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!

Grand Parents House

Today I have to go to my grand parents house. My mom has to go to South Carolina and I do not know where my dad is going but I hope they are safe. Today is a good day

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BB class

Today I'm going to black belt class. At school I went to P.E. P.E stands for physical education. Today is a good day.

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Monday :( :(

Today is Monday. I don't like Mondays. Mondays are boring to me. It is hard to do requirements on Mondays. Today was kind of boring. However I did get some  requirements done so that I could stay on track:(  

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The Running Day

Today I ran and walked for 5 miles. I did 3 miles on the treadmill and 2 outside with my mom. We started a the golf course and ended near tae kwon do. When I was walking outside with my mom, we were listening to music. I have requirements and homework left to do- and a doughnut.

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Lost Internet

Today I lost internet. On the bright side in the morning I went to sparring class and black belt class. Today is a worried day.

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2nd LAKE NORMAN black belt class!

Today I went to Lake Norman. On Fridays they have black belt class. There I learned staff form 1 and stick form one.

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Pull then go up (pull up)

Today I did some pull ups. Usually I struggle doing pull ups. Today I found my way the do pull ups. Now I am good at pull ups. Today is a good day!:) :) :)

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2nd sparring class

Today I got in my second sparring class in. At my school it is kindness month. I got straight A's on my report card. Today is a good day.

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1 of the many days

Today I got a lot of things done but I still know I have to do more requirements. It is still a great day!

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M and M day

Today I got in one mentee and mentor session as will as Leadership 1 and 2. I am very proud of that. Today is a very surprising day! 

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Running a lot

Today I ran a lot. So I caught up on running I am still doing requirements. So far today is a good day. 

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Normal Day

Today is a normal day. I woke up and ate then I went to a place. When I came back I did my physical requirements.

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Different Tae Kwon Do places

Today I went to Lake Norman for black belt class. It was different there. At Lake Norman they run around the mats. We did self defenses white to H.red 

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New Typing

Today I had typing class. I had a new typing teacher. We learned home row key instead of chicken picking on the key board.

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fractions

Today my teacher did a review. On adding and subtracting fractions. We are having a test on Thursday. Today is a good day!!!

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White belt challenge day 1

Today I stared my white belt challenge. When I first got to class one person was there he asked me "why are you wearing a white belt". I told him about the white belt challenge. More people came in and asked me the same question. When class stared I was in the very back I was behind everyone. Today was red strip week. So I got a lot of requirements done.

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Morning Requirements!

Today is the first day I could type in my requirements. So far I have done my running, but I am going to do more later.  Today is a good day.

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Saturday Black Belt Class

Today I went to Saturday Black Belt Class. I learned my Specials. I got to do a lot of things and I was proud of that. Today is also Chinese New Year so I am making easy Chinese paper lanterns. I am going to be looking up a video on how to make a Chinese paper lantern it is going to be awesome. I am going to make five paper lanterns for Chinese New Year. They are all going to be different colors they are going to look awesome!!!Today was a awesome day!!!!

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Chinese New Year Celebration

Today I had my Chinese New Year Celebration. I had spring rolls and dumplings. My celebration was good!

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Chinese New Year Preparation

Today I got my mentor. At school I made a Chinese new year poster. I also did a painting. I painted a baby hen, because the up coming year is the year of the rooster. My painting had grass around the hen and the grass had little blue flowers in it. The hen is yellow and it is  coming out of a white egg.

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Learning my First Staff Form

Today is 1/24. I have not chosen my mentor yet,but I know who I am going to ask. I also went to Black Belt Class today and I learned half of my first staff form. This is something that I am very excited about.  Today was a good day.

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Monday, It's getting harder

Today is Monday so it was hard to do requirements and all of my school work. I had to go to school and we had to do a MATH MAP TEST, but I got things done it was a good day.

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the day I found out I was on the black belt cycle

Today I went to a Saturday Black Belt class. We were reviewing things for the black belt cycle.  At the end of class Master Evins mada a little meeting with the whole class.  And he said if your were not sure if you are on the cycle, to come to him.  I was not sure so I went to him and I asked him if I was on the black belt cycle, and he said yes.

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