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!

8/26

hi guys, very tiring day at school today im mixing up all my subjects and im getting confused i want summer to come back. i had black belt class today but came at 5:30 to help out and left at 8:40ish so now im trying to cram in all my homework. im currently doing my lit work so yay. okay goodnight

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Old friends

Today was another good day. ​I got in another great workout before work today and stuck around to put in a little extra effort. Right after, I went to King Tiger, picked up Joe and the little bus, and headed to Enso to load everything out. We eventually got it all packed up and moved over to storage. ​I had a fantastic lunch with Dad and Joe at City Barbeque, followed by a nice workday—the time goes by so quickly compared to summer camp! ​After work, I came home and spent about an hour writing my 30-day challenge essay. Later on, I met up for dinner with someone who used to work for me and is now out in the world flourishing. It’s always refreshing to catch up with him. ​Now I’m back home, showered, and relaxing. Got a long day ahead tomorrow, topped off with sparring in the evening!

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8/26/26

Today was a good day. At school I was very productive and got most of my work done for the whole week. I had math after lunch and it was kind of boring because its basically all the same stuff we learned last year. Last year I was in AP precalculus and this year I'm in math 171 which is college precalculus so the stuff we learn is pretty much exactly the same. My dad picked me up from school so I got home earlier than usual. I finished my requirements and went to help out with the junior tigers class. The junior tigers are always fun, they have so much energy its very contagious. I also had a mentor session with master knight and took high belt class after. 

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26 Today is a wednesday. I was informed that I have and Ap math test tommorrow and I'm both panicking and not panicking at the same time. In computer science ap class we did coding with python to make a physical hardware piece light up. It was pretty cool.   Overall it is a 5/10 day.  

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08/26

I’m going to a football game for my school. I’d picture day today as well after school I went to a sparring class. And I got a credit for sparring class assistance, and leadership.

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Black Belt Cycle Day 40

Today I woke up at around 6:30 in the morning, I couldn't run since my knee and ankle were still injured. My mom put some medicine yesterday night which made it feel a little bit better. Anyways I headed to school and got my result for social studies test which I got a 100. After school I went home ate some chips and a bit of my birthday cake, after that I relaxed for an hour before preparing for my science test tomorrow. I prepared for an hour and then took a break. Since I was pretty behind for like 2 days because of my injuries, I decided that if I couldn't do any leg excersizes I might as well do some push-ups. I did 4 minutes of push ups 4 times so 16 minutes. My arms were pretty tired so I rested for like 25 minutes and ate dinner. After...

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8 / 26 / 26

Today was a pretty good day. I woke up and went to school, school was normal, not to many eventful events happening. When I came home, I got to my requirements and then went to King Tiger. I was able to get a mentee session in and was also able to work on some specific parts of poomsae. When I cam home, I wasted no time going to the track so I could run. I wanted to see how my time compared in a neighborhood vs a track with flat ground. I got to running and the whole time I was telling myself I was going to break my record and indeed I did. I ran my 4 miles in under 30 minutes which was a goal I have had since cycle started in January. It is so rewarding making a difficult goal and then working really hard towards it and finally...

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Journal #35

Today was okay, I got all my work done, and I wasn't super tired. It wasn't a bad day, but it also wasn't an amazing day, it was just one of those day where you feel like you're just floating through the day and forget about most of what actually happened by the next day. Anyway, I am pretty tired now, so I'm going to bed, goodnight!

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8/26/26

Hello everyone, today was pretty normal, woke up and ate breakfast then went to school. I finished classes like normal then went home, at I finished my homework and exercises. Then I went to TKD and got a mentor session and did some classes and worked on anyo isa. I hope all of you had a great day, see you later.

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8/26 #36

Today I had my club fair at school, where I got to present my idea to bring Beta Club to the student body. I had the people sign a paper so I could show my principal that we have kids interested, and I got over 30 signatures. Other than that, today was pretty boring. When I got home, I got in a quick mile run and had to go to taekwondo. Today was the shin kickers class and sparring, which went really well. I came home and finished up my requirements. Now I'm trying to finish my Biology work. I hope that everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

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Happy Wednesday!

School was alright, I have a test in pretty much every class next week so I will need to start studying this weekend. I came home after school, worked on homework, finished up my daily requirements, and went on a nice run. My mom is leaving for VA tomorrow so I got to spend a little time with her tonight. I hope everyone had a great day! ~ Peyton

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8/26/26

Today I went to school, and reading was extremely boring. Science was when we got our test results back, and I was happy because, my teacher said that most people got bad scores on the test, and I got a 90, so I was kind of proud of myself. Then I went to health, which was boring as always. Then I went to band, which was kind of fun 'cause we played instruments a lot. Then I went to social studies, we worked on projects. Then in math we worked on hard work, and I found a technique to do it faster, but the teacher said we had write exactly what she wrote, or else she would take away points which really frustrated me. Then I went home, and took a class. Then I went to my first soccer practice, then in the middle, had to leave, for weekday black belt...

