Spring 2025 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!

3/7

today was felt really long, especially since I had math first period. then economy went well, and I left school. then me and my grandma ate lunch and did some research on a topic we wanted to learn about. then I came home, got ready, and left for taekwondo. I helped with classes and did requirements then I came home. now I'm studying for a chemistry test.

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3/7 - #38

I woke up later than I have been this week, and was greeted with nausea. For the rest of the day, I really just slept, especially seeing my whole body felt heavy, and I felt like I couldn't move anything. Everything hurt, and I felt ridcuously drained. I wish I had something better to write about, but I just felt sick today.

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stay strong

Hello guys! Welcome back to my journal. To start things off, I wanted to address that probably at this point in the cycle, including me, you may be tired. But we have to stay strong and finish strong. If you quit now then your choice may come along with some regrets. First of all, we're only two weeks away from testing and if you stop practicing now and you don't know your stuff by testing then it's going to be a rough night. Testing can last hours and you don't want to be the person who is dragging everyone behind. Some nights I really just want to sit down on the couch, bury myself in the blanket, maybe lay with my dog and read my book or play my video game but then I think about what stuff I have to do and what consequences can happen if I don't do...

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3/7/24

Today was a normal day at school. When I got to TKD I helped with class and I came up with a new drill.

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3/7

Today I just stayed home like usual and did review on the written exam. Then I went to class at 4pm and stayed till the end of sparring. I got all my requirements done for today and now I'm just really tired. I don't think I need to do anymore of these but I'll just do it for fun, like a quote or something. Anyways I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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2/7/2024

Ello guys. Today i finally got to sleep in and then we went to get breakfast after i got ready and then went to disney springs. it was fun, i returned a tank top at lululemon and got leggings and shorts instead. (speed ups if you were wondering). we came back and went to the pool for the rest of the day. 

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3/7/24- #45

I did not feel super well at school today so I went home early. I rested up, ate dinner, than went into my room. I did some homeowrk before taking my phone and messaged friends in my closet. I am both hoping I am not nauseous but also am nauseous tomorrow.............

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3/7/24

Today I woke up and I got to sleep in because it was our day off from Disney. We woke up and got dressed and we went to the boat to go to Disney springs and go shopping and hang out. We went to the jungle café for lunch for brunch and then we walked around and went to stores and we went to the Eminem store and my family made our own Eminem’s and it said make bougie on it and then we went back home and we went to the pool and hang out at one on the slides and had dinner with all of our friends and then I went to bed and take a shower.

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/7/24

Today I had my guitar class, where I am making huge progress on my midterm assignment; Sweden by C418. We got to pick our songs last week and since I am in a beginner guitar class; a lot of the chords are too hard for me. Luckily, I have a very exercised skill that's called "playing by ear". I picked from various simpler chords; which ones could work with the song. Because of this, I finished weeks before the due-date. My bus was late so I unfortunately could not make sparring class but we have next week so it is fine.

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Cadens Journal

Today in school I got there super early and talked with my friends. Then I did my miles and requirements in PE and we played wiffleball which was really fun. Then in social studies, we finished up our effects and made a presentation that we will be presenting tomorrow. In ELA we watch the movie and me and my friends sat and ate snacks. during recess, I played basketball which was really fun. In science, we started a lab on genetics with Oreos. Then in math, we continued trigonometry, but it was much harder today. Once I got home, I did taekwondo, logging, and essays. Then I ate and did requirements.  after that, I chilled until sparring. Sparring was super fun and then I got home and showered. Now I’m going to bed soon. 

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fun time

 today in school we had fun time in matyh we did blooket i liked it we did our owns i really like it then i was tired then i went to kt

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3/7 Journal

Today I went back to school after the first time because I was sick. I had a lot of work to catch up on and a bunch of pending homework to do.

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Journal for Thursday

  Hello King Tiger! Today started off with me being an early bird and doing all of my requirements. School was great and with my math teacher absent, I did my work and chilled the rest of class. Right after I came home, I finished my last requirement: running a mile. I just came back from the mile and I am getting ready for sparring class. I wonder how it will go...

