Spring 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!

Snow day : []

Today was a cool day. I woke up, then started to build some stuff in Minecraft. When I got done building, I ate breakfast. After breakfast, I also worked on a Lego set. It is a gumball machine but instead of gumballs, there are minifigures in little ball that you can build. I am halfway through the set. I also played in the snow a bit. Then, I worked on "GIMME FOOD". Again, don't ask me where I got the name from because I don't know either. The game has the basic mechanics done like saving local data, knowing when to move and show or not, and reminders. I played for a little on my computer doing that, then it was time for dinner. For dinner, I had broccoli casserole and fish sticks. It was very good. After that, I did some self-defense and poomsae. After all of that, I settled down...

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Sunday 1-25-2026

No church today so I stayed home and looked out to an iced covered street and sleet is still falling. Instead, I worked on a school work package for remote learning. I was able to do some indoor requirements. I am still challenged with jumping rope but trying my best to move past it.

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21

It snowed and iced!  It was so fun playing in the snow.  Sledding was so fun.  The best part is no school tomorrow!

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1/25/26

There was finally ice/snow today, not a lot but a decent amount to cover the neighborhood. . Anyways I managed to do my requirements today and watch the 2 nfl games where patriots are in the Super Bowl and as of right now it looks like the Seahawks are going to be too. Good freezing day and I’m glad they canceled school tomorrow.

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1/25

We finally had snow after a year or 2. But today was boring I couldn’t go to the gym or anywhere. But the good thing is that school is canceled tomorrow.

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Snow Day

I didn't actually expect any snow today and was surprised when I got up. The peopel who watch the weather are never right about snow and I remember last year they had mutiple predictions that were wrong. After I got up I walked across the yard in the snow and almost slipped right away. The backyard is not flat at all and I did end up falling later on in the afternoon walking across it again. Its Sunday so I don't have anything planned at all for today.

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Journal 23

It was a good day. I did all my requirements before I went on a walk outside with my friend and cousins. It was mostly ice not really snow but that’s what I expected. Then I got home and took a nap. Hopefully school is cancelled Tuesday too.

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1/25/26

Finally some snow today. When I looked outside today it was so nice. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to play in it as I had to stay inside the whole day finishing my english project. Oh well, hoping I get to have some fun tomorrow.

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1/25/26

Today was a pretty good day. It felt more of a rest day not being able to leave the house and not going to taekwondo. I got my physical requirements done pretty early on and worked on all of my weapons forms. Unfortunately I dont have a treadmill at my house so I didnt run a mile today but thats okay because I had made sure I was fine on miles before the storm.

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1/25/26

I was so excited when I woke up and saw snow on the roads and in my backyard. This “storm” that was supposed to be super bad actually wasn’t anything like they said. I’m glad that the power stayed on and it was more snow/sleet than ice. I played in the snow all day today with my sisters and neighbor. We went sledding and made ice cream out of snow. Unfortunately today our hamster passed away though, that was really sad. <3 I’m excited to have school off tomorrow and hopefully we get a few more days after that too ;) Stay warm and safe everyone!

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1/25 Snow!

Snow! We woke up early to the white snow everywhere! It was more like sleet, but still fun! In the morning we made snow cream which was really good. We got a new sled for Christmas and it was a lot of fun to play with. We also played with our neighbor for a little bit. We figured out that there is no school tomorrow, which I am happy about. Hopefully it snows more tomorrow! ❄️❄️❄️

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Arvaan's Diary - Day 22 Of Black Belt Journey

Day 22: Welcome to part 2 of this immense winter storm! Today, I will show you the effects of the winter and how we made it through the day! Today, I woke up feeling exited because of all the snow/sleet that was in our neighborhood. To our surprise, it was not very soft like normal snow. We could not even make snowballs out of sleet! They were more like sleetballs. Once I came home, I played a lot , plus, my dad told me I don't have school tommorow because of the sleet! In the afternoon, the good news was we had lots of fun and I played sleetball fights with my sister! The bad news is that the snow was way to skiddy to even run in. Once I came back home, I played some games, did my exercise, ate some potato fries, and practiced! After that I watched one...