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08/27/2026

Today was a long day at school. I also went to the DMV and barely passed, with a 20/25 score. Today I went to the black belt weekday class, and I caught up on some requirements for my black belt cycle.

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8-26

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. School was good. I went to King Tiger after school and did some requirements and class assistance credits. I did a mile when I got home and then did my ton of homework. Going to sleep good tonight!

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Second day of school

I woke up today and slept in while I could then got ready to gob to school. I then did my classes and got home to nock out some class assistances and go get dinner

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Day 39 (8/26/26)

Today I woke up slightly late and I had to hurry up and I didn’t have enough time to take a run until after school. I ate two egg muffins and a singular pancake. Not my favorite combo but I like both of them individually. I actually got to school early today so I went in the lunch line to get breakfast that morning because I was still hungry. I went to class and made friends with the my other classmates that didn’t sit at my table. I made a lot of friends today and in just homeroom I made three. After Homeroom was Health which I talked with my table a lot more and talked to the people on the soccer team about their positions and stuff. After Health was Computer Science and I made a lot of friends and I made a few friends that were juniors and sophomore’s. After...

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8/26

today was alright. i think i did pretty good on my bio test today. other than that a lot of memorizing. got home, just finished my requirements. nothing new.

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About my day

    My day is going good so far, I have just finished my i-Ready test I did good. I am going to go to Grand Master Evens school for black belt class so I can get caught up from when I was on vacation. I also was able to mentor Jaden and get a leadership credit as well as class assistant checked off. I finished my exercises when I got home and here I am watching TV in my bed.

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Hartle - 08/26/26

Hurt my knee pretty good on Monday. Couldn't put any weight on my leg. Saw my PT for my achilles rehab and she gave me a plan to get my knee back in shape. No running for me for at least a week. Started driving the bus again for afterschool pickup.

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08/25

Today was pretty good. My school lunch was very good after school after school. I came home and went to Taekwondo after that I did my exercises and I just woke up and realized I had to do my journal.

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8-25

Good day today. All but the kindergarteners and prek are back in school and I am back to my instructor schedule. Lots of end of the summer and afterschool work today in the office and then off to pick up kiddos. Back to help in class, worked stances with a lot of students today and some self-defense as well.Then some takeaways with Master Lucas and Master Marcus after class. Super helpful and I even took a page out of my mentee's book and wrote some notes down when I got home. Have my miles and workout planned for tomorrow and know what I want to tackle next with my mentor. Hope everyone has a lovely Wednesday!

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8/25

Today was fun-ish. I went to school had a club meeting, went home and did my requirements. then i had a harrusburg youth council meeting (which was basically next to the dojung) so that was fun.

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8/25

helloooo, i HATEEEEEE school why is my calc teacher such a harsh grader its making me mad. anyways i just finished all my economics and calc work and im getting ready to do physics now yayyyyyy :/ we are not sleeping tonight but its okay. byeeee

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25   Today was a slighty better day from yesterday. I felt more energized after school, but still took a nap. After tkd class, I did my tkd requirments and went to thew airport to pick up grandparents. I haven't seen them in a long time, they are so amazing.     Overall a 6/10 day  

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8/25

today was my first day of school. my classes are pretty good i like my teachers. afterwards i had marching band practice till 6 and right after i had tkd class where i got leadership credits and a mentee session. i’m trying really hard to keep up with everything im doing and it’s really hard. almost done 5 more weeks! goodnight!

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8/25

Today I did my phisical requierments and went to school where we got homework and after I got home I got ready and helped In class for my assistance credit.Once home I ate dinner at friends house then came home read some of a book/Finally I brushed and wrote this journal.

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atp idek the date

today i went to school and had so much homework. i came home and did my requirements then went to robotics 

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Back to School

Today was a good day. Woke up feeling great and ready to take on the day. ​I headed straight to 9Round and hit a killer workout—it felt good to be back in the gym. I even stayed after to get some extra work in. I stepped on the scale for the first time in about two weeks; the weight hasn't changed much, but more importantly, I'm feeling strong. ​After work, I took class and then headed home to tackle a few chores. Dinner and a shower followed, and now exhaustion is setting in. Hopefully, I'll get a solid night's rest. ​Tomorrow starts early with a morning workout, followed by heading over to Enso to load up the rest of the gear and haul it to storage. ​Goodnight, all.

