Candidate Journals

1/18/24:  Math test at school and a History quiz that were pretty difficult. Working on requirements before North Charlotte Sparring tonight. 

Today I had my English final which I needed an 86 on to finish with an A. I think I did good but it will be some time until we get our scores back. But now I have 6 more midterms to study for which I also have to do good on.

Tomorrow I get to go on my snowboarding/skiing trip with my friends which I'm super excited for as it says in the title. I'm going to Steamboat Springs, CO. I get to wake up at around 2:30AM because our flight leaves at 5:10AM so yay... Steamboat is getting TONS of snow this year so it should be a great season for snowboarding.

ok, back to today's news. I'm going to the gym today to run my mile. I've just been practicing poomsaes this morning and practicing my pull-ups.

Good Morning King Tiger. Starting my day with a journal. I got up like normal and had a normal morning. Nate and I did some requirements to start the day. Best time to do some is the morning. Then off to work. I had to drop our dogs at daycare for today. It went well. Now I am getting ready for the day. Looking forward to classes tonight. Take care.

It is such a joy being a part of the Black Belt cycle!  I was happy to perform the crescent kick today without kicking my partner in the head.  I don't think I've ever kicked that high, although in my mind I think I kick higher than I actually kick in real life. 

Tomorrow I can't go to school because I have a dentist's appointment that is very far from my school. I will be able to use that time to my advantage to hopefully finish catching up on everything as I was unfortunately swamped in schoolwork today. In ENG 111 today we talked about how to write a narrative essay which I hope to use the information taught in the essays for the cycle! We also talked about Denny's and Wafflehouse in the same class period, which was interesting. We were talking about how to structure the narrative essay based off of a memory, and my professor came up with a fake memory involving one of my friends and him having a sword fight in front of a Denny's and a Wafflehouse.

Back to usual days. I woke up early so I did some exercises and played my video game for a while. I went to school 1 or 2 hours later. After school I went to my aunt's house to run on the treadmill for my mile. It was too cold to run outside today. I miss the hot temperatures in Jamaica already. Later I went to taekwondo class and let warm ups. I also did a mentee session and had another mentor session.  Then I went home after stopping by Harris Teeter. I finished my homework, ate, took a shower, and now am about to head to bed. 

Test, test. Um, is this thing on? Oh right, I'm typing this... ok, we're not going to talk about that one. Anyway, today something unique happened, which is why I titled this journal "Story Time". Our story begins at school. During our lunch time, the fire alarm goes off and this time it's the real fire alarm. Nope, it wasn't a drill. All of the classes head outside and I'm one of the many kids there thinking, "oh my, is the school burning down?" When the teacher came out and gave us the signal to go back inside, I admit that I was a little disappointed. If it wasn't a fire, you're probably wondering why the alarm was going off. If you want to guess, stop reading for a moment but I'm going to keep typing. Nope, nobody pulled the fire alarm. (good guess though!) Instead, it was a pipe in the...

Today I got double encore/choices and I got to play castle ball with a bunch of 5th graders. Then I had PE and I did reading and science. In reading I got to do book clubs and find my group and then I did science. Then I had a little bit of math and then I had to go to lunch and went outside and hanged out with my friends and it was FREEZING. Then I got to go to math superstars (for cool people) and there was a kid who was sitting across from me. His chair was a little broken and he fell backwards and hit his head on the wall and broke the seat off the legs of the chair. Then I got a piece of candy for doing all my work. I finished my math and got to go home. I played with legos and did my...

I woke up this morning and completed my morning routine as normal. However, my mom started subbing at school today so instead of being dropped off, I walked from the staff parking lot. I had a very long day of school because tomorrow we start finals and midterms so ever teacher is getting in last minute review. I had a JROTC meeting afterschool which was fairly productive. After coming I home I went for a run. I finally, after a few weeks got in my pre-test 4 mile time. Wasn't great but wasn't bad. Then I studied for my first two midterms tomorrow. I only really had to study for one because the other one is open book and we can use our textbooks. Then I finished up the last bit of requirements I had to do for today and got ready for bed. Now I am here. 

