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!

When I was Shaken

Today I had auditions to day but before that I had a punch of school work i'm really excited that i'm almost done with the black belt cycle. So later today I had auditions for theater and I was terrified and my whole body was shaking. But the important part was I made it through the audition and I never gave up and I had a lot of fun.

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Bingo time

Today I had school like always and after school my dad dropped me off at QT. Because later I had chicken and bingo and it was a lot of fun. We won candy every time someone got a bingo and now it's time to go to bed.

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MOnday

today i went to school; and learned legth x width x height. came to tkd and did some requirements and helped in class,

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No mom this weekend

So this whole weekend our mom was on a women's retreat with our church. She was very excited and on this same weekend, there was a seminar with Master Meligrito. I attended Friday night sticks for kids, then on Saturday after my sparring class, I did the afternoon seminar which I was not supposed to go to , but Master Evins let me do the class. It was very fun and interesting. Instead of doing just sticks, he taught staff as well. 

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Sticks Weekend

Today I had a project day for home study and after that I played a little. Then I had to eat quickly because I had sticks for kids. I must say it was a blast. We did a lot of fun stuff. After that the black belts had some training with Master Malegreto.

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Almost there

Today like always I had school and I got picked up and I remembered that i'm almost done with sit ups and I was so happy. Then we picked up Connor, and went straight to the dojang. We are getting ready for class, we have senior tigers tonight and i'm almost done with my requirements for today got to go.

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9/25/ 2019

Today I got up early to go to training for my dad. My dad had to leave early to go to his dental appointment and while all that was happening I was doing my homestudy. When we got home I hurried to get school done because later that day I had an theater workshop.My friends mom picked us up from it and went to her house and played for a little bit until my mom comes and now the day is over by now.

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Late night

Today we had classes from 5:00 - 8:30. I stayed for the whole thing, because I thought my mom was not going to pick me up. The classes were really good. For a second I didn't know because I haven't helped in a while. I tried my best and for the third class I helped out a little bit because I needed to get dressed and finish my requirements

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Free day

Today was a teacher work day. Very exciting for me because I had more to play and do more requirements. Connor went to great wolf lodge and then heading to soccer. I still need to do my community service essay and actually do the service. Its not far now to the end of the cycle

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Church day

Today I went to church like always. My group had a small amount of people for sunday school. But for my church service, we had tons of kids. After church, we went home and did a bunch of requirements. Then we ate lunch and took off to see my Nana in Badin, NC. I takes an hour to get there. It was great to see her again. Her new there is nice in a tiny village and has two little dogs. Later this day, Parker and I rode our 4 wheelers and Parker's dad made us a dirt ramp for jumping. We got some really good air. What a blast that was.

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Great Day

Today got up early like always and went to sparring class. Sparring was pretty good, we had a lot of drills with two rounds of sparring. Then, we had a 45 minute break, then black belt class I loved because we did our breaking demo. The breaking demo because getting a idea in our head for testing. After that, I picked up late and went straight to the international festival. 

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Tired

Today I had home study and it's been longer than expected. My muscles are sore, but tonight is parents night out so I have get my requirements done to go. Weather for my run cold this morning. Can't wait for tonight. See everybody Saturday.

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Almost Finished

Today I had home study most of it I got done at the training this morning. So when I went home we finished up home study and then I realized I was almost done with the cycle. So I thought to my self and said I need to get this done and that done, and then I thought I'm getting a lot stronger. So I took a deep breath and said lets do this and I was off and I just love the cycle because it teaches me to discipline my self for what comes next I got to go by now.

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The workout day

Today for school we had almost the exact plans but it wasn't. For specials today we had music and PE they were both surprising   breath taking. In music we did a lot of singing,we sang a lot of songs and dancing as well. For PE we did what Mrs. Ford calls     our warm up funicize and they are very hard our activity for the unite is basketball.

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First day of the week

So today I went to school like always it was very hot outside.We did a lot of math and our special was art to day.We picked up Connor and brought him to soccer.So after that we swung over to Publix and grabbed some food and went to King Tiger.We had a little time to relax then people started coming in and class began. 

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Last day of the weekend

Today we got up early because Connor had to help out with church. Had a great service at church and then came home. I got up with my good friend Parker and we rode dirt bikes. Then I had to get the rest of my requirements in and also typed up to essays. I did 10 rounds of sparring combinations on the heavy bag.

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Nerve racking

Today we had our physical and written the group was very nervous. First we did our run and after our run we did pull ups. I beat my pull ups, push ups, sit ups and v sit ups. After that we got a break before black belt class and I did a second run with Mrs. Lauren and Andrew. I was happy I knocked out two miles today. When I came back from my second run, my mom showed up to check on me then left to grocery shop. A few minutes after we had black belt class. It was a lot of fun and had a great time.

