Candidate Journals

Well getting harder and harder to make things work, been really busy with my environmental job, actually the roof has come off it is so busy up till midnight trying to get things completed and still work out, I have not been to a training class in about 2 weeks due to the environmental work and having to make sure I still have a family. I have been working out and doing forms and self defense, staff and some stick forms. I have been also doing sword but have missed several classes and they want to test in March, ha I do not think that is going to happen. Anyway going to enter all me stuff today so do not think I did it in one day just the amount over the last couple of weeks.

We don't have school today as well. So it will be 1 week tomorrow since we went to school. I am feeling bored at home. I finish all my requirements by mid day and feel extremely bored. My sister and I played WII games for a while yesterday. I hope the weather gets warm and we go to school from tomorrow.

Today was a good day, I went to Taekwondo, and I learned a few new things! The only problem, was that I was very tired; everything crashed down on me from all the days of exercising today, and I did not feel like doing anything. I hope that everyone had a great day!

Had a good time in class tonight, at Belmont 4:30 Class which is Red Belt and Up Class, we did a few forms, then we did practicality of certain self defenses. I enjoy doing those because it helps me think of what i can do, if something doesnt go the way like any of our color belt self defenses work. It makes you think of other things :)

Good day. Did a bunch of stuff. I have to do more poomsaes and such.

I had a very good day today and got a lot of stuff in for the cycle. And I learned that my school hasn't opened for three days.

It was hard doing pull ups you have to use the upper body I did my first pull up and did ten by myself. I had most of the help from my dad. I am exited to go to school beacuse I get to see my friends. I also hated when I had to do 20 of blue and higher poomsae.

I had a good day today. Although we had a delayed start to morning classes because of the weather my Latin Cuisine produced some wonderful food. Then the Optician told me that my eye is completely healed and I am cleared for my eye exam. Then the weather cleared & stayed just warm enough for my run. Finally, we had some really good sessions/classes through the afternoon at King Tiger LKN.

I may sound like i'm advertising or something but just note this: i'm not. If you think naps are helpful try being me. Scratch that don't try to be me! After a nap the results can be good or bad. For me, it's almost always bad.

Tomorrow there is a school dance and I don't know what to do. Please give me a idea of what to do please.

A challenging week so far with snow and ice! I would say that it will get better, but it may actually get worse tonight. Had a great mentor session & small class this morning. Worked on a new staff form, and got a chance to practice some forms I haven't done in awhile. Also, practiced some cool self defense techniques against Master Hartle. May be able to sneak another mentee session in tonight with Jay Jay (depending on this crazy weather).

I am sad again. School was canceled and that is even more work and days we have to make up. I am only happy because I can still focus on Tae Kwon Do. See you guys later.

We don't have school again today. We have make up day on Saturday (Feb 21) and i am not happy at all. I will miss my Saturday Black Belt Class and Sparring. Not sure why they cancelled school today. I did not do my run yesterday but will go to do my run in the gym today. I did a lot of sparring rounds and pull ups and jump ropes yesterday. I feel good and planning to do the same today as well. I have caught up with my essays as well and waiting for Miss Evins to send the Drop Box for me to upload those.

Business trip to Vegas for 3 days means taking one day for muscle recovery. Ugh. Now only have one scheduled trip between now and testing. For me, routine is the key to training.

With tonight, Even though we had a sleet/snow/ freezing rain mixture, i still went to class tonight and worked out, and did some of my requirements tonight. Only A little Bit Longer to go: )

I hade a good day. I will rather have snow then ice. I really do not like ice. last year my dad and I was seeing how will have brace the ice first and that was fun.

Hello, good day. I cleared the driveway with my little sister which look a couple hours. Then I did push ups, sit ups, kicks and a few poomsaes and self defenses.

I am not a big winter weather fan... just saying. I live in the South For a reason!YES ! we really did 520 kicks on Monday. The last class of the day was cancelled because of this bad weather so maybe Master Shin just wanted to get all the kicks for the day in. :-) and I had already done 100. My legs are a little sore today, but that actually feels good because it means I'm doing and I definitely needed the numbers, and I'm thrilled that I am feeling a little stronger than yesterday. I am still running primarily on some awesome smoothies, but am slowly introducing solid food. This bout has been a rough one!I spent a good deal of time last night going over the test questions. I still have answers I need to find. Since school is already cancelled for tomorrow, and we are still having...

Today I practice doing pull ups it hard so I did push ups to help me but I did 1 only I felt proud I did at least one. I loved playing my favorite games and it's snowing. I loved when I got a lot of money on my game called clash of lords 2. It really fun battling different people. I hated when I did 410 push ups beacuse my arms started to feel wiggle le

I had a very bad day today. I had a very bad day because the internet keeps going on and off.

