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!
When I was about 9 years old I started Tae Kwon Do because my cousin and the other master Hartles were doing it. A year after I started they opened their own school and I started going there. My brother and I got so many of our friends doing Tae Kwon Do.

October 8, 2016

Last night during the overnight testing when I wasn't doing my stuff up front I was trying to keep the kids quiet. By the end of testing I felt like I was dying.

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October 7, 2016

Today I did my requirements in the morning, afterwards I went out to lunch. When I got home I practiced a little bit. I just finished eating dinner and i'm getting stuff ready for testing.

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October 6, 2016

Today I had school, of course, and it wasn't all that. When I got home I did most of my requirements and practiced some forms. When I was at TKD between then end of all the classes, that I had to teach, and sparring, that I taught have of, I practiced forms with Master Chelley.

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October 5, 2016

Today I had to go in early for work so I woke up and did my requirements. I just got home(it's 2:30) and I go back in at 5:30.

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October 4, 2016

Today I had school and had to take a math test. At TKD we did fitness style stuff today.

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October 3, 2016

Today I did my requirements and school work. Now I need to go to work. So it's just the usual.

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October 2, 2016

Today I had a double at work so I couldn't do much, but before I left I did some stuff.

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October 1, 2016

Today was the physical/written test. I passed but I was exhausted. When I got home I did my homework and finished my daily requirements. Now I'm getting ready for work.

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September 30, 2016

Today I woke up early and went to the gym to do requirements. Afterwards I went to black belt class. Finally I wend to scarowinds, again, with my friends.

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September 29, 2016

Today during English we had to right an essay about lifetime relationships. In math we finished up out lab. When I got home I sweated my head off. At Tae Kwon Do it was the usual.

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September 28, 2016

Today I practiced my creative form and did some requirements. I need to get ready to leave for work right now.

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September 27, 2016

Today during English we talked about the perfect partner for you life. During math we did a math lab. At TKD taught kids and sparring, the usual.

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September 26, 2016

Today I did requirements and school work. I'm about to eat and get ready for work.

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September 25, 2016

Today I did some requirements. I am really just dreading going to work later.

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September 24, 2016

Today during blackbelt class we did a little bit of everything. When I got home I just finished up. Now I'm working.

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September 23, 2016

Today I did requirements and school work, went to blackbelt class and went to killingtons.

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September 22, 2016

Today at school we went over past, present and future tense (in college). Everything else is pretty much like usual.

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September 21, 2016

Today I didn't really do much but requirements, I have to go to work I also did homework of course.

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September 20, 2016

Today during school we were just finishing up some papers that were due. At tkd we did the usual.

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September 19, 2016

Today I had to do my online class stuff, afterwards I had to grab my tire for my car. I then just knocked out my requirements.

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September 18, 2016

Today I went and got a haircut. When I got home I knocked out my requirements. I'm getting ready for work now.

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September 17, 2016

Yesterday I did my requirements and went to hang out with friends before BB class, afterwards we went to scarowinds. After I dropped them off I hit a deer on my way home. Today after BB class I have to deal with my car stuff because it's dead. After all of that I have to go to work.

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September 15, 2016

Today at school I had to take a test that I wasn't ready for. At tkd we did the ordinary.

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September 13, 2016

School was a ton of getting caught up with all of the homework I just found out I had. Tae Kwon Do was fine, kids were being kids.

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September 11, 2016

I got my wisdom teeth out on Friday so for the past few days I've been staying in bed and couldn't do much of any requirements.

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September 8, 2016

Today at school we went to the lab to type up a paper and in math we did a lab. At tae kwon do we had testing.

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September 7, 2016

Today most of what I did was homework and requirements. It wasn't to much, though the power did go out, strangely. I am about to get ready for work though.

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September 6, 2016

Today school was schoolish, I was so tired from a long night of work beforehand. When I got home it was more school and requirements.

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September 5, 2016

Today I decided to go to the gym, while I was there I did push ups, sit ups, etc. I was exhausted when I got home but it was worth it. After I got home I did the rest of my requirements and a ton of homework. 

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September 3, 2016

Today Black Belt class was at the Lake Norman school and we did weapons and palgueys, which got me a lot of poomsaes. Afterwards we did a ton of rolls and falls. Then I had to go to Denver to help clean my grandparents house out so they can move. When I got home I did the rest of my requirements before I went to work.

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September 2, 2016

Today wasn't really that interesting, this morning I went to the gym for the first time in a year. During black belt class we did poomsaes and self defense.

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August 30, 2016

Today at school I just went over my homework for the week, when I got home I worked out a little and took a nap before I went to Tae Kwon Do to help with classes.

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August 29, 2016

Today when I woke up I had my coffee, then I worked out for a good two hours after doing some homework, I also ate some tacos and watched some netflix/youtube. right now I am getting ready for work.

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August 25,2016

Today was my second day of college, I was exhauseted throughout the entire thing due to work the previous night which caused me to wake up 5 minutes before I had to leave.