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01/25/26

Today it snowed so me and my sister went outside. We put my sister in a laundry basket and pushed her around the drive way. Afterwards, I sat next to the fireplace for hours reading and watching shows and trying to stay warm.

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Snow!!

Wow, there is a decent amount of snow and a lot of ice. I woke up pretty late today and had McDonald's for Breakfast. I know it's not the healthiest, but I tried to get foods that aren't terrible for me. My parents also went to get Starbucks, so I got a coffee to try, which was pretty good. When I came back, my dad decided to put the Living Room TV in the Loft room, and the Loft TV in the Living Room. That was really time-consuming, so when that was finished, I had lunch. It was delicious. After that, I was watching the Football Games, and it was really exciting. Tomorrow, we have no school, and it's not remote, so I am really glad. Hope everyone had a great day today!

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Productive Day

Yesterday, I slacked off on my requirements and didn't do very much. So today I played catch up, I did all my requirements today and made up half of them from yesterday. School is e-learning tomorrow for me so hopefully I can get completely caught up and a little ahead on the rest of my requirements. Watching some football and gymnastics on TV tonight. I'm on day 4 of no sweets and its killing me! I miss my chocolate, ice cream, cookies, and brownies already! Keep working hard everyone, you're doing great! ~ Peyton

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1 / 25 / 26

I chose to sleep in today and when I woke up I was greeted with about 1.5 - 2 inches of snow.  Luckily this snow is great for sledding so I will probably see what hills I can find. I quickly finished my requirements and I ended up running on my treadmill. Surprisingly I ran my fastest time for 4 miles. I managed to shave close to 3 minutes off of my time. Once again hopefully everyone stays safe through the storm. - Lucas

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Ice

So much ice it’s insane. I went sledding. I hopefully all you guys were safe and didn’t get hurt.

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SNOW-YAY

Waking up to "snow" was great it was so nice to see my dog and son playing outside. This is perfect weather to get some workouts in as we are stuck inside.  Everyone stay safe and warm

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1/24

We are prepped, ready and charged.  I also stopped.at CVS and stocked up on cold meds and cough drops...because I have my first cold of the year.  After class and a mentee session today I was wiped so I will be taking the weekend off. Maybe some poomsae tomorrow....maybe. Stay safe everyone, I plan on puzzling, reading and drinking lots of hot tea. See you on the mat at some point!

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Journal 22

Pretty alright day. I got up and immediately started my requirements. Later I walked a mile and a half with my friend since my calf still hurt a bit. Now I’m working on a 500 piece puzzle I’ve been here for like 4 hours doing it I’m almost done. Anyway that’s it.

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January 24th

Today I woke up sick.  Then my mother called worried about the winter.  I went over got her an easy start generator, took down her cloth gazebo top, filled up her car and calmed her down a bit. I'm still sick but I'm glad I could help. This didn't leave much time for anything else and I'm still sick. Here's to better days.

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Journal 20

Today was a good day ran two miles went to blackbelt class it's super cold outside but no ice yet im not gonna lie im very happy for the small break because im going to a class everyday except Sunday this week also im excited for football tomorrow go Seahawks anyways peace

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20

Today was a good day.  I got in a mentor session and black belt class.  I did my mile and it was really cold.  I wish it was snowing so I can run in the snow.

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Jordan Small Journal Entry #21

Today was alright, I woke up a little early to go to black belt class in the morning. We worked on hapkido take aways 1-14 I think. After that I went home and relaxed all day then later I did my requirements.

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1.24.26

Today was a chill weekend I had to wake up at 730 ish to go to black belt class we did our pomsa and our staff form Iv done it once in junior introcters camp and I got it pretty quick then my monitor instructor Williams we did all the stuff I needed for my testing and then at dinner my mom and dad made the best food  ever seafood and my Mimi came to eat with us.