Today I had to wake up at 6 am with is an hour early than usual because had had a doctors appointment. My appointment went well and I have to wear this really funky looking brace, ring, kind of thing around my knee because I have something called jumpers knee. Im still clear to do everything the same just that I need to know my limits a little better. Because I had my appointment this morning I got to miss the awards ceremony for school today which I was dreading a lot. When I got to school my teacher wasn't there so we had a sub. Because of the ceremony my 1st period was cut short and I still got my assignment farther done than everyone else in my class which I am very proud about. Other than that my day went smoothly. In gym class today me and my friend...

Today I woke up REALLY early and went to the rec center and ran 2 miles! Then I went to school.  I went to my classes and then went to King Tiger and took class and helped with a class.  I also did a mentor session. Finally I went back to the rec center and ran another mile.  Then we went home and had dinner, now I am off to bed!

Today I went to school and my computer teacher said he could beat any of us in a fight, we will find that out on Thursday. Then we went to TKD.

Today I made matcha tea for the first time. I'm excited to keep working on it and trying different recipes. I really want to work on enhancing my drink making skills (coffee, tea, etc.). While I was drinking it, I find a few videos on YouTube on how improve the flavor and different add-ons.  I worked on poomsaes using the Kukkiwon Youtube. I only review Il, Eh, and Sam.  Ms. Suzanne and I worked on hopkido 4 last Saturday with guidance from the Grandmaster Lees demo video and in person guidance from Instructor Jen. I didn't think I could learn hopkido from reviewing videos, but after watching hopkido 5 today, multiple times, I feel comfortable with the steps. I'll still need to practice it in person and with an instructor for technique, but at least I'm more familiar about it. Hopikdo it not my favorite thing to practice, so learning it...

Today I went to school today and had to stay inside for most of the day, even recess:(.  After school I ran a mile on the treadmill and then it was time for class at 5:15.  I assisted in that class and after that I did a mentee and mentor session.  When I got home I did my requirements.             😁

Pretty low-key day. Worked, got bb requirements done, took Jovi to the dentist, and did a family class at KT. Unfortunately, my mentees didn't show as planned so I'll have to make up for that at some point. No worries. 

Today was really normal, struggling to get up for school, home alone for a little, homework. But after school I had a bunch of homework but got it done pretty quick in time for tkd class. I got class assistance credit and am caught up for everything. AND I GOT NEW BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES!!! I just got done with my mile, I ran in below freezing weather and breathing in icy air is really not the best for a mile, luckily I was dressed well. I'm doing this now with my lungs still full of cold air and I cough every time I inhale but I'll survive... I think, I pray that I don't get sick tomorrow. That was my day, I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe. REMINDER: I am doing songs for my mile runs and I am running out of songs to listen to. Any song...

Hi King Tiger Family! Sorry for not posting the journal for yesterday. I was busy doing my requirements and lost track of time. By the end of it, I had no energy to even open the computer. My requirements are definitely going to give some abs and some nice biceps, at least I think it will. My day started as usual: go to school and do classwork. Yesterday, I was in ELA and an administrator came to our room, and says that the schedule for next year will be different. Every change was fine until two changes made me frustrated. One change was that AP courses will YEARLONG. That means that the teachers will progress slowly since they have a whole school year(180 or 185 days) to teach a few units. The other change was that if we choose 2 AP courses, we can't choose any elective and vice versa. That...

Today my 4-day weekend ended and I had school today. It felt pretty weird because the school administration made some changes. Anyways, after school, I relaxed and got ready for class at 6:00. I asked if I can do Warm ups or Punches and kicks in front of the class but it was taken, so then I decided to do kicks down the mat for the first time. It was unsual at first, but I adjusted to it and it felt pretty good. Now back at home relaxing until school tomorrow.

Today I had subs in all of my classes because today was 5th grade planning day which means that all the 5th grade teachers stay in a meeting room in the front of the building and the kids had a semi-normal day. I also went to class and got some requirements done and had diner at "SHAKE SHACK".