I hope everyone is taking advantage of the snow day completing some requirements. It wasn't a great day for running, so I went for a 3 mile walk in the neighborhood and on the greenway. Spent some quality time with the wife and daughter as well.

I love snow! It is awesome and you get hot cocoa after wards (sometimes).

Ok today there is no school and my mom is out of town and cant get home until the ice melts off the roads.

I have made a huge comeback!!, I only have about 120 more push ups to do to catch up, I have been working really hard this weekend on getting in the green with everything and I am almost there! I hope that everyone is having fun in the snow today! I hope that everyone is still working hard on your exercises. I hope that everyone has a great day!

I am so upset. School was canceled and I am going to have a lot to catch up on. The only reason why I am happy that we did not have school today is so I can get ahead with TKD. Did you guys have school?

Yesterday we had only two classes in Tae Kwon Do due to the weather. The first one i helped and led warm ups. There were only 4 people in the class. The next class was mine where we had only 6 in the class. Master Evins made us do every single kick and i did close to 230 kicks in that hour. I had finished my 150 kicks earlier in the day with my pull ups and sparring rounds. I was very tired and Master Evins told that the overnight black belt test will be even harder than this. I am not sure what to expect now..... Lets hope for the best!

Today was a pretty successful day. I found my old book from last cycle. That's good right?

The inclement weather kept a lot of folks at home, quite smartly. This allowed plenty of time to do poomsaies & self defenses. I hope everyone is safe and plans to use their day off from school to do a lot of requirements.

Today I didn't notice when my cousin came yesterday she went to sleep when I did but I didn't see her. Today I was suppose to go to tae kwon do but the weather was not good so I hade to go back home. I was trying to do pull ups but it's really hard to pull up.

I went to Defy Gravity and jumped around and did flips for an hour. How many jumps ropes does that count for?

I had a great time at my friends house when I left I was kind'a sad. I am now at home and the sow will probably be awesome.

I have been done my requirements for to day. my day was good. I hope every one is good with there requirements.

I am now very behind with my journals and requirements after taking a week off to be with my friend when her father died. I didn't focus on requirements or journaling at all during this time. When I started doing pushups and sit-ups again after taking that time off, I realized how hard it is to get in shape, but how very easy it is to get out of shape and to lose your momentum. I plan send quite a few videos to Master Evins this week and will try to catch up some with requirements. I did walk just slightly under 5 miles by the end of the day on Saturday at the Cupid's Cup 5K. Our team (The Sanger Pacing Panthers) earned about $900.00 for CHS Cardiac Rehabilitation programs here in Charlotte. Now I will turn my focus back to Tae Kwon Do.

Ok the news is saying that its were cold and it is true. So it is so cold I spent my day inside at my grandparents house. It was so cold I could not walk or run outside since I was at my grandparents house so I could not use the treadmill so I ran and walked at a mall. Comment about how the cold is affecting you. Bye so cold.

I am caught up with my pull ups.!!!!! I am soo happy. The only thing I do not have in the green is mentor sessions. I hope we have school tomorrow. I really do not want to make up all of the work. I will see you guys tomorrow.

This has been a very productive weekend! I have gotten a lot of things done, and my numbers have increased a lot! I am a little sore, but that is ok with me as long as I am getting my exercises done!! I hope that everyone has been doing all of their exercises and catching up on anything that you could have fallen behind on. I hope that everyone has a great day!

Yesterday my dad and I tried a challenge. We wanted to see how much stamina i had. So in the gym treadmill i put 5K and started running. I ran for 32 mins and covered 4.5Kms. Then my dad asked me to slow down and i did my cool down walk for another 4 mins. I was super excited to cover ~4.6KM (2.88 Miles) in my first try. I had the stamina to finish the 5K but my dad wanted me to slow down and do it over a couple of weeks. I am very excited for next weekend to see if i can do the full 5K. I caught up on a lot of sleep and feeling much better now. I did a lot of pull ups and sparring rounds yesterday and will do the same today. Glad it is a Holiday today!!!!!!!!!

Today has been a really long day for me. But even with that being so, I still got my requirements done today and still going strong even though i am starting to feel tired and sore more often now.

my day was good . I went to church to day. I went to my friends house to day. have you seen the weather it looks herbal I hope that we get a snow day.

I am going to my friends house today. I all ready ate lunch with my mom.

There is a direct correlation between success in training and meditation. The latter improves the former and the former improves the latter. The relationship is most apparent in forms practice.

I finally finished all of my homework. I have been doing all of my requirements but I have no been doing my pull ups. Today I am going to do a lot of pull ups. See you guys tomorrow.

