Fall 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!

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Today not much.  School, afterschool, requirements.

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40. First day of school

Today was the first day of school fun.  My mom picked me up at the end of the day. 

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39.

Today was a rest day.  There’s not much to it.  I am sick.  I have my first day of school tomorrow.

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38. Shopping again

Today I went shopping with my dad.  I got new football pads and shoes.  I got a half football to use for practice.  It’s cool.  I can throw it at the wall and it bounces back.

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37. I hate shopping

Today I went shopping for more school clothes and I hate shopping!  

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36.

Today I had my football game.  I have been saving up for something in a game.  My dad gave me the rest of the money I needed for it.  

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35. Chill day

Today was chill.  I helped with a class and went to football practice.

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34. Ready for school

Today I went to an open house for school and got my new Chromebook.  That’s it.

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33. Better day at football

Today we had a football scrimmage.  It was cool.  We won!  But that’s it. 

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32.

Today I went to football.  It was a rough practice.  No O line.  I’m tired and going to bed.

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31. No friends

Today I went to camp at King Tiger like always, but school started back today so there was like no people or friends.  I did my requirements; I was behind so today I worked on getting caught up.  Football was cancelled because of the rain.

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30. Back home

I had my friends bday and it was a sleepover in Georgia. We went to a baseball game and played but that was it. 

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29. Brighton’s Bday

Today I will go to my friend’s bday after black belt class. My other friend is picking me up because the bday is in Georgia. We are going to a baseball game and having a sleepover in Georgia at my friend’s house. 

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28.

I'm so tired.  I did some fast fun throws.  I assisted with the little tigers today.  I did rolls and falls class and black belt class.  I went to football and then got pizza with my friends.

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27. Long day, short journal

Today was overwhelming.  I had sparring and football, but I still got my requirements done and that's it.

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26. Credit

Today was a big credit day.  I did sparring twice, mentor session, black belt class, class assistant, and I did a lot of practice on my forms.  So yeah, time to go to sleep.

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25. Grant's Birthday

Today I went to summer camp and had fun practicing my forms with instructor Garrett in the morning.  After that I went to Master Foster's sparring class and then I went to my friend's bday party at Top Golf.  

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24. Im tired Today!

Today I was tired. I am tired now. I had football and that is the hardest part of the cycle. But I went to my dad's house and bye. 

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23. I hate shopping

Today I went to see Fantastic 4 and went school shopping. I liked the movie, but I hate shopping.  

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22. Room to improve

Today was pretest and I feel I did good.  Still have room to work.  I have to go to panther fanfest so bye. 

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21. Chill day at home today

Today was chill.  I did a lot of practice for pretest tomorrow.  I did a black belt class.  I went to Panda Express for the first time, and it was a lot of food.  It was good.

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20. Sparring was fun

Today I had a lot of fun at sparring.  Today was really chill, but I got a lot of practice in. Pretest on Saturday.  

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19. Tired

Today well I am half asleep and my mom is doing my hair.  Pretest in 3 days.

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18. Late to the party

Today was my friend's birthday.  I was a bit late because I helped out with a class but that is it so not much.  It was at Top Golf.

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17. Hot today

Today I had my first hot football practice, so we had no pads on and just helmet.  So now I am home doing some more requirements and going to sleep.

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16. Chill Day

Today I did a lot of chilling and cleaning. I got this really fun game.  I was chill until I did my workout. I ate too much ran a mile and almost threw up.

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15. Did a lot today

Today I went to black belt class, helped with the little kid class, did my mentor session, and went to the poomsae seminar, and then came home and helped cut the grass.

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13. I forgot to journal yesterday

Yesterday not much happened.  I just went to practice and did a lot of throwing the football.  My mom picked me up from camp early, so I got to do my mile early.

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#14. A Good Class Today

Today I had black belt class in Huntersville.  It was a really good class.  I played football with my friend and now it's late and I'm so tired. Good night.

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12. 4/10 Day

So, today I found a mentee, Levi.  That was the best part of my day.  Let me get to the bad part.  I came home from football practice and the AC was not working.  I thought my dog was going to pass away because of no AC.  She is a french bulldog and cannot be in the heat.  I was so scared for her because it was hot in the house.  Finally the AC came back on before I got in the bed.  Today was a 4/10.

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11. Feeling good

Today was my first day of all pads at football practice, and I did good with hitting.  I like staying after practice running my mile with my friend.  It makes it a lot more fun doing it with someone. 