Good Evening King Tiger. Today has been an interesting day. Not going to get into specifics but came into work today thinking I would focus on one thing and had to pivot quick and focus on something else. It happens. Just not expected today. :-)  I finished work at home (working remotely) in the afternoon. My wife is substituting for a teacher at Nate's school so she was not home today for our dogs and I came home early to let them out. I finished work. Grilled some yummy food. Then my wife went to her real job. Got Nate fed. He is now studying for his big exam tomorrow. I am trying to be productive so using this time to write this journal. I do have requirements to work on. Looking forward to TKD classes tomorrow. Take care. 

Pretty usual day today except for me being more busy than usual. Today I had quite a few things to do and my schedual being tied up from 3:00pm to 8:00pm with things like coding, piano lessons, and a youth group. anyways, aside from that a pretty normal day..

1/17/24: For some reason I am exhausted and the day is just getting started.   Glad I only have a half day of school today.   A busy day ahead and I need SLEEP....

Pretty standard so far. Doing a morning journal today to see how it goes. About 2 minutes till my class starts and we’ll be starting off the day with a reading check for our book “Things Fall Apart” (which I am not a fan of) from chapters 6-8. I’m most likely gonna pass and then be bored from half an hour of conversation about the lack of a plot in this book. But hey, it’s a good morning at the very least…….

Hi! Today I decided to run around 3 miles, which took me a while, but got me closer to being on track with the requirements I've missed. I had a day off today, so I took the chance to bake banana muffins and learn to make cheesesticks (at the very least, they didn't burn!). I also finished up some physics homework, and started my American History project! 

Imagine a flower seed and all the rain, sun and nutrients it needs to grow. Now imagine that the sun is Sa Ba Nim always shining down on you. And imagine that the rain is Sun Bae Nim, sprinkling knowledge on you from time to time. Imagine that the nutrients are lower belts that help you grow as an instructor. Now imagine that you are the flower seed, and all of those things are helping you to grow and achieve your goals. That is what we need to do during the black belt cycle. Grow into the person you imagine yourself to be. - Matthew 2446

Today I woke up bright an early for school. It was a normal but tiring day at school. I then went and got my allergy shots, I am pretty close to having to go only once a week, which I am excited about. Then I went home started a little school work, ate, and got ready for running practice. Almost all my friends were there so todays workout was very enjoyable. What was not enjoyable was the air. It was so cold, I thought I was going to suffocate, but we got through it. After the workout I came home and ate CAVA for dinner. Then my girlfriend came over to do some school work and study for a Pre-Calc midterm on Thursday. She left and now I am here. 

Very sore, will probably take it easy tomorrow with physical requirements. Even though I'm sore, I feel like I can see improvement with my push-ups. Today was a nice day with my cousin, we watched Hobbs and Shaw and Deadpool II. I got my car fixed and did some light studying. I had a mentor session with Master Nastasya today, we went through the color belt Poomsae. She gave me very specific critiques that I'm excited to work on. New hand positions, places I can improve my preps, keeping my head level with transition to different directions. I'm excited to work on the improvements. I really love Poomsae work.     I'll work on them this week, and probably video tape myself doing them this weekend. I like reviewing them and seeing what I can do well and what I can do better. My Instagram page had become mostly martial arts content...

Hi King Tiger. Back to work today. It was a good day but a lot going on. I did get to run this afternoon and then did some requirements with Nate. I am writing this journal now and getting ready for bed soon. I am starting to see some progress on several fronts. I need more work on Black Belt level items but practicing as much as possible. Have a great not. Keep up the great work. Take care.

I stayed home because it was a teacher work day. I had a doctor's appointment in the morning. I got to watch a few movies and I ran. I did the rest of my requirements and wrote one of my essays. Then my dad asked me if I wanted to go to Lowes to get some stuff. I said yes then we went to Taco Bell and I went to bed.

Today I learned about staff form one with Master Knight and went back to school after a week.