I forgot to write my journal entry yesterday which makes me mad, but I will soon make up for it. But aside from that today I am going to finish up getting caught up with everything that I am falling behind on, and in my opinion I think that I have been doing great with catching up on everything! I hope that everyone has a great day! Stay strong and keep pushing through everything that you have to do!  

Last week I was in the red in two things. Now I am in the yellow and some requirements I am green in, like my black belt classes.  I am almost finished.  And, all I have to do is 3 more sparring classes. What are you finished in?

My dad makes the best pancakes. They are so yummy and scruptious. Yum!

I had a great day yesterday. The credits for Jr Instructors camp really helps. I am almost done with my requirements for BB classes, Leadership Credits and Sparring, The main focus for today and tomorrow is get most of my sparring rounds and pulls up done. Need to read the book for my essay too which i am hoping to complete by tomorrow.

Today at Black Belt Class was a very good class, we went over things that i needed to do, ( forms that i couldn't remember ) and then after that, I had Sparring class, which was all good until I got hit in my right knee ( the leg i had surgery on ) a few times, that really hurt haha, then ya I came home rested up for a while and then I got my requirements done for today, only 5 more weeks to go! Can't Wait !!!

Today I did my requirements except my poomsaes and self defenses. I don't have enough free space in my room. I shall be doing more of those in class

I know it is late in the day, but I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day. We had a good & productive day in our world. Bracing for whatever winter weather we encounter the next few days. Honker down stay warm and requirement on!

Made it to Black Belt Class today! Yeah! I hope this is the beginning a feeling better!

I learned pagway il Chang and e chang it was fun to learn. I was exited to take black belt class hyper and sparring. I loved when I got to help Zacker with his kicking so I can get random act of kindness so I can catch up. I hated when we went to the mall beacuse we was there a lot of hours.

I went to Black Belt class today and Master Hartle(Chelley) gave us the requirements we got for going to Junior Instructors camp. I also learned more of Pow Gwe il and yi chang. After Black Belt class I took sparring. It was really fun. Make sure you guys catch up this week. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!

I had a great day I did all my requirements and still got to play a lot. I really like tae kwon do.

I think I need to read the book THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFETIVE PEOPLE one more time. I don't understand it that much so bye. Comment about a book you read on the cycle. 

Feeling better. Cant wait for BB class today! Only about 7 more weeks.....

I just ran my 2.03 miles for the first time. I ran at a speed of 5.3 in the treadmill. I feel very good finally reaching my goal of 2.0 mile run. I am getting ready for the day. Leaving to Kumon in an hour and then will be at Black Belt class.

Tonight, I am really starting to feel more tight and sore in my arms and legs, and basically everywhere else haha, Im still doing my best though.

Today I went rollor skating with my family I was the last person that was skating in my family so I was a little wear out. I loved when we played the dice game thers numbers and you try to go to a number 1 throw 6 and I never got out of that game. It was awesome when the light turned off and the diso came on I was so fast I fell and I got back up and went to my spot to it pizza it was like the greates pizza I ever tast in my life and I also had fun with my dad rollor skating. I got to warheads sour gummies it was good. I loved when we all skated toghther.

Today I went rollor skating with my family I was the last person that was skating in my family so I was a little wear out. I loved when we played the dice game thers numbers and you try to go to a number 1 throw 6 and I never got out of that game. It was awesome when the light turned off and the diso came on I was so fast I fell and I got back up and went to my spot to it pizza it was like the greates pizza I ever tast in my life and I also had fun with my dad rollor skating. I got to warheads sour gummies it was good. I loved when we all skated toghther.

Today I went rollor skating with my family I was the last person that was skating in my family so I was a little wear out. I loved when we played the dice game thers numbers and you try to go to a number 1 throw 6 and I never got out of that game. It was awesome when the light turned off and the diso came on I was so fast I fell and I got back up and went to my spot to it pizza it was like the greates pizza I ever tast in my life and I also had fun with my dad rollor skating. I got to warheads sour gummies it was good. I loved when we all skated toghther.

Today I went rollor skating with my family I was the last person that was skating in my family so I was a little wear out. I loved when we played the dice game thers numbers and you try to go to a number 1 throw 6 and I never got out of that game. It was awesome when the light turned off and the diso came on I was so fast I fell and I got back up and went to my spot to it pizza it was like the greates pizza I ever tast in my life and I also had fun with my dad rollor skating. I got to warheads sour gummies it was good. I loved when we all skated toghther.

I went to Black Belt class today. I got a mentee session in. Master Hartle(Chelley) was going over basic forms and Wang Ho. I am going to practice those about 20 times a day to get them down pat. I need to do a lot pull ups this weekend. See you guys tomorrow at Master Evins.

