Spring 2024 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!

3/22

This Friday I didn’t wake up on time I sleeper in! Then I finished up my black belt requirements for the cycle and now ima go to school and probably going to get a 100% on my test then come back home and just relax then go to testing and I hope I will not have to stay like 10 hours.

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3/21

Today I woke up and did homework then I am going to school and  today will be easy because there’s no test and I will probably just finish my cycle today and then I will go to sparring then come home.

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3/20

Today I woke up and just did some homework than I went to school and today was easy and I got a 93 on my math test then am heading home and I will do my black belt requirements.

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3/19

Today I woke up and I am doing my black belt requirements then I’ll go to school and I hope my teacher don’t give us 100000 test then I’ll come home and run then go to class.

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3/17

Today I woke up and went to class for today and did kicks and poomsae then went to Lowe’s and bought cinder blocks to practice my brick break and then went home and played video games for a bit then waited for my boards to arrive from Amazon then I went and practiced them it was difficult at first but I manage to break a black board stacked on a red board stacked on a blue board (I don’t not know if they are the same at the taekwondo gym) then I practiced my flying side and my hurricane kicks then took a shower and ate dinner.

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3/16

Today I woke up and immediately went to testing run and I did very much better I got exactly 8 minutes and was just so little of from 7 sadly then I went to black belt class and we did board breaks then I’m now home and ima kinda chill for the rest of the day.

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3/14

Today I woke up and happy pie day! I did my black belt requirements then went to school and today was kinda boring l just kinda tired through the whole day and at math my teacher was very mad today I don’t know why and I’m at home now and doing my requirements 

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3/13

Today I woke up and a did all of my black belt requirements and then went to school it was sooooooo easy today because it was a half day and I got my running done in school on the track field after school I came home and am playing video games and and I hope the rest of the day is just nothing to much 

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3/10

today I woke and was extremely sore from testing and then ate breakfast and now I’m waiting for class to start and hope it will be easy because I’m tired. After that I want to go home and just chill for the rest of the day then run a bit and I’m going to try to get 100  miles during the cycle just because.

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3/9

Today I woke up and immediately went to testing which I was not nervous at all and I started which push ups which I beat my 17 by 21 then it was plank and I had 1:27 and now I got 5:37 so 4 minutes and the empress of test was ez and I got 10 pills ups and much more and then went home and just chilled for a while then went back to king tiger to do community service and I got a donut! 

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3/8

Today I woke up and then did most of my black belt requirements then went to school today was just so boring so I just kinda did t even really listen half of the time because we have been learning this for a while the. went home and finish my requirements then finish my book essay then reviewed my test and now am heading to be, Hope y’all had a good day!

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3/7

Today I woke up and did most of my black belt requirements then I got ready for school then now I’m waiting for the doors to open and then once I’m inside I’ll just probably wait until something interesting happens because school is so boring then the rest of the day will be easy then I’ll come home finish my requirements then run like a few miles then go to 6:00 class and sparring.

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3/5

Today I woke up and then ran 1 mile then did push ups sit ups and burpees then got on video games and just played them for most of the day then I went to 2 classes to help out for then went home and just ate dinner then did the rest of my requirements then sleep.

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3/4

Today I woke up and didn’t do much this morning since I was so tired so I kinda just sat on my phone for a while then got ready for school went to it and it was extremely easy today we had no test or anything and after I got home from school I did my black belt requirements then played video games since I have the 5th off of school then went to bed 

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3/3

Today I woke up and was most tired person ever because I went to instructor camp yesterday. There was a four hour bus ride to camp, then once we got there, we put on our uniforms. The first half, we did four stations that had different workouts at each one. Each station had either balancing, learning how to punch and kick hard, how to tie belts blindfolded, and footwork exercises.  The second half we learned how to teach different kinds of classes and people. Like family classes, senior classes, teenagers, and small children. Then after that, we did our candle ceremony and that ended camp. We got back on the bus and headed home.  After I got home, I went to sleep which only lasted a bit since it was so late after we got home.  That's why I was so tired when I woke up this morning.  After I woke...