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3/7

Today I woke up and did most of my black belt requirements then I got ready for school then now I’m waiting for the doors to open and then once I’m inside I’ll just probably wait until something interesting happens because school is so boring then the rest of the day will be easy then I’ll come home finish my requirements then run like a few miles then go to 6:00 class and sparring.

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03/6/24

tosay i went back to jail and if i hear another "hola clase" i might jump of a cliff. it was a pretty normal day we had socratic seminar and that never goes well. i went t the dojang for black belt class. happy 2 days till physical and written exams. i go sleepy now byb bye.

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Mar 6

Today wasn't too bad. Worked at the dojang today until 8. Today went alot smoother than yesterday thanks to the monster I drank before classes started. All in all not too shabby.

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3/6 - #37

While I helped out with the high greenbelts in today's high belt class, I used what Master Shin talked about in his seminar at Instructor's Camp! I had them do Tae Keuk Sa Chang twice the normal way, and I could see boredom slowly forming. Then I had them stand on their knees, and they were very confused. They were concerned about how to kick and how to do their stances, but I just told them to figure it out. I did the poomsae on my knees alongside them, and although they fell over a lot they really enjoyed it. We still had a few minutes after that, so I asked someone to give me an animal. One of them said monkey, so every four steps in the poomsae, they had to pat their head and rub their belly. I came up with this because they said monkeys eat bananas and...

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3/6/24- #44

I tried to do some of my requirements despite my nausea; it didn't go that well. I will try and do my requirements tomorrow and Friday, though I hope this nausea passes by Saturday. Otherwise, I am in for a rough time.........

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3/6/24

Today at school was not that fun until I got to my 5 period. In Spanish we watched the movie coco but in Spanish. After school I went to TKD and made sure all my answers were correct for the test.

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Bolo-ing

(Before we begin, I want you guys to know that this is a sequel to my other journal called staffing. Ok, now we're ready) Hello everyone, it's me Matthew. Tonight I will be writing about bolo, aka the machete. Bolo is a pretty repetitive form, but it is very cool nonetheless. It does introduce abanico, which for my bo chos is just two temple strikes of the bolo in a cross stance. Abinico is by far the coolest part of this form. I'm not sure if there are more bolo forms - you know like with stick and staff there are more than one forms - I'm not sure if there is a bolo form 2. Overall the bolo is fun to practice. And even though the bolo is a little heavy, i like twirling it around and doing the form. I'm going to grade it a 'B' for bolo. I'll...

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3/6 Journal

today was boring. I woke up early on accident, probably because that the time I usually wake up for school, so I just went back to sleep, I couldn't sleep for long though so I got up and ate breakfast, then I practiced my new skill and watered my plant. then I ate lunch, my mom made my favorite which she hasn't made in a while and it was yummy. for the next few hours I worked on essays and logged in some stuff. after that I went to my tkd with a Bunch of stuff for bags of hope. I helped out with the junior tiger class and one of my mom's friends kids was there so I said hi to him and his mom and we talked for a bit after class. then I had my weekday black belt class, after that class we took all the bags of...

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3/6

today was a half day at school which was really nice. then in chemistry, my teacher gave us a free study hall. then I came home and relaxed. around 4 I took a shower and then left for a drum lesson where I worked on some rudiments and learned to play "I don't wanna be me" by type O negative. then I went and took classes. then i came home and did some math homework.

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3/6 Unbanned

Today I got unbanned from my game and played a little. Then I went to class and got requirements done. Now I'm going to play a little more till I go to bed. And also I hope everyone who is sick right now if you are to get better, there has been a lot of people getting sick and that's not just in king tiger. I just wanted to make sure everyone was okay. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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March 6th, 2024

Today I woke up pretty late since I was not feeling good today. The last day or two have been rough since I have been sick. I didn't do much today. I started re-watching the 863 Series, which is a mystery series on YouTube. I also did a little school work and a few requirements. I then showered and now I am here. 

