Candidate Journals

Today I got in a mentee session in. I just wanted to have a sort of break on my requirements because I had a lot of homework tonight.

Had a great Crossfit workout this morning (lots of running, rope climbing, handstand pushups, and 150 wall ball squats!) After that, a great training session with SaBumNim and some other masters/instructors. Got to work on black belt special self defenses, and Hapkido Form 1. Great stuff. I'm sure I'll sleep like a log tonight.

Mom fixed my PC again....Yaaaaa.Thanks MomSchool was a little boring today.

I am getting ready to go to church. I practiced 2 rounds of my poomsaes after school today. I didn't have a great day at school today. I got in trouble for talking.

Donuts!!!!!!!!I came back from an exiting school day, one thing I auditioned for first chair in band (clarinet) and I made it, so im the first cahir clarinet in band. My sister had some exiting news same with my bro. So since my brother sister and i insisted that we should get donuts at harris teeter. so we did, and....I love food......well I ate a donut, naturally, my brother gulped down 2. pig.

I've been' trying to get better at jump roping but still need a lot of work working on my 1st dan self defense really hard and working on pull-ups so ill be ready

I've been' trying to get better at jump roping but still need a lot of work working on my 1st dan self defense really hard and working on pull-ups so ill be ready

Getting ready for school. In yesterday's black belt class I learned a lot of new poomsaes to work on like Wang Ho 1 and basic form three.

So I do sparring class last night to test the feet, well they are still tender, yes I said it I am a tender foot, but had fun working out again so hopefully I can keep it going and deal with the tender feet. I am concerned about the 1/2 Marathon though coming up in November got to see how far I can run this weekend

Had a better nights sleep last night.  Today I got a lot of requirements done.  I definitely need to bring more food because I was really hungry. 

It felt like Friday today which made the day very long! After school I had to volunteer to pass out Mac books to the kids! We finally got them for everybody it was exciting but I had to miss my PMAA class because it ran long, which was bad! But after the session I got to customize it and make it my own! Other than that I had no homework for once and got to relax and take my time on my requirements!!

Feeling good today. Was able to get a lot done a round the house. Then help in the family class and enjoyed the black belt class and the PMAA class. The right leg is coming a round to feeling better again.

Last night great black belt class and even got a sparring class in. Photos on thursday so slight adjustment to schedule and had an unexpected extra class. All very good and it gave our competition team a little different change of pace with the elders in class getting abused. Thank you Inst. Hsin!! We may not be as quick, jump high or land a head shot but we have years of wisdom to share. Tonight was non stop and great to meet with my mentee William. He is so willing to learn and focused, I can not wait till his time comes to test and go on cycle, no doubt he will. I am not where I want to be on requirements but I am confident it will all work out in the end, if not I have my AARP card and heating pad so all is good. Night I need...

today I had a mentee meeting and I worked on red belt 1 and 2 in self defense and he has it down

Today I entered the info that finished my BB weekday and by BB weekend, thanks to the hyper pro credits. Today I had a Mentor session. I keep saying this, but it is extremely hard to balance schoolwork and TKD all at once, i just keep telling myself, it will all be over in a month...

Today I helped out with class, I also took my second mentee session with Rachel. I hope I will be able to have another mentee session this Saturday. So that I will be able to have all the sessions soon:-)

I was at boy scouts today about an hour ago and it was really stormy. like pouring rain everywhere. and we were locked out of the building so we walked to a church and just hungout outside of it till it was time to go. haha

Went to Krispy Kreme before school today. Got a hair cut after school. Dad leaves again tomorrow.

Today at tae Kwon do we worked on self defense and forms. I think I finally got my self defense down pretty good. I also got a mentee session in and a hyper class. It was a good day at tae Kwon do.

Today was a good day I went to school and got all of my work done except for vocabulary for literature. Then I went to tae Kwan Do for a black belt class. I did not do too much today.

Today i took several classes and tomarrow my grandma and me are spupposed to set up a garge sale to help me earn some money. I've also sold some stuff on ebay to help with my money. So i feel like i've got a pretty good start on my money.

Today I am almost finished with my leadership 1 and I also got in another BBclass.