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3/2

Today I woke up and was miserable but happy then just kinda walk slowly to my car got in it then went to taekwondo gym and I’m. currently on the way to intructors camp and I hope that I won’t be exhausted after even though I probably will be tired but at least the time there will be great and I don’t think I’ll be sleeping when I get back to my house

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3/1

Today I woke up then I did my homework for school and then I went to school. My first class was just regular, didn’t do much. Second class I got a 97 on my social studies test. Then the rest of the day was a pretty regular Friday for me. I came home then I ran two miles in the rain. Then I went to black belt class. After class, I came home, ate dinner, and did my black belt requirements. 

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2/29

Today I woke and did all of my black belt exercises then went to school today kinda sucked I feel like I never exist because my teacher never call on me for a question and I got in trouble because my ELA teacher said I was being loud because I slam my computer even though it was a accident then I went home and did my 2 mile run then went to sparring

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2/28

Today I’ve woke up and done all my exercises and then got ready for school I’m at school waiting for the doors to open then hope any test go fine and hope that’s the rest of the day will go smooth it’s a wensday so not much going on.

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2/27

Today I work up then did most of my black belt requirements the got ready for school, went to school it was a pretty average day I had 2 test which I got A’s on like usally😎 after school i invited my  twin brother to his first class but he was surprisingly good! (It was the white belt for a week thing) then had a mentor session.

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2/26

Today I woke up at 5am and did my black belt requirements and hung out on my phone for a while. Then I got ready for school and then went to school. First class I just did a simple worksheet and then I took my next class we basically did nothing. I got picked up early today to get our passports. I did the rest of my school work in the car. Then took a nap in the car. We got home and ran. After that, I just played video games. After that, I ate dinner, took a shower, then read more of Atomic Habits. 

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2/26

Today I’ve woke up and did all of my requirements than ate breakfast and then am getting ready to go to school I am thankfully being picked up early to get a passport so that will be nice and I’ll have a great rest of my Monday and ho

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2/24

Today I woke up then got ready for black belt class and then did staff and sticks form before the class. Class was more interesting than usally today, but it wasnt bad but kinda confusing for the first part. I then went home and now im hoping the rest of my day goes by smooth and since my parents have to go somewhere I get the whole house to my self and ill probally do my black belt requirements tonight.

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2/21

Today I woke up, did all my exercises, then I studied Norwegian on my phone for about an hour. Then I went to school, science was fine, we just reviewed for a test. All my other classes were just typical days. Ela was really interesting because when I went to go to the bathroom on the way there I saw our school officer and our administrators all inspecting some kid but I didn’t know why. It was very interesting though. Some kid I know said he knew what happened and would tell me tomorrow. When I got home I played some video games and then I ate dinner and cuddle my dog while reading my book. 

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2/19

Today I woke up and decided I need to run 5 mile today to get ahead! the first mile was not the best I did try to run it very fast but it was kinda alright. After I finished that mile I had to take a break for like 5 minutes but then got back to it then finished another mile then another then another then my last one which felt great to be done with. I hope the rest of my day goes by smooth and ive already done my poomsae and self defense from yesterday. Hope you all have a great day!

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2/17

Ive woke up and ive went to black belt class but it was not my best class then I went to my schools track field to pratice my mile and I ran my fastest mile of 7:49 greatfully and now am going back home and finishing one of my essays then doing my bb requirements tonight and just not doing much today.

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2/14

Today I’ve already woke up and did my belt black requirements but am also unhappy that today I hope a huge test for ELA that will last the whole day but I hope to get at least a 235 or higher which is good but after that we will be out of school immediately because of the half day thankfully than I will do my run than I will think about what I will do later!

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2/12

I just woke up and did nothing because I’m very tired but I got ahead on todays stuff last night so I can just do nothing except run and I hope today goes well anyways have a good day!

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2/8

Today I woke up the. Did my black belt requirements except my run but I hope it will go by fast because I’m exhausted of school since all school is, is just go to it and try not to fall asleep

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2/7

Today I woke up and did my black belt requirements. Then, got ready for school and got some donuts on the way to school. I went to school and immediately had math map testing. That test went really good, I got a 253 on it. Then the rest of my classes were shortened. I came home, I ran 1.75 miles and did some extra pull ups after that. Then I did extra planks. Then I played some video games, ate dinner, and took a shower. I did 5 minutes of extra planks and then Poomsaes. 