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/6/24

What is up fellas? I met with my mentee today. We worked some more on his knife defense attacks. It will take a few more sessions to get it down perfect. Afterwards I picked up my Cypress for the tea ceremony (a photo is below). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LXtlLt2jqEuneaSHrthRgkjNqAHiJ2hj/view?usp=drivesdk

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3/6/2024

Hello King Tiger Family. It is Wednesday. It was a good day, but a little frustrating work wise, but nothing I cannot overcome. I just got home. My incredible wife had a great meal ready and we ate. It was yummy. I am just chilling a little and then my goal is to hit a few requirements. Then I hope for an early bed. We will see. Have a great evening and day tomorrow. Take care. 

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my dog

It started when i was playing with my dog after i went to school after school i plaed with my dog again bye

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Cadens Journal

Today I woke up and was almost late to school. and PE we played volleyball again. I also got my miles and some of my requirements done. Then social studies mean my group added affect to our video and the teacher said it looked really good. We also went over some leadership lesson. Then in ELA we watched outsiders the movie. We didn’t get to finish it but I liked the first half of the movie. In science we had a test. Halfway through he let us use our organ system booklet, which was super helpful. we had a gigantic essay question. In math we went over trigonometric angles, which was pretty easy. Once I got home, I did some tae kwon do, logging and did homework. Then I ate and I’m going to taekwondo.

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5 Mar 2024

Today was a blur.  i was sleepy, but started the day doing an at home cycling class and then worked on my requirements.  I made a weeks worth of dog food and also salads for dinner.  I knocked out a few assisted pull ups, attended the Adult class, got mentored, and met with my mentee.

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Future me and current me

So sometimes I feel like the universe is trying to send me a message or guidance through the topic and discussions I talk about or listen to. Yesterday I kept circling around the topic of me in the present and future me. What I do as the present me to help future me, what I chose not to do because future me will work on it me. It occurs to me that future me will eventually be the current me. And current me is so present, finite. Once I go to sleep today, the me that is writing this will be me in the pass. And went I keep thing about past me, the further I go looking back at my pass self, I can see all these similarities and distinct differences. Most of the discussion of future self was about how you have to do things now as an investment...

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Mar 5

Not the best day not the worst. Worked at 9 round this morning. Then I had an hour before heading to thr dojang. Taught classes then headed home and had dinner.

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3/5/24

Today I woke up and went to school we sadly don’t have spring break rn so I had to wake up early. After school I went to TKD and helped with class the workout today was bear crawl races and I was unbeatable, I won every time .

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3/5 Journal

Today we went to the NC zoo and I saw lots of cool animals and it was fun until my cousin threw up and she had to leave so it was just me and my parents walking around but I had a lot of fun. When we got home we had dinner and relaxed I watched a movie and my cousins watched a series, I just got home and I am working on some essays

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3/5/24- #43

It’s scary to think that the physical test is this weekend. Of course it’s the week I am sore and ill, I really expected nothing less with the luck I’ve had for my first cycle. But hey, maybe that luck will turn around. Ive finally mastered my skill (not really mastered, I can say a few things in ASL so that I can do my mute day this Sunday), and I’m ready to push myself more than I have all cycle. For everything that has not gone my way these past three months, it’s all about to come to an end soon……..

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figits

my mom gave me figits to focus in school and it did and i went to king tiger everyone  wanted to try then  i went home

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3/5 bored :(

Today was okay.. I got banned for my video game for one day till noon, so I really didn't have anything to do.. I got my requirements done and just watch my phone. Sometime being on spring break sucks.. But I'm just sleeping till noon tomorrow and I want to get unbanned...... I'M BORED.

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Peter's blog

Today we didn't have school because it was a local election day. I first made breakfast with my mom, and then after that I did some school work. Then I had made lunch later and put my little sister's to sleep. Then right now I'm getting ready for bed

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3/5

today was boring. I had math first period, then went to band, then had government. then I came home and ate lunch. I immediately left for tkd because master foster needed my help. then I left, came home, and started relaxing.

