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Sabarish Shanmugam Raja

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Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!

09/26/2026

Today I had to do the Physical/Written test. I ran an impressive 6:43 time for the mile at the track, and managed to beat all my    pre-test results with relative ease, with the one I struggled on most being the pull ups. I finished the written test also very quickly, and ended up with a 99. I also finished most of my essays today, with only a couple remaining. I also only need 3 more mentee sessions, & about 3 more assistance credits. Today is also my last day for journaling 🥳.

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09/25/2026

Today I finished my requirements, and made up 1 hour of missing poemsaes, and also attended a gathering, and ended the day by studying for the written test. 

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09/24/2026

Today I helped assist a junior tiger class, which was earlier than I usually assist since I had a friends birthday party to go to. The party was great, and today was a decent day overall.

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09/23/2026

Today I helped assist a high belt class and also reviews black belt material with my peers.

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09/22/2026

Today I went to get my assistance credit, so I helped assist the junior tiger's class today. I also helped one of my peer's in Hapkido 4, and reviewed the rest of the Hapkido's with them.

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09/21/2026

Today I finished my daily requirements fairly quickly, and also got in my last mentor session, focusing on Hapkido.

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09/20/2026

Today I finished all my daily requirements quite early, since I was having friends come over later in the afternoon. I also did 2 extra miles of running and walking, and did a weeks worth of kicking to catch up on previously missed requirements.

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09/19/2026

Today I attended both phillepean martial arts seminars. I also had a busy day, attending a festival and anniversary party today. Overall today was really fun .

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09/18/2026

Today I finished all my requirements and went to the black belt weekend class, where we practiced for the black belt test that’s coming up soon, and I had a mentor session focused on the written test.

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9/17/2026

Today I got my 23th mentor session and also got a credit for assistance for helping junior tiger class. I also finished my daily requirements fairly quickly and did some previous ones I missed.

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9/16/2026

Today was a weekday class, which I assisted. Then I also did some of my missing requirements for my cycle along with my daily requirements.

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09/15/2026

Today I got an assistance and leadership credit, and also got my very own sticks and staff. I also finished one of my mentor session today.

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09/14/2026

Today I went to the black belt weekday class and was part of a kicking session focused on more difficult kicks. I also got my mentor session as I improved upon hapkido 1-3 and learned hapkido 4 

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09/12/2026

Today I ran 5 miles to try and catch up for my requirements. I then also did 2 hours of self defenses today. I also am going to do 2 hours of pomsaes and finish the 7th week today. 

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09/11/2026

Today was a rough day in school for me, even though it’s a Friday. Though I cheered up when I went to Tae kwon do today and saw my friends. We had a special session for 2 hours that consisted of all pomsaes and self defenses, except for special khoryo. I also got my 10th mentee session, which was on stock and staff form.

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09/10/2026

Today I helped assist in senior belt testing at the Do Jang. I also got a hundred on a test today and went to my first soccer practice here in Harrisburg.

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09/08/2026

today I helped assist junior tiger class, helped lead warmups, got a mentee session done, and also got a mentor session done, getting me four credits in total.

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09/07/2026

Today I did makeup work for my black belt cycle, and it was defineitly  a difficult experience. I had to spend so much time on the physical requirements, that I couldn't even start on the poemsaes and self defense.

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09/06/2026

Today I had to catch up on my missing cycle requirements for week 6. I did all the physical requirements except for rolls and falls, and I finished the kicking category, which leaves self defense and poemsaes for tommorow.

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09/05/2026

Today was the volunteering event at the Mccrory Family YMCA. It was Master Foster, Mister woods, me, and six others who went to the event. We mostly helped st up balloons, deliver drop-offs of the donations for the event from the driveway to the packing tent. Overall it was a nice experience, despite the hot weather.

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09/4/2026

Tokay I attended black belt weekend class and advanced sparring class. I also helped lead warmups for sparring class. I then got my 8th mentor session.

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09/03/2026

Today I helped lead warm-ups, assisted with class, and got my 7th mentor session finished which focused on all of the color belt self defenses.

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09/02/2026

Today I had a computer science test at school and was pretty tired, and I also went to a club induction meeting. I helped with the black belt class today and got a assistance credit.

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09/01/2026

Today I had quite a long day at school and only ran 2 miles today because of the hot weather. I also helped lead punching and kicking, and also helped high red belts with their breaking.

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8/31/2026

Today I had a long day at school, and came home to run 3 miles, and do 15 minutes of push ups, sit ups, & burpees.

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8/30/2029

Today I ran 7 miles & ran 5 yesterday. I also completed up to 2 hours and 10 minutes of kicking requirements today. ( my legs are so tired) 

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08/28/2027

Today I couldn't make it to black belt class because I had another place to go to. However, I was bale to finish my week 3 journal requirements and will start on week 4 tomorrow.

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08/27/2026

Today was a long day at school. I also went to the DMV and barely passed, with a 20/25 score. Today I went to the black belt weekday class, and I caught up on some requirements for my black belt cycle.

