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!

Entry 35

Today is Thursday, so we had sparring class today. We didnt do much in school today. We were supposed to show our slides today but we ended up not having enough time. After school, I went to sparring class and was the only instructor there to help. It was more stressful than I expected, but I got through. I really like being able to help out with class. After class, I came hme and did requirements then got a shower and got ready for bed. Good night.

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About my day

    Today was your average day. I wake up, go to School. And then I went to King Tiger and did a session with my mentee. I then took some good pictures and got a men T session done with Master Sri. After that, I went home had some tacos and had a good bit of homework, but luckily, I finished it all. I practiced my tae kwon do before finishing my last final essay good night 😴

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9/24

Today was another normal day, went to school and had a quiz today for fourth period, after that went to king tiger to get my mentor session and class assistance, then I study for the written test we're gonna have on Saturday.

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9/24

Today I did my daily requierments then I went to school took a science quiz and went home. After I got home I ate a snack then went to taekwondo. After I helped out I finished my practice written test and got a mentee and mentor session in. After that I went to another class. After I got home I ran 2 miles then got home and ate dinner. After that I worked on my essays and finally wrote this journal.

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09/24/2026

Today I helped assist a junior tiger class, which was earlier than I usually assist since I had a friends birthday party to go to. The party was great, and today was a decent day overall.

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24 Today was a club meeting. After school I wrote my divorce test to get my learning permit. I passed. Other than that the day was pretty calm. We are now on the way to watch a movie.

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Black Belt Cycle Day 66

Today I woke up around 7 in th3 morning and did some requirements. Today was a pretty rainy day, for school today I had 2 tests. After school I went to King Tiger and helped with a class, anddoing warmups before going to sparring. Pretty nervous for testing on Saturday though. After I got home I ate dinner, watched a movie and went to sleep.  

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9/24

They had a pretty good day and it was my first hockey game of the season. I scored a goal and I had two assists and some good hits. I also did my requirements for today and I am beat.

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Picture Days Done!

  Today was another busy day at King Tiger with the photographer here, so I was glad I planned ahead and got my requirements done early. It always feels good to have those checked off before the day gets crazy! I'm looking forward to Physical and Written Testing this weekend and getting to see all of our Black Belt Candidates put their hard work into action. It's always rewarding to watch their growth, determination, and progress throughout the Black Belt Cycle!

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Last journal

This was my last journal that I was going to need. I started this day with some oatmeal and went to school after the rough rain. I did some tests had a lot of work and then got out of there with a bit more raindrops soaking into my backpack. Today was also curriculum night and my parents dropped me off at the school for two hours with some snacks and my sparring gear. I got a lot of stuff done and did most of my requirements while I was there. I eventually got out of the place after sparring and I went to dinner. I finished up my dinner did my homework and finally went to sleep.

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9 / 24 / 26

Today was a good Thursday. We had a no-tech day in school, which means that we were not allowed to use any kind of technology at all throughout the day. Some classes were a bit different, but some stayed exactly the same. After school, I had a lot of free time because I did not have any requirements to complete. I am giving myself this evening and tomorrow evening to rest / recover for Saturday morning. I have a very busy Friday planned, so I'm headed to sleep right now so I can hopefully get some good quality rest.

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2/24

We don't have school tomorrow so that's good. I got a mentor and a mentee session in today too. Requirements are coming out well.

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Happy Thursday!

I have rode a few stops on the struggle bus this week, school and homework is definitely giving me a hard time. But hopefully this weekend I can catch up. I'm so excited for the physical and written test to be over and so excited to be done with a good chunk of my requirements this weekend. I hope everyone is having a great week, please make sure you guys are keeping the website up to date on your requirements as well as making sure your book is filled out. I would highly suggest just going through each week both online and in your book to confirm signatures are signed and requirements are filled in! Have an amazing Friday! ~ Peyton

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9/24/26 #34

Today I woke up and went to school for 7 hours which felt like only 4 hours, technectlilly its only 4 hours and about 35 minutes. Later after I got picked up from my mum after school, I went home, ate, doom scrolled, and took a shower which felt amazing, once I got out i changed and practised my clarinet instead of go to taekwondo, even though I asked a bunch of times, my mum kept saying no. So I then after playing a few songs I packed the instrument away before practising the written test. Thats all for today, I hope eveyone had an amazing day!

