{"id":5425,"date":"2012-12-20T13:29:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2013-01-20T13:03:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T18:03:39","slug":"thank-you-new-york-aikikai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/thank-you-new-york-aikikai\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You, New York Aikikai!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For your hospitality, training, warmth and good cheer. \u00a0It&#8217;s wonderful seeing old and new friends again.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always a bit difficult conveying to our students just how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/i-nya\/\">special<\/a> a place the dojo is. \u00a0So this year we&#8217;re trying something different. \u00a0To get a sense of the experience, we&#8217;re preparing a short video, filmed from our perspective as\u00a0visiting students. \u00a0And we&#8217;ve posted 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