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Sensei Jay
Nov 24, 20249 min read
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...
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Sensei Jay
Aug 21, 20247 min read
Training Wheels
When learning Aikido, we often begin as a sort of two person kata.
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Sensei Jay
Jun 22, 20249 min read
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...
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Sensei Jay
May 13, 20247 min read
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...
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Sensei Jay
May 6, 202412 min read
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...
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Sensei Jay
Feb 7, 20249 min read
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...
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Sensei Jay
Sep 15, 20236 min read
What is a Portsmouth?
(And why is it so important they named a city after it?)
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Sensei Jay
Jul 25, 20239 min read
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...
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Sensei Jay
Jul 11, 20238 min read
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...
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Sensei Jay
May 16, 20239 min read
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
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Sensei Jay
May 5, 20239 min read
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
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Sensei Jay
Apr 1, 202310 min read
The Ki to My Aikido
Why do people practice Aikido and Tai Chi Chuan?
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Sensei Jay
Jan 25, 20235 min read
Never Say Goodbye
January 25, 2022 What’s Happenin’ · Lehrman Shihan – Wednesday, February 8 at 7:00 pm. Lehrman Sensei teaches the second...
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