The PMAA trip to Myrtle Beach was super fun. I really recommend to go if you haven't. The most fun I think I had was when you could take other people down in the water. It was also fun when you got taken down in the water and a wave comes over you!!!!!

Today I had piano lessons and school today. I worked on one of my essays. Last night I found out where my ancestors are from. I am Irish! I can't wait for a new day tomorrow.

the trip to myrtle beach was so fun! i got to go to beach and take a really fun class! i also got to go to wonderworks and to the boardwalk.

Today I had a baseball game and it was our first game of the season and it got rained out in the 1st inning talk about bummer

I got back in my normal routine yesterday with getting up very early & doing half requirements before school so today I did my running & worked on other requirements before school. I took 2 regular and a black belt class tonight at taekwondo & got in another mentor session. Worked on reviewing my study guide & did meditation tonight too.

I got home and we did a hyper pro class but it wasn't exactly a hyper pro class because we just did requirements the whole time.

Hyper protoday, I went to hyper pro and did PLENTY of requirements. It was a

PMAA Camp over the weekend was amazing. I got so many awesome credits and had so much fun. We walked a lot to go to eat lunch and do other things. I got more than a 5k walk in on Saturday!

were in Georgia now with my grand parents I'm really happy because I haven't seen them in awhile I biked 1 mile yesterday up hills which was really hard and ran 1.5 miles up and down the hill

were in Georgia now with my grand parents I'm really happy because I haven't seen them in awhile I biked 1 mile yesterday up hills which was really hard and ran 1.5 miles up and down the hill

today I did some jump rope and I am acing it like my grades

Today I ran a mile and then ran around with my dog chip. I look forward to tomorrow because I should have another mentee session with Rachel. :-)

Its Monday. Doing requirements, but ready to TKD class tomorrow.

Still recovering from this weekend, my right leg is let me know that I might have just pushed a little bit. Thank you ibuprofen. Now looking forward to this weekend, if I can get a1/2 day off.

Today felt very long and sluggish. Tomorrow should feel more normal. Just realized that we don't have any more BB weekend classes so I'm going to have to train harder during the weekdays.

Today felt very long and sluggish. Tomorrow should feel more normal. Just realized that we don't have any more BB weekend classes so I'm going to have to train harder during the weekdays.

Today was a good day. Nothing bad happened at school and I got all my requirements done. So today was a successful Monday. Yay

Today was a okay day, nothing really good or bad happened. I went to school and did my work and talked to my friends. My sister had gymnastics today and while she was doing that I did homework and requirements. So far this day has been pretty much normal.

Tomorrow I have a huge German test already and its only been like 3 weeks of school. so yeah been studies alot for that. High school isnt that much diffrent from middle school its just alot harder and the grades u get will actally matter. so  kinda stressed over the test becasue tests are 70% of ones grade. bomb one test and game over. 

Today at cub scouts we had a man from the Knights of Columbus come and talk to us about raising money for the needy.  It would be part of my pack's community service and we will be giving out tootsie rolls, and hoping people give a donation at the harris teeter. 

I can't what till friday because it is my birthday september 19th and thats when I am a year older :) ! Today at school we were finishing up all the 9/11 things in most of our classes its really sad what happened! But other than that I can't wait till my birthday!!!!!!!

Today was an average day I took class, did some requerments and moved on with my day

Thank you master chelley, for the extra credit classes! I put them all in one day, just saying, but I'm happy that I just might be going somewhere, finally

Thank you master chelley, for the extra credit classes! I put them all in one day, just saying, but I'm happy that I just might be going somewhere, finally

I'm doing my journal entry on my ipad and I think it is soooooo annoying how the touchscreen clicks something else but anyways today was ok I'm listening to music right now, I'm getting sidetracked, today in social studies we did our script for Break Free and we were supposed to do this parody about Christianity it was fun, we took the videos today. I did handstands and accidentally fell over and my friend did it in slow motion so it was pretty funny, over all today is fun.

ughh! finally!I really couldn't get my iPad to get the tip that I'm trying to do my journal!!!!!'

Today was a good day. I had home school today and now i'm just hanging out until time to go to cub scouts. We have our popcorn meeting tonight. last year I sold $1000 worth of popcorn and was able to be in the scout fishing tournament. I hope I can do good this year too.

