Fall 2026 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!

9/19

To day I was doing my digital detox. I woke up around 6:00 and did my morning classes and then got breakfast and went back home. I then did some drumming and went on a nice long bike ride. I then got some dinner worked on a little craft and then got some ice cream then went to sleep. There was a lot of challenges but it opened up to the activity’s I haven’t done in a while because of my occupations.

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9/18

I woke up and got to school. I then did two tests math and science and then got out of school. I took some time off in the evening and did some work then ate dinner.

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9/17

Today wasn’t very exiting. I woke up went to school did all my classes and went back home did my requirements and went to sparring. I then went to dinner and did my homework then went to sleep.

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9/16

I woke up today knowing I had another big test. But those test was math and that section of classes is the easiest to me. I got a pretty good score did my electives finished my other classes than went to the overflowed bus with zero air conditioning and barely any room. I then got home did a KT class did my requirements and homework then went to sleep.

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Sep 15

I woke up today and went to school and realized I had a big test today. I eventually got through that and did some other classes then went home. I did some requirements and chilled for a bit then ate dinner then went to sleep

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Sep 14

I woke up today and did the rest of my homework then went to school. I then did all my classes and got home to do a KT class and get a mentee session in. I then went out to dinner and then did some homework and went to sleep. 

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Aug 13

I woke up today from a long day yesterday in jr. instructor camp. I got home around 10 after breakfast and the ceremony. I then slept 2 hours and got straight to homework I then had lunch and got back to it. The homework took me a while and I didn’t get time to finish it yesterday or the day before. That was pretty much my day just finishing school stuff until I went to sleep.

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9/11

Today I learned a lot about American history specifically about the very sad tragedy that happened on September 11 this subject came across many different subjects in class and we talked about stuff like where the memorial is and how it effected the city and the rest of the country. When I got home from school I went to the Harrisburg location to do some sparring. I then got my first dinner at Popeyes. I then watched x men and then went to bed.

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Sep 10

I woke up this morning and went to school I then realized I had 3 tests back to back except for ELA I then got home and went to get a haircut and then went to sparring the sparring time felt a lot shorter and I liked how went did Korean dances. Once I got home from that I showered ate dinner and did the rest of my homework.

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Sep 9

I woke up this morning and got a protein shake then went to school. I then got a test in social studies and got through the rest of my classes. I came home and went to Harrisburg to get a black belt credit then I got home finished my homework and went to sleep.

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Sep 8

I woke up today from a nice long weekend. I got some cereal and  got to school I then did my classes and got home to do my leader ship and class assists. After that I ate dinner did my homework and chilled out for a bit.

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Labor Day

I woke up and thought I had school but then I realized that it was 9:00 and I realized the day was off. I then chilled out and watched some stuff for an hour ate breakfast and did my workouts. I then ate lunch and did my homework until dinner then  went to the pool and later fell asleep.

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sep 6

I woke up to realize its basically a saturday because its a three day weekend. I then had some oatmeal for breakfast and started working some more on my homework. Today I am going to see coyote vs acme after i finish the rest of my work and Im really exited that there is an extra day to the weekend.

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Community service project

I woke up around 7 o’clock to get ready for my community service Event. I then got there set up the stage with balloons and stuff with other people that were doing it too and heard the speech on what they were doing. And then packed some bags for a couple hours got home and ate some lunch. I then did some of my homework finished my requirements and ate dinner.

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Sep 4

I woke up and got to school after a really late bus. I then did my classes did a test and went to the black belt class I was about to be late for by car because of my dang bus. I then went home and ate dinner then chilled and went to sleep.

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Sep 2

I woke up and got to school I then did some coding in my computer science class then did the rest of the school day and went home. I then ran did my workouts then did a class then went to dinner.

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Sep 1

I woke up and got to school. got to assemble a drum kit then play on it while I was in band that was the main highlight of my day. I then got home did my homework and then ate dinner. I then chilled out for a bit then went to sleep 

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Sep 31

School was pretty laid back sense it was the second week of school. Got home to hammers and screw drivers and went to class to get a leadership credit. I then got home ate dinner chilled for a bit and went to sleep

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Aug 30

I woke up had a protein shake and chilled out for a bit then did my essay and ate lunch. I then did my exorcises chilled some more and ate dinner.

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Aug 29

Woke up today to do a weekend blackbelt class, class assist, leadership credit, and a mentee session! I then did my workouts and went for a swim. after that I went go carting at K1 and got fourth place out of 11 teenagers on my second time go carting. I then got some groceries and headed home for dinner.