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1/24/26

Today was pretty nice. I had sparring in the morning and I think I did pretty good today. After sparring I practiced my stick form 3 and taebek. I had a mentor session after and helped with class. For leadership today we did minefield and me and my partner passed every time. After I got home I helped my mom cook lunch. About an hour after that I watched the Liverpool soccer game and we lost 3-2 to Bournemouth fc. It was disappointing but it’s not the end of the world.

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01/24/26

I woke up early and went to KT for a Saturday BB class. It was really cold outside so I did my running inside along with my requirements. I also studied for an upcoming event I have this saturday and for a unit test on friday.

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Journal #13 -1/24/2026 - Lalitha

 Today was pretty usual. Since it was Saturday, I went to the Weekend BBC first thing. After that, I came home and finished up my requirements. We went out for groceries for about an hour, came back, and got everything set up. Once all that was done, I called it a day. I’m really hoping it snows well :> Hope everyone’s doing well, and good luck for the rest of the cycle! Thanks, Lalitha Sree Damarla⁷  

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1/24/26

Today was a fun and relaxing day. It started early with Saturday BBC. I got refreshed on some hapkido takeaways which was nice. When I got home I went with my family to a Davidson College women’s basketball game, love rooting them on and watching them play. Luckily, they won! When we got home I went for a run in the sleet. It is so cold!! I spent the rest of the day chilling inside. I hope everyone stays safe and warm during this big storm! Hopefully we get Monday off of school :)

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Saturday

Saturday classes are my favorite out of the week. We have our sparring, junior tiger, and family class. Usually we get big classes for all three and I like having them earlier in the day instead of later. After sparring our older students like to hang out in our training room and like to play games and hang out during the junior tiger class. For junior tigers we make an obstacle course for them to go through and its always fun to watch. Right now got some sleet falling outside and its freezing, hopefully it doesn't get too bad and some snow would be great. 

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1/24/26

Today was normal as always i went to taekwondo for a little bit then went home and prepped for the " winter storm" except it is raining but its frozen so i guess its starting and all i hope for is that people don't loose power and also hope for some snow

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1/24/26 winter storm

Pretty good day today. I woke up and went to black belt class as usual, as we did a bunch of hapkido takeaways. Then when I got home I ate and relaxed. Nothing really happened today weather wise as I was thinking the winter storm was coming today which it did not. Waiting for it tomorrow though.

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So Tired

Lately, I've just been really tired. Not really feeling myself, going through the motions and dragging myself out of bed. It was really hard to get up this morning and I have been falling asleep most of the day. I went to BBC, stayed for work, and then came home. After that I went ice skating for 2 hours, which was fun but I was barely staying awake for that. Came home, to just sit and do nothing. I haven't really done any requirements today so I'll have to make it up for the next couple days. I hope everyone is staying safe and warm. Fingers crossed that our power stays on! ~ Peyton

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Arvaan's Diary - Day 21 Of Black Belt Journey

Day 21: The day of the winter storm... ...It is fear, surprises, terror, and most of all... ...Devestation! Read this journal to find out about this winter storm that could demolish everything... ...Or it could spare us. For now...! Today was a mediocre day because of the limited things I can do during a winter storm! When I went to school, I did my post test and got good grades on everything, as usual. During social time, a girl tried to knock me but I sucessfully landed a block when she was about to knock me. It was the same girl who was annoying me which I said in journals 15-20. Or above that. I also took black belt class in the morning and did a lot of exercise and poomsaes! I also bought one staff, and two short sticks. Once I came home from school, you all know what I...