Wow...what a great weekend! The PMAA seminar was a lot of fun, and also learned some great things. I liked how we would switch back and forth between 2 sticks, hands, 1 stick, hands, etc... It was also fun to meet some new folks and train with different partners.

Today were going to Georgia to go to my grand fathers house Were REALLY excited because we haven't seen them in a lloonngg time

Credits for attending the PMAA weekend.....4 PMAA Classes4 Hyper Pro Classes4 Black Belt Classes (Saturday or Weekend, whatever you need)4 Sparring Classes2 Leadership 1 Credits2 Leadership 2 CreditsCredits for attending the Hyper Pro Event.....2 Hyper Pro Classes1 BB Class1 Sparring ClassTHANK YOU MASTER EVINS!!!!!!

Great weekend of training in Myrtle Beach. I really love the PMAA stuff. I am usually teaching TKD classes when the PMAA classes are being taught, so I don't train very regularly, but then when we do a concentrated training like this weekend, I get re-energized and feel the need for regular training again! Going to try to change up some scheduling after the BB cycle so that I can get back on a schedule with PMAA and maybe be able to test for my 2nd Lakan sometime next year! Great time this weekend with all of our King Tiger Peeps! Met some new friends and hung out with some old.....I was happy to see so many of our BB candidates there. I think they had fun!

Positive day - -up early to start requirements - -take grandma to airport- - then off to work. Just realized after looking at my book, it's kind of a mess, got soaked on Saturday, that I have entered requirements on the wrong days --yikes - -think I got it fixed. Lesson learned put the glasses on next time. It is going to be a good week!!!!!

Really enjoyed the seminar.  The ride back went pretty well. Now i got to get back to my routine. 

Today was a decent day. Nothing to speical or important. just went to church and back and chilled for the day. getting ready for the next week of school. :/

today I did a mile and it is getting easy so I feel good

Today was a good day. We went to my moms friends house for dinner and played pool table. It was really fun.

Today was a great Sunday. I got to relax in the morning, then we went to my moms friends house and had dinner and played pool table. It was a lot of fun. In the process I also got my requirements done. So today was a good day.

Today I was watching my jets lead 21-3 to later on blow it and lose 31-24 talk about football disappointment, at least the panthers won today

Today I was watching my jets lead 21-3 to later on blow it and lose 31-24 talk about football disappointment, at least the panthers won today

Today was fun, my arm still hurt a little bit from the jellyfish sting bit it was ok. It was the first time that i have been stung by a jellyfish and i hope its the last. Well today was fun, we went to China Bistro for my dads b-day. I'm exited for tomorrow because we have to write this song about religion and tomorrow my group is filming wit the ipads. :)

Yesterday at the defy gravity thing it was AWSOME! I enjoyed a lot of it and the rest was just even more fun :-) I got to jump on things, and off things then ballence on other things. It was great and I would do it again.

Dinner!!!!we went to China Bistro to celebrate my dads birthday, even if its tomorrow. It was nice, even if it was the first birthday with only five family members. :(.

I was able to go to church this morning and tonight. I watched the panthers game. Go Panthers! I even got my workout done.

Great time at the PMAA seminar! Brain on definite overload but still had a blast, it just takes me alot longer to process things but it's all good. Good drive back, stopped and got peaches then onto domestic duties. Requirements not great today but ok with it. Going to bed if a few, shoulder hurts, yup over did it, and hopefully not getting sick. Tomorrow will be another day and fresh start to the week.

Just got back from PMAA training in Myrtle Beach this weekend. I had a wonderful time, felt like I learned a lot and built a stronger relationship with others from King Tiger. I really enjoyed the experience & looking forward to participating in more trips and the next PMAA training. I spent a lot of time thinking & discussing my future in taekwondo this weekend and I am so excited for my future. I took the weekend off from requirements while I was out of town so tomorrow morning I am ready to get up early and get back in my routine.

Today I went to a soccer tournament in South Carolina.  The two games that I played were my first games of the season.  Even though we lost both of the games, I was still happy that I got to play.  

wow what a weekend. The PMAA seminar was awesome, loved seeing so many King Tigers students that made it. Can't wait till next year. Now for the PMAA black belts the Saturday training and Sunday training was a big help for all of us.

today I just stayed at home and didn't really do anything.