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Hartle 9/24/26

Had my best run in over a year yesterday. No pain, and after a half mile or so, I actually felt loose and athletic. Also had the most jump roping I have done since my back injury. Increased my pull-ups to sets of five. Got lots of kicks in.

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9/23

pretty normal day today, went to school then went home and did homework and took a little nap, after that I went to help out with class and celebrated my dad birthday.

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Sep 23

I’m doing a quick journal just so I have them all done. I bet I’ll do a few more but I don’t want to have to worry about it. I’m a bit stressed, but just trying to make it to and through the test lol. After all that’s all I can do. So yayyy.

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9/23/26 #33

Today I woke up late and somehow got to school just in time for just enough time to finish some work in the morning. Later onceI got home I saw the police outside at the other building maybe 20 feet from the building we live in now, im not sure what they were doing but i wasnt paying attention. After I ate dinner I went to taekwondo for all 3 classes which I was the only one helping our master for the shin kickers, During sparring we did a demonstraion for the Olympic training with the Hong Kong thing which was fun. After class I went to a circle K and got an energy drink and a snack for the evening. I then came home, took a shower, and chilled out since I didnt have my running shoes I wasnt able to run on the track. So ima bout to head...

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08-23

today i had a pretty busy day. i went to school and then after school i had science olympiad. after that i drove straight to taekwondo where i had a mentor session, helped out with class, studied for the written test, took black bet class, and finished up my mentor session. i got home pretty late so i rushed to finish my ccp homework which is due at 11 pm. i’m known going to do my apush reading guide, my lang reading, my chem hw, and study for my calc test 🫩🫩🫩

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9/23

Today I woke up and It was raining so I went directly to school and rescevied a fundrasier box for my band trip. Then I got home read a book then got ready for my swimming class. After I finished swimming I went to taekwondo when I realized I left my glasses in another car. After taekwondo I did a mentor session and went home. Once home I ate dinner and worked on my essays. After that I took a shower wrote this journal and am going to bed.

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Sep 23

I woke up today and went to school today was pretty casual and I had a good bit of homework to go home to. It was a bit rainy when I was getting on and off the bus to get home. I did my class assistance while the picture day was rolling and I did my mentor session and got out of there. I then got home got dinner finished homework then went to sleep. 

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About my day

    Today, what’s your average day. I wake up. I go to school and get back to King Tiger. I didn’t have a couple missing work and I did find that the cycle made it hard to get work done however, I’m still learning how to manage my time. Next quarter will be a fresh start and I will not have any black belt things to do. I think I will do a lot better however I will do better at keeping up with my work. More than I got home, I finished my exercises and finished the book that we needed to read for the cycle. Then I went upstairs, took out my contacts, brushed my teeth and went to bed. 

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Black Belt Cycle Day 65

Today I also woke up pretty late in the morning around 7:30. After waking up I did a little bit of requirements and got ready for school. Today was a pretty rainy day and I got really wet while waiting for my bus. After school I ate a little big of a snack and headed to hang with a few friends. I was pretty happy because it was finally starting to become colder since summer was super hot. I played for an hour before coming back to my house. After I got back I watched some tv for an hour before eating dinner. After a light dinner I did some poomsae's, Staff form for an hour. After that I headed in my room to finish up an assignment for school, study for 2 tests tomorrow, and sent Master Chelley the written test so I could get the answers and prepare for...

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23

23 tommorow I have 2 tests. I'm really worried about the Ap world test and LEQ but I hope I will do good on it. I practiced my tkd and forms which I feel more and more confident on. Anyways it was a regular day other than that.

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Back to Reality

I had a wonderful vacation and really enjoyed the chance to relax, recharge, and step away from the normal routine for a few days. It was definitely hard to see it come to an end! Now it's back to work and back to reality. There is plenty to catch up on, but I feel refreshed and ready to jump back in. Sometimes a little time away is exactly what you need to come back with renewed energy and a better attitude!

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9/23/26

Today I went to school then I had an after school club, for which I stayed back for. Then my soccer practice got canceled leaving me with more time for Tae Kwon Do. So I went to Tae Kwon Do, helped with the junior tigers, then I took BBC. Then I reviewed the questions with my mentor, so now I just have to memorize them. Then I went home and practice some pull ups, I am not there yet, but I don't know if I will be able to do a pull up at the physical test this saturday.

