Video: Do NOT try this at home! Karate demos from Relay for Life at Mennen Arena in Morris Township

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Members of the Jerzey Derby Brigade Roller Derby league, at Relay for Life in Mennen Arena. Photo courtesy of the Jerzey Derby Brigade.
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Either they don’t make plywood like they used to, or heads are getting harder.

Boards were snapping like match sticks at Friday’s Relay for Life cancer fundraiser, where our friend, black belt Andy West, and the Jersey Judo Karate Academy put on quite a show inside Mennen Arena.

We also enjoyed another sterling musical performance by Gus Bacas and his crew from Timeless Jazz, the MG house band, which has added Domenico Randazzo and T.J. Coon of Art of Play to a lineup that includes Peter Bacas, Evan Piascik and Ryan Gallagher. As good as Domenico is on guitar, he may be even better on drums, his native instrument.

And it was good catching up with Lawless Lizzie and the Jerzey Derby Brigade roller derby team, which logged about a week’s worth of laps during the June 3 charity event in Morris Township and raised $1,200 for the fight against cancer.

Ace photographer Hal Crosthwaite captured the ambiance with these colorful pictures:

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And here are some snaps of the boys from Timeless Jazz:

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Here are the ladies from the Jerzey Derby Brigade:

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Members of the Jerzey Derby Brigade Roller Derby league, at Relay for Life in Mennen Arena. Photo courtesy of the Jerzey Derby Brigade.

Our thanks to Za Zu Zaz — Grover Kemble, Machan Taylor and Dave Miller– and Legato Empire–T.J. Enright and Brad Keyes–for their help with the video soundtrack.

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THAT'S USING YOUR HEAD! Stephen Barnes of the Jersey Judo Karate Academy attacks a stack of boards during demo at Relay for Life in Mennen Arena. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

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