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!

January 27th

I'm glad the winter weather wasn't as bad as they were predicting but it is still really cold. That being said you can dress for cold you can't for hot so it's kind of a mixed bag.

  9 Hits

January 26th

Well with the weyi had the day off. I can't remember the last time I've stayed up so late.

  13 Hits

January 26th

Well I wasn't going to go running in this weather. Hope everyone is warm and safe.

  15 Hits

January 24th

Today I woke up sick.  Then my mother called worried about the winter.  I went over got her an easy start generator, took down her cloth gazebo top, filled up her car and calmed her down a bit. I'm still sick but I'm glad I could help. This didn't leave much time for anything else and I'm still sick. Here's to better days.

  17 Hits

January 23rd

Everybody stay safe and warm with this storm coming it.

  23 Hits

January 22nd

I always sleep very well after a sparing class.  I hope everyone is doing well with their studies and tra

Continue reading
  30 Hits

January 21st

It isn't getting below freezing tonight or tomorrow. Sometimes it's the little things that make a day great.

  47 Hits

January 20th

They're calling for snow this weekend. I hope that doesn't happen because I do not want to deal with the slow downs that will cause. Oh well c'est la vie.

  37 Hits

January 19th

I have an odd way of remembering 2nd Dan special number three. It just so happens that it is really close to the ending of "Best of the Best 2". A horrible movie but a memorable final fight scene. 

Continue reading
  0 Hits

Jany18th

So my recycling can was broken . The city told be to leave it on the street and they wild have a person come by and fix it or replace it. They replaced it and left the broken one too. Thanks I guess. 

  56 Hits

January 17th

Class was pretty good today. A bit of a review with some tweaking. Other than that I think I'm make progress.

  44 Hits

January 16th

It's Friday hope everyone has a great weekend and now a word from the Downer Philosopher. "Why is it that Friday is so close to Monday but Monday is so far from Friday?" Have a wonderful day, night or whatever time you see this.

  44 Hits

January 15th

Work hard, study well and eat and sleep plenty. Some of you will know were I got that and some won't.  But I still think it is a good starting point.

  51 Hits

January 14th

It's a strange day. Cellphone service is down for a lot of people from my understanding.  Wifi is cool and everything but I work outside and need service to do my job properly. Oh well hopefully they get it settled by the morning. Have a great night everyone.

  65 Hits

January 13th

The thing I like about cycle the most is that my belt gets bigger. 

  44 Hits

January 12th

You know what I don't like about North Carolina winters? It is the temperature variation. It can be 70° one day and 20° the next. 

  54 Hits

January 11th

I have got to admit it. I was pretty sore today when I got to poomsae class. 

  65 Hits

January 10th

It is rare that I take a nap but today I made a well deserved exception.  I have found that I have to force myself recovery sometimes, even if I don't want to.

  75 Hits

January 9th

I don't have much to say. I'm focused on the pretest and I hope everyone does well.

  47 Hits

January 8th

Sometimes it feels like there isn't enough time in the day to do everything that needs to be done. I think it's okay to feel that way because, sometimes, there isn't. The only thing to do is to push through and get it done anyways.

  41 Hits

January 7th

I'm getting the hang of this stuff this time around. I hope it works out for the best.

  76 Hits

January 6th

My favorite part of this is the exercise but that's just me.

  47 Hits