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New language

I woke up and had a protein shake and went to school I then did my classes until my band class came and we played on the drum set which was fun. I then went home and got Duolingo that my friends have been talking about and I choose to learn Japanese and it was so fun. I then finished my exorcizes and went to class.

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Aug 27

I woke up today and got to school and after that I got some homework. I then Got home and did a sparring class and got home and ate dinner.  

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Second day of school

I woke up today and slept in while I could then got ready to gob to school. I then did my classes and got home to nock out some class assistances and go get dinner

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First day of school

Today was my first day of school and my teachers seemed nice. Not much work on the first day and met some old friends over all a good start to the school year.

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Aug 23

Woke up and Went to shop for groceries and get a hard drive to support a murder investigation. I then Went back home to do the rest of my requirements and went to my friends house for his birthday after eating dinner.

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Aug 22

I woke up and went to my black belt class than grabbed some breakfast and went back to sleep I then went to shop for groceries and then i chilled out for a 

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Aug 14

I woke up had a breakfast sandwich and ran and sis the rest of my requirements and am going to write the rest of an essay today.

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Aug 13

I woke up around 8:00 where I got a breakfast sandwich and went for my run I then got back and the rest of my exorcizes and did the dishes and then just chilled.

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Aug 12

I woke up today to start with some breakfast did some grit and took a nap. Woke up around 2:00 and just chilled until my dad got home and we did the 5:15 class.

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Aug 11: Community Service

I woke up around 8:00 to get breakfast and go to Bailey middle for the community service project I was doing for my teacher. I helped clean up the classroom and made desk arrangements for the next students. After that I wrote my essay about it and then headed home. 

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Aug 9

I feeling sick from yesterdays throw up and headache and I felt like a zombie when I got out of bed. I could not do requirements and doubling up is no problem later in the week. Just want to fall asleep for 14 hours and wake up pristine condition and do the rest of my requirements that I missed.

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Aug 7

I woke up and ran two miles and did everything times 2 and I got a decaf latte and ate some lunch.

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Aug 4

I woke up ate some cereal and ran two miles I got home did the rest of my requirements and got a shower. I then did my grit and ate some lunch.

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Aug 4

I woke up and ran two miles and I got ready for tutoring and I went to the grocerie store with my dad for dinner and came home and ate then went to bed.

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Aug 2

I woke up really late and got my miles done and did my requirements. After that i worked on the grit workbook then just chilled out until my mom got home and we ate dinner.

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JULY 29

Im still trying to get back on track with doing my requirements because I was on vacation last week and I ran two miles and did everything else x2. after that I took a shower and chilled out until my dad got home and we went to the 6:00 class.  

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day 9

I woke up at 7:00 and started packing to go home and left around 9:00. I got home at 12:00 and went to a dentist appointment then did the 5:15 class and did a leadership credit too and went home to do the requirements and went to sleep.

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jul 25 day 7

I woke up and went to Brevard to shop with my grand parents and we got some fudge. we then looked aournd at some waterfalls and then went back for the night.

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jul 24 day 6

I woke up around 9:00 to realize it was my birthday. I ate some cereal and chilled out for a bit I then went to an arcade and played some pool air hockey and pinball. After that I went to a ramen place for lunch then i looked at some comics and left back to the place and watched a movie and went to sleep.

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day 5 on BB cycle

I slept in and got a lot of rest and me and my family went to check out Waynesville and we got some lunch. Then we headed back to the place we were staying at and chilled out for a bit before we went to the Hub a famous bike store were we got some biking gloves and left. We then waited until my grandparents got home and then we showed them some stuff and our place we were staying at.

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4rth day (In Waynesville)

I woke up around 9:00 in Waynesville then ate breakfast got ready and went to a pike park called berm park and hit trails there then after that I went back to the Airbnb i'm staying at got a shower then went to bed.

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2nd post on the cycle.

I woke up around 9:00 got a shower and got some toast. I then worked in my grit workbook for a while until my dad got home at 12:00 and we had some chicken and mashed potatoes. I then went to a 5:15 class finished that and got a mentee. after that I stayed a little while and did punches and kicks for the next class. Then I went to dinner and ate until my mom got home.

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3rd day of posting on the cycle

Woke up around 9:00 to start my day with some cereal and took a shower I then started to clean up around the house before I leave to my trip to Waynesville this afternoon. I then started packing for my trip until my dad got home and we finished and went on the trip around 7:35.

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New beginning

This is my first journal entry for the black belt cycle. I am feeling a little sore from pre-test yesterday can barely walk without burning my calves. Had a few ones on my poomsaes from grading so i am going to have to work on that this coming week while I'm on vacation. I had a great start with mister Tim on mentor sessions before this cycle and I think they are going to go great during cycle and I'm going to learn a lot.

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