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#10. I did good

Today I had my first football practice with my helmet on. Tomorrow, I have full padding.  I did good on my mile today also, and my kicks. 

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#9 Sleepy Days

Today was a sleepy day.  We went to run errands, and I was sleepy.  I also got my football pads today, and that was cool.  Today I did my requirements a bit late but that's ok.

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#8. Falling asleep

Today I did a lot with my friend.  I did black belt class, worked out and went to the pool.  Now I am watching people fight, and I will see Manny Pacquiao fight if I don't fall asleep before they fight.  It's 8:32pm and I'm falling asleep.

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#7. Elephant Toothpaste

Today was a big football day, but it's 11:00pm, so I really just played a lot of football.  I stayed late after football to do my requirements with my friend.  Also, I did my favorite science experiment at camp.  We made elephant toothpaste with my 5th grade science teacher.  It was so much fun. 

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#6. Thursday is my favorite day

Today I was doing the same as yesterday.  I had middle school 5th grade camp and football practice and that was fun.  I did half my requirements this morning with my dad before camp and the other half tonight.  It was fun but that was it.  

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#5. My dog Blu

My dog Blu won't let me write my journal; she's just sitting on it pawing at me to scratch her.  Today I did not do much, but I did do requirements with my friends on a video call.  We also had our first really good football practice but that's it.  We practiced in the rain the entire practice yesterday.

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#4. Camp was Fun

So, today I was in the right group for camp, and it was a lot more fun! But yeah, that is all that happened.  Not really, but that's the most important thing and I'm too tired to write more.  I will have to tell you more tomorrow.  To be continued...

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#3. Today Was Crazy

Today was crazy!  My mom put me in the wrong camp.  She put me in the class with a lot of 1st-2nd graders for learning! I was supposed to be with my 5th grade class and playing games after with my friends.  Tomorrow I will be in the right place!  It was so not fun there!  I will be with my friends tomorrow, so I'm all good!

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#2. A Great Day

Today was a good day!  I went to my favorite breakfast restaurant iHop to get steak and eggs with cheese and the strawberry and banana pancakes.  I went to see Superman, and he is my favorite superhero, so that was cool.  My mom and I went school shopping and ate lunch at Freddies. This afternoon, I was able to get in my blackbelt requirements.

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#1. Day 1 of BB Cycle

Today was the first day of the black belt cycle.  I went to black belt class.  After that we as in me and my mom went and got a new dog bed for my dog named Blu.

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Friend's Birthday Party

Today I went to my friend's birthday party. And it was so fun; we went to ninja nation. Afterwards, I went to a track to run a mile and came home and did a lot of kicks.    

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1/27/2025 - TIRED

Today I am tired, and I am doing my black belt stuff. I'm going to bed early.   

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1/26/2025-football day lets go chiefs

Today my favorite football team is playing to go to the super bowl. So, I am doing my black belt stuff and watching the game.  

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1/25/2025 up and moving day

Today I got up and went to A Saturday black belt class. And then I went to my football game, and I played 2 games and won both of them. Afterwards, I came home and worked on my requirements.    

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January 24, 2025 - Sick

Today I am sick, and I really did not do that much but rest. I went to adidas and it was hard getting through the shoot sick.  I'm glad its Friday to be home to chill.

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January 23, 2025 - Belk

Today I went to Belk and modeled for them.  I got to school late and had like no more day left at school. So, then I got home and did my black belt stuff.          

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January 22, 2025 - No School!

Today I have no school because of snow.  I had modeling for adidas and that is about it.  I came home and I did my black belt stuff. 

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January 21, 2025 - Snow Day

Today it snowed, so when I went on a run it was so fun!  But other than that, all I did was black belt stuff.   

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January 20, 2025 - I got chopped

Today I got my hair cut.  And I got a lot of my hair cut off. But besides that, I had chill day.  

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January 19, 2025 - Learning Music Keyboard

For my new talent I am learning keyboard. And today was my first day and I did Pretty good. So that was my day.

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January 18, 2025 - Day 8 - Day of Pretest

Today was my pretest, and I think I did well.  I tried my best.  I also got some good scores. So, today was a good day, and I am proud of myself.

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January 17, 2025 - Day 7

Today I did not really do anything, but I recovered from my shots and got back to work on this black belt training. That is how my day went.  

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January 16, 2025 - Day 6. Shots Today

 I had to get two shots today.  I can't even move my arm right now, but I still have to get this black belt work in.  So, I will push thru it and keep working on it.

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