Spring 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!

November 2nd

Today I had my first official high school swim practice. I was not prepared because I have not swam since about mid July. But I will eventually get back in swimming shape.

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November 1st

Today was a good lazy Sunday and a great stress reliever also. I went to church then came home rested for a little then hung out with friends, so today was pretty great.

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october 30

Today my high school had a Halloween themed day. So today was not full of stress, but also tonight is our black belt test so I am very excited.

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october 29

Today I had my last Tae Kwon Do class before my first degree black belt test. I am nervous but I feel I will do well.

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october 28

Today we had a big Chemistry test that I felt like I did very well because I had spent all afternoon yesterday studying.

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october 27th

Today I was extremely tired and it was very hard to get out of bed this morning. The day felt slow but better as the day progressed.

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october 26

Tonight we had our senior night for the soccer team. We lost by two but it was a great game.  

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october 25

Today we got back from our black belt retreat. We all had a great together and I got to spend time with some awesome people. I would'nt have missed it for the world and i'm so glad I went.

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october 22 2015

Today was my grandfathers funeral and I spoke in front of the congregation to talk about his life. It was extremely hard to finish because I could not stop tearing up as I spoke. But I held strong as I pushed through the speech.

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october 21 2015

Tonight I had my family and friends gathering for my grandfathers passing. I had met so many people and they were all so happy to have known my grandfather.

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october 20 2015

Today was a little bit of a struggle since my grandfather passed last night. I had a lot of support from my friends and it made the day much easier.

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Sunday October 11

Today was a very rushed day and their was never a tme to rest. Waking up early and mowing grass, went to All County Chorus practice all afternoon then finished the night watching my girlfriend receive the National Honors society award. So today ended up being a good day to finish off the week.

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Today went...

Today went by like it was a Friday because of all the fun I had. Then we had our pink out volleyball game to spread awareness for breast cancer and it raised a lot of money.

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Today I wi...

Today I will have my plantest for college all day in school and it's going to take a lot of time

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Today was ...

Today was A great sunday with friends. We had a great church sermon, Panthers won the football game today and to finish off celebrating a great friends birthday.

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Today was ...

Today was filled with victory and sweat. Got up at 6:30 this morning, ate breakfast, got to Master Evins at about 8:30. We did our physical tests then ran our mile. Then I finished my written test and score a 103%. Then after our weekend black belt class I finished off the afternoon with a great lunch at Jimmy Johns.

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Today was ...

Today was great first off because it was Friday, we had our annual Barbeque fundraiser for the school. With our fundraiser going on we helped all day with packing the food and having a great time with friends.

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Since next...

Since next monday is the and of the first six weeks grading period in my school today was full of review for last minute testing so I have to study a lot.

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Today was ...

Today was full of a lot of work but I pushed through it. I thought the weather had a empact on everyone because I thought a lot of people were thinking a little slower than normal but it got better throughout the day.

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Today I'm ...

Today I'm pretty sure was the best monday ever. We had our big prep rally and our rivalry game that we won 46-13

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Today was ...

Today was a not so bad rainy day with the Carolina Panthers win today and I'm almost done with my english project so today wasn't that bad.

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Today I we...

Today I went to the outlets, went out to lunch and met up with a good childhood friend so today was great rainy day.

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Today I we...

Today I went to the outlets, went out to lunch and met up with a good childhood friend so today was great rainy day.

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Today was ...

Today was not as good as a Friday I had hoped it to be. The rivalry game and pep rally got postponed to Monday but it'll be just as good.

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Today was ...

Today was not as good as a Friday I had hoped it to be. The rivalry game and pep rally got postponed to Monday but it'll be just as good.

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Today was ...

Today was not as good as a Friday I had hoped it to be. The rivalry game and pep rally got postponed to Monday but it'll be just as good.

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Today was ...

Today was felt like another Friday which made it go by very fast because everyone was in a good mood.

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Today was ...

Today was felt like another Friday which made it go by very fast because everyone was in a good mood.

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Today I fi...

Today I finally got my braces off of my teeth and it took all day because I had one appointment at 10:30 and then another at 2:30. But it pays off because I have looking teeth

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Very easy ...

Very easy laid back monday to enjoy after school with a big basketball game and great dinner. One of the best Mondays hands down

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Today I sp...