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Early Saturday for me

Today was an early day for me. I woke up at 5:45 to start my day. I started on a Lego set after I ate breakfast. Somehow, I am blind because I started to prepare for the winter storm last night, come to find out that it said Sunday, not Saturday. My allergies were so bad last night and today, I can trigger epiphora (Excessive tearing or watery eyes) just by sneezing. When I fully woke up at about 11:30, I got on my computer to make some project in turbowarp (Advanced version of Scratch) called "GIMME FOOD". Don't ask me where the name or what the project is about because I don't know either, and an AI little thing that can help you with certain things. Both projects are not fully finished, so hopefully tomorrow I can get a lot of work done. After I worked on that, I went to go get a...

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1/24/26

Woke up pretty early this morning and got to class. I was able to spar, help out the junior tigers, and work with some of the older kids all at once. After I did that, I got a quick mento session in where we got to work on every poomsae. A bit dissapointed that there has been no snow outside, but oh well. Excited to rest up tomorrow, but I have to get to work right now.

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Excited

Yesterday, I didn't get to journal or log my requirements because I had to go to a party right after Taekwondo classes and didn't get time to go on my computer. I am actually kind of excited for this winter storm because there are many perks to it. I want to watch the snow and not have school on Monday, so I can relax. Today, I woke up at 8 AM to get ready for my Taekwondo classes. I first had Sparring, which was fun, then played around, got some leadership credits, mentee session, and had Leadership Class. The leadership class was fun today because we played this game where you are blindfolded and your partner has to tell you where to walk to avoid the obstacles on the ground. After that, I came home and took a little break. I showered and ate food. I continued to read "Atomic Habits,"...

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Fixing Things

So I have  a lot stuck in the head and as you get older it sometimes gets jumbled, I have a lot of little things I need to fix, preps here and there stances here and there, sometimes you do it for so long one way it is hard to fix that minor correction and then you are messed upped for weeks. I need to get some youth back lol. 

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1 / 24 / 26

I woke up and went to black belt class. The zoom meeting was not working so Master Marcus led our class this morning. Today we focused on our takeaways. I previously thought there was 10 takeaways that we needed to know however Master Marcus informed us that there is 32. I don't know how there is 32 different ways to escape someone's grasp on you but I will be eager to learn about them. We practiced 1 - 14 today. After class I came home and did my requirements. luckily this week we stay at the same minute amounts for everything. After my requirements I did some chores around the house. I am anticipating some harsh weather to come our way, hopefully it sticks until at least Monday. - Lucas

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1/24/26

Today was a good day, I went to the Saturday BBC where we worked on Koryo. After I helped with the Jr. Tigers class where I was also able to lead warm ups. I normally wouldn't have assisted but I wanted to plan ahead in the event of cancelation aswell I stacked up on mileage.

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Saturday before ice

I woke up early to be ready for black belt class. I watched the videos to refresh so I can have a better class than last Saturday. I hope all are prepared for the ice storm.

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Friday 1-23-2026

Woke up this morning, ate breakfast and went to school. When I got home, I played Roblox for a few minutes and got dress to go to Black belt class. I participated in the rolls and falls class and during Black class, I learned the first portion of my staff poomsae.

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1/23/26

Not a bad workout today. I feel like my stamina is a lot better now. My sparring has also got better; not bad for someone who hasn't sparred in a long while. Hoping we get some snow tomorrow, but you'll never know.

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01/23/26

Today I went to school and then came back. I finished my math homework and then went to taekwondo to have a mentoring session and then black belt class afterwards. I learned first moves of staff form one. Then I went to piano class and then home.

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January 23rd

Everybody stay safe and warm with this storm coming it.

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Journal 19

Today was a good day ran two miles apparently there's a huge ice storm coming im hoping there's class tomorrow and power but we'll see. Its the semifinals in the nfl and im saying the Patriots are winning and the Seahawks overall because they've been so good this season. anyways peace

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1/23

We had kids in the building today for CMS's teacher workday. The day went pretty well. The other day, on the way back to KT from PLP, Instructor Evan read the written test questions to Instructor Lucas and me.  Yes, I travel with a blank written test😂 It was a fun and relaxed way to test ourselves.  Instructor Peyton often gives very useful and helpful tips about the cycle, here's one from me. Don't do this by yourself...train, study, practice, ask questions, answer questions with your fellow black belts.  You will be better for it and they will be as well.  And it's more fun! See you in class!

