Candidate Journals

I may have to change my schedule to one black belt class a week because I need to work on getting my physical requirements done.  Do you have to make any schedule changes?. Comment about it ok bye.  

I had another good run today. I ran 1.90 miles today. I am getting close to the 2.0 mile goal. I am working very hard on my pull up and hopefully get better. Looking forward to this Sunday and Monday so that I can sleep a lot and not wake up at 5am. My school bus comes in soon. Need to get ready. See you all tonight in the Black Belt Class!!

A good night in class tonight, sore and tired but still trying my best. This Black Belt is now starting to take alot of toll on me now haha but once again I'm still pushing through.

Okay, so we are well into the Spring 2015 BB Cycle knowing that the "wall" is coming soon. The wall is that moment in the cycle when you feel the effort. So, before it gets here and tries to slow you down, take a look at the great effect it is having on yourself. I for one have noticed the reduction in my spare tire. It is like a New England Patriot football, deflated. This inflates my desire to continue the effort. Keep trucking everyone!

Today I had my kick boxing class! It was really fun like always, and like I have said before if you have the chance to get to a kick boxing class then you should go aand do it, because it gives you a lot of sparing rounds. Every time I finish doing a kick boxing class I am always pumped to do another round (30 minutes)! It is sooooo AWESOME! This weekend I am going to vigorously catch up on everything that I need to catch up on. Master Chelley talked to me about the things I needed to catch up on/ do more of and I know exactly what I am going to do! Thank you Master Chelley. Another thing that I am going to try to do this weekend is start my essays! And hopefully get my book that I have to read, so I can also start that! I...

Hello. Wednesday, help class, take class. I got a talk from Master Chelly about the requirements. I have to start doing more. I also put in my Sparing tournament and the sparing class by the Australians in today as special events. I forgot which dates they were, but I just put them for today.

I had a great day at school and Tae kwon do. I learned wang ho one and practiced a lot too.

Today at tea kwon do I learned the next part of hapkiddo form 1 and we practice staff form one all of it and short stick form one. Today in school we had fun in math we folded paper into how many are teacher said. I hated when we have go over a test I pasted which everybody else in my class. I also noticed that when we do forms like basic form 1 2 3 it's baic white belt stuff

Today at tea kwon do I learned the next part of hapkiddo form 1 and we practice staff form one all of it and short stick form one. Today in school we had fun in math we folded paper into how many are teacher said. I hated when we have go over a test I pasted which everybody else in my class. I also noticed that when we do forms like basic form 1 2 3 it's baic white belt stuff

Today at tea kwon do I learned the next part of hapkiddo form 1 and we practice staff form one all of it and short stick form one. Today in school we had fun in math we folded paper into how many are teacher said. I hated when we have go over a test I pasted which everybody else in my class.

I have to do more self defense, meditation, jump rope and mentee mentor work for the cycle to get out of the yellow. Comment about what you are behind in. Bye.

I am going Kick Boxing today for I think the fourth time. I really like this class because it gives you 20 sparring rounds. This weekend I am going to do a lot of pull ups. I have not been doing a lot of pull ups and I am in the orange. Just a reminder, Master Hartle(Chelley) said that Master Evins is going to check our requirements in four weeks. This is the fourth week and I am pretty sure he is going to check our requirements. That also reminds me that there are ONLY 6 weeks left until testing. If you are behind, I would try to get caught up this weekend. See you guys soon!!

Today my dad and I decided to take a break from our daily run. I woke up at 6am after a long time and feels good to get that extra hour of sleep. I did my 3rd mentor session with Master Randle yesterday and we reviewed all what I had learnt till date. I am making sure that I have my forms and stances correct. Then we did our Black Belt Class and I was extremely tired after that. I am working very hard on my pull up bar.

I had a very nice Tuesday at work then home and finally at the North Charlotte Dojang. The weather was really nice for run and the classes went well.