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3/5/24

Today I woke up and I went downstairs from the universal resort and switched hotels to Disney. We went to the Disney springs and we went shopping and we had lunch at the dinosaur restaurant. We came back and we chilled out and then went to the pool until our friends came to join the party..

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/5/24

Today I had no school because of teacher workday/voting poll. So I went on a long bike ride with my friends, where I coincidentally spotted someone from Tae Kwon Do. I said hi and continued. When my friends left, I used the rest of daylight to do my mile.

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3/5

Today I woke up and then ran 1 mile then did push ups sit ups and burpees then got on video games and just played them for most of the day then I went to 2 classes to help out for then went home and just ate dinner then did the rest of my requirements then sleep.

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3/5 Journal

Today I really did not do much because we had no school. I did a bit of homework but just relaxed all day. In the evening I went to work then came home and ate dinner.

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Journal for Tuesday

Hello King Tiger! Today was great day. Tennis went fine and our team won. I finished my requirements this morning and I was basically chill and doing nothing. 

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3/5/2024

Hello King Tiger Family. I hope everyone is doing well today. Unfortunately, Nate is not feeling well. We think he has a stomach bug. He did not have school today so that sort of worked out except he really did not enjoy the day at all. He is resting. I did go to work as my wife stayed home with him. Work was work, but got to leave at a decent hour and got some requirements done. I went for a run as well. Weather is perfect for running. Not looking forward to running in the summer for our testing cycle (as this is our auditing cycle). I am getting hungry so finish a few things around the house and then food. Have a great night. Take care. 

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just stopping by

Hi Guys, I'm studying for the test some more before class. I'm just checking in to see how your day is going. I hope it was really good and everyone is enjoying the cycle. That's about all the time I have to write today. Short right? Ping pong table! 

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Cadens Journal

today was pretty good. I woke up early so I decided to make sure I had no homework and I couldn’t fall back asleep. Once I got to school, everyone was wearing their organs shirt and it was pretty cool. I noticed that People peoples organs shirts were either very good or decently bad. This scared me because I thought I was one of the people who had a decently bad one. And I got my miles done and my minutes for push-ups and things like that. Then we played kickball outside. And social studies we filmed for our Gen Z informational project Which was fun. In ELA we got into groups and went over nonfiction passages. It was so boring. in science, my teacher came around, grading our T-shirts and we had to point To the correct organs. I was super nervous until she got to me. She said I...

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3/5 - #36

I started feeling worse than Friday, which is absolutely wonderful especially since it is spring break (not). I slept a lot recently I feel like a bear in hibernation.  I’m very excited to eat frozen yogurt tomorrow!! I haven’t eaten it in a few years, and I wonder what flavors they’ll have :)

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3/4

today was easy. got up for school, ate a bagel, had bible class first period. at the end on the day, I had chemistry which was okay. then I ate chipotle and came home. I showered then left for taekwondo. I took class, came home, did homework, and am now going to bed.

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Mar 4

Just another day. My back was killing me this morning but I pushed through. Worked at the dojang till 8 today. All in all nit bad, had a burger for dinner.

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3/4/2024

Hi King Tiger Family, I hope all is well. Not a terrible day. Lots of things at work happening but all good. Helped with a class at TKD and got a mentor session with Marcus where we learned Staff Form 5 which was not bad. Did some more requirements and ate dinner. Now, ready for the next day. Have a great night. Take care. 

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The power of belief

Hi Guys. How was your day? Good? Amazing! I wish we could talk back and forth like Messenger. Anyway... once upon a time, there was an egg carton and in the egg carton was an egg named Timothy. Now Timothy had a couple egg friends living with him in the egg carton, but there was also an egg bully. The egg bully was always really negative and mean to the other eggs. One day, unfortunately, the egg carton got placed on the other side of the counter. The egg bully and Timothy had to figure out how to get back to the other side of the counter but there was a huge gap separating the two pieces of counter. Egg Head, the bully egg, said there's no way we're going to get across it and I don't even want to try. Meanwhile, Timothy was thinking, this is the only way back and...