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8/25/26

Today I woke up for school. Then I went. I took a reading test, but I was upset about my score. But I hope to grow next time. After I came back, I took a class, then went to swimming class. After that I played soccer with my friends for a looooong time.

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Aug 25

Whew. First day of school done. I forgot how much I hated highschool haha. Classes today were good though. I was teaching a few kids their first class, kwon sol. One of them asked “do I have to yell?” So that was fun. I tried taking off my brace in the second class. That was a no. It helped the stiffness at first, but hurt worse after. For that small time though it was great. I so missed doing round kicks right. I can’t point my toes with the brace. Anyways. I got a pumpkin latte today, which was good. And I don’t want to go to school again tomorrow haha. It’s very hard for me to not be annoyed with people there. Goodnight guys.  

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Black Belt Cycle Day 39

Today I woke up early in the morning at around 7. Although I couldn't really do any exersizes other than pushups because I hurt my ankle while doing jump ropes yesterday. After I went to school and in PE while we were playing ultimate football I dived to make a catch but since the grass was still wet I slipped while doing so and fell on my knee which hurt really bad so I could barely walk pretty much the whole day. I also had 2 tests, On 1 I got an 100 and we didn't get the score for the other one yet. After I got home I relaxed because my knee was still pretty badly injured and that's what I did the whole time. My mom applied some treatment which hopefully makes it better tomorrow. Anyways good night!

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Why Basics Matter

I was fortunate enough to be mentored by Master Knight tonight before class.  While we were working on Green abd High- Green self-defense and poomsaes, he stressed proper stances and hand placement.  These are things you don't normally focus on because you're trying to remember the movements.  But I understand why what he was saying is important.  You can never do the basics enough.  Being proficient in the basics isn't just important for white belts; it's the foundation of success for every belt level.  Mastery of the basics determines how good a student will (or won't) be in the future.  This includes poomsae quality, sparring effectiveness, self-defense techniques, and even your ability to teach others.  So never stop doing them.

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8/25/26

Today was a good day. I had 3 classes today which were all good. I especially like my history class. I usually think lectures are boring especially for history classes but my teacher makes lectures very engaging and interesting. In my free time for the rest of the school day I worked on the puzzle that we have had in our room for the past week. We finally finished that one and started another one which was also 350 pieces but much easier. We finished that one in less than an hour and started a 500 piece one. When I got home I did all my requirements and went for a run. I did 2 miles, would have done 3 but my knee was feeling like it was going to start hurting a lot so I didn't push it. On another note, I miss playing volleyball. I hope I can get...

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Start to the Week

School is fine, its the homework that is awful. I have consistently had at least 2 hours of homework every night since the first full week of school and its starting to take a toll on me. I'm not behind in my requirements but I have had to use up a lot of my built up minutes. Weekends have been busy too; classes, requirements, homework, family/friends, and I just have not had a lot of relaxation recently. I feel like its all go go go and I can't slow down. Anyways, I didn't get to journal yesterday but both Monday and Tuesday were fine. Not much to report other than the usual schedule of school, work, requirements, homework, sleep. I hope everyone is having a great week and staying on track! We are more than halfway through, keep up the great work! ~ Peyton

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8/25 #35

Today was picture day at school, so I woke up a little early because I also had to be there early. Other than that, school was pretty normal, and I didn't get too much homework, so that's good. Right after school, I went to taekwondo and helped with the classes before taking black belt class. Black belt class was really good; we worked on some poomsae and self defenses which really helped me recognize my mistakes and fix them. Anyway, I came home, and I have to get my presentation for my Spanish class ready to present tomorrow, so wish me luck! I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

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About my day

    Today calm day, I woke up, went to school before riding back to king Tiger to finish up my homework. I got class assistance and leadership credit done for the day. I then proceeded to go home and finish all my other black belt exercise which leads us here now I am eating ice cream and relaxing.

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8/25/26

Hello everyone, today was another normal day, the only thing that made today different, was when me and my family went to see a friend of ours at a retirement home. It was really nice to see him again because I hadn't seen him in a while, after going to see him, me and my family went to our grandmas house and ate some dinner, it was very tasty. I hope all of you had wonderful days as well, see you all later.

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Journal #34

School today was kind of packed with work, but that was fine because I got it all done, and was able to get some duel enrollment stuff done too. After I got home from school, I pretty much immediately went to the gym and was there for probably an hour and a half. I got 2 more miles done and finished all my exercises for the day, and I got some extra too. I didn't got to Taekwondo today because I was at the gym until class started and lost track of time, but I will be there tomorrow for sure. Anyway, goodnight!

