Spring 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!

My name is Liam Sanchez. I was born in San Antonio, TX in 2014 but raised since I was 2 years old in NC. I am a Bocho dan at King Tiger - Harrisburg. In my free time I like to code, and I am currently learning JavaScript (Code.org), Python (Raspberry Pi), C++ (Arduino), block coding (Scratch/Microsoft Makecode), and Lua (Roblox Studio). I also...

My name is Liam Sanchez. I was born in San Antonio, TX in 2014 but raised since I was 2 years old in NC. I am a Bocho dan at King Tiger - Harrisburg. In my free time I like to code, and I am currently learning JavaScript (Code.org), Python (Raspberry Pi), C++ (Arduino), block coding (Scratch/Microsoft Makecode), and Lua (Roblox Studio). I also play baseball, soccer and basketball for Harrisburg Parks and Rec, and will be transitioning from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts with Troop 83 within the next few weeks. 

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Soccer


Today was interesting. When I woke up, again I grabbed my breakfast, then left. Remember this post: Post. The pain in my legs felt worse today to the point that I was sort of limping. The school day went well for the most part, but recess took a bit of a turn for the worse. So, what happened was at recess, while playing soccer like usual, literally in the last five minutes, 2 people on the other team ran into my already hurting leg. One slid into me while the other jumped on me like you would in a dog pile.   So yeah, that hurt a lot, and I don't know what they were thinking but the other team members were just telling me to "Walk it off", like what? We had previously been banned from playing due to a number of "fights" among players so I guess they were thinking we might get...

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Art

Today, school was fun. When I got there, I did not get breakfast because I knew that I was not going to be waiting in the line for about half an hour just for cinnamon bread. I went straight to my classroom and like yesterday, made a thing out of another mini cereal box that I had in my backpack for whatever reason. Instead of me making a mailbox, I made a phone. First, I took the box apart, flipped the box inside out, then rebuilt the box with glue. I added pieces of paper to make the home screen and the contacts of my phone. I still need to add many more screens before I can call it finished. Then, at recess I played soccer well. I dribbled past 4 people in a row, I made a pass to assist a goal, and my team won 4-0. In art class,...

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First day back to school

Today was the first day back to school after winter break. To start off with my morning, I woke up, got ready for school, got a mini froot loops box, then left. When I got to school, I didn't get breakfast there because I had the froot loops box. I ate the cereal then I got an idea to make the box into a mailbox. I did but, I cut my finger in the process...it was worth it though. Math class, easy. Reading, normal. Lunch, good. Recess, in the middle. I fell hard on my legs, increasing the pain I had from Saturday. AIG, happy. Encore (went to the library), easy. Science, easy. Dismissal, very happy.  I'm always happy when it is the end of the school day. When I got in the car, I showed my mom the mailbox I made and told her about taking it to class with me...

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Sunday

I was planning on going to church, but I think I had overslept. For breakfast, I had a bacon breakfast crunch wrap which I had not had in forever. After I got done eating my breakfast, I worked on the traffic light from yesterday in Roblox Studio. I finished it at 1 pm since there was some bugs in the code that I could not fix in the 10 tries I tried to fix it. One bug fixed, two more came until I finally figured it out. It was so frustrating but, I got through it. I also, posted a video of how to make the traffic light on my YouTube (ask me for me channel name). At about 2:45, it was time to go to iFly. I have been doing lessons about twice a month since my birthday in October. Today, I worked on side-sliding while I was there and...

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First day in Black Belt cycle!

Today, I woke up happy to start my first day of Black Belt cycle. I did my morning routine and got ready to go to taekwondo. When I got there, I started to work on my fitness requirements since I asked to go in an hour earlier than originally planned. My mom also brought me breakfast since I didn't eat prior to leaving this morning. While doing my kicks, I hurt myself on the bag because I kept hitting the same area on the top of my foot repeatedly. I don't usually kick on the hanging bags, but I feel that was the cause, so next time I will use the ones for class instead. I had my friend Ryker help make sure I was doing my rolls and falls correctly since I can't see myself when I'm doing it. He gave me good feedback and now I know I need...

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