Today I went rollor skating with my family I was the last person that was skating in my family so I was a little wear out. I loved when we played the dice game thers numbers and you try to go to a number 1 throw 6 and I never got out of that game. It was awesome when the light turned off and the diso came on I was so fast I fell and I got back up and went to my spot to it pizza it was like the greates pizza I ever tast in my life and I also had fun with my dad rollor skating. I got to warheads sour gummies it was good. I loved when we all skated toghther.

Last night and Today I have been doing great with catching up with all of my exercises, I am still working on them, but I'm doing good. Hope everyone had a great day off of school! Keep doing your exercises.

Hello no school today so I did a ton of pushups and sit ups. That was good

I thank God every day for all the blessings he bestows upon me. Today was another great day in life. I was able to judge a High School Cooking Competition this morning, attend a Taste of the Nation Committee Meeting, teach Garde Manger class, prep more food for Saturday night's catering and spend some time with Betsy & Kate. And, I still worked in lots of requirements. I am looking forward to BB Class tomorrow. Depending on how much I get done, I hope to stay for Sparring Class as well.

I started to read a book called THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTVE PEOPLE. I got 1 hour into it and the book is exciting.

I had an ear infection for two days and didn't go to school. But i'm over it now.

So a few days a go i felt something coming on and attacking my body. Will it won and turn me in to a mouth breather. I do believe the next phase is becoming a zombie. I did get some Poomsea in today but the body said one more day please. So one more day it will be and no zombie for me.

Made it to Friday! Had a great CF class this morning. LOTS of shoulder work especially this week. Definitely getting better on my pullups! Feeling sore, but a "good sore." Still chipping away at requirements. Also, continuing watching what I eat (have lost about 13 lbs since early January). That will help with everything...pullups, pushups, running, pivoting, etc... Gotta keep on keepin' on!

I finished an essay. So much typing and research................... but it was worth it.

I am go to a party or something like that. I done the requirements. to day I fell so good that I did it in the morning.

Two day trip to Phoenix plays havoc on training. Now in catch up mode. Should be able to do that over the weekend.

My body is becoming extremely sore. I woke up at 5am to do my daily run but my legs were paining. I went back to bed to get some rest. I will have to run when i come back from school. Have swimming in the evening. I have been doing my best to keep doing my daily quota of requirements but I am physically and mentally exhausted. We are 6 weeks away from testing and I want to get there strong and focused. I am going to make the best use of the long weekend by making sure I get plenty of rest to my body and also finish my daily requirements.

So for now My foods have been reduced to some sort of liquid form.. I've been a wreck, today I feel a little better. I've been doing a lot of research on foods that I might can use to help my issue, in a liquid form (for now). I've obviously given up some foods that I love. A good meal shouldn't be had through a straw though, kind of takes the appeal of eating away. I have really been working hard though to put into my body everything that it needs to function, today has been one of the best days I've had in what feels like forever. I've learned that with no food your brain starts to lose some of it's abilities I hate to admit it but I've been a sick pup. I do not like at all the way I have felt going on two weeks now. I...

Hello. Sparing class today. Nothing much. Same old, same old. 4 day weekend

my day was good. to day I hade a quiz in ss. that is really all I have to say.

I had a great & productive day on many counts. Along with working in my daily requirements I took care of some automotive issues (a trip to DMV & an Oil Change), prepped food for a catering Saturday evening and taught class. Spent a nice evening at home at the end of it all. Heading to bed and another great day in God's Kingdom tomorrow. Blessings & Peace to all.

I took sparring class today. I got 8 sparring rounds in and I have 70 pushups and sit ups that are done for tomorrow. I hope you guys are keeping up. I hope you guys have an awesome 4 day weekend.

I don't know what to do, track sign ups were yesterday and today, but I don't know if I have the time to do that, I am very passionet about Taekwondo and I do NOT want to fall behind with Taekwondo, because I have to run. But yet again all 3 track coaches want me to sign up and my parents do and my girls on the run coach, but I still don't know what to do. What do you guys think I should do??? I have been asking people for their opinions, for example my mom said I should do it because it will help with Taekwondo and because I got noticed by all of the coaches. My dad thinks that I should do it if that is another thing that I truly desire to do. And lastly Master Hartle thinks that maybe I should try out, but I will...

Today I did alot of classes in tae kwon do. Today we did jump rope for heart where we jump rope and help with heart stuff. I also learn that Japan celebrates different from us beacuse they call it white day and I also learned that the boys gives gifts on March 14. I hated when I had to do a lot of push ups and sit-ups at tae kwon do

I had an awesome day and i'm really looking forward to being a first puem. I am also looking forward to my dads birthday.

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.