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2/6

I woke up and did my black belt things and now getting ready for school but I hope today will not be as bad as yesterday and I hope the test that I have tomorrow will go great so my teachers are not unhappy with me and I hope that today will just go by fast so I can just get home and finish my mile run.

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2/5

Today I woke up and did my black belt requirements. After that I got ready for school and went to school. During Science, we extracted DNA from a strawberry. And then I completely messed it up by accidently pouring the chunks of strawberry with the DNA. In Math, it was pretty boring. We just did a simple worksheet. In Spanish, we learned how to describe family. Then in ELA, we just did a simple worksheet on the Harlem Renaissance. After school, I came home and immediately ran. Then after my run, I played some video games, ate dinner and then went to bed.   

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2/4

Today I woke up and just hung out on my phone for a couple hours. Then, I ate breakfast and went to class. I did my jump rope and push ups before and after class. After class I came back home and did burpees. I ate lunch and played video games for a while. Then went on a run with my parents. I ran about 3 miles. After I ran I did 2 minutes of pull ups to get ahead. I did self defense, ate dinner, and that’s it. 

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2/3

Today I woke up and got ready for Black Belt class, ate breakfast then went to Black Belt class. I did extra sit ups and planks before class. I took class and after class I stayed and helped with the 9:30 class. After that I went home Today I woke up and got ready for Black Belt class, ate breakfast then went to Black Belt class. I did extra sit ups and planks before class. I took class and after class I stayed and helped with the 9:30 class. After that I went home and went on a run with my dad. I played some video games and then made myself lunch. I played some more video games then at dinner. 
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2/2

This morning I woke up and did my black belt requirements and ran a mile with my dad. I got ready for school and ate breakfast. I hope it’ll be an easy day at school and a fast day. After school, I plan on getting the rest of my poomsae and self defense practice done. I’ll go to black belt class tonight and then come home and play video games. 

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1/31

Today I woke up and did all of my black belt requirements besides my kicks. Then I got ready for school, went to school. School was a weird, different day today. My first class, science, was 75 minutes long. Then I had lunch and PA. I went to history class after and then went to math which was boring today. I went to ELA and that was easy. I had video production class today too. I went home after school and did ran and did the rest of my kicks. I played some video games, made myself dinner, then read some of the Atomic Habits book. After that, I went to bed. 

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1/30

Today I woke and did all of my black belt requirements, ran .5 miles. I got ready for school after that and went to school. First block I had science and got a 100% on my test! In math, all we did was a basic worksheet. In spanish, we didn't do much. In ELA, I read something about instagram and answered questions about it. After school, I ran another .5 miles and then went to Taekwondo class. I assisted class and had a mentee session after class. After I got home, played video games and ate dinner. 

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1/28

Today I woke up and did all of my cycle requirments. After that, I went to Poomsae class. Before class, I jump roped at King Tiger. During class, we did a lot of Ill Chong and a bunch of kicks. After Poomsae class, I ran two miles with my dad and then played some video games. After video games, I ran two more miles with my mom. I played a little more video games after that, then ate dinner and took a nice long shower. After that, I read a chapter of Atomic Habits. The beginning of the day, I was tired but then I felt better after running and playing video games. 

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1/27

I woke up and got ready for black belt class then after class I took 9:30 class which I assisted with some yellow belts with poomsae then went home and got all my black belt requirments done then ran 2 miles then went to dinner and had a hamburger then went home and just kinda did nothing for the rest of the day because it was raining so I cant do extra running sadly but did get to do extra jump ropes. Overall my day was just kinda boring because of the rain.

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1/25

My day was not very great since I woke up at 3:45 am and could fall back alseep for an hour then woke up again at 6:00 am very dizzy and I had a horrible headache so after a bit of time pass I found out I was sick so I had to take some medicene and it made me feel much much better so then I just did nothing the rest of the day and then I had dinner. Hope you guys had a great thursday!

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1/24

Today I woke up not feeling the best but did the reqiurments still and tried to get ahead so i dont have to do much then i went to school which was very boring because only half way through the week then when school started i had season testing then it was just a regular boring day after that then once i got back to my house i did extra poomsae and self defense for black belt cycle then I played video games because I have no school tomorrow!