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Journal 21

Definitely an interesting day. I went to class today but I pulled my calf muscle during sparring so I think I need to rest a bit more. I’m probably going to leave this short because I’m very tired, but that was pretty much it.

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Friday

Woke up helo the school with chickens and goats and did a quiz was a car rider to get home. Feed and water my dogs and did workout.

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Jordan Small Journal Entry #20

Today was also MID. I woke up, went to school, came home, did homework, then went to BB class. After that I came home ate dinner and did my requirements. I also got a new 35 inch monitor for my setup:). Have a good night.

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1/23/26

Today was pretty much the same as every day. I did miss taekwondo today since my sister got stuck in a traffic jam after picking me up and then I got a bad stomach bug. When I came home I did some homework and ate dinner.

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1 / 23 / 26

I woke up today and went to school. Today was Friyay, unfortunately this does not mean anything except the weekend is near. I came home and did my requirements and then went to class. I hope something magical related to the weather happens. Snow would be great but really anything that gets students out of school would be wonderful. Regardless what we get, hopefully everyone will stay safe. today marks the 1/4 of the way done with cycle for most; today marks the 1/8 of the way done for me and all the others testing for their masters or above. I feel like the cycle has been a lot less difficult ever since I started to embrace it. We know what is in store for us so instead of dreading or not looking forward to the obligations that the cycle brings, might as well embrace every challenge that gets thrown your way. -...

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1/23/2026

Today was a pretty calm day. It was also an automatically good day because it was Friday. I won a soccer game at my school and also had a math test which was easy and I’m pretty sure that I got a 100 on it. Then when I came home I did my cycle requirements and then went to black belt class.  Then I did my homework. 

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19

Today was a good day.  I didn't have any classes today.  I did my requirements and played with my friends.  Black belt class in the morning.

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Friday

Happy Friday! Had a great black belt class tonight, knocked out my requirements and celebrated my sister 13th birthday with family! 

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1/23/26 staff

Feeling a lot better than these past couple days. I managed to get my requirements today as my muscles felt a ton better and weren't tired . Went to black belt class and we practiced a ton of staff. Still didn’t go to school today and this feels like another winter break . Gotta catch up on some school work though.

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Friday

Friday, Friday!  Not a bad Friday.  Knocked out requirements, got a mentee session in.  Black belt class was a great workout.  Good self defenses, forms, striking, and at the end leapfrog burpees all the way around the dojang.  That was definitely interesting.  Hopefully I can squeeze in some miles at the park tomorrow morning before classes start.  Got some more things to do before I can have a rest day on Sunday.  Boy, I need it!

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1/23

Today was good! I was happy not having to wake up for school! First we went for a run, and then we had some breakfast. We then dropped of my other sisters at a friends house and then got boba with my friend. Me and my friend then played outside. Then we went to BBC, which was good! Now we are having some dinner and relaxing. :) Still hoping for snow! ❄️❄️❄️

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1/23/26

Today was awesome because I had no school today. I got to sleep in and I went for a run. It felt really good. Afterwards I went to my friends house for a few hours. We mostly just played in her backyard and bounced on her trampoline. I came home and had a snack before heading to KT for BBC. My ankle is still a little sore from sparring but it feels much better than yesterday. Today was a surprisingly nice day, it’s the calm before the storm. I really hope that we get some snow… that would be so nice ❄️🤞

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Upcoming Weather

I hope you all had a great week and are keeping up with your requirements! Definitely charge your electronics tonight and tomorrow so you can use them if the power goes out. If we end up getting snowed/iced in, try to get ahead on those requirements and take advantage of your time! Also tomorrow morning/early afternoon would be a good time to go running since we don't know what Sunday and Monday will look like. Stay safe everyone and have a great weekend! ~ Peyton

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1/23/26

Today I had my real ss test it wasn't it hard i finished in about 1 hour and 30 mins then after school I got on the bus and I thought my dad was going to pick me up from the bus but it was my titi and my sis and my two cousins then we went to there house and we all played on there trampaline and me and my cousin Kato played fighted then we went in his bedroom to chill and watch TV then I and my sis we went home and my sis was mad because she didn't want to leave.