I went to the doc yesterday. He gave me some new meds to help hopefully with inflammation hoping that my pancreas is inflamed and this along with the other meds will get me back to the level that I can at least eat solid foods... three times a day (or more) would be nice. In the meantime. I have pulled out my handy dandy blender. I've been mixing all kinds of fruits, and almond milk, some hemp seed, blueberries and anything else I can think of that I can blend and eat that may be good to get me nutrients, vitamins and such. I cannot describe what a wonderful taste it was and how nice it felt to feel a little full without the pain that goes with it. Ice cream, no matter how good just isn't getting it to sustain a workout. Today I tried to do some forms. I...

Tonight, after working out at school in my weight training class, I am really tight and sore in my legs and arms and really everything else as well haha, but I am still getting my work done

Hello. Rowing workout was 20 minutes of non stop, on and off sprinting. I have felt good since. I feel like throwing up, but it'll pass.

my day was ok. I had a test today,I really want to do good on the test. I went to tea kwon do and I got a lot of my requirements.

I had a great day I learned a lot of things. Like basic form three.

I had a great day I learned a lot of things. Like basic form one.

I took another hyperpro class today. It was really fun. I finished my requirements and I only have either 3 or 4 things in the orange. I know I am in the orange for Saturday and weekday black belt classes. I am going to start my essays over the weekend. Make sure you are keeping up!!

Today I only took Hyper Pro class and PMAA Class. They were both fun, in hyper pro, Instructor Marcus was teaching us how to do a tri- pod thing to then go up into a hand stand; that was difficult for me to learn a new way, because I already know how to do a hand stand while standing. Then in the PMAA Class Master Hartle and Evan were helping me with all the new self defences I have to do with and without sticks. I will definitely practice over the long weekend and try to keep up with everything that I have learned. Hope everyone had a great day!

Reasons why I hate headstands: OW! My head! So hard to balence! HOW CAN MARCUS DO IT?!

In today's world we are constantly connected 24/7 to work or other things. I was thinking back to when I was in Charlotte and made it to class almost every evening. The day has not shortened but were it not for early morning workouts it would be next to impossible to train properly. It makes me long for the days before smart phones.Still working on the Palgwae forms.

Today master knight may give me a new mentee to work with because my first one is having problems with his car. Comment about something you had to do.

Monday was overall good. I had got most of my requirements for the day done by end of class. Master Knight made us do a lot of kicks in Hyper Pro. I have a lot of projects at school this week and trying to finish everything along with the cycle requirements. I just finished my morning run and heading to school now. See you all in the Black Belt class this evening!!!

Monday was overall good. I had got most of my requirements for the day done by end of class. Master Knight made us do a lot of kicks in Hyper Pro. I have a lot of projects at school this week and trying to finish everything along with the cycle requirements. I just finished my morning run and heading to school now. See you all in the Black Belt class this evening!!!

So, today i came home from class, i knew i had to get the rest of my requirements done so i came home, after dinner, i finished what i needed to get done.

Enjoyed Monday afternoon & evening at the LKN Dojang. The rain eased up for my run, remaining requirements were attained, classes went very well and best of all Master Chelley was back. Looking forward to tomorrow. Live in Peace. 

my day was good and we had in door outside time but that was good not really. I went to 3 classes to day and I got my stuff done there when I had the time

my day was good and we had in door outside time but that was good not really. I went to 3 classes to day and I got my stuff done there when I had the time

Yes the number are coming down but it is a life style now. But still have 1800 rolls and falls a headed me , one roll and fall at a time. Not feeling on my game today. I think something is trying to attack my body. Will see how I feel tomorrow.

I am so happy. I got the FIRST part of my Spanish midterm back today and I got a 100%. I was so nervous. Today I had to write for the SECOND part of my Spanish test. I am nervous but I think I did well. I do not know when, but the last part of my Spanish test is to speak. I hope I did well on my writing and I hope I do well on my speaking. I am keeping up with all of my requirements and my journals. I hope you guys are too. Over the weekend I am going to start some of my essays. Have you guys started any of your essays? Are you guys keeping up with your requirements?

