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!

February 7th, 2020

Today was a regular day on the cycle. I didn’t have school today so I decided to work on my essays and requirements before I went to Jr. Instructors Camp today. I woke up at 7:30 today because I thought there was school but they called and said no school because of the weather last night.

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February 6th, 2020

Today I woke up and went to school. At school there was a tornado warning so I had to go to a small room and crouch down with all the other fifth graders. When we were 1 hour through we got to sit up. We still stayed there for like three more hours though. After that we went back to the classroom and watched a movie while eating lunch and playing games. Later, when I got home I went to lake Norman for sparring class. So that’s all for now!

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February 5th, 2020

Today I went to school and worked on a few projects. When I got home I got ready for dance class and ate something. I also received my report card today. After I came home from dance class I took a shower and ate dinner. Later I did my homework, projects, and requirements. So yeah...

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February 3rd, 2020

Today was another day on the cycle and school. I went to school received homework from my teacher and came home. When I got home I ate pizza then did my homework. After my homework I did my requirements then ate a snack. That’s it I guess.

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January 31st, 2020

Today was was a pretty normal day, despite the fact that it was Multicultural Day.The reason why I'm not very excited for that is I have to wear a costume to school. But at school it snowed today! That was the only good thing that happened at school. When I got home I ate and did my requirements since i didn't have any homework. After that I went to go write this journal. Later I'm planning on eating diner and reading.

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January 30th, 2020

Today was a regular school day and a regular day on the cycle. I went to school and received 1 piece of homework. Vocabulary homework, it was really easy. Before I did my homework I went to piano class and King Tiger. I got leadership 1, a mentee session, and a black belt class in. Tomorrow is a big day so I’m gonna prepare myself for tomorrow.

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January 29th, 2020

Today was pretty tiring. Especially because my bus dropped me home 1 hour later. After I got home I had to go to dance class, I could only go to jazz class because I was very late for ballet ????. I got back from dance and took a shower then ate dinner and wrote this journal.

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January 28th, 2020

Today I woke up as usual go to school get tons of homework. But since today was Tuesday, I had Science Olympiad so I had to stay at school for another hour. Then when I got home I went to King Tiger to get leadership 1, black belt class, mentee, and mentor session. At the end of the day I had tacos for dinner and did my homework until 10:45 and now this!

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January 27th, 2020

Today I went to school and got loads of homework. When I came home I ate pizza then went to King Tiger TKD to help out with class. I got in leadership 1&2 after 3 classes. It was really fun! After I came home I started on my homework and finished around 8:30pm. And now I eat!

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January 26th, 2020

Today was a nerve racking day. Why? I had my piano recital today. But before that I went to church. I ate Chipotle for lunch and went to my recital. It went pretty well. When I got home my grandparents came for dinner and yeah. That it...

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January 24th, 2020

Today I woke up earlier than I thought I would because it was a teacher workday. When I woke up I went to do my requirements. Then after that I ate breakfast and went to the gym. Later when I got home I ate lunch and wrote this journal. I’m planning to go to black belt class at the Lake Norman location at 5:30 today. So yeah...

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January 23rd, 2020

Just another day on the cycle. i went to school and apparently I have homework on a three day weekend! After school I went to a piano lesson and King Tiger. At King Tiger I helped out with family class, took black belt class, and had a mentee session. when I got home I wrote this journal and tracked.

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January 21st, 2020

Today I woke up and went to school as usual. In the afternoon I had Science Olympiad. After that I went to King Tiger to help out with family class, take black belt class, and do a mentor session with Master Dege. When I got home I did my homework and ate dinner.

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January 20th, 2020

Today wasn’t a bad day. Since I didn’t have school today, I woke up a little later than usual to go to the MLK celebration in downtown that I was invited to. After that I went home and rested for a while. When I felt like I was ready to start my requirements, I did my daily miles and moved on. Now I’m waiting for dinner time to come.

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January 19th, 2020

Today I went to church in the morning. After that I went to a festival and came home at 4pm. When I got home I started on my requirements and a few minutes later, we had guests. So I had to move upstairs and do my  stuff.

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January 18th, 2020

I woke up at 8 to get ready for sparring class. After sparring class I helped out with family class, then took black belt class. I also had a mentor session with Master Dege today. When I got home I ate pizza and relaxed for a little while. Later I did my requirements and that pretty much sums up my day.

