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MAY NEWSLETTER

Congratulations to those who have earned promotions since our last newsletter.   – Junior Yellow Belt,   -  Jarod Gajada    Senior Yellow Belt   –  Carolyn Kulick        To everyone that helped, supported and competed to make the 27th benefit tournament a success – THANK YOU.  Our students performed well demonstrating proper form and enthusiasm.  We started on time [...]

APRIL NEWSLETTER

APRIL 2012 Congratulations to those who have earned promotions since our last newsletter.   Mac Jackson, Aidan McCoy, Garret Fulton – Junior Yellow Belt,  Jody Fulton -  Senior Yellow Belt   Alexis D’Ambly – Junior Orange Belt REMINDER:  OUR 27TH BENEFIT TOURNAMENT IS APRIL 29TH AT  HACKETTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.             * WE ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE             [...]

MARCH NEWSLETTER

Congratulations to those who have earned promotions since our last newsletter.   Morgan Bell – Junior Green Belt #1 Wanting to Win by Zig Ziglar (excerpted from his new book, Born to Win! Find Your Success Code) I’ve always said that man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness. [...]

FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER

Congratulations to Ashley Banks who was previously promoted to – junior green belt at the Picatinny dojo.  I inadvertently missed this during a previous newsletter; however, the promotion is well deserved by a dedicated student.  Junior Green Belt 1 – Taryn Faccenda  Second Degree Black Belt  -  Don Dixon Our sincere thanks Jeff Matusewicz, Andy [...]

January 2012

BECOMING A SUCCESS After a discussion during one of my college classes, I started thinking again about success, and what helps people achieve this quality.  As we enter a new year, commit to succeed! One must love one’s self before it may be given to another. The sense of value determines the quality of performance. [...]

December 2011 Newsletter

Adaptability in Action In a way, human beings behave like bees. If you place several bees in an open-ended bottle and lay the bottle on its side with the base toward a light source, the bees will repeatedly fly to the bottle bottom toward the light. It never occurs to them to reverse gears and [...]

NOVEMBER 2011

NOVEMBER 2011  Parents of current students – as a Thanksgiving gift to you, please accept our thanks for permitting us to train your child or children at our dojo.  We extend a free month of training to you between now and the New Year.  Kyoshi and Renshi Hughes Congratulations to the people who earned promotions [...]

OCTOBER 2011

AMERICAN ISSHINRYU ADULT SEMINARS AT DOUG KING’S DOJO – OCTOBER 8TH.  MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND.  THE COST IS MINIMAL AND WHAT MAY BE LEARNED IS HUGE.             $25.00 for members and $45.00 for non-members (includes Life-time membership)   TOURNAMENT FOR THE MT. ARLINGTON F.O.P LODGE #78 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30TH   IT IS CLOSE TO [...]

SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

CONGRATULATIONS to the students who earned promotions.  Mikey Donica, Ben & Wyatt Almer – junior orange belt,   Susan Torlucci – brown belt #3      As we enter another school year it is important that student learn to again balance schoolwork and studying at home and staying consistent in the dojo.  The discipline and concentration skills [...]

AUGUST 2011 Newsletter

CONGRATULATIONS to the students who earned promotions at our July training sessions and afterward in the dojo.  Ashley Banks & Sarah Irizarry – junior orange belt,  Zach DeStefano – junior green belt #1Arshdeep Singh – junior purple belt #1, Shirley Zavala & Scott Conroy – brown belt #3, Kristyn Wheeler – brown belt #2,  Trevor [...]