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1/23/26

Today was a pretty good day for the most part. In school I tried some diffrent food in Food and Nutition. After school I went to the gym and did most of my physical requirements and was able to run on the treadmill because it's going to be to cold and icy to be running outside soon. After I went home and just worked on poomsaes and seld defense.

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Arvaan's Diary - Day 20 Of Black Belt Journey

Day 20: Today was the best day of all my days in my black belt cycle! First, I went to school, where I learnt and did my post test. I got a 23/24 on it so I got some candy! Once I came home, I learnt how to tie my shoes and took a shower and played some games! After that I played with my sister until 7:00 pm so I could change my settings in my Ipad! After that I ate some dinner and went to bed! I was also gifted something in a game. Have a safe weekend, guys!!

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1/23

A couple days ago I pulled a muscle in my back. I'm not really sure how I did it, I don't do heavy lifting and mainly do body weight workouts so I'm pretty confused on how it happened. Its been two days and it feels so much better. I'm appreciating the weather today as I know its planning on getting worse over the weekend. Hopefully we get snow, that would be fun.

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Ice storm

Hope you all are ready for the ice storm. I hope you guys don’t get hurt or lose power or anything. Prepare for the ice. Hope you’re all doing good on cycle.

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1/22

I started the day training at North Charlotte, some self-defenses and poomsae.  The majority of the time we were doing a poomsae several belts in my future. Chonkwon is interesting. And some Jitae too. Works out nice because those have both come up in my draws for poomsae tournaments, online ones. I've had to pass on a few because learning one poomsae in a couple of days is one thing but learning two at a level emer you can find something to be proud of... that's a bit much. 😂 Busy day at the dojang but a good one and then sparring class tonight. We have two younger girls in sparring now and it was so much fun to watch them, they were having a blast. Hope everyone had an excellent Friday!

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Thursday

I woke up got Dressed went to school helpt with the school chickens and goats and donkeys. Got home did class got a meentee in. 

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01/22/26

School was pretty light today, not that much. I studied for my spanish test tomorrow. I had a mentee session, did punches and kicks at the front, attended a class, and then I went to sparring today. So I was productive today.

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Journal 18

Today was a good day ran two miles helped out in class in today i also watched a james bond movie called no time to die first time it was very good a solid 8/10 good fight scenes great acting cgi was good and the plot made alot of sense anyways peace

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1/22/26

Today was simple. School was the same as usual and me might have Monday off. After school I had a snack and went to taekwondo. I helped with class and had a mentor session after. I memorized my tabek and stick form 3 which is really simple.

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1/22

MY day was ok I was very tired in the morning but I did my best and worked hard in school.

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Thursday 1-22-2026

Today was another day in school and excited that it might snow. My parents are out of town, so I am staying with my grandparents. I worked on some of my requirements and finished my homework. 

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January 22nd

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Field trip day -

Today was a very fun day. I woke up finally actually feeling awake. When I got to school, again like always, me and my friend worked on the 4 boys, 1 car show. Then, I realized we were going to Fryes Roller Rink because it was part of our D.A.R.E. graduation. When we lined up to go to the bus we were each given red D.A.R.E. shirts to wear, and I was able to sit with my two friends, Matthew and Jackson. When we got to Fryes Roller Rink, I was so excited to skate around. I forgot how to skate, so I had to try and see if what I was doing was correct, and it was. So, once I got to skating, I taught my friends how to skate too. Me and my two friends found a way to get more candy from the little red machines you see...