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August 23, 2016

Today was my first day of college, I=it was pretty nice to know that I am now becoming an adult. I was exhausted the entire time due to work last night. When I went to the cafeteria afterwards they had a ton of free pizza which made up for it.

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August 19, 2016

This morning, after I drank my coffee, I had to drive 30 minutes to Gaston College to buy my expensive school books for my first semester of college. After I got home from that I did some requirements and then went to go pick up my friends. During black belt class I was the one who ended up teaching it because Master Chelley was really busy.

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August 18, 2016

Today for summer camp we went to a fire station to show the kids all the things the firemen use to put out fires, and everything else they do. After we got back we did summer camp class, with staffs.After class I did some requirements before regular classes started. I did requirements throughout some of the classes and during sparring.

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August 16, 2016

This morning, after I woke up I did some of my requirements and then got ready to go to the dentist for a wisdom teeth removal consultation. After I got back from my consultation I finished up most of my requirements, and then went to sparring class.

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August 11, 2016

Today we went to spare time for laser tag and to play at the arcade, which I got a jackpot on one of the games. I had fun at laser tag but I could have done better.

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August 9, 2016

Today we went to the pull, and I could actually get in this week, the pull was pretty fun and cold due to it being overcast. During summer camp class we used nunchuks, and during all the other classes it was pretty bear.

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August 4, 2016

Today during summer camp we had a mad scientist come in and amaze all the kids with dry ice and bubbles.

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August 2, 2016

Today when we went to the pool, for summer camp, I couldn't go in because I got a tatto a couple days ago. We also made ice cream during summer camp.

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July 29, 2016

Today i was on the lake all day until black belt class, just relaxing in the boat.

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July 28, 2016

Today during summer camp we played laser tag, my team won. After we got back to the dojang we had class, using sticks, and it was alright. When doing my requirements I was also practicing kip-ups because it's been quite a long time since I've tried. During sparring class we just killed our legs doing suicides with the medicine balls and squats.

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July 26, 2016

Today during summer camp we went to the pool, and of course the kids were crawling all over me. After that I helped with some class, mostly did my requirements and then I went for a run, with Logan. During sparring class we did a lot of sparring drills with the shields, and then we did a kickboxing kind of sparring style.

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July 24, 2016

Today I got back from Greenville for the Kukkiwon Cup, I had a lot of fun over the weekend at the tournament. I hope everybody else did to.

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July 21, 2016

Today at summer camp we had Jason Frame come to show the kids magic, this year he added in some new tricks that were pretty cool. The summer camp took class at the park instead of at the school which saved some time. After the first class I mentored Andre and then went for a two mile run. After that I jumped into doing warm-ups for the next class.

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July 19, 2016

Today during summer camp we went to the pool and it was pretty fun. After we got back from the pool I worked a lot on my requirements. I ran 2 miles and during sparring I did pretty good getting ready for the tournament this Saturday.

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July 16, 2016

Today i woke up and then went to pick up E.J. to go to black belt class this morning. During black belt class we were practicing our poomsaes for the Kukkiwon Cup this week. After that I went to work.

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July 15, 2016

This morning i went for a 2 mile run followed by some working out, after all of that I went and got a haircut. I went to black belt class and worked out a lot during class. So far today has been pretty good.

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Today at t...

Today at the testing I was really stressed and now I have a headache.

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Yesterday ...

Yesterday during sparring class we did brakes and we also did some sparring but all the black belt candidates did no contact.

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Yesterday ...

Yesterday grandmaster Lee came to our school and taught us a ton of cool stuff. Grandmaster Lee is a really cool guy.

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Yesterday ...

Yesterday grandmaster Lee came to our school and taught us a ton of cool stuff. Grandmaster Lee is a really cool guy.

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Yesterday ...

Yesterday during class we just, pretty much, reviewed everything.

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Today was ...

Today was just a normal day, in tkd class today we just reviewed.

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Today when...

Today when I woke up I just decided to stay in bed for a few more hours and then I went and got a haircut after that I went to Walmart and got a new phone case.

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Today afte...

Today after black belt class, which was just review, I went and help out wit a taekwondo booth at barnette.

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Today in s...

Today in sparring I got hurt, I got kicked in the jewels, and it's all my fault for not wearing a cup

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Today was ...

Today was just a regular day, I was bored and tired all day pretty much, nothing exciting happened.

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Today was ...

Today was just a regular day, I was bored and tired all day pretty much, nothing exciting happened.

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Today duri...

Today during what should have been hyper pro we just decided to try to do requirements for the people that need to finish up. It was really fun.

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Today I ha...

Today I had some fun with some of my classes, it really wasn't a hard day. During class later on we did some stuff on our own to get things done.

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Today I th...

Today I through up after the test because I ate bojangles before hand

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Today I've...

Today I've just been really tired, but I got through the day pretty well. Had to do some studying for the black belt test for tomorrow.

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Today in s...