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8 / 25 / 26

Today at school was busy but I didn't take home any homework. When school was over, I was so exhausted, probably from a late night of schoolwork last night. I slowly completed all of my requirements for the day; I was planning to run today but not anymore. This evening was productive because I was able to review the takeaways at King Tiger all the way through 15. Those are very difficult to practice by yourself, especially the higher ones, so it was nice having a partner to practice with. I really hope I can get to bed sooner tonight so I can wake up energized tomorrow.

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8/25/26 #23

Hello, Today I woke up as always and went to school, today in band we put together our clarinets, trombones,flutes,and trumpets. Which was super fun by the way, After school I went home, ate, chilled for a bit before heading to taekwondo for  most of the 3 classes. During the time in between classes I worked with 1 of our new deputy black belts and helped him with bocho dan self defence. After classes I headed home and took a shower to clean up, I then did my workouts for the day. I just started to play a game with my dad. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

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8/25/26

Today I woke up and ate  breakfast. Then went to school. Then after school I went to soccer practice and did push up and ran a lot.Then I went home and did my homework then doing my journal for the day. My overall is a good day.

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08/25/2026

Today was my birthday, & I didn't hold a party, but I was able to celebrate with my family, with us going out, & cutting a cake, which was delicious by the way. So I did two days of physical requirements today, and I am going to try and do twice the amount each day to catch up.

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First day of school

Today was my first day of school and my teachers seemed nice. Not much work on the first day and met some old friends over all a good start to the school year.

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8-25

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. Had a good day. Went to King Tiger and did another day of white belt challenge and some requirements. I went home and did more requirements and homework. Ready for bed. 

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Day 38 (8/25/26)

Today I woke up early at 4 and talked to my parents and they told me I had some time before I had to start getting ready so I watched Netflix for an hour and then I ate and ran a mile. After my Mile I took a shower and got dressed. After I got dressed I took care of my hair and went downstairs to wait for my Dad. My Dad’s always there to drop me off with my Mom on the first day of school. I My first block was really boring but it was fun making new friends. My first friend was somebody I saw walking in. We had instant chemistry and we laughed when we looked at each other like we knew each other for years and we had inside jokes already,There was a girl who was in all of my classes but I forgot her name. I...

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Busy day

​Woke up and went to get my passport sorted out. My in-laws mentioned they want to take us overseas next year, so I need to get that good ol’ passport ready. That also reminded me that I need to get my Real ID taken care of soon, too. ​Right after that, we headed over to the Lincoln County Courthouse to file some paperwork. All in all, we spent a pretty good amount of money today. For lunch, we grabbed a sandwich from a small shop out in Lincolnton—it was delicious. ​Came home, completed some requirements, and did more research for the essays. After grabbing a quick snack of yogurt and granola, I went on a 4-mile run. It felt okay—wouldn't say it was great, but not terrible either. ​Took a shower, ate dinner, and then relaxed before bed. Cranked up all parts of the requirements today! We’ll see how I feel...

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8/24

Woke up and got coffee and started getting ready to go to school during school I Talked to my counselor about my AP and College classes I’m gonna be taking next semester and being ready for college after that I went home and Took a nap then went to tae kwon do.

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Aug 24

Today wasn’t great. I did get a lot done though. Requirements, classes, music, reading. The classes today were rough. Had some stressful teaching first, by the second class I didn’t feel well. My ankle was hurting and I was dizzy during forms. Got home though and it’s alright. Have to get up early for school, not looking forward to that at all. Gonna go to bed as early as I can. Goodnight guys.

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8/24

today was digital detox day. I only used my phone for sending important texts, email, and journaling. in the morning i went to this deca event where we painted the hallway and i got community service hours for it. after i came home i was trynna figure out what to do so i built this small lego set. Then i read for a little bit and finished my requirements. I was chilling with my dog and just passing time by till my class. i got a leadership credit in and afterwards went on a 2.5 mile walk with my dog and parents. that’s it for today, first day of school tomorrow!! Goodnight!

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24 Today is a monday, like always its very hard for me to wake up in the morning. I woke up at 5:30 to finish up a project and get ready for school. After school and I come back home, I was very tired so I went to take a nap. I used to think naps were so lame and boring when I was younger and my parents were taking some. I finally understood the meaning behind it, thanked my parents and said sorry for thinking that is wasn't smart. I actually enjoyed that nap so much, I overslept by about 24 minuites, making me late for finishing homework and practicing for the SAT. I finished it and went to tkd. After Tkd class, I finished my requirments and felt very tired and now heading to bed. The more and more I grow up, I feel more and more that going...