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9/23

Regular day today. I put the test questions on flashcards so I can memorize them better. Also, we had a photographer come to our dojung and the class helpers were interviewed and did their favorite kick. I did my turning hook. I would've done a front kick but I thought it felt kind of awkward looking at the camera.

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9 / 23 / 26

Today was a pretty average school day. The weather was dreary today, which was a little bit of a nuisance during class changes, but in the end, it was not that big of a deal. After school, I only did half of the usual requirements that I normally do. I'm planning not to do requirements on Thursday or Friday so my body will be nice and prepared for Saturday. I went to King Tiger in the evening, and I got my picture taken. I'm glad that I was able to replace my picture on the wall because I think the current picture of me on the wall was taken when I was only 12 years old. I went on a run when I got back from King Tiger. The weather was cool, which was a very nice change for once. I had a good Wednesday, and I hope everyone else did...

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09/23/2026

Today I helped assist a high belt class and also reviews black belt material with my peers.

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Day 63 (9/23/26)

Today I woke up late so I didn’t do my miles and other requirements in the morning. I ended up having to do them after I came back from school. At school I had PE first block but I put a lot of deodorant on before I went to school so I did my thing without worrying about being musty the rest of the day. I also put my shirt I was wearing in my bag. After that I went to Homeroom and did some computer science work that was due today. Then I finished most of it by the time we got to computer science so that was good. In Adobe visual design, I went to Adobe Visual design which was pretty confusing today, I didn’t really understand it. Then I went to lunch but I had to stay inside because it was raining outside. I talked with some people...

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Hartle 9/23/26

It's good to be able to take the owner's trainings again with GM Evins. Worked on the Sequence One, some poomse, and a lot of self defense from different angles. Gained a couple of pounds on vacation, but now I have my nutrition back on track.

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9-22

Fun and mentally challenging training this morning at Grandmaster Evins' school. Approaching from the opposite side, attacking with two kicks instead of one, etc. Master Dege was my partner and we got through it. Then some poomsae practice. Once I got to work I also had a mentee with Instructor Shawn and then tonight had a mentor with Master Chelley, working on Double Stick Form 2. Classes went well tonight. All in all a good Tuesday!

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9/22

Today I woke up and did everything as usual went to school and we started a new P.E unit. After school I got ready and left to help with the junior tiger class. After that I went to my soccer game where my team won 2-1. After I got home I worked on my essays, ate dinner and completed my homework. Finally I wrote this journal and am going to bed.

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22

Today was a pretty good day. It was like another average day. I got my tkd requirements in and took a massive nape.

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09-22

today i went to school and had a pretty normal day. after school i had a bch club meeting. i went straight from school to taekwondo. and did a mentor session with master weeks and helped out with class. i then came home and practices some more on my second dan curriculum and the i’m currently doing my homework 

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Black Belt Cycle Day 64

Today I woke up around 7 in the morning. I then headed to school which was pretty mid. After school I went to king tiger and assisted a class. After I did a mentee session with my mentee. This was my last one that I had to do which was nice, I got everything signed and then I went home. Once I got home I ate dinner, did some requirements, watched a movie and went to sleep.  

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9/22

Today was a normal day. I went to school, had some meetings, then went to a Harrisburg Youth Council Meeting. Then when i got home I did my requirements. Still kind of nervous for this and next Saturday.

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9/22/26

Today I woke up and ate breakfast. Then went to school. After that i went to the gym .Then went back home and did my homework. Then started to do my forms.

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Entry 34

We had a reading interim assessment today in school. After school, I helped out with class and we had black belt class. We practiced rolls, falls, & self defenses. Now I'm home, just finished the rest of my requirements, and getting ready for bed. Good night.

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9 / 22 / 26

Today was an alright back to school day. This week hopefully won't be too busy, and I am praying the same will be true for next week. After school I came home and got my requirements done. Over the coming days, I plan to not go super hard on the requirements in order to let my body recover as much as possible for the physical test. Later in the evening, I went to King Tiger and I was able to get some really good 540 kick practice in; I am now feeling super confident in both the 540 and the 540 hook. Hopefully, with a couple more practice sessions, it should be good and ready to present. The rest of my evening was pretty lowkey. I hope everyone else is doing well.

