Fall 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!

10/10

Today I started writing my essay and get ready to send my college applications after that, I hanged out with a few of my friends and finally got the email of when the tea ceremony is at.  

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10/7

Went to taekwondo class today and I really like to appreciate master Foster for appreciating us who are in the black belt cycle. He thought we did a good Representation of Harrisburg king tiger and hope everyone who did the cycle is doing great.

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10/6

Today I took the ACT work key to see what jobs would fit im me in the future and I think I did pretty good on it, after then I went back to class as usual then went home and mostly relaxed the whole day.

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10/4

Just relaxed the whole day, nothing else. Probably go to TKD tomorrow if I’m not tired.

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10/3

Did the public testing today, just wanted to say that I think everyone did very good and everyone put a lot of effort during the test.

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10/2

Good luck to everyone testing. I made sure I took a nap because I have a SAT test tomorrow.GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

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10/1

Ready for the overnight testing tomorrow, hope everyone does well. I also have a SAT on Saturday so I don’t know if I can make it at Belmont but I’ll try my best.

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9/30

Today was normal day for me, I went to school, then went home.then went to TKD to get my last mentor session and class assistance, testing is also coming up and my SAT so I spend all day studying.

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9/29

Today was another normal day for me, I went to school, then went home.then went to TKD to get my mentor session and class assistance, after then I went to a soccer game.

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9/28

Today was a normal day for me, I went to school, then went home study for a test I have tomorrow.then went to TKD to get my mentor session and class assistance.

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9/27

Today was a rest day for me. Took lots of naps then study for my SAT next week after that I did my daily routine and exercise. I should be close to finishing my book so I can put it all online.

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9/26

Today I had to wake up at 5 AM to do the written test and physical test after that I got class assistance credit Then I went home got some rest and Then participating on a festival I had to be at.

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9/25

No school today so the whole time I was studying for the test and did my black belt class and my sparring class today then all night I spent studying for the written test with a friend

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9/24

Today was another normal day, went to school and had a quiz today for fourth period, after that went to king tiger to get my mentor session and class assistance, then I study for the written test we're gonna have on Saturday.

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9/23

pretty normal day today, went to school then went home and did homework and took a little nap, after that I went to help out with class and celebrated my dad birthday.

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9/21

Today was a light day today. I went to school then I got my classes assistance and mentor session done. I should be close to finishing my daily run and input all the data online soon.

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9/20

A lot of things happen today, first I had to wake up at 5 AM and Help feed the homeless at a homeless shelter second I want to go eat with my friends then I had to go to a festival with other friends of mine. After that I want to go get a haircut. Then I went out and played football in soccer with my other friends. Basically, I’ve been awake for almost 18 hours. Hopefully tomorrow will be less tiring.

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9/19

Today I was able to learn about how use sticks and knives, love seeing Grandmaster Evans teach use new things and see how passionate he is, after that I went home and did my routine and runs in.

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9/17

Today was a normal day for me. All I did was did my Daily routine and exercise, then went to King Tiger And helped out with class also was able to get a mentor session.

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9/16

Today I had a test for physics and I think I did pretty good on it and after school I was able to get a mentee session done and help out with class today.

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9/15

Today was a boring day today I had to study for a Test I have on Wednesday then after that I Got my classes assistance credit.

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9/13

Today was a pretty chill day. I did my Daily run and exercise exercises learn more about my pomsae in self-defense and did some rescheduling to make my calendar more available.

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9/12

Today I woke up at 9 AM to get ready for sparring class and after sparring class I was able to get a mentor session in then I decided to help with two classes today and after those two classes, I didn’t leadership class and it helped me learn to be a leader. After that I did my weekly exercise and requirements and I’m learning all my pomsae and self-defense.

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9/11

Today was a chill day at school today, but today’s black belt class. Master Foster made us go over every single belt Self-defense and pomsae. this made me realize what I need to go over and what I need to work on and I really appreciate what he done to make sure that we were ready

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9/10

Today I had two tests at school and did pretty well on them, then after school I went to king tiger to help out people who are testing for their belts and it was nice seeing people get their belts also help them earn it.

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9/9

Couldn’t go to bbc because I had two tests coming up sadly but Thursday should be a day where I can go so I’ll make sure I’ll be there.

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9/5-9/8

Journaling the past weekend I had. Saturday had to wake up bright and early to go to a event to give out food and school supplies For about three or four hours after that I spent an hour learning all my pomsae and self-defense to make sure they were all perfect and correct. Sunday I took a little break for that day. All I did was my daily runs and exercise. Monday is where I have the whole day off so I was filling out My Journal so it look up-to-date for everything then this Tuesday I want to class and help out.

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9/1

We woke up in the morning and what school didn’t go to taekwondo or exercise because I was sick today and hope that will feel better by tomorrow.

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8/30

Today was my grandpa‘s birthday so I celebrated it the whole day. Did my daily run ,Felt like my endurance, and my stamina was getting better and better.

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8/28

Woke up at 6 AM and decided to get coffee because I knew it was gonna be a long day for school after school. I try to finish all my homework and study for  economics of personal financial honors quiz. After I was finish, I want to taekwondo to get my black belt classes and sparring classes in.

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8/26

Today I had a test in physics and hopefully I did well after that. I went home and studied for my next test tomorrow then I went to tae kwon do, was a very productive day today.

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8/24

Woke up and got coffee and started getting ready to go to school during school I Talked to my counselor about my AP and College classes I’m gonna be taking next semester and being ready for college after that I went home and Took a nap then went to tae kwon do.

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8/21

Today I went to school and after school, I did my routine for my belt cycle and then I want to black belt class, and after that I went sparring, making sure that I catch up all my journals and clocking in all my journals.

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8/19

At school today first thing I wake up with coffee after coffee I did all my classes when I was out of school. I did homework and then My routine and took a quick nap after a nap. I Woke up and went to black belt class and teach my mentee His self-defense.

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8/16

Today did my daily routines, went to my buddhist temple to help out an event happening in a week, after that I decided to relax the whole day at home to get ready for the whole week.  

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8/15

Today I did my daily run and routines for the cycle, after that I went to work, workout and hang out with friends the entire day

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8/10

Today I ran two miles because felt like I need to get better with my stamina. Went to black belt class today, also was able to get some leadership credit and celebrate one of our leader las day working with us.

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8/8

Today I went to sparring and was able to leader the class for a bit. After that I did my daily workout and challenges.

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August 7- Richard huynh day

Today I attended black belt class and was able to practice my kicks and kicking combination to be more faster and constant, also I was able to get credit for leading warmups. Today we also sparred, Sparring today made me more active, made me practice how to go on offense and defense, after that I was able to teach my mentee his next  belt rank pomsae and what to expect for his next belt.

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