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Tuesday Quote of the Day

“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.” – Benjamin Disraeli

Monday Weekly Update

Hey everyone! We hope that you had a good weekend, we’re back! and set for another great week at the dojo, even if it’s a short one! This week is the final week of our summer schedule lunchtime classes. So after this Thursday, we will be returning to our fall schedule for the rest of…

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Thursday Pic of the Week

Our next raffle item fundraiser for our upcoming Japan trip! Made and donated by a parent of some of our students, he applied the Japanese woodworking technique of “Shou Sugi Ban” to char and waterproof the wooden candle holder. Thank you Tim for your wonderful hand-made donation! Tickets will be on sale until September 16th,…

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Monday Weekly Update

Hey everyone! We hope that you had a good weekend, we’re back! and set for another great week here at the dojo. We would like to congratulate all of our students that passed their rank tests last week, we had a lovely graduation ceremony this past Friday! We have two weeks left of our summer…

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Thursday Pic of the Week

Congratulations to Wesley B. who was the lucky winner in the raffle for the Japanese Porcelain Statue made in Kyoto Japan.

Monday Weekly Update

Happy Monday everyone! I hope that you had an fantastic weekend. We are looking forward to another exciting week of classes and today marks the beginning of testing week here at TMA. I would like to remind everyone to bring in their home achievement charts and belt testing sheets. Also, a reminder that tomorrow is…

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Thursday Pic of the Week

The last 5 days for our current Japan Trip fundraiser! Our wonderful Japanese Porcelain Statue made in Kyoto from our 2008 trip, raffle tickets are on sale until August 13th! 1 for $1 – 5 for $3 and – 10 for $5 All founds go towards our upcoming 2020 trip. We will announce the winner…

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Tuesday Long Weekend Update & Quote of the Day

Hey everyone! We hope you enjoyed the long weekend, we’re back! and set for a quick week here at the dojo. This week is ‘Pre-Testing Week’ so make sure that you are in and working hard in your classes to get ready for your tip or rank test next week! Our fundraiser raffle for the…

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Throwback Thursday Pic of the Week

A shot from my 2010 trip to Kyoto for a summer budo camp, we had a great time! Taken on the grounds of the Silver Pavaillion (Ginkaku-ji).

Web Wisdom Wednesday

Another great article by the folks at Tofugu! Give it a read 🙂 – https://www.tofugu.com/japan/working-holiday-japan/ HOW TO LIVE (and SOMETIMES WORK) IN JAPAN ON WORKING HOLIDAY: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE THE BEST WAY TO GET A WORKING VISA FOR JAPAN AND THEN SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME VACATIONING JULY 30, 2019 • 4199 WORDS WRITTEN BY JULIA MASCETTI • ART BY AYA FRANCISCO …

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