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January 17th, 2020

Today was exciting because we finally have a three day weekend again! Same routine as regular. Wake up, go to school, etc. After school I had Spanish class and then ate dinner. When I finished dinner I took a break before doing requirements. I hope u enjoy your three day weekend(those who are in school)!

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January 16th, 2020

Today at school I took a reading test and I have a math test tomorrow. I had gym today so I got most of my running out of the way. When I got home I ate a snack and went to piano class. After that I went to King Tiger to do a leadership credit, mentee session, and black belt class. Now that I got home I’m writing this journal and I am going to eat tacos after!

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January 15th, 2020

Yet again another regular day on the cycle. Go to school, come home do whatever I have today(I had dance today), do homework, and do my requirements. Nothing special today.

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January 14th, 2020

Today was a rough day. I had Science Olympiad again today because it was Tuesday. I don’t like coming home later than usual because then I can’t finish my homework on time. So I have to wake up early in the morning and finish my homework. Before I started on my homework though I had to go to Tae Kwon Do to do a mentee session, get my leadership credits done, black belt class, and mentor session. When I got home I ate some tacos and went to do my homework. I stayed up til 11:30 and now doing my journal!

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January 13th, 2020

Today was another day at school where I suffered a major headache. When I got home I ate fish and rice then started on my homework. The homework took a long time, which caused another major headache because the large equations and hard questions that I had to answer. After that I did my requirements and then ate dinner.

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January 12th, 2020

Today I went to church in the morning then had people over for lunch. After that I did my requirements. Nothing much to talk about the pretest was yesterday. Today was kinda a chill day.

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January 11th, 2020

Today I had to wake up at 6 to get ready for the pre-test. It was pretty great, in black belt class we had our poomsae test. And after our poomsae test we practiced front kicks. When I got home I ate some lunch then did my chores and ate dinner.

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January 10th, 2020

Today was an exciting day because it was Friday! I had electives at the end of the school day, it was actually really boring. After I got home from school I went to the gym with my dad to run a mile or two. Then we went to go pick up a treadmill for the cycle so we don’t have to go to the gym everyday. But they said it was already gone, so we had to drive all the back home and we almost ran out of gas. When I got home I ate something then did my requirements. Good luck on the pre-test tomorrow everybody! I hope I do good too.

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January 9th, 2020

Today was a regular school day. When I got home I went to piano class and then when I got home I went to King Tiger to get my leadership credit and black belt class. After that I worked on my homework and I will eat dinner after I finish my homework. Hopefully I have a better day tomorrow since it is Friday tomorrow.

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January 8th, 2020

Today I woke up and got ready for school as usual. But there was something different about today, it was a half day! At school we just went over a few things in class today. It was a pretty chill day at school. When I got home I had to go to the gym to do some of my requirements. And when I got home I had to go to dance class then go home and do my homework. And yet again, it was a rough day.

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January 7th, 2020

Today was a regular day except it is Tuesday and I had Science Olympiad so I came home a little later than usual. And when I got home I ate some soup then started to work on my homework. After I finished half of my homework I had to go to King Tiger to take Black Belt class and have a mentor session. Finally when I got home I ate dinner then finished my homework and wrote this journal. Today was a rough day. I just hope that you had a better day then I did though!

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January 6th, 2020

Today I woke up at 7:30 and got ready for school. At school I started three new projects and we started a new math topic. I had media for connect today, it was really boring. When I got home I ate some soup and started doing my homework. After I finish my homework I’m going to do my requirements but I can’t run today because I have too much homework to do and there is no time to. That is my day for now I guess. Have a nice rest of your day everyone!

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January 5th, 2020

Today when I woke up and got ready to go to church at 9am. When I got home we had Bojangles for lunch. Then after lunch I am gonna go to the gym with my brother. Later today I’m going to finish the rest of my requirements at home.

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January 4th, 2020

Today I woke up to eat a biscuit and go to black belt class. Since the class was held at the Lake Norman location it was a longer drive for me. A lot of people were there. During black belt class we worked a lot on poomsaes, actually we worked on poomsaes the whole time. When I got home I ate chicken for lunch. After that I’m probably headed to the gym to do some of my requirements.

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January 3rd, 2020

Today is basically like yesterday except it is Friday. I’m usually excited on   Fridays, but this Friday is just not right. Maybe it’s not right because on Monday we’re starting school again. Or because I’m sick or because there wasn’t school today and it was a very long weekend. Well, that’s it for now!

