gung Fu
7600 Massey Chapel Rd, Durham, NC 27713 Map
919 544-2593
Champion Tae Kwon Do Academy
4810 Hope Valley Road, Durham, NC 27707 Map
919 490-6200
ECSA Martial Arts
4221 Garrett Road, Durham, NC 27707 Map
919 403-6094
Karate International of Durham Inc
3738 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd Suite B, Durham, NC 27707 Map
919 489-6100
Ligo Dojo of Budo Karate
118 West Parrish St, Durham, NC 27701 Map
919 667-9666
Shaw's School of Karate
1921 North Pointe Drive, Durham, NC 27705 Map
919 471-8892
United Taekwondo Academy
3825 South Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27713 Map
919 806-5656
ATA Black Belt Academy
502 North McPherson Church Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 Map
910 860-5425
ATA Black Belt Academy
3915 Ramsey St, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Map
910 822-5425
Academy of Christian Martial Arts
1916 Skibo Road Suite 210, Fayetteville, NC 28314 Map
910 860-1234
CCI Martial Arts Academy
5319 Yadkin Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 Map
910 487-5378
Musha Dojo
846 A Elm St, Fayetteville, NC 28303 Map
910 578-1564
Royce Gracie JIU Jitsu
403 North Reilly Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 Map
910 868-5599
Urban Warrior Martial Art
6757 Ramsey St, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Map
910 488-9488
Redfield Martial Arts
94 Technology Drive, Garner, NC 27529 Map
919 661-0037
Flex Taekwondo Center
1579 New Garden Road Suite B, Greensboro, NC 27410 Map
336 323-1114
Greensboro Black Belt Academy
3024 Grasmere Drive, Greensboro, NC 27410 Map
336 218-5056
Hendrix Essential Martial Arts
2957 Battleground Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27401 Map
336 282-3000
Charles June Karate Institute
1122 Evans St, Greenville, NC 27834 Map
252 752-7283
Bryan Hebert's Ju-Jitsu
11651 North Main St Suite H, High Point, NC 27263 Map
336 431-1372
Cage One Martial arts
2118 north centinnial street, High Point, NC 27262 Map
336 509-0932
Tiger Kim's Tae Kwon DO
3935 Brian Jordan Pl, High Point, NC 27265 Map
336 841-1330
Triad Martial Arts Training Center LLC
3021 North Main St Suite 101, High Point, NC 27265 Map
336 869-7030
World Class Taekwondo Academy LLC
274 Eastchester Drive, High Point, NC 27262 Map
336 887-5464
Aikido at Open Sky
200 Cardinal Drive Suite C, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Map
919 732-6367
Best Martial Arts Academy
108 Bass Lake Road, Holly Springs, NC 27540 Map
919 552-6672
Mountain Kim Tae Kwon Do
106 Springstone Drive, Holly Springs, NC 27540 Map
919 552-9300
Carolina Heat Martial Arts
670 Stratford Blvd, Kinston, NC 28504 Map
252 523-7761
Adam Schainblatts Karate Kids for Christ
10940 Raven Ridge Road Suite 118, Raleigh, NC 27614 Map
919 870-0525
Black Belt World
2821 Spring Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27616 Map
919 790-6989
Gendai Martial Arts
3015 Barrow Drive, Raleigh, NC 27616 Map
919 872-0005
Karate International Fitness Center
4720 Hargrove Road, Raleigh, NC 27616 Map
919 876-8898
RDU Wing Chung School
8813 Gulf Court, Raleigh, NC 27617 Map
919 781-4199
Raleigh Institute of Martial Arts
1017 E Whitaker Mill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27608 Map
919 828-4447
Triangle Kung-Fu Arnis Academy
3601 Capital Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27604 Map
919 790-0455
Universal Karate Academy
1852 Barnes St, Reidsville, NC 27320 Map
336 342-3940
Flex Tae Kwon Do Center
1620 East 10th St, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 Map
252 308-0100
South Eastern Karate School
109 North Chatham Avenue, Siler City, NC 27344 Map
919 663-2696
Cunningham's Tim Isshinryu Karate Dojo
1408 Western Blvd, Tarboro, NC 27886 Map
252 823-2202
Klok's School of Martial Arts
1839 South Main St, Wake Forest, NC 27587 Map
919 556-4588
Dongs Martial Arts School
3525 Airport Blvd Northwest, Wilson, NC 27896 Map
252 291-4853
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