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It’s Only Four Feet
November 24, 2024 What’s Happenin’ ● ASNJ is closed on Thanksgiving Thursday, November 28 . Enjoy your day with families and...

Sensei Jay
Nov 24, 20249 min read
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Lazy Boy
A Lazy Man’s Guide to Aikido

Sensei Jay
Sep 24, 202410 min read
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Training Wheels
When learning Aikido, we often begin as a sort of two person kata.

Sensei Jay
Aug 21, 20247 min read
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I Can Dooooo It!
June 21, 2024 What’s Happenin’ ● Hakama class – Sunday, June 30, 11:00 am. A dojo meeting will follow. This is mandatory for all...

Sensei Jay
Jun 22, 20249 min read
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BIG
Remember that great scene from the movie “Big”

Sensei Jay
Jun 8, 20247 min read
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My Next Letter
May 13, 2024 What’s Happenin’ ● We added a Test Prep class on Saturdays, at 9:00 am. ● Kids Testing Saturday June 1, 11:30...

Sensei Jay
May 13, 20247 min read
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By the Book
May 6, 2024 What’s Happenin’ ● Lehrman Shihan will resume teaching monthly classes at ASNJ on Wednesday, May 8, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm...

Sensei Jay
May 6, 202412 min read
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At Arm's Length
February 7, 2024 What’s Happenin’ ● Dojo trip to NY Aikikai Saturday Feb 10. Join us to take NJ Transit train together for the...

Sensei Jay
Feb 7, 20249 min read
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My Last Letter of 2023
My Last Letter of 2023

Sensei Jay
Dec 31, 202310 min read
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What is a Portsmouth?
(And why is it so important they named a city after it?)

Sensei Jay
Sep 15, 20236 min read
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Mat Who?
Our mat! That’s who.

Sensei Jay
Aug 30, 20236 min read
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Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang July 25, 2023 What’s Happenin’ · No Tai Chi Chuan at 7:00 or Aikido Basics at 8:00 next Thursday August 3 due to...

Sensei Jay
Jul 25, 20239 min read
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Lemonade
July 11, 2023 Hi All, I am up in Maine writing this after spending two days cutting down a ½ acre of forest for a gazebo. It was on sale...

Sensei Jay
Jul 11, 20238 min read
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Horror Movies
I created “The Wheel of Ukemi” class before tests

Sensei Jay
Jun 9, 20238 min read
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Where are my Glasses?
"After realizing a principle, unless you learn it with your body, you cannot expect to get true understanding. Scholars in particular tend t

Sensei Jay
May 16, 20239 min read
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Dojo with the Mojo
"We habitually think of the future as in front of us. We can see what is in front of us, so that is actually in our immediate past. Seeing

Sensei Jay
May 5, 20239 min read
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The Ki to My Aikido
Why do people practice Aikido and Tai Chi Chuan?

Sensei Jay
Apr 1, 202310 min read
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Gas Pedal
Dojo is More than a Mat and Four Walls

Sensei Jay
Mar 9, 20234 min read
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Never Say Goodbye
January 25, 2022 What’s Happenin’ · Lehrman Shihan – Wednesday, February 8 at 7:00 pm. Lehrman Sensei teaches the second...

Sensei Jay
Jan 25, 20235 min read
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A New Year
"Power of mind is infinite while brawn is limited.”

Sensei Jay
Jan 10, 20235 min read
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