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January 2nd, 2020

Today I woke up and went straight downstairs after brushing my teeth and started on my requirements. I finished at 10am with most of my requirements out of the way. Later today my dad says we are going to the gym to run my miles for today. I can’t believe winter break is almost over! School starts back Monday.

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January 1st, 2020- New Years Day

Happy New Year everyone! Today I woke up a little late and ate some food. After that my mum and dad went to the store and told me I can take the day off of requirements. So, that’s what I did. All I did today was rest and play some games with my brothers. That was pretty much how my day was.

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December 31st, 2019-The Day Before New Years Day

I can’t believe it is New Years Eve already. It’s almost a new decade! But even though it is New Years Eve I still have to do my requirements for today and tomorrow. The year went by so fast! Happy New Years Eve everyone! I hope u have a great rest of the year.

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December 30th, 2019-The Day Before, The Day Before New Years Day

Today I woke up and did my requirements then ate breakfast. After that I practiced my piano recital song for 30 minutes. When I finish doing that I think I am going to eat lunch and run a mile after I take a break. And also there might be a slight chance of me going ice skating today! 

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December 29th, 2019

Today I woke up and ate some soup for breakfast. After that I went to church. When I got home I ate lunch and went to the gym to get some of my requirements out of the way. Then when I got home I finished the rest of my requirements and since it was raining today, seems like I’m going to go ice skating tomorrow if it isn’t raining!

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December 28th, 2019

Today I woke up and ate breakfast, then suddenly got excited! I got excited because I remembered that I might be going ice skating tomorrow. This is going to be me first time ice skating but not to worry, my brother Matthew knows how to ice skate really well. But before I go ice skating I have to get through today first!

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December 27th, 2019

Today is just another regular day on the pre-cycle. Wake up, eat breakfast, do requirements, and sleep. Nothing exciting is going to happen today so this is all I can write for now.

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December 26th, 2019

Today I woke up at 9 and ate breakfast. Somewhere at noon time I am probably going to start doing my requirements for today. Then, I might go to the gym with my dad to run my mile and  do my jump rope rounds. Unfortunately, I'm not going to go ice skating today but we are going Sunday!

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Christmas Day!

Today I woke up at 9 and ate breakfast. Today my dad said that I don't have to do any requirements today because it is Christmas. I opened my presents at midnight. At 2 I am going to go to a Christmas party and I don't think I'm going to get home until 11 tonight. Merry Christmas everybody! I hope you have a nice day.

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Christmas Eve- The Day Before Christmas

Today I woke up at 9 and read 4 chapters of my book, "The Hurricane Child". After that I played cards with my brother. I'm about to eat breakfast, then did my requirements and work on my essays a little bit. Then I am probably going to the gym to run my mile and do my jump rope rounds. Merry early Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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December 23rd, 2019

Today is just a regular day on the cycle. I woke up at 7:30 and read a book for a few minutes then fell asleep again. I'm going to do my requirements sometime at noon. Two days until Christmas, I'm very excited! I wonder what I'm gonna get this year. I hope everyday has a good day.

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December 22nd, 2019

Today is just a normal day. I woke up at 9 to do some of my requirements then ate breakfast. After that I got ready to go to church. After church I'm planning to finish the rest of my requirements that I didn't do in the morning. And my brother will take me and my other brothers ice skating on Thursday! I'm so excited, and also happy birthday Ritika!!!

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1st Day Of The Pre-Cycle!

Today I woke up a little late but I still made it to sparring class just in time though. After sparring class I had a mentor session with Master Dege before Black Belt Class started, we worked on Bolo form 1 and Keumgang. In Black Belt Class, we worked on poomsaes, staff, and sticks. When I got home I ate lunch and worked on my essays. At 4'o'clock I went to the YMCA to run and do some of my requirements. When I got home I did my basic kicks then worked a little bit more on my essays then showered. That's pretty much how my day was today! 

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Thursday 4/18

Today I woke up and ate breakfast then went back to my bedroom to read some books. After that I practiced piano for 30 minutes then 

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Sunday 3/31

Today I woke up and got ready for church. Then I went home and at lunch and after did my physical requirements. And then I played games with my brothers.