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3/4 journal

Today my older cousin went to school but her brother didn’t. I didn’t really do anything much just play with my cousin and my sister. I also helped my cousin with his homework. Tomorrow we are going to the NC zoo and i’m pretty excited! We had Pizza for dinner and now we are finsihing a show.

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3/4/24

Today I woke up and went to school . I got there pretty early and I didn’t some plank because they make us wait outside till 7:45pm. When school ended I went to TKD and helped with class I also had a lesson with my mentor.

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3/4 tired.......

Today I finally did all my requirements and went running for a little. I want to two classes today and I'm so glad I'm on spring break already because I'm so tired. I also finally did a handstand and I was so happy then I did falls and rolls and went home. I watched tiktok and played games and that was my day basically. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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tired

today i woke up and thought i dont want to go to school then i went to school after i went to school i went to king tiger after i  went home talked about neuro sorgouns  then we talked about polotics bye

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3/4

Today I woke up and didn’t do much this morning since I was so tired so I kinda just sat on my phone for a while then got ready for school went to it and it was extremely easy today we had no test or anything and after I got home from school I did my black belt requirements then played video games since I have the 5th off of school then went to bed 

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3-4 Journal

today I didn’t go to school bc the juniors were taking the ACT so I didn’t need to go. I also have tommorow off so I just relaxed

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3/4/24- #42

Getting over whatever illness I had yesterday and earlier today. Gotta catch up on any requirements I missed and whatever schoolwork I missed as well. Though I do have most of my schoolwork caught up with, my requirements will require me to go to the school gym to get caught up with. Wish me good luck, and everyone good luck with this upcoming weekend........

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New Link For Blooket (3/4/24)

This morning I ran around the track in Harrisburg.  When I first saw it, I said Whoa-ah!  When I looked up again, after running my mouth the whole time, we were finished with the two loops and then we kept going. Here's the new link for the Blooket Bo Cho Dan Test Study Guide. It also includes questions from the Pre-Test. The Flag page is not included. There are a few questions not included. Number 8 is not included. Please continue to study your notes. This link expires on March 16 at what time? 11:59 of course. https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=65e6478ac1c9eaad7f8bcef7 Thank you Grand Master Evins for the Instructor Camp credits found on the BB FB page......SNOOPY DANCE!!!

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Journal for Monday

  Hello King Tiger! I know not everybody is awake when I post this journal(It is 10:00) but I just started my empathy training and I am mute now. I wonder how I will communicate. I don't know sign language so that's a bummer. Anyways, I am going to do some requirements and some work, making the house more silent than before. I wonder how this day will be....

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3/3 Journal

Today i didn’t do much. I woke up late ate breakfast played with my cousins. My cousins are in mecklenburg county so they don’t have spring break. I’m kinda mad because all of my friends are going out of country or on cruises or to florida, and i’m just staying at home. Anyway i did my requirements watched my parents wedding video and did basically nothing the rest of the day.

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Mar 3

Today was kinda sucky. I'm pretty sore from instructors camp so my body was aching all day. I fear I'm getting old. The day went by pretty quick though so that's not too shabby.

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03/03/24

today i slept in and had a tutoring class after that i went on a run outside bc it was hot and then did the rest of my requirements then i just played fortnite with my friend for the rest of the day and did some hw. good night

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Instruuhhhhhctor's camp

Hello fellow cyclers! Today was a wonderful day and the day after instructor's camp. I wasn't there because, as you probably read in one of my previous journals, I went to junior instructors camp this year. But my dad was there all weekend and I would have enjoyed it if I was there. I had thousands of questions for him like "what classes did you do?" and "what is Grand Master Lee's do jang like?". I wonder why we wonder. Such a simple question we ponder, which no man has yet to solve. Oops, I went British there for a sec. My bad. Anyway, besides wondering about instructor's camp, my weekend was cool. I watched Mary Poppins (20 minutes of it anyway) finished my school project, completed requirements, worked on my kwans essay and played gaga ball on a trampoline among other things. This morning I went to poomsae class and...

