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!

Day #39 8/31

Today I woke up and went on run and did my requirements.  When I came home I got changed and me and my mom went to the plant house to make our own succulent habitat. I came home and worked on some homework and some of my essays. Now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #38 8/30

Today I woke up and went to the Saturday class, I found a few things that I need to work on before the overnight test. When I got home I went on a run and did the rest of my requirements. I got a shower and ended up falling asleep for a while. When I woke up I went to the store and got some groceries for the week with my mom and I came home and ate dinner. I watched a show with my sister and now i’m gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #37 8/29

Today I went to school and took my quizzes and did really good on both. I got home and did some homework and ate dinner I went on a run and did my requirements. Then I watched a movie and about to go to sleep. today was a pretty chill day which is nice. 

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Day #36 8/28

Today I had school, and it was a normal day. After school, I had a bunch of homework to do. I went to sparring and got to practice some new stuff. After I got home, I ate dinner and I studied for the 2 quizzes I have tomorrow. Now I'm gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #35 8/27

Today I went to school and had a quiz in the second period. That sucked, but the rest of the day was good. I got home, worked on some homework, and went to sparring class. I had a lot of fun and got to practice some new kicks that I have been working on. After I got home, I ate dinner and worked on some more homework, and I'm about to go to bed. 

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Day #34 8/26

Today I went to school and it was pretty boring. I just hung out with my friends, and we had picture day today. I had to finish some homework when I got home. Right after I finished, I had to get ready for class. I helped with the lower belt classes and got a mentor session. I stayed for the black belt class, for f-defense most of the time. When I got home, my sister's friend was here, so I talked to him for a while, and now I'm gonna go to bed. 

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Day #33 8/24

Today I woke up really late and went on a run. After I got home I got some food and finished some weekend homework for spanish. Then I did the rest on my requirements and watched a movie. Now im gonna go to bed. 

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Day #32 8/23

Today I went to the black belt class and it was fun. When I came home I went on a run and did my requirements. I helped my mom clean the house and I had to leave to get my MRI. I was the hospital for a while. When u came home from that I had dinner and went on another run. Now I’m just about to go to bed. 

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Day #31 8/22

Today I had two quizzes and I thought that they were pretty easy so I hope that I got a good grade on both. After school I got this big headache so I couldn’t go to the first football game tonight, but it’s ok because I am going tomorrow to get my MRI to make sure my head is ok. Now i am gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #30 8/21

Today I had a doctors appointment and after I went to school.  School was pretty chill but during study hall I got a huge headache and felt like I was going to pass out. When I got home I went to sleep to see if I was just tired. When I woke up I still felt really bad so I decided not to go to taekwondo. I ate dinner and now I’m gonna go to bed. 

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Day #29 8/20

Today I went to school and it was pretty chill. I came home ran for a while and did my requirements. I had to get ready for sparring class tonight.  Sparring was really fun but I did hurt my leg. So I came home and iced it. Now I’m gonna go to bed. 

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Day #28 8/19

Today I woke up late for school so I had to run out of the house. School was pretty boring today, nothing fun happened. I came home and went on a run around my neighborhood and did some of my requirements and had to get ready for taekwondo. Taekwondo was normal I helped with the first 2 classes and took the black belt class. The black belt class was really fun we did some rolling and falling and some self defenses. When I got home I ate dinner and now i’m about to go to sleep. 

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Day #27 8/18

Today I got up and I went to school which wasn’t that bad but after school I had to go to practice for color guard which was fun because it really chill today. When I got home I had to work on some homework and I had to go to taekwondo. I am doing my white belt challenge this week so i’m really exited to see what else I do as a white belt. After I got home from taekwondo I went on a run and my requirements.  Now i’m gonna go to sleep

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Day #26 8/17

Today I went for a run and did my requirements but not much else. I went to the store with my dad to get dinner but that was really it. Now I’m ready for bed to be able to get up and run in the morning before school. 

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Day #25 8/16

Today I got up to go to the black belt class but I ended up not feeling well so I stayed home, but I did go to the self defense seminar. It was really good and I learned a lot. After the seminar me and my mom had to go pick up my sisters new chinchilla. I came home and finished one of my essays and now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #24 8/15

Today I went to school and had to present a project which I don’t think I did to bad and I had a quiz in history that was really hard. After school I did my requirements and watched a movie. Now I’m going to sleep. 

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Day #23 8/14

Today I had to go the doctor and I have to get an MRI soon so that should be fun. I had to go to school and when I got home I had to work on homework. I got to take a break from homework while I went to sparring and that was fun. I finished my homework and now I’m going to bed. 

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Day #22 8/13

Today was not a great day. I got to school not feeling great and during second period I passed out. The rest of the day was pretty chill though so that was good. When I got to taekwondo I just helped with the sparring class because I did not feel like passing out again. Now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #21 8/12

Today I had to go to school and it was fine but after school I have to wait for my brother in my dad’s classroom and I literally passed out. So I went home and didn’t go to taekwondo. That was my day. 

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Day #20 8/11

Today I woke up extra early so I could run my miles and get ready for the first day of school. I was super nervous because it was my first day of high school but it turned out to be fine. I do have a test on friday though so that should be fun. When I got home I had to get ready for taekwondo and I got mentored and I got to work with my mentee. And now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

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Day #19 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 #18 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 #17 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 #16 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 #15 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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