Today, I spent the entire day traveling back to the U.S./ Charlotte. I am tired and did not get any requirements done so I have to double up tomorrow. 

Today I got up and did a little of my black belt stuff.  Next I got ready for school, we were goin to walk to school but it was raining.  Mom drove me to school since it was raining.  When I got to school I had ELA, Math and Social Studies.  At recess (indoor recess since I have it at 930am) I traded pokemon cards with my friends! Finally, I rode the bus to King Tiger, had snack and played games with my friends.  I took class at 5:15.  At 6 we left for Scouts.  After scouts we stopped by the Rec center and mom got my a pass so I can run there if its really cold or its raining.  We are going to go tomorrow morning before school to get caught up on miles for the week! Goodnight!

Today I went to school as normal and upon arriving at home afterwards, I hung out with some friends. After that, I got a good amount of my requirements knocked out.

Today I woke up to go to school, and when I get to school I normally stay in the gym until It's time for class.  At recess I ran a mile on the field.  Then after school I did my homework, and after that I went to the 5:15 class and did leadership 1.  In between the 5:15 and the 6:00 class I did a mentee session with my mentee. After that I took the 6:00 class, when I got home I did my exercises.   Byeeeeeee!!!

Today I wanted to get my physical stuff done early and since I had not much to do in the morning ( no school) I did double the work for Pushups, Sit-ups, and burrpees so I won't have a hard time to get behind from school tomorrow. I did go to the 5:15 class for class assistance and I helped some yellow belts with study guide questions. Then in between classes I did some jumprope and relaxed until the next class. I wanted to do leadership credit but I wasn't fast enough since it was already booked out. In class we just did red belt. Now im back home and relaxing until I go back to school tomorrow. 

Got most of my black belt requirements for the day in this morning. I waited to do my run until afternoon since it was raining this morning. It was still really wet out and I didn't realize that the pants I was wearing were worn out to the point that they wanted to slide off when I ran so I had to hold them up for the most part. Wasn't one of my finer days running. :)  Tomorrow will be better. At King Tiger this evening I got in a mentor session with Master Marcus and a class assistance credit. Got the rest of my requirements for the day done after class. Now I'm trying to get some work done before bed. Hope the week is going well for everyone. 

Today me and my brother played a lot of video games and I got all my requirements done despite my knee hurting. My mom made me a doctors appointment for tomorrow in the morning so hopefully I don't have to go to my school awards but I did get invited because I got A B honor role.  we didn't have school today or yesterday. I went to class as a white belt and it was definitely weird but it was nice to have a new perspective. 

Today I went to school and we were going to do a unl activity but the rain stopped us from doing so. Then we went to basketball practice and a made a few 3s and some good layups. Then I we

Today I didn’t really do much because we had a teachers work day at school I just sat at home did my requirements I went to the dentist in the morning. I didn’t do my journal the last 2 days because it’s an indian festival and we have been really busy. But we went and watched a movie and shopped on sunday then went over to my cousins. Right now my sister is at dance so i’m just sitting here kinda bored. But that’s it.

Today I woke up and was going to do my exercises but it was very dark so I stayed in my bed until it would be more bright but then I fell alseep so I woke up again and did half of each (1:30). I then went to school it was a boring first half but when I had math my teacher switched the seats and I had to sit next to a new kid and I had a bad headache the rest of the day. a few hours after that I had science and my teacher yelled at me to stop talking even though  I wasnt. After school I did the rest of my exercises and thats it.

1/16/23: Back to school today. Today was a mess...late to school. Had a meeting for dual enrollment next year. Went to Band, ate lunch, and had a Government Quiz.   Working on requirements this afternoon and then to dinner with my mom. Have to get some Black Belt stuff done first

1/15/24:  Out of school today for MLK day...it was very nice and I felt I needed the break.  I did requirements, got my homework caught up, did an essay and went to KT Harrisburg to assist and attend classes.  Productive day

Boring day today so far, I did all my usual things like math, push-ups, sit-ups, and burpees. Aside from that I didn't do too much but I am going to work on my "new skill later".