My dad has the flu. There. Done. End of story. Oh and I had swim. Yup that's it.

Hello, Samuel here. Really tired because i went to bed yesterday at 2am. I'm planning to go to bad early tonight. I regret not doing more requirements today.

I loved when I got to go out to tae kwon do to learn different stuff with master knight. I thought it was fun to learn staff form one I loved when we kep practicing staff form 1 beacuse I got 5 poomsae in that. I hated when I had to take the test at school for fractions I didn't know anything it was a pre test I loved that I got to teach warm ups beacuse they did what I said.

My day was pretty good today, finally; for the past week, I have not had the best time at school. But I went to 3 classes today and they were all fun and informational. Towards the end I got a little nervous, because I started to feel a little dizzy, and I felt like everything was starting to shake and get weak; I was not happy, I wanted to stay for a kick boxing class, but like I said before I started to feel a little dizzy. But now I feel fine, because I ate and now I am going to start my homework and finish the night of with a few exercises. Hope everybody had a great day!

Ok today my dad told me to enter everything into the site that I have been writing in my book. So I did just that.  Great news I am finished with all of my hyper pro requirements. Has any one else finished any of there requirements?

What a cloudy, rainy Monday! Glad I survived Junior Instructor's Camp this past weekend. Feeling like I'm starting to get sick today, but I hope not! Either way, I need to keep cranking out requirements.

So it is raining. That's cool. I will run and attend class anyway. Heading the eye doc this afternoon and then to the LKN Dojang. Be careful everyone. PJL CEC

I just finished my daily run with my dad. Ran a steady 1.86 miles. Getting up at 5am is tough but once I am up i am really motivated to do my run. My dad and i have a competition as to who gets out to the gym first to start the stretching and the run. Getting ready for school today and the bus comes in another 45 mins.

So tonight after my recoup day was taken, its time to get back in the swing of things with working out again, and start over strong!!

I missed doing my journal last night which made me mad because I was in the green with them and now I am not, hopefully by doing this one will bring it back up to green. I have been doing good with my work outs and I am starting to catch up on everything that I was falling behind in, I slowly see the numbers decreasing!!! Throughout different parts of the day I ended up running 6 miles, which wad amazing! And I can't wait to finish catching up on everything throughout this week and over the long weekend. Comment if you want about how you are doing.

I had a great day I played football and baseball with my dad and got a home run. The ball accidentally went into the neighbors yard.

I had a great day I played football and baseball with my dad and got a home run. The ball accidentally went into the neighbors .

I ran with my papa and did 1.5 miles with him. Tell me some thing new you did on the cycle. Bye.

again there is absolutly NOTHING to write about so I just want to say i loved Jr.Instructors camp and to Master Evins: What classes did we earn from all of this?

Hello, boring day today. Have done anything besides homework and eating. The end

I just finished writing both of my essays on people that I admire. I am grateful that that requirement gave me a reason to sit and reflect on people that have made a difference in my life. No one goes through life alone. We all need help to succeed. This exercise reminded me of those that have helped me and it reminded me of the obligation I have to help others.Now, back to learning the Palgwe forms.

Today is a beautiful day. I am almost done with my requirements for today. I am going to go outside and get some more stuff done. I hope everyone is keeping up with their requirements.

Today is a beautiful day. I am almost done with my requirements for today. I am going to go outside and get some more stuff done. I hope everyone is keeping up with their requirements.

Today is a beautiful day. I am almost done with my requirements for today. I am going to go outside and get some more stuff done. I hope everyone is keeping up with their requirements.

Today is a beautiful day. I am almost done with my requirements for today. I am going to go outside and get some more stuff done. I hope everyone is keeping up with their requirements.

Today is a beautiful day. I am almost done with my requirements for today. I am going to go outside and get some more stuff done. I hope everyone is keeping up with their requirements.