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Ok Day

I woke up with pretty awful pain in my legs. It felt like my shins turned to glass and just shattered inside. So thats fun! Besides that, today was ok, I had a chem test today and the math quiz I was supposed to take got moved to Thursday. Since the weather was cool enough, I ran earlier this afternoon around 4:30p.m. I took a shower, got some homework done, and then started on my requirements. Took a break to eat dinner and then back on requirements and homework. Just relaxing the rest of the night, although my mom is making her wonderful chocolate chip cookies so I may snag some before bed. Keep up the great worke everyone, we are so close!! ~ Peyton

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9/22/26

I have a lot to do for school and I am very stressed right now. But hopefully after this week my workload will be okay again. It's the end of the month so everything is due for some reason. Which is why you shouldn't procrastinate everything until the last week of the month. Anyway everything else has been going good. I need more class assistance credits, just trying to find the time to go for them. This should be my last journal or second to last.

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9/22/26

Today I woke up went to school and nothing much was done. I came home, had a class, then went for swimming. Then I came home, ran a LOT, and did some essay work, and did some pull up practice, because I want to be able to do a pull up, which I can't yet. But I'm working on it. And I also did a bunch of other training too. 

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09/22/2026

Today I went to get my assistance credit, so I helped assist the junior tiger's class today. I also helped one of my peer's in Hapkido 4, and reviewed the rest of the Hapkido's with them.

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Day 62 (9/22/26)

Today was my big brother’s birthday but when I get home Imma call him. When had a good day at school today but I didn’t hoop as much as I should’ve. In PE I was playing soccer with my homies and occasionally playing volleyball. I had a AP History test that I didn’t do too well on but I’m not stressing about it. Lunch was pretty boring today but it’s cool though. I was doing my English homework when I got home today. When I get home I’m gonna finish the rest of it. When I went to Tae Kwon Do I did a Mentor session with Master Weeks, helped 1 class and took the last one.

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Sep 22

Today was my first day back at school after a long weekend. I did my classes pretty well I think and I got through the day pretty easily. I eventually got home after a long bus ride and went to a class to get some assists in and check my written test. I then got home and went to dinner.

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Sep 22

These are starting to feel like writing a series of unfortunate events haha. I have a mild concussion. IM OKAY. But yeah that happened. So I’ve been completely off on practicing since about Friday. Which makes me anxious with testing being so soon. I am practicing still, just very slow forms and defenses. Any of the spins make me dizzy. Hopefully will be better by testing, but I’ll probably have to ask about not doing rolls and falls. Which I hate to ask. I also might be able to just do them very slowly? That’s how I’m doing them now. Idk we’ll see. Only have 2 journals left, I didn’t the past few days cause screens made it worse. Just gotta hang on till testing lol it’s so soon. I swear if I can walk into this thing I’m taking it.

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About my day

    I unfortunately missed Journaling yesterday however I will give a run up of what happened. I was home and woke up and had a good breakfast beofre starting to do my black belt stuff. I then ate lunch before studying for the Black belt test. I then got a passing grade on a blank test. Anyways today I woke up had breakfast and went to school. After school I went to King Tiger and got my homework done before going home and doing my stuff. I then got ice cream and went to bed.

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9-21

i had school off today so i spent  the whole day catching up on homework and practicing taekwondo stuff. i focused on second dan curriculum and my creative form. in the evening i went to taekwondo to do a mentee session, help out in class, and do a mentor session. i then came home and i am now doing my lang project.

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9-21

Ran through my creative some today, some good self-defenses work with Peyton and Hapkido as well. I hope that all of you have a good training partner...they make all the difference in the world. Got some work in this morning. Being the only one at the house is throwing me a little off because I don't want leave the dogs alone. They are used to my husband working from home and my son coming home from work in the morning so my still being at work past their dinner time does make me feel a little bad. There was lightning happening when I came home tonight so they have been stuck to me, they're so brave. I was just studying my test some... and working on my writing of taekwondo. Have a terrific Tuesday!

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9/21

Today was a light day today. I went to school then I got my classes assistance and mentor session done. I should be close to finishing my daily run and input all the data online soon.