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08/25/2026

Today was my birthday, & I didn't hold a party, but I was able to celebrate with my family, with us going out, & cutting a cake, which was delicious by the way. So I did two days of physical requirements today, and I am going to try and do twice the amount each day to catch up.

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08/24/2026

Today I went to the black belt weekday class, where we reviewed poems are for blue belts and up. I also started this week with a white belt for my requirements. Tommorow is also my birthday.😄

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08/21/2026

Today I had taken the black belt weekend class and advanced sparring class. In black belt class, we switched between stations of three, which were poemsaes, self defense, and staff/stick forms. In sparring we were able to spar for fou rounds, & I think I had my best sparring performance yet.

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08/19/2026

Today was black belt class, and we learned about the reverse hand lock technique and how to execute it when being attacked in a close area of motion. We also went over both self defenses for Bo Cho Dan.

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08/18/2026

Today I was able to help assist in the junior tiger class by helping a yellow belt with their stances on Il Chung and was able to get a leadership credit by leading warmups in the senior tiger class. I was also able to get a mentor session to learn staff form l.   

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08/17/2026

Today I had a Black belt weekday class, in which we went over traditional Bo Cho Dan self defense. I helped assist the teaching, after mostly recovering from back pain, and had gotten my fourth mentee session, teaching my mentee about her self defense (Hapkido 2).

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08/16/2026

Today I tried to recover some of my requirements that I missed while I was injured. I planned on doing the miles forst. So I walked 2 miles in the morning and 2 miles late afternoon. I am slowly but surely going to try and finish all my missed requirements.

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08/15/2026

Today I had sparring class. We went over basic distance and how to know which distance is 1. We went over countering your opponents with cut kicks. Then we also learned how to catch your opponent off hairs with punches and clinches.

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08/14/2026

Today I had both black belt and sparring class. In black belt class we covered the special and traditional self defense for Bo Cho Dan. In sparring we had about 4 rounds of sparring, and I managed to land a kick to the head on my opponent.

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08/13/2026

Today was the second day of school and my second session of chiropractic recovery. I was very sore from the first session but the doctor assured me that I was getting better. I also started settling in my classes, as I have some fantastic teachers and a good lunch table with my friends.

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08/09/2026

Today I was able to recover better from my injury and was able to walk four miles to recover my missing logs in my journal. I was able to also stretch and recover from my muscle spasms and was also studying for my SAT in the meantime.

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08/07/2026

Today I was able to complete both the black belt weekend class and sparring class. I had a severe ache on my lower spinal area and was not able to do my best in class and had to skip sparring in sparring class. Still I was able to finish black belt class and the drills in sparring class.

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08/05/2026

Today I ran a quick mile near 8 minutes. Which showed improvement for my mile outdoors. But today during weekday black belt class I had a severe shock and had to leave class halfway. I done some excersizes And stretched so my pain is not as bad , but it is still unbearably painful.

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08/03/2026

Today I had a major sore back and was unable to run a fast mile, which frustrates me. Today in class though I was able to get a credit for black belt class and get my second mentee credit!

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07/31/2026

Today I had attended both black belt weekend class and advanced sparring class. We had spent class on talking about balance and also ended up doing falls. In sparring I was able to get a leadership opportunity and I think today was one of my personal best days when it came to sparring.

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07/30/2026

Today I was able to help my king tiger tae kwon do club by assisting today in both of the testing sessions , such as holding boards, attacking for self defense, and sparring higher belts for their testing requirements. I was also able to get a class assistance credit because of this!

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07/27/2026

Today I was able to complete my 2nd weekly mentor session. I was able to go all the way up to high green but I had to unfortunately leave, nevertheless it still helped me polish up on yi Chung and sa chung. I was also able to get my black belt weekdays class credit today, in which we covered pomsaes, specifically khoryo today.

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07/26/2026

Today I was able to do all my requirements in the morning and finish up my missing pull up time requirements. I was also able to score a solid time of 8:20 on my mile as well as not struggle as much with my requirements. I was able to help my mom with the garden and was able to play pickleball with her and my brother.

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07/24/2026

Today I had taken both black belt weekend and advanced sparring classes. We were able to cover il Chung and yi Chung in class as well as special bochadon self defense. I was also able to enjoy one of my first advanced sparring classes.  

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7/23/2026

Today was a rainy day but I was still able to enjoy some outdoor activities with friends. I was also able to catch up on missing weekly excersizes!

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07/22/2026

Today I was able to do my weekly exercise’s fairly easily and was able to help my aunt with chores around her house. Was also able to complete 2 miles of walking and 1 mile of running!

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Journal 7/20

This is my first journal and the 3rd day of the black belt cycle.   TodayI had a good run in the morning and was able to have a fun experience at the mall. In class today we focused on our regular bochodan self defense and we had also had time to practice khoryo pomsae!

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