Today I spent the day watching Sunday Football with my family and it was great even I lost in my fantasy league I was still happy Carolina won.

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Today was ...

Today was full of excitement, I hurt my ankle at the sparring class and then went to scarowinds which was great.

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Today star...

Today started off slow and it was hard to get out of bed. But as the day progressed it seemed to get better because of the fun we had today.

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Today was ...

Today was very stressful with tests tomorrow and lots of reviews but I know I will do wel with all of the studying I've been doing. I took out my stress by playing basketball today and staying outdoors.

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Today I th...

Today I think everybody was tired except for me I was on the ball on everything we did, even getting complements from other teachers and students. I got home went to go play a couple games of basketball, I'm so cose to dunking the ball on 10ft.

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Today was ...

Today was full of tests and we're also getting ready for our chorus concert that we have in about two weeks.

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Today was ...

Today was full of tests and we're also getting ready for our chorus concert that we have in about two weeks.

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Today was ...

Today was full of tests and we're also getting ready for our chorus concert that we have in about two weeks.

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Today it f...

Today it felt like wet very slow because of lots of review for upcoming tests this week. It has been a lot of studying but I feel I will do well.

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Today the ...

Today the weather was absolutely beautiful with a great breeze. It was perfect running and basketball weather and to top it off with great Sunday nght football.

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Today afte...

Today after sparring class I went to go see the Pee Wee football game and then went to go see the movie The Visit and it was great.

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Today was ...

Today was a great day with the red, white and blue american theme at friday night football. But sadly it was canceled because of the storm but we had a great time while it lasted.

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Today went...

Today went by very quickly, because of the review we did in school for the tests I have tomorrow. I am enjoying my Spanish and Chorus classes the most. We started a fundraiser to sale cookie dough for our chorus trip to San Fran over Spring Break. So if anyone wants cookie dough, let me know;)

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School wen...

School went by very fast today because of what we learned today. I came home and played basketball with the neighbors, it started raining so we went inside to play xbox.

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Today I le...

Today I left school early to go to my great aunts funeral. We got hme around 3 and we were all tired.

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Today was ...

Today was a great labor day spending quality time with family and friends. We went to lunch at Hickory Tavern and then had a great bonfire.

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Today I go...

Today I got up early to mow the grass and then we went out on the boat. We stayed in the sand bar and lounged around in the water.

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I got to s...

I got to spend the night with my best friend Zac and we played zombies until we couldn't stay awake. Had to get to come home to cut the grass and then heading to the lake with my girlfriend.

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Today We'r...

Today We're going to get cleaned and organized in the house. I have found old toys and books from my childhood and it makes me look back what seems so long ago.

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Last night...

Last night we had our Friday night football high school home game against Shelby. We were winning by one touchdown at the beginning and then it started storming so we went out to get some food to pass the time. It started back and it was a tied game 21 to 21 we threw an interception and they scored in the last 3 minutes of the 4th quarter. Shelby is a good team and we played a great game.

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Today was ...

Today was full of studying and practiing chemistry equations and vocab but I compleley understand it now and I feel like I could do it with my eyes closed

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Today went...

Today went by very fast I thought because we had a lab experiment in chemstry and we had sang an acapella song in chorus and it sounded great.

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I felt muc...

I felt much better today than I did yesterday and I pushed through school even though I was still stuffed up> I went home ran, played basketball and then went to two weekday classes.

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Today was ...

Today was a good day and I learned a lot but I had to work through feeling bad but I was fne after I took medicine.

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I had grea...

I had great time with my family and my girlfriend at my dads birthday dinner today. I can't belive we have school tomorrow but I know tomorrow will be great.

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Today was ...

Today was a great pre-test, I felt like I did very well and I feel I need to get a lot stronger which I will. We ate with our King Tiger Belmont family at firehouse subs and it was awesome.

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Today went...

Today went by pretty fast it felt like, I turned in my English project and finished my chemistry. I came home and ran my two miles at the elementary scool track and did my pull ups and then went to my 5:30 Tae Kwon Do class and then studied most of tonight.

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Today was ...

Today was my third day of my sophmore year and I learned a lot from my chemistry and spanish classes. Mowed the grass as soon as I got home and worked on my projects; then I went to the varsity soccer game. Even though we lost it was a great game and very fun.

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Today is m...

Today is my third day and I am so sore but confidant that it will all get easier.

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