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Jordan Small Journal Entry #19

Today I was mid, all I did was go to school and do nothing interesting. Then when I got home I did my homework then worked on my second essay. Later I went to sparring class, after that I came home and ate dinner then did my requirements... nothing special:/

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Sid 01/22/2026

Today, I woke up in the morning like usual and went to school. Then after school, I directly went to go to my basketball game and we won by 1 point! It was a really close game and I almost had a “heart attack” . Then I came home did my cycle requirements, took a math class and then slept. I ran a mile in school. 

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1/22/26

Today was normal nothing going on but i was more tired today cause i fell asleep later last night and i had a test in the morning which sucked but in all just another normal day

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18

Today was a good day. I got more credits and my workout felt good.  It was a light day at school.  I'm going to sleep now.

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Journal 20

Pretty normal day. We didn’t do much in school but get test scores back and I did alright. Came home and did my requirements, but I didn’t go to class. My leg feels slightly better? I can’t really tell but we’ll see tomorrow. Now I’m just practicing guitar. Also doesn’t sound like we’re getting all that snow but oh well.

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1st Day of No Sweets!

Today I started my nutrition challenge. I generally eat pretty healthy. I drink soda like once a month, I drink a good amount of water, I eat a lot of protein, vegetables, and fruits. So I had a tough time thinking of what to do. The only thing I can really cut down on is sweets, I love my cookies, brownies, ice cream, and definitely chocolate!! So 30 days with no sweets is going to be pretty rough for me! School was alright, nothing interesting. Came home, finished up requirements, and went to sparring. I can't believe tomorrow is Friday, this week just flew by! Have a great Friday everyone! ~ Peyton

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Carter Mech

today was chill I had P.E and yeah. tommorow I will play video games with my friends :) :) :) :) :) :) :) 

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Thursday

Today went pretty well. I went to school this morning and learned lots of things. We learned Factoring in Math, did a lesson in Reading, finished a project in Social Studies, and continued a project in Science. In PE, we had our first 3v3 Basketball Game, which we won, and learned more words and phrases in Spanish. After school, I had Math Counts, and we did some math worksheets and ate snacks. I then returned home, finished my homework, and got ready for YMCA. I ran a mile, worked out, and finished my physical requirements. I just came home, showered, and am eating a small dinner since I am not very hungry, while typing this. Tomorrow, I will be leaving school early because I have to go somewhere important. 

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1 / 22 / 26

Today I woke up and went to school. Nothing unordinary or extraordinary happened, so I guess you can say my school day was pretty ordinary. I went to King Tiger to do some leadership credits and help out with a couple of classes. After that I went home to eat dinner and then went back to King Tiger for sparring class. I feel like every time I go to sparring, either we practice something new or learn something new. After sparring class I came home and finished my requirements and studied for the rest of the evening.

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Journal #12 -1/22/2026 - Lalitha

Today was pretty normal. I finished school for the day and spent some time studying and knocking out my requirements. After that, I headed over to taekwondo, helped with the Senior Tigers, and had my mentor session (thanks Master Weeks). Once everything wrapped up, I came back home and called it a day. Hope everyone’s doing well, and good luck for the rest of the cycle! Thanks, Lalitha Sree Damarla⁷

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1/22/26

Today felt like a really long day. It was the first day of the new semester so my schedule got moved around and I started PE :\ After school was sparring. Unfortunately I did leave limping and my ankle is pretty swollen, but I’ll be okay 😅 The rest of tonight I’m taking it pretty easy. Luckily there’s no school tomorrow! Hoping for more snow than ice this weekend lol! I’ll se some of you at BBC tomorrow!

