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!

hansika's journal 1/8/24 - day #3

today i had to go back to jail so i woke up at 5 and got ready. i got to school and had a very slow, boring day. we got new seats in ela and it makes me contemplate dropping out of school. (not gonna do that but its a recurring thought in the back of my head) finally, i came home, ate a snack, and did some requirements while watching tv. i went outside to run because it wasn't really bad outside. then i came home and finished my homework. we don't have to go to school tomorrow because of "excessive precipitation" so we have an e-learning day which is so dumb because everyone else gets school off. i was looking forward to sleeping in but looks like i'll have to wake up at 8 for e-learning. at least i can do it from the comfort of my bed. anyway, that...

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hansika's journal 1/7/24 - day #2

today i woke up at 7 because i had rec practice at 8. our coach got mad at us for doing bad at our game yesterday which i don't get because we won but she made as run laps which i guess was good bc i ended up getting 2.3 miles in. i don't run a lot so it really hit after i got home. i made lunch for my family and watched tv. i tried getting in requirements and practiced my jump roping bc our bball coach has a challenge where anyone who gets over 200 jump rope rotations in a minute gets a free t shirt. i cant get over 100 but i guess this is good practice for the black belt cycle as well. tomorrow i have to go back to jail so i finished some homework. 

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hansika's journal 1/6/24 - day #1

today we had our pre-test which i think i did fine on except for the written test. i went home, went to sleep again, woke up at 1:30, and ate lunch. i had a basketball game for rec at 3. i made 4 3's and we ended up winning 64-61. i went back home and wrote on of my essays and had tuition. i watched tv and tried to get in some requirements. pretty good day i guess.

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