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8/24

helloooo, had school today ugh but it wasnt that bad ig. helped out with class today and got a mentor session in. im starting to fall behind a little on class assitance since i missed a few class so i need to catch back up. anyways heading to sleep, goodnight!!

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8 / 24 / 26

Today at school was not bad for a Monday. After school was drumline and then after that, I came home and knocked out my requirements. Later in the evening, I was able to go to King Tiger for leadership and a mentor session. My 540 kicks are really starting to look good, I just need to keep practicing so I can start landing them consistently. When I came home, I studied for a while because I have my first real quiz of the schoolyear in math. I hope all goes well tomorrow.

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8/24/26

Today I was not very busy. I only had one class today which was math, and it was also after lunch so the whole morning I didn't have much to do since I finished all my homework. I worked on a puzzle that is in our classroom which I (and everyone else who was working on it) find particularly frustrating. Its a picture of a bunch of gummy worms and its only 350 pieces, but the thing is every piece looks so similar to at least a couple other pieces so its hard to find where they go. The best way to go about it is to just randomly put pieces together until they fit. After school I did my requirements and went to taekwondo and we did poomsaes and after I came home I went for a run which was painful because of my knee. 

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8/24

Today I passed a test in Spanish. I also went to a Taekwondo class and got classes assistance right now I’m doing my exercises and then I’m about to go to bed.

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Journal #33

Today was pretty boring at school, most of the work I needed to get done I got done at school, so I didn't have much to do. I went to classes today, and was able to get another mentee session done. I am just now realizing that out of everything I need to focus on right now, it's study guide, and probably my breaking kicks. Everything else is looking good. Anyway, it's late so goodnight!

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8/24/26

Today I woke and ate breakfast. Then went to school . Then i had great news about he soccer which is i'm in the team. Then was happy for the whole day. Then went home and ate then went to tae kwon doe. Then went home and feeling like to sleep now.

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About my day

    Today was a pretty chill day. I woke up, had some breakfast and went off to school turned in my work before going to King tiger and doing a mentor session with Jaden in amenity session with Master Sri. I also helped out with class.. After that I went home completed my homework and black belt exercises and here I am eating ice crea in my bed.

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Day 37 (8/24/26)

Today I actually don't remember much of what I did when I first woke up, I think I was going through my Playstation gallery or something but I had to catch-up on my missing requirements that I didn't do yesterday because I was sick. I took a little break for around 45 because I was so tired from just catching up from yesterday. I made the drums on this new beat I was making. It's a little weird but I was still feeling it kinda like the whole 808 heartbreaks album but obviously worse. Then I ran a mile at around 12 or 1 I don't remember. After that, washed up and I put on clothes and my Dad took me to the barbershop. I was with a new barber and he did me right for only 35. He was Puerto Rican but I just thought he was lightskined because everybody else...

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8/24 #34

Today was pretty easy. School was normal; I took notes in most of my classes, but in seminar I had a presentation, which was kind of scary, but my teacher said I did really well. When I got home, I realized I wasn't gonna be able to go to TKD because I had to put together a one-pager for the club fair on Wednesday, and I had to have it done by tomorrow. Anyway, I finished that up, and I went on a 2-mile walk and completed my requirements. I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

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8/24/26

Hey everybody, today was a pretty good day for me, just the normal stuff, woke up and went to school and did my classes, saw my friends, the usual stuff. After, school I worked on homework, after that me and my brother went to TKD, it was good because I got a refresher on some color belt poomsaes. Then I went home and ate dinner with my family, I hope everyone had an awesome day, see you later.

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#33

I had my 6-month checkup with my Oncologist today and he was very pleased with the results.  It's always good news when your doctor's happy with you. I was able to complete my 9th essay today.  Only one more to go (Community Service).  Speaking of which, I was able to get some clarification today for Master Chelley about the donation of items.   We had a good Senior Belt practice tonight.  I think the candidates for the next couple of Black Belt cycles will be prepared for the non-paperwork parts of the test (poomsae & self defense).  Updating their requirements on a daily basis might be the more challenging part of the cycle for some of them.  Master Foster is about to pull his hair out trying to stay on them about that.

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8/24/26

Today I woke up and went to school, and we have a test in reading tomorrow, so I am ready for that, and we had test today in math, on which I got 100, but it was also kind of stressful. Then when going home on the bus today, we got assigned seats. Then my tennis class got canceled, so I went to help out with the junior tigers, and the took class after that.

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08/24/2026

Today I went to the black belt weekday class, where we reviewed poems are for blue belts and up. I also started this week with a white belt for my requirements. Tommorow is also my birthday.😄

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8-24

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. School was pretty good. Got to King Tiger and did some requirements. I did the 4:45 class in my white belt for white belt challenge. When I got home I did more requirements and some homework. I will sleep good tonight.