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Thursday

After school dropoff, I got to take an awesome class at North Charlotte.  Got a great session in with Grandmaster Evins and some pretty cool people!  Working on my poomsae was a HUGE plus.  I just need to do it 1,000 more times and it might look okay.  Still chipping away at the physical stuff.  Some days are a little easier than others.   "Keep on keepin' on!  Life's a garden...dig it!"          -Joe Dirt-

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1/22

Today was fine, but at least there’s no school tomorrow! We finally had a sub in ELA…lol, which was good. Other than that nothing really happened today. I was really tired today so sparring wasn’t so fun, I also hit a few elbows which also isn’t fun. Now I am doing the requirements and relaxing. Hoping for snow! ❄️ :)

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1/22/26

Today was relatively relaxed. We had a substitute teacher in math so I used that time to get some work done. I went to a club meeting after school and I won some candy. Got home, and now I’m finishing up my work.

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Arvaan's Diary - Day 19 Of Black Belt Journey

Day 19: Today was a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious day, meaning extraordinary or wonderful! When I went to school, we watched the weather forecast which said the winter storm is getting even closer and closer, that means we might have a day off on Monday and Tuesday. Once I came home from school, I again, did all my usuals! After that, I got bored so I decided to draw a Lamborghini while my mom made food! Finally, I did my martial arts practice, ate some dinner, and went to bed. Have a great, or I should say, safe Friday and weekend, guys! :)

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School

i ready testing was good my score went up 60% it was fun.

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1/22/26

Today was a pretty chill day I had to read a novle about Narnia and I worked with one of my classmates Ronald and it went pretty good it wasn't to bad. After ela we had snack then we got to win and did some fun computer games. Then we did math and honestly it was just some decimals and rounding decimals it wasn't to had then we did ss and it was all about the human body then I got on the bus and went home

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Workouts

I felt like the workouts were becoming routine, so I decided to break them all down in 1-minute increments.  Let me tell you the amount of energy I put into the workouts today were 1000% better than my previous ones.  Gotta find ways to keep the monotony at bay when working out!

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Journal 17

Today was a good day went to sparing and black belt class we did self defense and are poomsae today. Im also starting to study my test and look for answers im going to have too meet with my mentor to review them and also recheck the flag anyways peace

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Wednesday

  Woke up got new seats in Science and in math. I'm in health and not gym finish my math homework and blow up tube's for tubing.

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17

Today was a good day. I did a lot of requirements and now I'm going to sleep.

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Journal #11 -1/21/2026 - Lalitha

Today was pretty easy going. I had school first it was async., and once school was done, I headed over to taekwondo. I helped with the senior Tigers, had a mentor session (thx master weeks) and a black belt class. I finished my requirements and came back home. Mostly that was my entire day. Hope everyone’s doing well, and good luck for the rest of the cycle.   Thanks, Lalitha Sree Damarla⁷

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January 21st

It isn't getting below freezing tonight or tomorrow. Sometimes it's the little things that make a day great.

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1/21

Today was a great day... started with a workout and then some running. Brainstormed and planned summer camp crafts with Ms. Melanie and taught myself with a video how to make an origami tiger.  Lots of self-defense work in classes with the students I worked with, quite a few students were really in the zone tonight.  Sometimes something finally clicks and your student remembers or understands what you are asking of them, the "Aha" moment...excellent part of Taekwondo. Really excellent. I will see some of you in sparring class tomorrow, hope everyone has a good Thursday!

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1/21/26

Today I definitely felt better than yesterday . I was still tired and fatigued but my symptoms went down . While recovering in my bed I wrote an essay in the meantime and just chilled .

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1 / 21 / 26

Today was my regular Wednesday schedule. I woke up at 4:30 (AM) and went on my run. I was relatively slow because I am still recovering from my knee "injury". Anyways, when I got back from my run which was freezing cold, it was 24 degrees outside. Luckily I like the cold weather. When I got home I got ready for school. Typical things happened at school. After school I came home and started doing requirements. The rest of the evening was uneventful, hopefully will feel better tomorrow for sparring class. - Lucas

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