Candidate Journals

Today I went to black belt and sparring class. Im going to scarowinds tonight.

I just got home from school, it was okay. Tonight I will probably go to the football game. 

Today 12 years ago my mom dropped me off at preschool and heard about the attacks. My father was going to fly from charlotte to new york. That all came crashing down after the attacks. R.I.P to those who lost their lives 12 years ago on this day. Today at school we had picture day. I went to class at master shins and helped out his advanced class.

Today was picture day everyone was dressed "fancy", I just wore a t shirt. I went to class at Master Shins' and helped out his advanced class. 10 years ago I was dropped off at preschool and my mom heard about the world trade center , my father was planning on flying near new york that day. R.I.P. to those who lost their lives an this tragic day 12 years ago.

Today we did A LOT of requirements at Master Shins school. Today at school we had a guest speaker in construction who told us about getting a job and whatnot. Im very tired from today.

Today i did alot of requirements, went to class, and helped out a class at Master Shins school. Living without technology is somewhat hard.

Today I woke up tired from my high schools' football game. Then i went to black belt and sparring class, we did alot of kicking and hapkido. I went home and watched television. 

Today I went to class at Belmont and helped out for the advanced class. I taught blue belt poomse to some new blue belts.

Yesterday I went to school, it was hard going back since we had a three day weekend. Jacob made the golf team so we celebrated by ordering itialian. It was a good day.

Today was labor day and me and my family went out on the boat. I tried to ski but I couldn't get up. I got little requirements done.

I did some requirements in the morning. I hung out with friends the rest of the day.

I went to black belt class today, cut the grass, and broke a fishing pole. I was going to ride my bike but didn't have energy.

This week has been somewhat difficult. I fell behind in my requirements and tried to catch up. School was fun because I haven't seen a lot of people since last semester. Glad to have a 3 day weekend.

Today was my first day of school. Gaston County made a new school to try to take students away from south point. It was still crowded, but it was cool to see most people from last year. My class schedule is decent.

Today for the pretest I did okay, I failed the written portion so i must retake that. I need to work on high red belt form and self defenses. I ran my mile fairly fast considering im not a runner(9:26). Tomorrow is the last day of summer it was fun but its time to go back to high school. 

Today I did every poomse I know once, and some more than once. I did most of my self defenses today also. Today was open house for school, I think im ready for school to start back up. 

Today I had a very busy day so I could not do very many requirements. I helped out at testing for Master Shin, it was nice to see all the other students make it to their next belt. It was also cool to see the progress from the white belts to the high red belts.

Today I went running, did my pushups and situps, and went to Master Evins' school for black belt class and pmaa class. I had my first mentor session with Master Mitchell I learned the differences in stances and hand positions in traditional forms and the modern forms. Black belt class was tiring but enjoyable because I got some much needed practice on poomses. The sticks class was somewhat hard because it was my first one, but I think I caught on pretty fast. 

I ran, cut the grass, did pushups, poomses, situps, and kicking.