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8/24

I'm writing this during lunch!!! I'm pretty excited for the black belt class today. also to help our the junior tigers!

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Hartle - 08/24/26

Today is my baby girl's brithday! CMS school begins tomorrow. My bus driver job will resume. Good workout yesterday with miles on the elyptical. Moved cubbies and picked up bus from the shop.  Made bulgogi for my wife.

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Sunday

​Today was pretty laid back. I woke up and knocked out my requirements for the day, then spent some time working on random projects around the house. Overall, it felt like a really productive weekend. ​I also got to hang out with my brother-in-law today. We grabbed dinner together before heading back home to relax and catch up for a bit. I spent a few hours researching my diet essay and the history of the Five Kwans. It's fascinating—and eye-opening—to see the data on sugar and just how tough it is on our bodies. ​Tomorrow, it’s time to step up the intensity as the daily requirements increase. I have a very busy day ahead, but I'm ready for it. Hope everyone has a great week!

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8/23

today was pretty chill. i had sparring at 2 and we worked a lot on js counter attacking and using limited factors like only one kick, only front leg and stuff like that. All the people there are pro so it was quite a humbling experience. I do hope to reach their level someday and am definitely gonna keep going after cycle. After I was kinda chilling with my parents and dog. in the evening i baked so stuff js for fun and thats about it. today was my rest day but i did get stuff in from sparring class. I also have been procrastinating on my essays and other stuff and it’s not great since school is starting soon. not happy about that but i’ll js have to pull through. that’s all for today. goodnight!

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8/23

hi guys, yesterday i forgot to journal but i took the sat and then went to my sisters dance recital and helped out a bunch there. today i mainly just finished a bunch of homework and i'm about to head asleep

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Entry 12

I went out on the boat yesterday with my mom and dad. We saw a car boat, it was pretty cool. Today, my dad went on a motorcycle ride with a couple friends, my mom was supposed to work, & I was going to try to sleep in a little. But instead my mom decided to sleep in, and my dad called to wake me up to get my mom up because she needed to go to work. And she wouldn't let me go back to sleep. Other than that, it was a pretty chill day. I did some coding, some printing, played some video games, got my requirements knocked out & now I'm in bed about to go to sleep. Good night. 

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8-23

today i wasn’t able to do any requirements because i was in atlanta this weekend for the housewarming a family friend. we had to do a religious ceremony starting at 5 in the morning. after that i helped them with some errands and by time we drove back home it was 10 

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8/23 #33

Today was really boring. We didn't get a chance to go to church today, so I jsut watched it online, but I do really miss being able to volunteer with the three year olds. Anyway, I had to clean up my room a little and do some laundry. Me and my sister went dress shopping again today because I didn't find my dress yesterday and she neds a dress for homecoming court. Unfortunately neither of us found a dress though. When we came home we decided to go on a walk as a family, it was the five of us and our four dogs. Although me and my dog, Moose, walked a lot farther than the rest of them. Ok, so that was my day. I hope everyone had an amazing day too. Goodnight!

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08/23

Today I went to church. After that, I did Airsoft with one of my friends. Once I got home from Airsoft, I did my requirements and now I’m going to bed.

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Black Belt Cycle Day 37

Today I slept woke up a bit late in the morning since I slept late at night. Also today is my BDAY! yayyy, Once I woke up I was way to worn out still to do anything so I just relaxed. In the afternoon, my dad and I went to taco bell and ate lunch there. To be honest I ate wayyy to much and I was stuffed, anyways later we had to go to another party so we relaxed a bit after coming home I did some walking to ease my stomach. After that we headed to the party and I met with all my friends which was really fun, we played soccer too, and had a good time. Although I was not feeling to well because of my stomach, the beans were too much I guess.. Anyways the pain let off a little over time. As we were coming...

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23 Today was a great day. I woke up and felt energized for my tkd requirments. I ran extra miles today. After the rest of my Tkd requirments, I showered and after, felt like practicing my sparing. I watched some olympic sparing videos and learned some cool moves and counters to various moves. After, I finished my school AP project and studied for my SAT. After all of that, I finally went outside and got to play pickleball and basketball with some friends. Overall it was a very productive and fun Sunday. 8/10

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Journal #32

I went to church today, and was able to drive my brothers there as well. We had to go separately because my parents had meetings and had to help set up, while I had to stay home to take the cake out of the oven. Anyway, after church today, we had people over for dinner again, just like last week but it was a different family. I hung out with them and their kids, and we played games, then I had to go to check on a church member who is in a nursing home now because he had a stroke. I went with another friend from church and helped him out with some church services he couldn't do. I was really sad to see him like that, I mean, he had been at church almost every Sunday for as long I have been going, which is 13 years, and now...

