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!

August 14

Today at Tae Kwon Do, my mentor and I worked on some color belt poomsaes, and I plan to review some study guide material for the pre test on Saturday.  I have no idea what it is like, and I originally imagined the pre test to be like a color belt testing, but since it is my first time on cycle I can only guess what it will be like.

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August 11

Today was another normal day.  I finally got to mow my grandparents lawn, and I did some cycle requirements as usual, and even finished one of my essays today, but overall it was pretty boring, but that's OK because I know I get to play some golf this week, as well as doing Tae Kwon Do.

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August 10

Today was a normal Saturday for the most part.  I went to sparring class as well as black belt class, and got a fair amount of cycle requirements done.  I didn't get to mow my grandparents' lawn because of the rain though, but that's OK because I can hopefully take care of that tomorrow.

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July 29

Today I was extra tired for some reason.  I went to my grandparents house in Davidson for a while before returning home.  I took a short nap and woke up afterwards to do some more cycle requirements.  I'm so excited for my birthday tomorrow! :)

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Back From Ontario

Yesterday I got back from Ontario after a 14-hour drive, which was surprisingly short for that distance.  I already miss the cooler temperature there, especially when I'm running.  I didn't get the chance to write any journal entries in the past few days, but since I don't have much to do other than cycle requirements, I will be able to do more entries as well as trying to get ahead on the requirements.

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July 18 - Heat Wave

Today was a very hot day, especially for the normally mild summer weather of Stony Lake, Ontario.  Since I am on a small island, I have to go on the mainland every day to get my run done.  Today's run was very hot, with horseflies trying to bite me the whole time, which I found very annoying.  I did get to go for a swim in the lake afterwards, which felt good after a run on a hot day.  I did some cycle requirements before going kayaking around the lake.

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July 17

Today was a long day of activities for me, cycle-related and otherwise.  I just got done with an evening swim to cool off for tonight as it is supposed to be hot (for Ontario).  This is my first post on here and I hope everyone else is doing okay on their cycle reqs.

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