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1/22

Today when I woke up I diceded that I want to do less on thurdsday so I got 46 minutes of sit ups and everything else done then I went to school which was a good monday surpisingly. First class I had a test which was a bit confusing so I got a lower than expect grade. Next class we just did review after I had gym which we had to take a pacer test which I was better than most people and I got a 50 on it. After I got home I just played video games because I was bored then wnet to 6:00 class which I help out then 6:45 class which I helped and did warm up which was embarrasing because I pronounced circle your knees, circle your hip, circle your foot and circle your neck all wrong lol then after I had dinner and read.

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1/21

Today I woke up and I did all of my teakwondo exercises with some extra time. Then I went to poomsae class. Afer that I played in a video game tournament. I got steamrolled haha. But it was still fun. I went to the gym and ran and when I got back I made myself a quesadilla for lunch. After that, I played some more video games then my dad and I did Hopketo, blue belt, yellow and high yellow belt self defense. Then I made dinner and now I am watching youtube. 

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1/19

Today I woke up and did all my black belt things for the day I then went to school it was very boring today but I just went through it first period I had history class which all we did is make a advertisement about World War 1 then I had math which we just did nothing the whole class because she had nothing to give us then I had ELA, my teacher was out so we just watched a video then science class we just played games because she didnt have anything for us. After school I went to black belt class and did hopkido (I probally spelled it wrong.) 1-3 then after class I went to La Unica and ate rice.

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1/16

Today I woke up and was going to do my exercises but it was very dark so I stayed in my bed until it would be more bright but then I fell alseep so I woke up again and did half of each (1:30). I then went to school it was a boring first half but when I had math my teacher switched the seats and I had to sit next to a new kid and I had a bad headache the rest of the day. a few hours after that I had science and my teacher yelled at me to stop talking even though  I wasnt. After school I did the rest of my exercises and thats it.

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1/14

Today I woke up and my mom helped me put on a cotton pad to tape to my eyes then put a blindfold on so I can start the day with starting of blind for my empathy essay the first 1 hour of the day I was just trying to move around and feel the walls and everything then I listened to a comedy movie since I cant see it, it was entertaining but very boring but very soon I had to go to class so I tried to get in my car but only took about 5 minutes to find the door handle so once we arrived I walked in and was trying to get the outline of the mat so I just ran around the very outside to get a line up then class started, the lines were extremely difficult because I thought I was about to run into the mirror...

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1/12

I woke up and worked out and then went to the store to get more school notebooks and folders then I went back home and started to re-organize my school backpack then I did my run and then chilled for a few minutes then went to blackbelt class did my self defense pre test then went back home and ate Chic-fil-a.

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1/10

Today when I woke up I was upset about having to go to school after a day off. Then I got the news that there was a 2 hours delay so I decided to get all my exercises done for today execpt poomsae and self defense. When I arrived at school I was a bit later than usual but still on time. My classes were very easy today since they were only 40 minutes each. Once I got home I ran to Chess practice to get my running in. After I went to the 6:45 class and had a mentor session then just did poomsae. Once I got home I ate dinner and watched TV. Overall it was a great day.

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1/8

So this morning I woke up at 5:30 and I got ready for school. Once I arrived at school I played some games the first few minutes of class when our teacher let us. First period I just took some notes in history class. Second class was math and we learned about slopes. Next class period I immediately sat down to take a test in ela and I didn’t get the score I wanted to. Then I had my electives which was Spanish today, we learned about how to tell time. My last class today was science class and I took another test and got an A. I came home and went to the 5:15 taekwondo class. Then we went to get new tennis shoes for me and then we went home. I made my mom go for a run with me when we got home so I could try my...

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1/7

Today I woke up, sat in my bed for about 20 minutes watching tv. Then I put on my uniform for Poomsae class. When I arrived at Poomsae class it was a good first day back, just doing the basics. After class ended I retook my written pretest, I'm sure I got a 100%. When I got back home I played video games then I did my daily pushups, pullups, and sit ups. Awhile later I went for my run, which was a better pace than usual. Did some burpees after then self defense. The end of the day I watched survivor with my parentals.

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