Today is Mt Luther King day so I didn't have to go to school. Which made me happy to have a 4 day weekend because tomorrow its a teacher work day. I got to hang out and go to Target and get some stuff and then one of my friends had a birthday. We went to Cantina in Mt Pleasant and had dinner and cake. I completed all of my requirements and I am working on doing the activities in my book.

This morning I woke up for school at 6:00am. I worked on some my physical requirements in my moms classroom before going to class. I was a very cold morning at my school considering that all my classes are outside in the mobile classrooms. I also had a class behavior celebration. Which means that all my classes were shortened and that at the end of the day my class got to have free time on our chrome books.

Good evening! I am (finally) getting around to my blog posts. I had the flu so I am behind in my black belt requirements, which is admittedly frustrating, but I am slowly catching up and pushing along. I got some jump roping in today, along with some poomsae and self-defense work, all of which I was mainly behind on. I also got some college coursework done, and I have a good feeling about ENG 111.

Today was the last day on vacation. I got up and went to breakfast and after that I went to the gift shop and got a snowglobe. Then we went on a glass boat tour and came back and went to the waterpark. Hours later we came back to our room and washed my hair. Then we went to see some stage shows which really entertained me. This has been an wonderful vacation and I wish I didn't have to leave.      

I haven’t stopped smiling today (ignoring the running cause if you are smiling while running your miles I will have questions). Week two is down and we are moving on to week three. I need to get in more sessions with my mentor though which shouldn’t be too hard. But hey, only positive today, until school tomorrow :)………

Hello King Tiger. Nate and I came back from NJ today. We got up and did some requirements this morning at the hotel. Then went to airport. Got there a little early, then flight got delayed. Then we boarded and they were delayed getting off the gate. Then we had to de-ice the plane because of the storm. So basically about 2 hours delayed in total. But flight was good and got home. Unpacked and got settled in for another week. Ready to keep moving. Take care.

Hello King Tiger Family! Today was a holiday called Pongal in India and me and my family celebrated it. After the celebration we just ate sugarcane(yes, we eat sugarcane) and watched two thriller movies. The movies were good(one movie had a lot of blood, but it was fine). Our day went by fast and now, I got to go to school and have a quiz tomorrow. I wonder how I'll study, but I think I'll manage it. One thing I learned today is to never do anything at the last minute cause then, you'll fail. Me? I have about an hour to study at school, so I guess I might just pull it off. 

Today was our last full day in Florida and boy was it long. I started off with a with poosae in the pool again and kicks. My headphones broke two days ago so I haven't been able to listen to music while doing my mile. We did top golf today and I beat everyone's butt at it but just had fun. That was pretty much it. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!

Today was MLK day, also known as Matthew's Little Katch up day. :)  My cousins were here visiting yesterday so I didn't get all of my requirements done. Luckily there was no school today so i had extra time.  My little cousin Leah did the following toddler things: take cookies and put them back in the tray half eaten, drinking six juice packs, feed me broccoli dipped in barbeque sauce, attempt to go down a slide 20 feet high, climbing over furniture like Indiana Jones, and lastly, jumping on the bed I wish could post a picture here. She is soooo adorable. I hope the cycle is going good

Jovi was off from school today for Martin Luther King Jr Day. I still had to work so Jovi went to Master Natasya and Master Marcus's camp today. I ran 2 miles and got my black belt requirement done. Took Jovi to his guitar lesson later in the day. Worked every minute I could in between everything. 

Today I was off, I ran a mile on my treadmill then I did my exercises.  After that I ate lunch and played video games.  I didn't do much today but run on the treadmill.:)

Setting my intentions this week to prioritize study and rest. This Thursday is my state exam to get my Nursing license. It a tough exam, but I’ve been studying and school had prepare my class really well. I have fate that I’ll pass, but I still need to continue studying and review material. I also need to rest, so I’m mentally fresh for it. That means I need to prioritize getting requirements done for the cycle effectively. I might limit my other workouts or fun activities this week (CrossFit and Rollar skating if it doesn’t help me get requirements done). I may try to get ahead, so just do them after the exam, so I can rest Wed/Thur. Tonight, my father and I had dinner, it was nice. 

