Fall 2024 Black Belt Cycle

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!

Yea!!! thi...

Yea!!! this is my last journal entry. Mom made me get up early this morning to get dressed and ready for school. Today is her day to go into the office. I went to school and tool a math test . I think I did pretty good. Came home and took 2 classes at Master Shin's. Got a lot of requirements done. Can home and had a milkshake. Now I got to go read for 30 minutes and study for my Social Studies test tomorrow. Wish me luck.

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Had a good...

Had a good day today. Helped out for 2 classes at Master Shin's. Got the Kama weapon on yesterday. I've been watching videos trying to learn the moves. Wish me luck. Time to do some studying for my Math test tomorrow.

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Had a good...

Had a good day in school today. I got a 100 on my Map project. So happy about that. Came home and took and help in 3 classes today at Master Shin's. Got a lot of requirements done.

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Just got h...

Just got home from taking the Hyper Pro class. Master Evens had us doing a lot of kicking. My ankle is very sore. Dad is filling up a bucket now for me to soak my foot. I'm going to use this time to do my close my eyes and do my meditation.

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Took a sci...

Took a science test today and I think I did pretty good. I soak my ankle almost every day but it hurts all the time. I hope it gets better by test time. Went down to the dojang after school today and worked on my requirements with Cheyenne and Leah, I think I over did it again.

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Had a good...

Had a good day in school. Finished my Map project and turned it in today. It looks good. I used Korean King Tiger words as the name for my islands. My teacher thought it was great. Took 2 class at Master Shin's today. Got to work on some of my requirements. Now I need to study for my Science test tomorrow.

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Been a bus...

Been a busy day in school today. Worked hard. Came home to work on my Map project that is due tomorrow.

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Woke up ea...

Woke up early this morning and did a few sit ups and push ups. Came home and ate dinner then went down to master Shin's and took three classes.

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It's been ...

It's been a bad day today. We found out that my uncle passed away last Thursday but they did not find him until yesterday. We spent a long time with Miimi last night. Every one is really sad. I have not had much time to work on my requirements today. I'll do better tomorrow.

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Got to sle...

Got to sleep in late this morning. Have not done much all day. I played on my video games and worked on requirements.

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Went down ...

Went down to Master Shin's after school today and worked on my forms, and self defenses. Looking forward to a long weekend. Dad said that we may go gem mining. Looking forward to it.

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Another da...

Another day full of school work and working on my requirements. Helped out at Master Shin's today. Had 3 new people join the class today.

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I been ver...

I been very busy today. When to school then came home to help mom and dad in the yard. I'm now reading a good book for AR. It's one of the Percy Jackson books. Mom is getting ready to make breakfast for dinner tonight. YUM!!!!!

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Had a good...

Had a good day in school today. I had a Science test and think I did pretty good. Took and help teach class at Master Shin's today. Worked hard and a lot of my requirements done.

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Had a good...

Had a good day in school. Found out that I have a Science test tomorrow so I've been studying. Had Hyper pro class tonight with Master Evens. It was a lot of fun. I'm getting ready to eat a pizza and read my book for tomorrow.

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Yesterday ...

Yesterday I did my pretest. I did pretty good but did notice that I have some things to work on like pull ups. Spent the day today sleeping in late. Got up and went to lunch with my Meim. Had some good food. Came home and rested a little then did some sit-ups and push-ups. Going to take a shower and play some on my Xbox.

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Had a good...

Had a good day today. Went down to Master Shin's tonight and worked on my requirement. Getting ready to study my BB questions now. See everyone tomorrow.

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Had a hard...

Had a hard day on Spanish class today. The teacher was talking too fast. Came hone and my sister told me about and application that can help teach me Spanish. It called Dulingo. That helped a lot. Went down to Master Shin's today to get my new Addidas chest protector. I'll be ready the next time we spar.

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Had a good...

Had a good day at school. Came home and ate pizza for dinner. I'm been working on my requirements tonight. It's hard for me to do the pull ups. Well back to work.

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Had a good...

Had a good day at school today. Still do not have any homework to do yet. Yea!!!! Went to the Dr on Saturday. He said that I had a bad sprained ankle. Master Shin said that I should stay off a foot as much as possible so that I hopefully can run for the Black Belt pre test on Saturday. That is what I'm going to do.

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It's been ...

It's been an exciting day today. I was kind of glad to be going back to school. I like my teachers and I'm really excited to start learning Spanish.

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I woke up ...

I woke up this morning and my ankle was black and blue. Dad put a bandage on it for me and put an ice pack on it. I stayed like that for most of the morning. Later I got to go to Bradley's house to watch a movie. Even thought my ankle hurt I did go to Master Shin's today. I was to work with Alex who is a white belt but he did not show up. I still stayed and got in a few kicks.

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Today, I g...