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On the road again

I worked on requirements this morning and took a nice long drive back to Charlotte from Greenville.  My dog greeted me with a giant hop twist dance and insisted on going for a two-mile walk.   I attended my mom's Sunday School group call, our family group chat and later attended a Zoom surprise birthday party.  I ate dinner and practiced more Poomsae's and Self-defense.

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Journal for Sunday

Hello King Tiger! Today was an easy day with minimum work. I woke a bit late today(9:30) and I finished some school homework. Then, I left to a different school which lasted about 2 hours. After that, I did some requirements and watched a movie. Halfway through the movie, I remembered that I had a tutoring class which lasted about an hour. After that, I finished the movie and I am going to go to sleep. Hope everyone has a good night's sleep!

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3/3/2024

Today me and my mom had to leave Greenville North Carolina back to Midland North Carolina. Me and my friend Avery got subway on the way then we went home and went to Walmart.

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3/3

Today I did nothing really again.. I was just tired, and I don't think it was a good idea to not sleep. I was just bored, so I wrote an essay and now I'm stuck in though about if a hotdog is a sandwich or its own thing.. hmmm...

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2/3/24

Today I woke up and I was so tired because I slept later than usual last night. After I woke up I did requirements and then played outside. At about 3 I went to get groceries and when I  came back home I ate dinner and did homework.

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3/3/24- #42

I am extremely sore from instructors camp. Every movement is painful. However, I am also sick most likely from breakfast and dinner (which both were Bojangles). Not the best combo to have huh……

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3/3

Today I woke up and was most tired person ever because I went to instructor camp yesterday. There was a four hour bus ride to camp, then once we got there, we put on our uniforms. The first half, we did four stations that had different workouts at each one. Each station had either balancing, learning how to punch and kick hard, how to tie belts blindfolded, and footwork exercises.  The second half we learned how to teach different kinds of classes and people. Like family classes, senior classes, teenagers, and small children. Then after that, we did our candle ceremony and that ended camp. We got back on the bus and headed home.  After I got home, I went to sleep which only lasted a bit since it was so late after we got home.  That's why I was so tired when I woke up this morning.  After I woke...

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Instructors Camp 2024

This years instructors camp was the best yet. This was my 5th instructors camp and the first time I have ever been to the Greenville N.C. school. These are some personal highlights from the day: First off, learning about the history of King Tiger and the fact that Grandmaster Jung was gifted a building to start a Tae Kwon Do Dojang by Samsung, blew my mind. I researched further and around the time Grandmaster Jung was gifted the building was around the time Samsung began to blow up.  My next highlight was working through the self-defense stuff. I always enjoy learning how to apply moves from Poomsaes into self-defense. I also had two amazing partners: Chaz and Ryan.  After that, the 4 classes on speed, power, balance, and team work. Power was definitely my favorite; learning about how stances and even how your hips are turned can generate an exponentially greater...

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3/3/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. Yesterday was Instructor's Camp in Greenville NC at Grandmaster Lee's school. It was an incredible experience and I was so happy we went. Nate and I both agreed it was one of the best Instructor's camp we have attended. There was so much great new knowledge gained yesterday. Great day. I am so very grateful for all the people who made it happen. Today was also very good. Church was also great. A tremendous message from our Pastor. Then onto lunch, requirements, and some house stuff. Getting ready for tomorrow. Have a great evening. Take care. 

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3/2 & 3/3

Hi all! Tiring but great weekend! The trip to Greenville, NC was rainy and long but I was lucky to be hitching a ride with my Taekwondo friend, Rob. And before I even got to the hotel, more taekwondo friends, Jen & Courtney, had checked me in to my hotel room and showed me where to go. Cheers to taekwondo family making stressful trips so much easier and fun! Instructors Camp was insightful and sometimes intense. My favorite part was breaking into smaller groups to learn about how to instruct different age groups. I think we got home around midnight on Saturday night/ Sunday morning. I look forward to next year. I knocked out some bb requirements this morning and had a mentor session. A nice afternoon with a walk and games with Joe & Jovi. Hope everyone had a great weekend!!  