Hello! Today I woke up and I thought I had class today but I didn't since it was technically a holiday. I did my requirements and around 3:00 pm I played basketball + football with my dad. Then I started to relax and now I am watching the Eagles vs Buccanears.

This morning I woke up on a yoga mat down stairs with weights on my legs and the fireplace was on so that was a weird way to start my morning.

Today I got all my requirements in and then I got to go to target. Me and my sister are still doing nails and watching shows but my brother is been really annoying but that’s ok. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and I bought her a kindr egg for her to try because the

Today I woke up and played some video games.  Then we went down and had breakfast, mom made cinnamon sticks and we also had scrambled eggs! After I did my blackbelt stuff.  After that I relaxed and played some video games and watched You Tube.  Went with mom to target and to the Rec center to see about getting a membership but it was closed...ugh!  When we got home we had lunch and then relaxed a little and played video games.  Then I ran a mile (11:54) under my pretest time!!!!  Then I relaxed some more and then we had dinner.  Now I am heading to bed.

Today I got back from Virginia, six hours going, six hours coming. Nothing much happened, just sitting down doing homework now.

today's work was a little harder then usual because I got a cold yesterday but overall I'm OK. I've been making more progress with my running speed being able to run my mile over 45 seconds quicker then I did yesterday. That all I have to say.

Last night I had a sleepover with my friend and we marked off some requirements for my book. I also ran two miles and did some more requirements when I got back home. The rest of the day I just chilled and played games with my sister and my friends.

Today is day three of being Florida.. I was really tired and really hot today. I did my poomsae and kicks in the pool and it was pretty funny. Bowing underwater was a fun way to end each poomsae. It's been very hard to concentrate here because we did so much and I'm in mental vacation mode" but I'm still trying. We did go to the fair today and did a haunted house which did not last at all.. In my defense it wasn't recommended for ages 12 and lower. But I had a great time. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

  Today I got to sleep in and then I got ready to go to one of my good friend’s birthday parties. When I got home I kind of just chilled out and got some homework done. Right now me and my little sister are doing our nails and watching the new Percy Jackson show on  Disney+ and it’s pretty good. We don’t have school tomorrow so I can stay up a little later. I ordered some red sweatpants that came in the mail today so i’m wearing those and my lulu lemon define shirt and i think my outfit is pretty cute. 

Good evening King Tiger. It was a great day. Another day in NJ. Nate and I ran today. Nate and I are trying to run in all the states. So, we got NJ under our belt. It was a little cold here but not too bad. Sun was out. We were also doing requirements at the hotel pool again, but some manager guy came in and saw us, and offered for us to use one of their conference rooms to practice, so we took him up on the offer. It wad great. We had a whole room to practice stuff. Pretty cool. We finished requirements and had a great day in NJ. We head back tomorrow, so one last day here. Nate and I both agreed we are ready to go home. Perfect amount of time here. Ready. Take care. 

Today I woke up and me and my dad went down stairs and got breakfast from the hotel. We then knocked out some requirements and one of the workers saw us using the pool area to do requirements and let us use the conference room for more space. Then we went to my dad's friend's house again. We looked around his basement some more and played another game of Warhammer 40k. We won again but barely. Half way through the game we went and got Olive Garden for dinner. After the game we looked around some more; seeing it would be our last time for this trip. Then we said goodbye and headed back to the hotel; now I am here.

today i finally got to sleep in and ended up waking up at around 10:30. i did some requirements before eating breakfast. i then watched tv and then ate lunch and did more requirements after. i then read for a while and finished the book is was reading and anyone who reads knows the feeling of emptiness after you finish a book series that you love so much. so i spent the rest of the day sad and i eventually got over it and now i'm here...

Today I woke up a little bit late but I got my workout in quickly. Then I went outside to practice basketball so I can get better at that.and I stay to help my mom for the rest of the day with my siblings.