Today is a beautiful day. I am almost done with my requirements for today. I am going to go outside and get some more stuff done. I hope everyone is keeping up with their requirements.

Today is a beautiful day. I am almost done with my requirements for today. I am going to go outside and get some more stuff done. I hope everyone is keeping up with their requirements.

Today is a beautiful day. I am almost done with my requirements for today. I am going to go outside and get some more stuff done. I hope everyone is keeping up with their requirements.

Today is a beautiful day. I am almost done with my requirements for today. I am going to go outside and get some more stuff done. I hope everyone is keeping up with their requirements.

I am doing my physical requirements. I really liked the camp it was very fun but next year I will be going to the next level and I will have fun there to

I am still very tired after Jr Instructors camp. My body is sore. My sister kept on waking me up and asking me to play with her since i was not there a day. I need to make sure i get through all my requirements today and also finish my assignments at school and Kumon. Need to work on my pull ups today

Thank You Master Evins for the meal replacement package today. I am trying to get and keep food in me.. Calories and nutrients to allow my body to keep going. This has been a really tough week for me. I am actually considering baby food at this point. Good enough for the young ones, might be good enough for this 'older' one. Yesterday I tried to do more and be more active. I even did a shoot late in the day.. By evening I felt like I had been run over and headed into a relapse with the cold mess. This morning I was exhausted. It was like starting over. Today I made a choice to not go to BB and sparring class. Afraid that if I push too much, I may not be able to pull it together and finish. I read the post Master Shin posted from Grand Master...

Today was a pretty productive day. I went to the BB Weekend and Sparing class. Something strange happened when I was logging my stuff in. All of my Friday stuff went to Saturday and all my Saturday stuff went into Sunday.

I went to junior instructors and had a great time. My favorite part was sleeping.

Today was the last day of Jr. Instructors camp:(. I wish I could do that more often and I wish I would have gone before I was a Bocho Don. Did you guys have fun at camp????? I had a great time. For you guys that are going to Instructors camp, have fun. I learned a lot of new techniques and more about how Tae Kwon Do came to be. If you guys do not know how it came to be, it is really interesting and you should find out. I hope I have a good time at instructors camp next year. :) Hope everyone is caught up.

Who is going to sleep right now after camp? So how was camp? What did you like about it? Comment our answer the questions. Bye.

I just came back home from Jr Instructors camp. I am exhausted and need to go to bed early today. I had super fun at the camp and learned a lot of stuff. Master Evins asked us to do a lot of chores and i had never swept the floor before. This is the first time i learnt how to do it and swept the Do Jang very clean. Guess i can help my parents out now. I have completed my 4th year of Jr Instructor camp.

We are in full into our BB Cycle and rolling along nicely. I do need to get busy on my essays, my new skill and studying for the written exam. On a good note, I aced my last class for my BS in Culinary Management this week scoring a 99.7 for a 4.0 throughout the program. As soon as the BB Test is complete in April I will begin Graduate School working towards my MBA. Every long term goal should have several small term goals that support it. We must always be challenging ourselves. Blessings & Peace to all!

A Saturday to myself - such a rarity. Just finished one essay and about to tackle several hours of training. So looking forward to this as I was feeling behind. Life is good.

In Black Belt Class today, I learned a bunch of new things, I learned more self defense and practiced it, I learned basic form 1 2 and 3, that was very exciting, even though I am still a little rusty on it, I learned most of Wong Ho 1, and I practiced more poomsaes. I had a great class. And I hope that everyone who is going to instructors camp is having fun! I hope you feel better Master Chelley.

Just dropped my wife off at the airport. Hated to see her go but am looking forward to a weekend of uninterrupted training. Planning on learning my new forms.