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Cadens Journal

Today I threw up very early in the morning. I laid in my bed until 12-ish. After that I finish up some homework for school. Then I mowed the lawn. After that I sat around and watched a show with my mom. Then I cooked with my dad. After that I went to my friends house and we played soccer. Once I got back, I ate dinner. I’m about to go to bed good night.

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3/3

I was really sore from yesterday so I did not do much. I did some homework and relaxed.

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3/2/2024

I woke up to mom screaming "EEEWWW there is a roach in the shower!!!!!" So she called the front desk and sent a man that I think was flirting with my mom so instead of doing his job he was just talking to her. After all that mess we went down to eat breakfast I had cereal and that was the first time I've had cereal in two years and then my stomach started to hurt. After breakfast we went to Jr instructors camp and it was really fun. I made a lot of friends there and got a selfie with Grand Master Lee. 

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3/1/2024

Today I ran four miles outside in the freezing cold while it was raining outside. I first ran all the way around Hartsell Rd then I went past my house to go to Reeds gold mine. While I was running I was so cold that my skin was turning a light purple so I sprinted back home and then it turned red. After the run me and my mom had to leave the house to go to Jr instructors camp. It took us four hours to get there.

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3/3

this morning, I woke up and showered before eating breakfast with parker and leaving to head back home. today has been mostly driving but around 1:30 me and parker ate subway. me and my mom got home, and my head has been killing me. I'm probably just going to write papers and relax for the rest of the day.

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3/1 and 3/2

I went to school, which was really boring, but I made it through. then as soon as school was over, we left for Greenville. we made it there later during the day and ate cookout for dinner. then I went to sleep to get ready for the next day. I woke up, showered, ate breakfast, and left for instructor's camp. we got there around 9 and did a ton of stuff all day. we did lots of drills, hapkido, and balance exercises. then at around 7pm, we left and got dinner. me and parker ate crab legs which was amazinggggggg. then we went to the hotel and me and parker hung out till around midnight then went to bed. 

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3/3 - #35

Good morning!! I wasn’t feeling well on Thursday and immediately knocked put after camp yesterday haha Camp was very fun!! I loved working with other instructors in training from various dojangs, and I made some nee friends that I’ll hopefully see next year!  One big takeaway was learning from the small group class that repetition is not the same as monotony. While it is important to do a poomsae, or self defense, or even a kick, over and over again with students, it doesn’t have to be the exact same all the time. For example, you can teach a poomsae using animals! You ask students for their favorite animal, maybe they’ll say a bunny, and then do the poomsae with the characteristic of a bunny, like hopping after every step.  I’m excited to go back next year!

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Instructors Camp

I enjoyed spending time with the King Tiger family at the Instructors Camp.  This year we were trained on how to teach the different populations at our schools.  We also broke out into groups and learned the secret to knocking over a free standing kicking bag, tested our endurance, leadership, sparring, teamwork and a whole lot more.  If you didn't attend this year, you definitely don't want to miss the next camp. 

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3/2/24

today I woke up and I chilled out for the day and did requirements until I had to go to the airport. When we got there we went through security reallly fast and then we boarded the 2 hour plane ride. When we got to Florida we got an Uber and we driived to the hotel and we had dinner and went to bed. 

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3/2 journal

Today I went to instructors camp which was really fun. It was fun to meet a bunch of people for different schools

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3/2/2024

Today I woke up at a normal time even though I stayed up way too late last night. I did some requirements and last minute packing. I took a shower and got ready to leave. We got to the airport and met up with our friends and then got on the plane. Me and harper watched to new hunger games movie and then we got to the hotel. We were all starving and went to eat and the food was garbage. Now i gotta figure out what to wear for tomorrow.

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3/2 Really quick.

Today I did nothing so I'm going to have to double everything tomorrow. I hope the people at Instructors Camp had a great day and hopefully you guy all get a lot of sleep. I got to see some of my family today and that was pretty much it. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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3/2/24

Today was a regular day I woke up and ate breakfast. After that I played soccer outside and played Fortnite. At about 3 I went shopping and once I came home I did my requirements.