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Thursday 3/28

Today I went to school and my teacher wasn’t here so we had a substitute teacher. And I don’t like substitutes, but I still made it through the day. After school I went to piano class, helped out with family class, and took black belt class. And that’s my day.

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Saturday 3/9

Today I had to wake up early to go to the physical and written at the North Charlotte.  I ran a mile, then did the rest of the physical stuff. And then we had to do the written test. The written test was really hard but I got most of the questions right.

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Thursday 2/21

So today I went to school and had gym class in my classroom. We played silent ball ????. Then after I got on the bus and went home. And then went to piano class, then helped out in family class, and took black belt class. At the end of black belt class me and my mentor worked on a few things. And that sums up my day!

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Saturday 2/2

Today I went to sparring class and helped with family. I later did a mentee session. And after that I went to do my community service. There were lots of people and canned food. It ended early and so many canned beans!

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Thursday 1/31

Today I went to school and I got inducted into the National Elementary Honor Society. Then I went to piano class and after that I helped out with family class and also took black belt class. And that sums up my day!

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Friday 1/25

So today I went to school then got home and then had Spanish class for 2 hours. It was very fun. I had so much trouble on the accents! And I had to read a book in Spanish.

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Thursday 1/24

Today I went to piano class and helped with family class and also took black belt class. I had a great time with helping out family class, it was very fun. I enjoy piano class as well and I also have a piano recital on Sunday.

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Saturday 1/19

Today I went to the Black Belt Pre-Test and took Black Belt class that was led by Master Evins.

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Sunday 1/14

Today I went to church with my family and then went home to eat lunch. When I was finished with lunch I played games.

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Saturday 1/12

Today I went to sparring class then helped with class right after. Then after that I took black belt class with Master Chelley. And then my mentor taught me all of staff form 1.

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Thursday 1/10

Today I went to school and helped out with family class and also I took Black Belt class. I worked on my colored belt self-defenses and bo cho self defense. And also special #1.

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Friday 1/11

So, today  I went to school and did a test. After I had Spanish class that was amazing!

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Wednesday 1/09

Today I went to school and it was a early release day!!!!! The best days ever, so when I got home I did my physical requirements. Then I ate some lunch.

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Saturday 1/05

Today I went to Black Belt class and practiced my poomsaes and my staff form. Then short stick form 1.

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Sunday 12/30

Today I went to church and when I got home I played games. Then I FaceTimed my friends. And that sums up my day!

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Saturday 12/29

Today I went to Black Belt Class at the Lake Norman location and learned a few of my short stick forms and a few of the staff form. Then when I got home I did all of my physical requirements.

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Friday 12/28

So today was another regular day, as usual I went to gym and did the physical requirements. And an essay!

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Thursday 12/27

Today I went to the gym and did my physical requirements again. Then at 6pm I went skating with my siblings and I fell a few times.

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Wednesday 12/26

Today I went to the gym and did my physical requirements. Then my oldest brother Matthew got us a Nintendo Switch! 

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Tuesday 12/25

Today I went to church and to a restaurant to eat lunch. Then my family will be hosting a Christmas party. Merry Christmas!

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Monday 12/24

Today is Christmas Eve and I am going to open up my presents at midnight. I hope I get something good!

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Sunday 12/23

Today I went to church and after I went with my mom to work.

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Saturday 12/22

Today was a regular day I went to the gym and did my physical requirements. And I was really hoping to go roller skating but I didn’t. That’s fine with me though.

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Friday 12/21

Today I woke up and did my physical requirements, poomsaes, and self-defenses. Then after I had Spanish class for 2 hours.

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Thursday 12/20

Today I woke up and did my physical requirements and went to the gym to do my 2 miles since it was raining. It was a normal day in winter break, very boring.

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Wednesday 12/19

So today I woke up did my requirements and went to the gym to run 2 miles. I am very happy that is it the first day of winter break!!!

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Tuesday 12/18

Today was a normal day nothing unusual at school. Last day of school for 2018! I ran 2 miles and I can’t wait until Christmas!!!!

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Monday 12/17

Today after I got back from school I went to regular class and led basic kicks. I practiced my breaking kick as well.

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Christmas Shopping

So today I went to church, a restaurant, and the mall and came home at 5pm. My legs are very tired and I don’t ever want to go to the mall anymore, I hope.

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Saturday 12/15

Today I went to a Christmas party at my church and performed a dance! I had lots of fun tho I am very tired. I can’t wait until winter break!!!

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