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8/23/26

Today I woke up and pretty much chilled. After breakfast, I played soccer with my friends. Then I played with them for most of the day. Then I ran my mile. Nothing much today.

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8 / 23 / 26

When I woke up today, I was a little stiff and sore form yesterday at the Whitewater center. Despite that, I was able to get through my daily requirements. I really didn't do much today besides play a couple games of chess. Later in the evening, I did some homework and at night I was able to go on a run. That's all for today, I hope everyone has a good week.

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8/23/26

Hey everyone, today was a good day because it was pretty chill, first I woke up and got some breakfast, then I took a shower and shaved. After that I got ready for church and then a couple hours later, I went to church. Once I got home I waited for people who were coming to our house to eat dinner with us, they're good people. After that me and Evan went on our 5 mile walk and that took a while, it was really dark by the time we got back. I hope you all had a great day, see you later.

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About my day

    Today was a very fun day. I woke up and was greeted with some donuts before being asked by my parents,"Do you want to go to Carawins?". I said yes and we then went there and had a blast. I rode Fury 325 for the first time and was able to ride it 4 times while I was there with my family. After that we went home and I completed my black belt requirements before I went over and had a fun time at my friends Keaton's house. I had a nice crab dinner and then had some ice cream and that brings us here. I am in bed writing my journal.

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8/23/26

Today I woke up early. Ate breakfast. Then went to change for my soccer game. The went to change for church. Then went to go home eat then thinking about to sleep. My opinion is it was a great day.

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Productive Sunday!

Woke up at 7a.m. to run. My watch was acting a little funny today when recording my miles so hopefully it is back to normal tomorrow. I met Ms. Jen at 9 and we worked through wepaons forms before poomsae class. Had a good mentee session today, Stella is now a bocho so we can start working on black belt curriculum which is exciting! I went dress shopping with 2 of my friends today at the mall and then after that we volunteered at Sail Again Children's Consignment. I came home around 7p.m. and got my homework and requirements done for the night. I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great start to the week tomorrow! ~ Peyton

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8-23

Started the day with a solid weapon workout with Peyton and we fortunate to have Master Chelley in the building as there were a few "we should double-check " or 'we are forgetting something here" moments. Workout at the gym and got a few more miles in today as well after grocery shopping. Home for shower and some work around the house before some soup and a nap. Then laundry and some requirements and now I am jumping between looking at photos from last weekend, working on an essay and now my journal. A scattered kind of day but good things done.

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8/23/26

I was pretty busy today. I woke up pretty late. Didn't go for a run again which im disappointed about. I crocheted my friend a little dinosaur for her birthday and I got my requirements done before I went to her birthday party at topgolf. It was fun and then we got pizza after. I'm not writing much because I have homework to do. 

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8/23/26 #22

Today I woke up really late and went to sams club with me parents to go get a ton of food. Then we went home and slipt our foods and dad left for work, I then later went to the gym for miles and yoga, I also did my workouts before yoga. Once I got home I went to chill and got on the zoom call  for Korea, After the meeting my and my mum went to a thrift shop. I then came home and looked at some of the stuff, soon after I took a shower and now chilling. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

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Aug 23

Today has been alright overall. I was really tired most of the day, then napped and I feel better lol. The park was fun this morning. I’m looking forward to fall. Not as in everything that will be going on, just a change of seasons will be nice. I might go on a bike ride in a bit, I want to be outside and I won’t be able to much this week. There’s also a really cool graffiti tunnel I live near, and I want to see if there’s anything new. I don’t want to start this week lol. School. My days are going to be probably fuller than they ever have until I test. September might be a get done month. I’ll try to make the best of it.

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Aug 23

Woke up and Went to shop for groceries and get a hard drive to support a murder investigation. I then Went back home to do the rest of my requirements and went to my friends house for his birthday after eating dinner.

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8-23

Woke up ate breakfast and went to church. It was good. Ran my mile and did requirements. Did some homework. Finished my book for cycle so I can write my essay next weekend. I plan to do my white belt challenge this week. That should be crazy!!

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8/22/26

Today was a really fun day. First I woke up early in the morning for sparring then after sparring I chillaxed a bit, then I helped out with a class. Then I got a mentor session in, and I got Staff Form 1 and Stick Form 1 down. And we practiced hip throws for red belt. We also focused on preps on blocks and making them strong. Then I practiced a bit of the written part of the test. Then I was picked up, and from there we went to my home to with my friend, and got ready. Then we went to Stars and Strikes. We did bowling, then we played in the arcade. Then I went back home and played soccer with my friends. Then after that guests came over, and they had a son who was around my age, so I talked to him and it was really...