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Prep day

Today Was a home study day. I've been getting ready for the test tomorrow. I'm tired and sore. Hopefully tomorrow will go well. Looking forward seeing everyone tomorrow. Math was fun and we started on my project for school. I have to learn and do a project about the mid west.

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Coming early

Today after school we we left the school from Carline and went straight to the do Jang. At school it was a slow day. We did a lot of math, and did recess inside because it was so hot outside. I'm finishing up my essays today to get those turned in.

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Hot day

Today at school was very hot, it felt like I was frying slowly.  at school I did not do any requirements except for my run this morning. I had art today with my art teacher mrs. Richardson. I enjoy art very much, it is a lot of fun. Connor has a soccer game at Frank liske Park. He plays for Covenant classic

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Early morning

Today we had to get up early for sparring and black belt class. The sparring class and black belt class was a lot of fun. I really Master Hama and Master Jean. Everyone seemed like they had a good time. When we got home, we and my dad were really tired. Earlier that day, my friend Parker came to get me to do some dirt biking. We had a lot of fun.

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Home Study Day

Today was a long day. I worked on math, spelling, grammar. Some was difficult and some was easy. I enjoy math a lot. Some problems were hard to understand. I'll be going to the sparring seminar in a little while. I'm getting late doing my requirements but I'm getting them done now. This seminar should be fun. Hope to see you there.

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The adventure is over

Today, we had to come back from the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was very fun while it lasted. We got to go on a lot of cool hikes, some of them were mostly flat and one was all uphill. The views were gorgeous. You could see the towns and valleys forever. On the first we hike we saw a very beautiful waterfall. We stayed in our motor home and at the campsite, I caught a lot of fish. We are now back and getting ready for school the next day and I'm not happy about it.

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Home study day

Today is Friday and I'm at home doing my school work. Hope Academy is a Christian school that has a university model that does 3 days at the school and two days at home. It is a great school and I really like it. We did two hours of math today which was a bit hard because we had to do a lot of work with big numbers of population differences of different countries. My requirements are going ok. Still have a lot of work to do and a lot of improvement. My dad is helping a little bit. I am very excited about the seminars coming up. Can't do some sticks!!

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Small Group

Today was a loud day just with three people in summer camp and we are starting class right now. The cycle is going well its a lot of work but I am getting a lot done, I think it is even louder than having a bunch of kids,the thing I'am still having a little bit of trouble with is running. I hope you enjoyed it have a super nice day by.

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Quick day

So far it has been a very quit day at least how long I have been here. I have been at home most of the day but we are just playing pokemon. We are having       snack right now, you get more and more used to the cycle every day. Sometimes I wish I could play a lot of games, but I still have to do requirements.             We are about to play tiger ball I hope you liked it a lot by now.

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Long Week

It has been a super long week full of craziness the cycle is tough and its supposed to be tough. The easiest thing for me is the pomsaes and self defense and the hardest is the run. The hardest thing about the run is finding time to do the run and sometimes knowing you have to run everyday even though you are tired. Easiest thing about pomsaes and self defenses is you just have to remember it and do it strong. 

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Wednesday

Its a very crazy day we are doing games, its a lot of fun getting to know more and more about the kids. we are playing lazer tag with the campers. We watched Detective Pikachu, it was a really good movie and everybody enjoyed it. We did not do class because the computer update took a good part of our day. We played a lot of games today and we are getting ready for the junior tigers testing. I am going to be helping with the junior tigers testing. We got a new game today called spot it. I hope you enjoyed it have a nice day bye!

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New Day

Today is July 29 it was a very early morning of summer camp we are doing quite time every body is enjoying them self. Its been really tough with the black belt cycle but fun. The king tiger is doing really well, we got some new summer campers but we are way to chatty. I really like summer camp it just brings me joy, the campers are fun to play with I hope you are doing well.                                  

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The crazy day

Today is July 24th I did my run this morning and some push ups and sit ups. This morning was a very crazy morning lot's of games we watch toy story 4.           We did more games and right now everybody is doing study guides and we are about to start class. Master knight is helping the kids with their study guides and we are all doing something and having quit time. Everything is improving each day the kids are amazing they follow instructions really well, by hoped you liked it.

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summer camp

So right now we are playing a game and about to take class. It's very exciting that the cycle is starting but also kind of scary. Summer camp is a lot of fun, all of the campers are very kind and funny. 

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