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!

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10 Today was a little difficult to run as I felt irritation in my lower knee area, but I pushed through and ran my early morning mile. After tkd requirments, I took a shower and got ready to go meet my grandma after a long time. It was so fun hanging out with her. She is so sweet and she cooks amazing food. She is the best thing I was ever introduced to. Overall it was very fun .

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9 Today was pretty hard to wake up, I woke up very sore with body aches all over. Nevertheless, I still went and ran 2 miles this morning. It felt like the running helped me ease my pain a little. A warm shower followed right after, for, soon I was off to a family friend's house to share a lunch together. It was quite fun to be at there house and the food was amazing. We made brownies with them and they turned out amazing. Overall the day was pretty fun and I had a blast at my friend's house.

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Aug 8

8   Today I woke up feeling AMAZING. I was so motivated and energized when I went on my morning run. I was so full of energy I went for 2 miles instead of 1. I took a shower and felt like doing extra for my tkd requirments. I was so happy of myself and felt progression throught my mind and body throught since the cycle started. We later went to the mall with my friends and we had a fun time watching the spiderman movie there. Overall it was a great day.

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Aug 6

Aug 6 Early morning went for my mile run. Was very foggy. It really did help though, as I would normaly feel heated from running, the fog felt like it helped me cool down. When I was done, I took a shower then went out to a local red cross group meeting, to help a blood drive and help volunteer for the needy. I felt so good seeing people smile and thanking me and my group.

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7  Today was very calm. We were on the way to Virginia as our first desination of the trip. It was so crammed in the back because we had to put extra luggage at our feet. I Mostly fell asleep for the 7 our drive. Once we got to the hotel, I did my tkd requirments. I was hard finding a spot for my poomse and running in an unfimiliar place.

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6 Today was very boring. Today was the day we had to get packing. The whole day we were packing our bags to get to go on a big trip with some ouf our family friends. We packed for so long I barely had time for my tkd. as  a

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5   Today was very fun. After my taekwondo requirments, I was very excited to go to a friends birthday. We went to the Concord Mills Mall and were having so much fun. We watched a movie that day too.

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4 I woke up early for my morning run and then while running I saw a deer. The deer looked like it very young. when I went closer it ran away. I went back home after finishing and worked on my requirments.

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3 Today was a good day. I woke up feeling very energized. I went early for a mile run today. Once I came back I was feeling as I need to work more on my poomse. I spent more time on the poomses and then did the rest of my requirments.

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2 Today was a pretty boring day. I just did my tkd requirments then went around walking for enjoyment. When I came back, I went out with some friends then went back home.

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Today was the the black belt pre test. We went on a run for 1 mile. I was pretty fun, it was exhausting but once i stopped, it felt as if i was a machine that is cooling down. Then we went into the dojan, did the requirment and then did the poomsae. I had trouble on the poomsae, but was determined to use my mistakes to learn. Over all, it was a very fun, yet tiring day.

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July 26th

July 26th.

Im on my road trip from VA to NY.

After I finish my road trip, at my destination I still try to complete my requirements and do so. After im done, we leave the hotel and go on our first trip in NY. We go to the edge building. The glass building was scary to look

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