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9/21

Today i slept in again cuz i had no school. I value my sleep a lot and with my schedule im getting sleep anytime i can get it!! Once i woke up i ate brunch and started up my english homework. I’ve been falling behind a bit so I emailed my teacher and stuff and finished up this essay that was due to tomorrow so i wouldn’t have that be late too. Later on i did some of my requirements and then went to class to get leadership. I only need like 4 more i think. I also got in a very very long mentor session and we went over all weapons(staff stick and bolo) no knife tho. We had to practice outside tho because there was a class inside and we only have one mat😔. it was pretty humid out especially with the uniform on but hey if i can...

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9/21

Still keeping up with these journals!!! Today I assisted a class and got a mentor session in. I still need a couple before oct 2. Other than that, im done with many other requirements.

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Black Belt Cycle Day 63

Today I woke up a bit late around 7:20. I did some jumproping after and got ready for school. During school we didn't do much but we had a program choice thing where we got to look at all the high schools and what programs they offer. It was pretty cool and interesting and made me learn more about the high schools. After school I played soccer with my friends before going to my robotics class. I had robotics for around 2 hours. After that I ate dinner and then did some homework. After that I went to sleep.

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9/21

Today I woke up and realized there was a robotics meeting so I got ready quickly and went to school in a rush. There was nothing new or exiting and went on with my day. Once i got home I got ready to go to taekwondo. After I helped in the junior tiger class the did the high belt class and last did a mentor session. Then I went home ate dinner read and worked on my homework. Now i am writing this journal and going to bed.

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9/21/26

Today was pretty normal for a monday, school was okay. I finished a lot of my homework at school and then I had a club after school. When I got home I did requirements and went to taekwondo and then came back and finished my requirements and now I'm going to sleep. 

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21 Today was my friend's birthday  It was fun spending time with him and friends after school. After i got back I did my tkd requirments and then practiced my forms and self defenses a bit extra. After i studied for my tests this week.

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9/21/26

This is my 50th journal, but I will still post more after this. Today I woke up, went to school, and we had an essay at school for reading, but I was prepared, because I was already ready for essays just like I have essays for TKD. Then once I got home, I did some essays and after that I went to Tae Kwon Do, helped with the junior tigers, then took bbc. After that I had a mentor session, on which we did a little of the test, and also focused on kicks, and speed. Then I went home and ran a LOT. Then I wrote this journal and I am about to do some jump roping. A reminder, we only have ONE MORE WEEK and a half until overnight testing, so I hope you are doing good in your training.

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No School

I love teacher work days especially when I have multiple tests that week, just like this week. Slept in until about 8a.m. and got working on homework for AP World and English. Took a break for lunch and did some requirements. I'm all finished with falls and rolls now! I got back to work on studying for Chemistry since I have a test tomorrow. Went to KT at 3:30p.m. and had a good session with Ms. Jen and Master Natasya on Hapkido forms and breakaways. I also helped out with classes today, just working on lots of color belt poomsae and self-defense. I came home for a delish bowl of goulash and called it a night. I've been studying for my math quiz tomorrow and written test Saturday ever since! I hope everyone had a great start to the week! ~ Peyton

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09/21/2026

Today I finished my daily requirements fairly quickly, and also got in my last mentor session, focusing on Hapkido.

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9 / 21 / 26

Today was a pretty good day off from school. I woke up and got my requirements done, and I was able to practice my creative form for a pretty good amount of time as well. Later in the evening, I went over to King Tiger. I practiced some weapons and some kicks, and I also got some leadership done. This evening, I went to the track to go on a run. The lightning picked up partway through, so I had to end it short. I don't plan on running too hard this week because of the physical test coming up. That wraps up my day. I hope everyone else is feeling good about the physical test.

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Entry 33

Today is Monday, so its always tiring. I'm like Garfield, I hate Mondays. After school, I went to my great grandparents house and did some requirements. Then I went to the dojang to help out with classes. I helped someone with hop, step, kicks. Durng class, we mainly talked about the exams coming up. Then worked on self defenses. Now I'm home. Finished requirements, played some video games, now getting ready for bed. Good night. 

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Day 61 (9/21/26)

Today I studied a lot for my AP History test tomorrow and I didn’t like it all. I get good grades but I don’t like studying at all. I finished it throughout the day but earlier this day I was making progress on my music. I also did my requirements. So far in the cycle I feel like it’s been a while but I’m still not used to being this sore. My left hip was cooking me this whole day. I helped out with 2 classes after PMA and then I took the last one. When I was on the way home I wrote this but I’m walk my miles and eat and stuff.

