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!

08/09/2026

Today I was able to recover better from my injury and was able to walk four miles to recover my missing logs in my journal. I was able to also stretch and recover from my muscle spasms and was also studying for my SAT in the meantime.

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08/07/2026

Today I was able to complete both the black belt weekend class and sparring class. I had a severe ache on my lower spinal area and was not able to do my best in class and had to skip sparring in sparring class. Still I was able to finish black belt class and the drills in sparring class.

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08/05/2026

Today I ran a quick mile near 8 minutes. Which showed improvement for my mile outdoors. But today during weekday black belt class I had a severe shock and had to leave class halfway. I done some excersizes And stretched so my pain is not as bad , but it is still unbearably painful.

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08/03/2026

Today I had a major sore back and was unable to run a fast mile, which frustrates me. Today in class though I was able to get a credit for black belt class and get my second mentee credit!

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07/31/2026

Today I had attended both black belt weekend class and advanced sparring class. We had spent class on talking about balance and also ended up doing falls. In sparring I was able to get a leadership opportunity and I think today was one of my personal best days when it came to sparring.

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07/30/2026

Today I was able to help my king tiger tae kwon do club by assisting today in both of the testing sessions , such as holding boards, attacking for self defense, and sparring higher belts for their testing requirements. I was also able to get a class assistance credit because of this!

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07/27/2026

Today I was able to complete my 2nd weekly mentor session. I was able to go all the way up to high green but I had to unfortunately leave, nevertheless it still helped me polish up on yi Chung and sa chung. I was also able to get my black belt weekdays class credit today, in which we covered pomsaes, specifically khoryo today.

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07/26/2026

Today I was able to do all my requirements in the morning and finish up my missing pull up time requirements. I was also able to score a solid time of 8:20 on my mile as well as not struggle as much with my requirements. I was able to help my mom with the garden and was able to play pickleball with her and my brother.

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07/24/2026

Today I had taken both black belt weekend and advanced sparring classes. We were able to cover il Chung and yi Chung in class as well as special bochadon self defense. I was also able to enjoy one of my first advanced sparring classes.  

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7/23/2026

Today was a rainy day but I was still able to enjoy some outdoor activities with friends. I was also able to catch up on missing weekly excersizes!

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07/22/2026

Today I was able to do my weekly exercise’s fairly easily and was able to help my aunt with chores around her house. Was also able to complete 2 miles of walking and 1 mile of running!

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Journal 7/20

This is my first journal and the 3rd day of the black belt cycle.   TodayI had a good run in the morning and was able to have a fun experience at the mall. In class today we focused on our regular bochodan self defense and we had also had time to practice khoryo pomsae!

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