Today, I got to take 2 classes with Master Hama. It was so fun and tiring. My ankle hurts so much. Going to go sit down and put an ice pack on it. Until tomorrow

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I had a go...

I had a good day today. My ankle was still sore so I did not get many requirements done. I did go to class and worked with a bot names Alex. I'm helping him with his while belt kicks and forms. Tonight I got to go meet my teachers at school. I think school is going to be fun this year.

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I had a go...

I had a good day today. My ankle was still sore so I did not get many requirements done. I did go to class and worked with a bot names Alex. I'm helping him with his while belt kicks and forms. Tonight I got to go meet my teachers at school. I think school is going to be fun this year.

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I hurt my ...

I hurt my ankle yesterday afternoon. It was still hurting today so I did not do many requirements. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.

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I had scho...

I had school boot camp this morning. I got a chance to look over my school and meet new people. It was a lot of fun.

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Took 2 cla...

Took 2 classes with Mrs. Pam today. Got my Leadership 2. When I got home I went to play basketball with my friend Chris. Tomorrow. I have a 6th grade boot camp that I have to go to. Get to learn about the school.

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Took 3 cla...

Took 3 classes tonight. Mrs. Pam wore me out. I am so tired. I just want to take a bath and go to bed. After I eat of course. Got a lot of requirements done today.

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Had fun to...

Had fun tonight in class. Master Shin is on vacation so Mrs. Pam and other black belts help to teach the classes. I got a lot of my requirements done.

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Had a fun ...

Had a fun time at master shins class then I went to hyper pro class and hand fun there.

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My friend ...

My friend Bradley got back early from football proactive today so I got to spend a little time with him playing games. Tonight I volunteered to help Master Shin with his Jedi party. It was a lot of fun. He was having pizza. yum. TJ and I got to show the kids how to do some of the sword forms with their Star Wars laser sticks.

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I had a ve...

I had a very busy day today. I got up and went running 3 miles with my friends. Then we went back to the dojang to work on out sparring, kicks, rolls and poomsaes. When I got home, I got to play on my xbox game.

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Got to sle...

Got to sleep in late this morning. Mom did not get me up until 10:30. Yea Mom!!! Took 2 classes with Master Shin tonight. We worked hard on our Poomsaes and took a PMAA class.

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Today was ...

Today was a very tiring day. I got up early to run and work on some of my requirements. Later this after noon. I took 3 classes with Master Shin. Now I'm really tired.

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Had a grea...

Had a great time in Hyper Pro class tonight. Master Knight had is working on our sword forms. After class Master Knight help me work on my self defense requirements. Thank you Master Knight. I had a lot of fun tonight.

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wasn't fee...

wasn't feeling well today so I did not do many requirements. Will need to double up tomorrow.

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Got up ear...

Got up early to go running with my friends then we worked on our requirements. Played Xbox during the afternoon and went to Master Evan's for the BB class. He worked us hard. I was ready for bed when I got home.

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Didn't do ...

Didn't do much today. Worked on my requirements and played videos

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Spent the ...

Spent the morning running 1.5 miles then worked on my requirements. The rest of the day I got to play videos.

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I got to p...

I got to play a new video game with my friend Bradley today. I also went to Hyper Pro class. Master Evens taught us the new sword forms. That was a lot of fun.

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Yesterday,...

Yesterday, Master Shin had a pool party for the people that help clean the dojo. It was so much fun. Mom makes the best cupcakes. Thank you Master Shin for the party.

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I took the...

I took the BB and Sparring class today at Master Shin's. Afterwards I stayed to help clean the dojo. Looking forward to the pool party today that Master Shin is giving. Thank you Master Shin.

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Woke up th...

Woke up this morning tired but knew I had to work on my requirements so I went running with some friends. When I got home I spent some time playing on my video games. Tonight I went to Master Evens school and took a BB class. Had lots of fun. I was glad to see Master Shin at the class.

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Got up ear...

Got up early this morning to go running with my friends. I'm so sore from Master Knight's Hyper Pro class last night. Still have to do some of my other requirements before the end of the day.

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Today I ha...

Today I had my 1st Hyper Pro class. I had so much fun. Can't wait to do it again.

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I an total...

I an totally tired now. Took a BB Class and Sparing Class today at Master Evens. Need to rest a bit before I continue with my requirements.

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Mom always...

Mom always says to live each do to it's fullest. Today I did just that. I spent time playing with a little boy down the street. His name is Murphy. He loves to come over and to play T-ball in my back yard.

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Took a Bla...

Took a Black Belt class tonight at Master Evans's school. It was hard but very fun.

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Excited to...

Excited to spend time with my fiends on Wednesday. We spent the morning running 3 miles then worked on our kicks, roles and falls.

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Had a grea...

Had a great time in class today. I enjoy working with Master Shin. He has taught me a lot.

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1st day ba...

1st day back from a long vacation. Started working on my Black Belt requirements. Very tiring.

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