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Sep 21

Today was mainly my the homework day. I spent most of my time catching up on stuff. I woke up around nine and went straight to an assignment until breakfast then I got back at it my homework took around five or six hours and then I went to a class to assist ate dinner than started practicing my written test.

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20 Today I woke up early and did my tkd requirements. 6 more days until the written exam. I feel pretty confident. Other than that I spent most of the day jus at home and was watching some shows and caught up with my sleep. I had a really nice nap for 3 hours. Overall it was a 7/10 day.

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9/20

A lot of things happen today, first I had to wake up at 5 AM and Help feed the homeless at a homeless shelter second I want to go eat with my friends then I had to go to a festival with other friends of mine. After that I want to go get a haircut. Then I went out and played football in soccer with my other friends. Basically, I’ve been awake for almost 18 hours. Hopefully tomorrow will be less tiring.

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09/20/2026

Today I finished all my daily requirements quite early, since I was having friends come over later in the afternoon. I also did 2 extra miles of running and walking, and did a weeks worth of kicking to catch up on previously missed requirements.

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9/20

what's up fam, today was rest day. I slept in and played with my dog. Yesterday I had band comp and we won first place grand champions yayayayayayayayayay!!! I called my sister and told her all about it. My mom was coming back from her beach trip with friends today and they were coming over for lunch. Today I was supposed to go to sparring class but I went to pmaa seminar yesterday and also was feeling way too tired and drained and had a lot of work to do so I skipped for today. I was resting a little and then started studying for my written test and looking up the answers and stuff. I did like the first three pages and have to ask my mentor about the rest. I was kind of bored tho lowk and my parents were taking a nap. Then I started watching this new...

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Great Weekend!

Happy Sunday everyone! I slept in until about 10a.m. because I was exhasuted from getting home late from homecoming last night. I got a few minutes of homework done this morning and then got ready to go to my friend's house. She has having all of our friends over plus our families for a really nice lunch with vietnamese BBQ and all kinds of side dishes. After lunch we went swimming in her pool and had a really nice time just relaxing. I got home around 6p.m. and went for a run. Came back and finished the rest of my requirements. I just did some homework and its now 10:30p.m. so I'll be going to bed soon. Thankfully its a teacher work day tomorrow, so no school and I can sleep in again. I hope everyone had a great weekend! ~ Peyton

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9/20

Today I woke up at 8:30 ran a mile then went to a temple. After I got home I ate lunch and worked on my written test. Then went to a friends house then he came to my house. After that I ate dinner and now went to bed.

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9/20/26

Today I woke up, went to the track and ran a bit. Then I went home, and finished 3 of my essays. Then I mentored my mentee and then went to play soccer. Then I went to a party which was really boring. I left early because I have school tomorrow.

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9-20

hello everyone. today i went to practice with some of the master and some of my friends that are on the cycle. after that i went home and did some hoemeork. after lunch i went to robotics. i came home after and did some requirements and did more homework 

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sep 20

I woke up today and had some breakfast not much went on other than writing my essay. I eventually got to dinner than went to sleep.

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Black Belt Cycle Day 62

Yesterday since I had a sleepover with my friend I couldn't journal but I woke up around 8:30. After that me and my friend had a pretty fun time. We played some games and some soccer. I ate lunch there and my mom picked me up. Around 3 I had to go to my friends birthday party which was really fun since all my friends were there. I left around 8 and headed home but the drive was an hour long. After I got home I finished some homework and went to sleep.

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9/20

Written test on sunday!!! Thankfully I have a day off on the 25 so I can use that to practice, practice, practice. practice minutes are still going strong too.

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9/20/26 #32

Today I woke up very late and stayed in bed for almost another hour but then my mum asked me to make breakfast, so I made crepes. I then got dressed after eatting to go to the gym for workouts and mums class. Once we did that we came home and I toke a nap because I was very tired for all the workouts. Once I woke, I stayed in bed and then went to our art room, I did a lot of stuff like making mini lockers, I then around six had to go get ready for a 2 mile run on the track. During my run, I got to where I felt good about myself and had a mental talk with myself. After I went home and relized I did the run in under 20 minutes! (Not really sure how though) I felt so happy, but i stank, I...