Going to jr. instructors camp, so nerve racking. Oh man this is so going to have an interesting ending being that I have the Father Daughter Dance at 5:00 tomarrow. :[

So, I went back to the eye doctor this morning (3rd visit this week) and he informed me that my eyes are vastly improved AND how extremely lucky I am. "If this ulcer had developed in your line of vision it would have caused permanent vision loss." As it is I will probably have a small scar in my cornea even though the ulcer is healing. I will probably not be able to wear contacts on a permanent basis either. More likely I will have to wear glasses or choose Lasik surgery. Considering my active life style I will probably choose the surgery. On another positive note, this week of visual impairment has not slowed my BB Cycle progress any. I am looking forward to "seeing" everyone tomorrow. Blessings & Peace to all.

I am going to jr instructor camp. I am happy to go, it seems fun

Today is the day. I am going to go to Jr. Instructors camp today with my brother. I am so excited. It is my first time going and I can't wait. See you guys there.

I am in a rush. My mom is picking me up from school today. I am going to jr  instrutor camp when she does I have to do my homework. Are you going comment about it. Bye.

I had a good mentor session with Master Randle. Also Master Cavazos took our Black Belt Class. I have Jr Instructor camp tonight and i am super excited. This will be my 4th time and I am very excited to do the overnight camp and learn the weapons.

So tonight, my body is really sore, i have shin splints, arms are tired and pretty much everything is but i am still pushing through my requirements.

"On the road again, I just cant wait to get back on the road again..." this has been a tough few days. I managed to get liquid proteins in me today..not the best tasting but 180 calories a pop.. and a few bananas and some ice cream. Not the most luxurious or nutritious but I was thrilled to get all that in all in one day.. i don't totally feel like a strong breath could push me over. It might take two now. I decided it best to not try two classes tonight and am hoping to build more strength tomorrow and be ready for classes Sat. I managed some poomsaes today and SD but nothing to brag about and certainly not what I NEED to be doing... but forward progress. Tomorrow is a new day.

Today was a good lesson on self-control and patience and self control and patience ! Take a breath and smile. OK all is well now. Training is going well just need to catch up on my fall, I need day at a time.

Today at school we talked about leadership and giving good moments to other people. I learned what hand goes in the front and which hand doesn't. I also learned how to practice basic form 2. I loved when we did leadership and made cards for our teacher on Valentine's day it was so much fun I got to pick out candy for my teacher Ms Stano.

Today in class we did some review and then we played a Jeopardy game! My team was so close to winning, in the end we were behind by 2 points, but playing the game made me realize that I should review my previous study guides a little bit. After class I took sparring class, and I got 7 rounds in!, that was not as much as yesterday, but that is ok. I hope that everyone had a great day! Keep working hard!

I am going to jr inserter camp I am rely looking for to it . a nother thing im looking for is sleeping at tae kwon do.

I had a great day and started my project on Theodore Roosevelt. My teacher says it will be really fun.

I had my Spanish exam today and I was so scared. It was not that hard. I am not as stressed now as I was. My brother and I are going to Jr. Instructors camp for our first time. My sister is going to Instructors camp for the first time. I hope I have fun. I hope I did well on my Spanish test..... I went to sparring class today and we did that cool/weird thing that we did at Master Evins school to loosen our hips. It was fun. We also played jeopardy in class. It was fun. Just if you guys were wondering, my jump rope round are done because I went to Sky High and jumped for three hours. Master Chelley said that I could count that for jump rope rounds. Hope to see you guys tomorrow!!!

One day left in till jr instrutors camp I am going I am not scared. Which camp are you going to. Comment about it. Bye.

Sore today! Great CF class yesterday, and TKD class. Ready for Junior Instructor's Camp this weekend! I'm sure it will be a long weekend, but lots of fun as well. Really trying to hammer down the Palgwe poomsaes lately.

I had a full and interesting Wednesday that included a trip back to the eye doctor. My right eye is doing much better, but the ulcer in my left cornea is still there, although about 50% reduced in size. I have to continue with the eye drop medication and wearing glasses. I also have to return on Friday @ 10. The day as a whole went very well. My Latin Cuisine Class produced some very good Brazilian Braised Chicken and other goodies. Things went well at the LKN Dojang also. Arrived there at 1630 and left at 2045 having done requirements and various classes. Looking forward to Saturday's BB & Sparring Classes.