Today in sparring I slid forward and knocked my brothers tooth out with my shoulder

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Today I ha...

Today I had a ton of school work so I didn't do as much as I usually do.

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Today I wa...

Today I was really tired and the class that I helped with/took at the same time, and also the class that I just took did not help at all.

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I went to ...

I went to Halloween express today and got a creepy mask just because

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Today in b...

Today in black belt class we did poomsaes, self defenses, and staff. And also some hapkido

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Today in b...

Today in black belt class we did self defense, hap kid 1-10 and the new hap kid form 1.

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Today inst...

Today instead of hyper pro class we replaced it with sparring class to get ready for this weekend. I also presented a project in spanish, which is surprising since I have never really presented a b rojeces because I'm to shy.

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Today all ...

Today all the bb candidates at the LN school had a two how r workout class, then I went to my cousin's birthday party.

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Today I'm ...

Today I'm mute for the black belt empathy training, so far it's been pretty easy to do.

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Today in b...

Today in bb class we went over a bunch of stuff. Later on I went to my school's football game and we won 48 to 17

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Today noth...

Today nothing interesting really happened but i still had a lot of fun on this cycle, hope everybody else did to.

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Today when...

Today when I got home from school I did two projects and still doing stuff for the cycle.

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Today I di...

Today I didn't really feel well in the beginning but got better towards the end of the day. I had a test in Spanish and I think I passed it with flying colors.

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Today at T...

Today at TKD we did staff, hapkido, and also bolo forms.

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Today we h...

Today we had a testing at the LKN school. We have 5 new bochodan black belts for the next cycle.

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Today I we...

Today I went to the lake Norman dojang to help with some classes and then went to black belt class. We worked on self defense mostly.

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Today we w...

Today we went to play laser tag during summer camp. Later during sparring we had class outside, which was really fun. But the problem of today is I had a cold all day.

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Today at T...

Today at TKD, after summer camp, we had a parents night out. We had a ton of fun but now I'm tired so I'm going to bed

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Today the ...

Today the summer camp went to the movies and this time we all bought some snacks for the movies. Later in the day I was going to go for a run but it started raining, so I went for a run anyways, but only a mile.

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Today we w...

Today we went to the movies, we watched walking with dinosaurs, later I ran 2 miles, instead of my usual 1 mile. During adult class I was drenched in sweat from how hard I worked.

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Today thei...

Today their were about 9 people at camp, their still loud kids though. During black belt class all we really did were poomsaes and self defenses.

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Today was ...

Today was a regular summer camp Wednesday, we went to the movies. Later when we ran I got a mile in 8:39. In adult class I was a white belt so I was with the lower belts doing kicks.

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Today when...

Today when I ran I timed 8 minutes and 15 seconds, which is the best I've done in a long time. During PMAA we did double stick section b and c, and we also did some of the new curriculum.

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Today when...

Today when I got to the N. Charlotte school their was nobody there to teach the hyper pro class so Master Natasya and I taught a hyper pro class at a school we don't even go to.

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Today we w...

Today we went to the library and I cut my elbow a little on a glass case. Later a few of us did a workout, right before black belt class.

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Today duri...

Today during summer camp we had a magician come and show the kids some magic. During sparring class Marcus decided to work us really hard and tire us out.

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Today I we...

Today I went to the dmv to get my after nine license. When I got back to the dojang they weren't there so I went for a walk. Later after all the classes when I was about to go home their was something wrong with my car and I had to call up my dad to come and take a look at it, it's alright now.

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Today when...

Today when I got to the dojang I checked my phone and it wasn't working (Something happened to the screen). I am so mad right now, because my phone is broken.

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Today was ...

Today was a normal summer camp Friday we went to the Library. But in black belt class all we did was poomsaes, which really helped us out.

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Today we w...

Today we went bowling in summer camp, I lost by one point on my team. When we got back we started classes and I got beat up with sticks by little kids.

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Today we w...

Today we went to the movies and saw the Lego movie during summer camp, it actually wasn't that bad. Later we went for a run and Evan got sprayed by a sprinkler.

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Today when...

Today when I got to the Dojang we did summer camp type things. At around 10 we started class for summer camp. When we were done with that we went to a park then a pool, which was closed because of plumbing issues. When we got back we went for a run then we did some classes. At around 4:15 we went for another run. At around 6:30 a couple of us went to Chic Fil A before PMAA.

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Today we w...

Today we went to the library for summer camp, so all the kids were less loud. When I got back I started doing my requirements. I ran a mile only stopping once for a short time. Right before black belt class I ran another without stopping at all.

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Today we w...

Today we went to a skating rink in summer camp, and I got blisters. When I got back I helped with a few classes and ran a mile later on during a break. Right before sparring class I ran another mile. Sparring class was fun, I sparred my brother and Davis, who is on the black belt cycle.

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Today we went to the movies to watch cloudy w/ a chance of meatballs 2 with the kids, walked half a mile there and back for a mile. When we got back we started classes and I just did my requirements in the back of the class.

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