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Journal #31

Today was good, very lazy for me. I went to black belt class and got that out of the way, then I went home and I mowed the back lawn and the front lawn, and power-washed our lawnmowers underside with the blade because it had been gummed up from years of not being clean. The I went to the gym and got all caught up on everything I was missing, I finished my movie, The Martian, and then played videogames all the rest of the day. Again, it was a very lazy day. Goodnight! 

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8/22/26

Hello everyone, today was good, went to blackbelt class, then the gym, then did some chores out in the front lawn. After that I chilled and got some Taco Bell. I hope you all had a wonderful day, see you later.

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8/22 #32

Today was another very eventful day. I woke up this morning and went straight to black belt class. The class really helped me with all of the material we covered. After class, I came home, did my requirements, and went on a 3-mile walk. After, I went to get my hair done, and my hairstylist was telling me about this trial going on called the Lindsay Clancy trial, and it's really interesting. I would say if you are old enough to listen to it, you should. Anyway, after that, my mom, my sister, and I went homecoming dress shopping, which was really good. I did not end up finding a dress, but my sister did, and it looks amazing.  After that, I came home and watched a show. I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

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Aug 22

This was a little finicky so might’ve been posted twice. I’m tired. There’s a lot of pieces to the cycle and I’m worried about forgetting something, especially with school about to start. That’s all, good night.

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8-22

Lots of self-defense work today, both in class and with my mentee. I have been locked in on my creative so much that while I was doing my self-defense requirements it was not taking up a lot of my thoughts really so I am dialing in on the ones that give me any pause. Slowing down and thinking of mistakes that I make when I am rushing or blending from another belt level. Meeting Peyton in the morning to get some weapon work in before working out with my husband.  Got some miles today, felt good. Have a beautiful Sunday!

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8/22/26

 I forgot to journal yesterday. Today i woke up early because I had to take the SAT. i think i did pretty good on it. i hurt my ankle yesterday somehow so i didnt go for a run yesterday and when i woke up this morning i couldnt walk on it. but now its feeling better i guess i just had to walk it off. for the rest of the day i hung out with my friends and did most of my exercise with them at their house which was fun. i also showed them a couple of self defenses. then i had to go to my sisters dance recital which was like 4 hours long.

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22 Today I woke up early and did my tkd requirments. After my run, I went and took a shower which after my parents told me we were invited by another family over for lunch. I was so excited and did school homework.   Overall it was a fun day.

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Black Belt Cycle Day 36

Today I woke up early in the morning to go to BBC. I didn't have enough time for my run so I just went, we worked with Master Evans, doing self defense and poomsae's which was pretty fun. After that my aunt was hosting a gather up so I had to spend my whole day there. After class I changed and headed straight to her house and helped set up everything. After that I enjoyed spending time with my cousins and friends. I played soccer with my friends pretty much the whole time. Anyways at like 9:30 we left to go home. After getting home I took a warm shower which felt really good and then went to sleep.

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Digital Detox

Happy Saturday! Woke up dark and early at 6a.m. to get in 3 miles before black belt class! Class was good, we worked on both poomsae and self-defense. I have not practiced weapons in a while so I need to start working that into my day. Work was good, all the kids have new belts so it was fun seeing them try new kicks and poomsaes they haven't done before. After I came home, my mom and I deep cleaned my closet and got rid of a bunch of stuff. It looks so much better now and is much more efficient than it was. Around 4p.m. I started working on my other requirements, I did my 2nd digital detox today and it wasn't bad but a little boring. Usually while I do requirements, I watch a show just to have something playing in the background but I couldn't do that today....

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Weekend

Today was a good Saturday. I woke up early and headed straight to black belt class, which went really well—we managed to cover a lot of material. After class, I spent some time with my mentor and mentee for a much-needed tune-up and some note-taking. Once I got home, I grabbed lunch and knocked out a few items on the honey-do list. By late afternoon, the fatigue caught up with me, so I squeezed in a quick one-hour nap that felt amazing. After waking up, I had dinner, knocked out a few requirements, and settled in to watch some football. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

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8 / 22 / 26

I had a really eventful day today. I woke up early and did my requirements before class started. Black belt class this morning was good, it seemed like we were able to cover a lot of material. After class, me and my family celebrated my birthday at the white water center. Even though my birthday was in February, I decided to wait to have a celebration until the weather was warm enough to go to the white water center. Rafting was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed the day but by 4:00 I was exhausted and ready to relax for the rest of the evening. We came home and that's exactly what I did, chilled out for the rest of the night. Overall, great day.

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