Yesterday was just a regular day. I did my morning run at 5.15am with my dad and then came and got ready for school. Finished my assignments while coming back in the bus so that I can do some push ups and situps before class. I did warm ups and assisted the 4.35pm class and took my class. We had Hyper and Wednesday’s are sparring rounds. Master Evins made us do non stop kicks and also taught us how to attack and defend during sparring. I had finished all my kicks requirement for the day before I went to class and then probably did another 100 more kicks during the Hyper Pro class. I was exhausted by the time I came back and had dinner and slept off.

A very non productive day. I spent most of the day in the bed.. Put my big girl pants on long enough to teach my 3p class... that was about all I could muster. I did stop at the store on the way home and bought some vanilla pudding. It didn't totally eat my insides up so I am thrilled to get some calories in me... I did not get any real requirements done today other than what we did in my class..nor yesterday thanks to feeling like dirt...and already showing yellow in some areas that stresses me. Back in the bed for another rest after my class and pudding, and I managed another for pudding for dinner. I am in hopes that I am feeling better as the new dawn comes and I can begin to get caught up. I have heard there are many others fighting crud too... I...

So tonight in class, we did forms, from high white to red, and each time somebody messed up it was 20 push-ups or 2 sets of 10 v sit ups, even though i didn't mess up on certain forms, i still got down and did the push ups or v - sit ups anyways, even though I was tired and didn't want to really do them I still did them because they needed to be done. !!

Ok day.. I'm always busy. It never stops. I'm just tired

Today after school I went to tae kwon do and help class then I waited until master knight to practice basic form 1 2 and 3 it was fun to learn basic form 3. I loved when I got to high five people in the class my brother took. I even got to eat mc Donald's for diner it was so good it was funny when I thought the sauce I ate was ketchup but it was hotsause

Today after school I went to tae kwon do and help class then I waited until master knight to practice basic form 1 2 and 3 it was fun to learn basic form 3. I loved when I got to high five people in the class my brother took. I even got to eat mc Donald's for diner it was so good it was funny when I thought the sauce I ate was ketchup but it was hotsause

Tonight I had my 2nd kick boxing class, it was so fun! Doing the kick boxing class is one of my favorite classes to take! Also if anyone else offers the kick boxing class, I would suggest going to it, because you can get A LOT of sparring rounds in if you go. Thank you Instructor Lloyd, for filling in for Master Chelley while she was sick. :)

I had a good day at school and at king tiger. I actually twisted my ankle and it feels really bad.

Today I was standing up for a guy. The guy was being ,made fun of. I stud up to the bully and almost started a fight that I would win. Comment about what I should do. Bye. 

i really have nothing to say so i will say the first thing that comes to my mind: i love ice cream. Yep, that's it.

AHHHHHHH, I am so scared. I am my Spanish benchmark/midterm tomorrow. I am so nervous and scared. I am and have been studying for a long time am I am still scared. I hope I do well. My sister and I are both taking a Spanish test tomorrow but she is in 8th grade and I am in 7th. We are studying together and we are both scared. I am keeping up with everything but running. I hope everyone has a great week.(I hope I pass my Spanish test)

AHHHHHHH, I am so scared. I am my Spanish benchmark/midterm tomorrow. I am so nervous and scared. I am and have been studying for a long time am I am still scared. I hope I do well. My sister and I are both taking a Spanish test tomorrow but she is in 8th grade and I am in 7th. We are studying together and we are both scared. I am keeping up with everything but running. I hope everyone has a great week.(I hope I pass my Spanish test)

Tough black belt class last night. Hard to work out when you're sick. Got some bad news today- my best friend's father had an elective surgery and there were some complications. He was taken off the ventilator today and is not expected to recover. I'm heading to Jacksonville, NC tomorrow and will likely be there for a while. Melissa has been my best friend since we were both 11 years old. My heart breaks for her.