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!

#20 8/10

Today I decided to do my digital detox so I wouldn’t have to do it during school and it really wasn’t that bad. We went to the mall so I could get some shoes for school. Then I came home and my requirements and went on a 2 mile run. When I got home from that I had dinner and now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #19 8/9

Today I went to black belt class. I went to target after to get my school supplies and that was fun. I came home and did most of my requirements, and I went to go babysit for my neighbor. I was there for a little while but when I got home I decided to go on a run and ended up running 3 miles. Now I’m gonna go to sleeep

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Day #18 8/8

Today I came home from my friends house and ran my mile. I had to go to the school to help my dad finish setting up his classroom. So I was there for a little bit. When I came home I did my other requirements and watched a show with my parents and now I’m going to go to sleep. 

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Day #17 8/7

Today I woke up and went on a run around my neighborhood. I did my other requirement and went to my class orientation. After the orientation I went to my friends house and we had a sleepover. That was all I did today it was a lot of fun. 

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Day #16 8/6

Today I went on a run with my dogs, I ended up running 3 miles. I went home and finished one of my essays and continued to read my book. Then I got ready for taekwondo. At taekwondo I helped with the white belt class and had a great sparring class. Now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #14 8/5

Today I woke up late and played games with my friends for a couple hours then before taekwondo I went for a run. I had my black belt class today and that was a lot of fun. I came home and ate dinner and now I’m gonna go to bed. 

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#13 8/4

Today I went to the trampoline park with my friend. When I got home I did some of my requirements. I went to taekwondo and helped with some class. I came home and now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #12 8/3

Today I went on a run this morning and I did all my requirements. I went to a comedy show and it was really funny. I ended the day by watching a movie. 

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Day #11 8/2

Today I had to wake up for the pretest. After that I had to go do the last day of my cat sitting so I went over there for a little bit. I didn’t really do much else today and now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #10 8/1

Today as soon as I woke up I did my requirements. I decided that I should catch up on some of my reading so I spend a while reading my book. My brother and I went with my mom to her job today and that was a lot of fun. When we came home me and my mom watched a movie and now I’m gonna go to sleep.

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Day #9 7/31

Today I started off the day with a run, but after I wasn’t feeling too good so I just hung out with my brother. When I started to feel better me and my brother did some of my requirements and I started reading my book. Then I had sparring so I went and it was a lot of fun to help the other students out while I’m still figuring out what works best for me. Overall today was a pretty chill day   

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Day #8 7/30

Today I got up and ran with my dad and did some of my requirements. I didn’t really do anything else expect for go to sparring tonight. That was my dad pretty boring, but typical. 

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Day #7 7/29

Today I got up pretty late and ran down to the house that I am cat sitting for. When I got home my dad was about to leave to go to the school that he works at to go set up his classroom, so I went with him. We were there for a few hours and when I got home I had to get ready for taekwondo. I helped with the first two classes and got some leadership credits. The black belt class was really fun and productive. Overall it was a pretty good day. 

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Day #6 7/27

Today I woke up and did my requirements and I started cat sitting so I walked down to their house and feed them and walked back to my house. I went to the book store to get my book for the cycle and I started reading it. That was my day pretty chill but nice. 

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Day #5 7/26

Today I went to Black Belt class in the morning. I went home and did my requirements, then I went back to go to the Poom Sae seminar. The seminar was a lot of fun and I learned a lot from it. I didn't really do much the rest of the day but overal it was a pretty good day.  

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Day #4 7/25

Today I didn’t really do much. I helped my mom clean the house for a little bit. I did my requirements, but nothing really else today. 

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Day #3 7/24

Today I went to sparring class and had a lot of fun and got to spar with some really great people. I had a pretty chill day other than that, I did my requirements and didn’t really do anything other than that. 

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Journal #2 7/22

Today I went for a run with my sister around the neighborhood. When we got back home I wrote in my journal and did my other requirement. I went to the store with my mom to go back to school shopping for my brother. I came home and go changed to go to Taekwondo. Today we had the color belt testing so I was helping with that for the first two classes. Then it was the black belt class and we just went over what is going to happen while on the cycle. I came home and went to sleep after that.  

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Journal #1 7/21

I went on a run to start my morning. Then I did my other requirement and started writing on of my essays. I went to taekwondo a little early today to help with the belt promotion in the other class. 

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