Spring 2025 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!

1/21 Easy day

Today was really easy. I ate breakfast, had lunch, called a friend, all that fun stuff. Then I did all my requirements for today. We went to the gym once again today and did some extra workouts there to help me get better. But that was my day. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.   S3:E2:  Don't Stop Me Now - Queen: I give this song a 4/5 mostly because I'm a Queen fan but also it's a encouraging song for running and i really enjoyed it. That's it for me and have a great day!  

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1/20 Busy Morning

Today I woke up at 6:30am and went to class. I took two classes today in hope for leadership credit but someone took it from me. My mom was a little late to pick me up so I did some requirements. When I got home I did the rest of it and got it done for the day. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.   S3:E1 It was really cold out and I didn't feel like getting my headphones out so I just finished my run and got it over with. I am still taking any song ideas if anyone has any! I do hope everyone did have a good run today and to not get hurt too bad. I wish everyone luck on the cycle!

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1/19 VERY GOOD DAY!

I had SUCH a good day today. after getting black belt class and went to the gym for running and everything. I got everything done and caught up with yesterday, so everything twice, in under two hours! I'm really proud of myself! This was the last day of week two of the cycle and congratulations to everyone I bet all of you guys did great! I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!   S2:E6:   Today: I listened to my music on shuffle today mostly because it was already 7:30 pm and I was really trying to be done there. Thanks for everyone who is reading this and I hope you have a great rest of your cycle!   To Master Chelley: Thank you for the email, 80's kid. I hope you'll read more. And I need a little help with songs for next week, I'm open to suggestions!...

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1/18 I want to cry..

I'm just jumping right into this because I'm about to cry because of how tired I am. I went to early class and got an assistance credit then did sparring class and got a mentee (finally). Today was a really successful day.  After all that I did my workout and now I'm really tired and hope everyone gets good rest. I hope everyone had a good day and stay safe.  S2:E5 Kenny Loggins - Footloose: I give this song a 4/5. Its a really good song and was the first song I danced to while running. I really enjoyed the song and hope you might listen to it too.

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1/17 I said, "Brrr it's cold out here" and NEW HEADPHONES!!!

Today was really normal, struggling to get up for school, home alone for a little, homework. But after school I had a bunch of homework but got it done pretty quick in time for tkd class. I got class assistance credit and am caught up for everything. AND I GOT NEW BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES!!! I just got done with my mile, I ran in below freezing weather and breathing in icy air is really not the best for a mile, luckily I was dressed well. I'm doing this now with my lungs still full of cold air and I cough every time I inhale but I'll survive... I think, I pray that I don't get sick tomorrow. That was my day, I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe. REMINDER: I am doing songs for my mile runs and I am running out of songs to listen to. Any song...

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1/15 Last Day In Florida (Very Tired)

Today was our last full day in Florida and boy was it long. I started off with a with poosae in the pool again and kicks. My headphones broke two days ago so I haven't been able to listen to music while doing my mile. We did top golf today and I beat everyone's butt at it but just had fun. That was pretty much it. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!

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1/14 Journaling on vacation

Today is day three of being Florida.. I was really tired and really hot today. I did my poomsae and kicks in the pool and it was pretty funny. Bowing underwater was a fun way to end each poomsae. It's been very hard to concentrate here because we did so much and I'm in mental vacation mode" but I'm still trying. We did go to the fair today and did a haunted house which did not last at all.. In my defense it wasn't recommended for ages 12 and lower. But I had a great time. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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1/13 Happy Birthday Kylie!

Today was my sisters Birthday and we were all still tired from last night. Today I didn't do much. I took a swim in the pool then I ran 2 miles and regret came to me a few minutes later, it was so hot yet cold outside and I was so tired after I just took a nap. After I woke up we celebrated my sisters birthday and all that birthday stuff. It's really late now and I'm practically clawing my eyes out right now because I'm so tired. I hope everyone had a splendid dad and stay safe!

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1/12 Late Journal

Today was so stressful and very chaotic. We were leaving for Florida today and were all very stressed. After school it started pouring rain and I was so thankful I brought an umbrella because I had to walk home today. As soon as I got home I was still not done packing and had to quickly do that. I had no time for anything today and I'm going to regret it later but I had to do what I could. We took off at 8:30pm and got there at around 10pm we tock a shuttle and I thought it would be a good time to try pull ups, on the train, while it was moving. But I did it, I was so tired as soon as i got to the home and I just went straight to bed. I hope everyone had a good day and stay safe!

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1/11 Late Entry

Today was a really long day. But at the end of the day I did sparring class, I'm getting better at it and getting slowly better. I couldn't do much today, I was packing for Florida all day and was super tired. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!

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Two Hour Delay For School 1/10

Today was very simple for a school day, I woke up late because my school had a two hour delay for flooding. I had breakfast then went for a one of the two mile runs for today. After that I took a shower and went to school, school was really boring, like really boring.. after school I walked home and did some homework ate dinner and went to tkd class. I got a class assistance credit and went home to do push ups, sit ups, jump rope, burpees, pull ups, and plank. Then taught once again the same poomsae's we've been working on for the past five days again, along with the self defense. After that I did once again another mile run and that was my day, I hope everyone had a good day and stay safe! NEW SERIES!!!: S1:E1: I am going to start a new series on my...

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1/9 Tornado Warning No School

Today I woke up and It was pouring rain outside. I had breakfast and worked on some homework then started cycle requirements. I started with pushups went to jump rope then did the rest of it, I worked double time today since I missed a day of it, then did kicks. During a break I called my best friend and we looked outside of how powerful the wind and rain was outside, then as we were looking outside we saw my neighbor's outside table completely flip over and the chair fall not too long after. We were sitting there not saying anything because we didn't think the wind was that bad and thought everyone was being overdramatic about it. After that, I went back to finishing my homework. Near the end of the day I continued to teach my mom and sister my poomsae and taught my sister self defense. That...

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