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Entry 32

Didn't do much today, worked on requirements throughout the day. Played a few video games. Still not feeling 100%, but I do feel better than I did. So I think all the resting helped. But I just got my shower, now I'm getting ready for bed. Good night. 

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9 / 20 / 26

Today was a pretty interesting day. I woke up and did most of my requirements for the day, and then, not long after that, I went to Lowe's to get my bricks for testing. I came home and ate lunch, and then my family and I went to go try a new activity that none of us had ever done before. We went curling. We drove down to this warehouse in the Charlotte area, and inside there were a couple of ice rinks that were specifically for curling. We were informed about how the game works, and then, soon enough, we were on the ice sliding the curling stone and brushing the ice just in front of the stone. We all had a good time, and I found the whole thing to be very amusing. When we got home, I completed the remaining requirements that I did not get to complete in...

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About my day

    Today is good so far. I woke up and had a yogurt And some glazed doughnut holes. After I had a good breakfast I started working on my black belt exercise Before I headed to the dojang. When I got there, I talked with my friend Xavier and was then called. I think I did pretty decent on my poomsae for poomsae team competition. After that, I went back home and had lunch with my grandma and grandpa. We talked for a while and had a good time. After that, I did some more exercise Before getting in the car to take my little sister to her friends house. After that, we went to target and I bought myself a new iPhone case. Now I’m home. I’m about to finish my exercises and study more for the black belt test. Good evening.

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9/19

Today I was able to learn about how use sticks and knives, love seeing Grandmaster Evans teach use new things and see how passionate he is, after that I went home and did my routine and runs in.

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19

Today was a realllly good day. I woke up early to do my rod requirments. After that I took a shower and went to the second day of the function. Today was when we put the statue in the water. We stayed up so late dancing and having fun. I just know I will sleep well today. Few more days till testing.

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9/19

helloooo, this morning i went to the pmaa seminar and it was so much fun! i wish i could've stayed for the second session too but i had to get ready for a dance recital straight after. we did okay i think, i wasn't really that happy with the dance as a whole but we tried our best. we previously performed that dance for our international competition in las vegas where we got first, but we changed the dance a lotttttt last week since we had a few people missing so we werent really that confident this time. oh well it was overall a pretty good day

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9/19

Today I woke up around 9 ate breakfast went to the the PMA seminar. At the seminar there were a few things I didn't understand but overall it was good. Once I got home I slept for a while then got ready for my soccer game. At the game I scored the first goal for my team. After the game was over I went to a friends house. Then I went to my cousins house and talked for a while. Once I got home I wrote this journal and am going to bed.

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9/19

To day I was doing my digital detox. I woke up around 6:00 and did my morning classes and then got breakfast and went back home. I then did some drumming and went on a nice long bike ride. I then got some dinner worked on a little craft and then got some ice cream then went to sleep. There was a lot of challenges but it opened up to the activity’s I haven’t done in a while because of my occupations.

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Hurt/Sore

Today started off on a strong note before taking a rough turn in the early afternoon. I woke up super early with a lot on my mind, but heading to black belt class turned out to be really productive—we spent the entire session working on weapons forms. Since I'm still learning the material, I recorded everything on video with my mentor so I can study and lock it down over the next few days. Right after class, I rushed home to pick up a few of the boys on our flag football team and headed over to North Mecklenburg Park for practice. We had a great one-hour session with a solid turnout. While we didn't have the full roster present, the group that came showed a lot of promise. We definitely need one more full-team practice before next Saturday's season kickoff, which also happens to be our physical and written testing...

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9/19/26

Hello everyone, today was good for me because I was able to hang out with my friends and that was a lot of fun. We went tubing and I fell off the tube multiple times and it was awesome. I hope you all had a wonderful day, I'm tired, so good night.

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Homecoming!

Haven't journaled in a few days...Thursday was good but had to skip out on some requirements to be able to finish my homework. Friday was my school's homecoming football game; I'm so glad the rain didn't effect the game too much and I was still able to go. My friends and I went out to Cookout afterwards for milkshakes. I got home late last night but still had to get up early this morning for black belt class so I was pretty tired. My leg was also kind of bothering me during class but didn't hurt too much afterwards. I had my homecoming dance tonight which was a blast! My friends and I got ready together, took pictures, and went to the dance around 7:45p.m. Just got home around 10:30 and I'm so exhausted. My feet hurt so bad but it was definitely worth it! I hope everyone had a great...