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03/02/24

today i slept in and woke up to do my requirements. then i read the whole a good girls guide to murder book and it was pretty good. now im watching tv  

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3/2 Journal

Today my uncle insisted on no screens for a day. It was pretty normal and my cousin brought out a 500 peice puzzle which we started at 11. I helped out with the top part then i quit by 12 because i got really  bored. i sat for a good while and watched my cousins and parents finish it and joined them again at the end we ended up finishing at 3 because we took a lunch break. the rest of the time we listened to music and watched wedding videos . my cousin threw up right next to me but he had a bowl because he threw up earlier but i gagged and almost threw up. 

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Instructors Camps

Finished with the weekend of instructor camps. It was a great experience as always. I’m always an honor and impress with how large king tiger is, and this camp was only for 13+ instructors. I am truly happy to be part of the king tiger community. And I’m glad excited to see all the younger instructors after me grown and share with there peers and younger students.

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Cadens Journal

Today I woke up and did two hours of science homework. Then I created my organs shirt that I will be wearing on Tuesday. After that I went to go get a haircut. When I got back from my haircut, I finished up my homework. After my homework was done then I went to my friends house. We played soccer and Madden. he had a birthday party so I came home and played basketball with my brother. Then I got ready for the party and the neighborhood. Around 8 o’clock-ish my friend invited me over so I walked over to his house. 

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Journal for Saturday

Hello King Tiger! Today, I planned to wake up early and do empathy training to finish my essay, but, turn out I can't because I woke up at 8:30 in the morning  and if I do at least 12 hours being mute, I have to stay mute until 8:30 at night and I have a meeting to join at 7:30. But, since I have no school on Monday and Tuesday(Long weekend, let's go!!!!) I will do my empathy training on Monday. After I woke up, I started doing my requirements, and after that I ate breakfast, and after this journal, I am going to do some homework. Hope everyone who is going to Instructor's camp has a fun day

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Peter's blog

Today i woke up at 3 and went to Tae Kwon do..then we got on the bus for instructors camp, and I'm currently on the way.

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3/2/24- #41

Heading to instructors camp now. I don’t think I will get sleep just because it’s a bit noisy (and I can’t fall back asleep anyways). Just listened to music and preparing for the fun, yet tiring day ahead…….

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3/2

Today I woke up and was miserable but happy then just kinda walk slowly to my car got in it then went to taekwondo gym and I’m. currently on the way to intructors camp and I hope that I won’t be exhausted after even though I probably will be tired but at least the time there will be great and I don’t think I’ll be sleeping when I get back to my house

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March 1, 2024

Day is done, gone the sun.  I feel like I drove all day today.  No human contact.  Tomorrow will be a very busy day.  Lots of human contact.  : )

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Peter's blog

Today I was mad because I didn't get to go to the dance so to blow off some steam I worked our and did a bunch of work. Then I took a 2 mile jog and now I'm going to sleep. That's all that happened today  

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3/1/2024

Hello king tiger family. Even though I completed my 50 journals I wanted to stop by and say hi to everyone. This has been a good week for me. Yesterday we had had our Black History event at school and I was John Lewis for our wax museum. There were so many people and I got a little nervous at first. After the museum there was a performance from other classes and our step team performed. Everyone did a good job. Today I took a science and ELA test but only got my grade for the science test...a 95. I was happy about that. After school I came home and worked on my requirements for over an hour. I had to make up for yesterday since I did not have a chance to do anything other than run. It was hard and I was tired after but I got it done....

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3/1/24

Today was an interesting day at school. First we had indoor recess even though it was not raining . When I came home I did homework and played some chess. Scince we didn’t have TKD today so I did some extra practice.

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3/1 WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH

Today I did requirements and went to school. I had free seating in lunch and a incentive for the 7th grade. Then I went to bbc (black belt class) and I wish everyone luck tomorrow for Instructors Camp. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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