Today we have three birthdays, Master Richie, Master Thamm and the most important Emma Burkart, all September 13, still got a little done before all the parties had a good day.

My day today started very late. I think from my lack of sleep this week I finally got a full rest and made up. After I woke up I went straight to the gym and did my requirements and then started my homework,that surprisingly I don't have a lot of! Later I'm going to go grocery shopping with my mom and my day will end!! It's been a relaxed Sunday:)

My day today started very late. I think from my lack of sleep this week I finally got a full rest and made up. After I woke up I went straight to the gym and did my requirements and then started my homework,that surprisingly I don't have a lot of! Later I'm going to go grocery shopping with my mom and my day will end!! It's been a relaxed Sunday:)

Just waking up. Getting for another wonderful day to spend with my family. Then after that do some requurements.

Just waking up. Getting for another wonderful day to spend with my family. Then after that do some requurements.

I Had A Very Long Day Today. I Got Up At 6:45 This Morning For Black Belt Class And Another Tkd Class. Then We Wentto the fair. I Rode So Many Rides With My Brother And Sister. It Was Fun But We Are All Very Tired!

today I woke up and went strait to the corral beach resort and then to the beach to get to the PMAA training seminar. the seminar was awesome, we did lots of stick and hand to hand training and I learned a lot of new stuff. after getting out of PMAA I went back to the hotel and packed to go home and see my dad. and one I got home with my mom and sister I talked to dad about what I did this weekend and I watched captain America the winter soldier and that was cool.

Today I had a great time at the beach. PMAA was fun with all the Masters though i didn't really recognize them without their doboks. At first. We learned some new forms. We had some fun when we did some attacking and some blocks in the water. Overall it was great, especially when I got stung by a jellyfish. (I'm sarcastic about the jellyfish part.)

Home!!!!!!!we got homelike at 6. We had pizza and watched 'Ip Man'. Its a rated R movie, about a chinese guy who practeices martial arts, and is really good. It was a good movie, filled with blood, poverty and martial arts.

Did Saturday BB Class in Mint Hill. Mom and Dad brought home Shrimp and Crab Legs for dinner this afternoon....YUM

today Master Shin was at the beach resort for training so at sparring it was a pretty small class, we had a total of 10 people show besides that we made it a very good class we also were sweating like crazy so when I came home I did requirements and took a shower. :)

tonight my uncle came home from the army. We're hoping to go to the Panthers game with him.

Today I watched the ECU at VT game the Kansas at Duke game and now the Georgia at South Carolina game.

Hello brain overload! Awesome time last night and today now lets see how much I can remember. Got some requirements done and if I had this beach as my back yard the requirements would be done. Will log everything when I get back, book got soaked so drying out.

Today we got back from Durham. We had a really fun time but i am glad to be home. I am really tired from the drive so i have not done much and do not plan to do much. Maybe i'll do a little bit though.

Chilling at home before I go to Defy Gravity! About to have some fun!

We arrived in Myrtle Beach at around 8:30/9:00. We went to the resort pool and we had fun swimming in the dark. I'm excited to do PMAA on the beach.

Today my mom sister and i are at Murtle Beach right now. Of course i had a problem with the Internet.

Today is Friday so I am getting ready for the week end. I will just be staying at home.

OK final doctor visit today ready to get back to work all cleared by the doctor but no flip flops not beach sand and limited activities for eight more days, then I should have my orhodics made and ready to insert into any shoe to provide me hip and foot support that need, so tested it out a little today Burkart out

Today I went to school. We had a literacy test. I think I did good on it. See some of you at BLk Belt class tomorrow at Mint Hill

I Got To Pick Muscadines Today. They Are Very Good. It Was Hot Outside Though. Afterwards We Had A Picnic At The park.

I went to school today and completed most of my requirements for the day. I then went to two classes at King Tiger. When I got home I cooked my dinner on the fire pit. We then cooked S’mores. It poured down rain after we finished.

today was a normal school day that would be on fridays we toke tests and played games that would be on a computer or reading the whole day in different classes. My favorite class is GYM because your not sitting all the time and your up and running.