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9 / 19 / 26

I went to sleep later than usual last night, so I woke up a bit tired, but as soon as I got the blood pumping, the tiredness wore off. Class was good this morning. We went over some weapons forms, and we were able to get in some good practice. When I came home, it took me longer than usual to complete all of my requirements, but eventually, I got them all done. I'm super grateful that this weekend is a long weekend, at least for my school, it is. This weekend and this coming week, I plan to spend a lot of time on the color belt curriculum in order to do well on the physical test. That concludes my Saturday. I hope everyone else had a good day as well.

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About my day

    Today was a jam packed day. I woke up and got ready to go to the sticks and hand weapon seminar at the Harrisburg school. I had a good time there with Aiden before going home and completing my exercises. After that I took a shower and studied before ending up in bed now good night 🛌

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09/19/2026

Today I attended both phillepean martial arts seminars. I also had a busy day, attending a festival and anniversary party today. Overall today was really fun .

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9/19/26

Today I woke up, I went to Tae Kwon DO for the PMA seminar. I attended both classes, the first one was easy but the second one was really hard. But now I have something to practice at home. Then I went home, and I got some rest. Then I went outside played soccer for a bit. Then I had a class, so I did that. Then I had a soccer game, so I went and we lost 2-1. While I was there I think my friend took my ball on accident, so we searched and found his ball, so I plan to exchange tomorrow. Then I went home to a surprise of many guests. I hope to catch up requirements, and I plan to go to Tae Kwon Do tomorrow.

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9/19

Today was the PMA seminar with Master Evins! I was told to start from the intermediate level even though I've never done PMA before so it was definetly a lot to learn. But it was fun and i really learned a lot.

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Entry 31

Still really sick, so I ended up not making it to class this morning. But, I did work on my requirements and essays throughout the day. The rest of the day, I tried to rest. Trying to sleep this sickness out of me. And now im going to bed. Good night. 

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9/19/26

Today I went for a run in the morning. Usually I've been going in the evenings when its darker so it was nice to actually be able to see where I was going. After that I went to the PMAA seminar with grandmaster Evins and it was very fun and I learned a lot. After I came home my neighborhood was doing an event so I went to that to have lunch and then when I came home I did requirements and homework.

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A Pretty Full Morning

I attended the beginner Philippines Martial Arts (PMA) seminar led by Grandmaster Evins in Harrisburg this morning.  I really like Grandmaster Evins as an instructor because he breaks everything down and is very patient with his students (unless he's pressed for time).  I took this same class last year with Master Melagrido, but I couldn't attend the intermediate class because I had another appointment at 10:00am.  After I finished my 10:00am appointment, I went to the Harrisburg YMCA and got in some of my physical requirements.  My goal is to have most, if not all, of my physical requirements completed by September 25th.  All in all, it was a pretty full morning.  

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18

18 today was a pretty normal day. I got the help I needed for my forms and am going to really brush up on them before belt testing. I’m really excited for the Pma seminar soon.

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9/18

Today I woke up early did my requierments and went to school. In school I took a math test and got to play outside. Once I got home I practiced some forms then went to blackbelt class. Where we ran through all our poomsaes and self defences. Once I got home I ate dinner ,read a book and watched a movie. Finally I am writing this journal.

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9/18/26

Hello everyone, sorry for not journaling for a while, I've been busy with a lot of stuff, but anyways today was a good day. The reason today was a good day is because I was able to get my homework done before the weekend so now I can rest, I was able to chill at the house and watch my show. Then I wrote some essays, today was actually very nice for me, I hope you all also had a wonderful day, see you all later.

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09/18/2026

Today I finished all my requirements and went to the black belt weekend class, where we practiced for the black belt test that’s coming up soon, and I had a mentor session focused on the written test.

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About my day

   Today was an exciting day, it was Friday! I started my day off with some oatmeal before heading off to school. When I got to school I had a nice chat with my friend in the hallway before going to my class. At the end of the day of school I got picked up by the King Tiger bus and got there to do my black belt lesson. When I got home, I did my exercises and homework. Good night.

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