Today I woke up and my mom helped me put on a cotton pad to tape to my eyes then put a blindfold on so I can start the day with starting of blind for my empathy essay the first 1 hour of the day I was just trying to move around and feel the walls and everything then I listened to a comedy movie since I cant see it, it was entertaining but very boring but very soon I had to go to class so I tried to get in my car but only took about 5 minutes to find the door handle so once we arrived I walked in and was trying to get the outline of the mat so I just ran around the very outside to get a line up then class started, the lines were extremely difficult because I thought I was about to run into the mirror...

Gonna be honest, this is probably gonna be the worst day I have this cycle. My knee injury has not gotten better at all, and in a way has gotten worse. I had to skip out on Poomsae class, something I was looking forward to. I forced myself to try and finish week two today, but my knee made everything so challenging. In the end, I have only 4 miles to complete for week two, but I know had my knee not been injured it wouldn’t be a problem. I just hope it’s tolerable when Grand Master Lee comes to our Do Jang. That’s the day I am most nervous for. That and the fact I have no clue what exactly is wrong with my knee…….

Still on vacation. I got up and went to the gym to run. Then came back to the room and got ready for breakfast. After breakfast my mom took me to the souvenir shop against my will and eventually I got something. We went to the beach after. We later came back to the room and I finished some requirements and got ready for dinner. We stopped to get a milkshake on the way. Dinner was good. 

Hia Guys!!!!!  Today I woke up at about 11:00 today, that is not normal for me I normally wake up around 9:00ish so that's interesting.  After I ate breakfast I went to the track to run a mile.  When I came home from the track I played video games with my friends until 3:00, then I did my exercises.  Then after that I went to Ruby Tuesdays with my dad and grandma, after we left I my dad and I went to drop off my grandma at her house.     Byeee!!

Today I woke up and started playing videogames till my mom came in and said it was time for breakfast.  After breakfast we got ready for church.  When we got to church I went to my Sunday school class then I met mom in the nursery because she was supposed to watch the kids.  There ended up being no kids today so we went into the service.  When church was over I went home and had lunch.  After lunch I did my blackbelt stuff and I ran 2 miles (yaay finally got caught up on my miles!).  I played more video games and watched some you tube then I had some dinner now its off to bed!

Happy Sunday! Went to a great poomsae team class this morning. Came home and got my bb cycle requirements done. I spent the rest of the day working and watching football. Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. 

Today I woke up and got ready for poomsae class. We did a bunch a kicks, blocks, and stances. Then I got home and ran 2 miles. I am now watching the Packers Vs Cowyboys! Good night people.

Today I had a friend over and we ran over two miles at the park. We may go swimming later. 

I feel like I finally recovered from the pre-test run. I am so please with my run time. My first four miles run and at a really consistent pace of 8:30. One of my goals this year was to run 4 miles under 40mins. Now that I reach that goal, I guess I’ll train to run a 10k. I have the Nike training app and using it to pace/train myself. Honestly running your first mile is hard, then running two or three is tough too, but now that I can comfortably run 3 miles, what’s an extra mile or two. Learn how to pace yourself. “Run slow to run fast” is a big tip in the running groups.

Beautiful day in Charlotte so I took advantage of the nice weather and did my run outdoors instead of on the treadmill.  Clocked 3 miles at 11 minute miles.  I need to shave time off of that pace to beat my pre-test time.  Felt great to run outside!

1/14/23 Sunday:  Another busy day of planning to get requirements done.  Have to get done early today to participate in performance band concert.   

1/13/24:  Saturday:  Did the mile run for pretest.  Did a whole day of sparring and class at Harrisburg. Mentored another student. Had a leadership class. 

1/12/24: Friday School was easy but boring today. Completed requirements after school .  Attended Black Belt Class and volunteered to assist with Ninja night. 

Today I am heading to the National Scoliosis Center (in Virginia) to get a 3-month mark check-up. The reason I am going, is because I have a disability called scoliosis which means a have a curved spine (47 degrees) which is considered “severe” (do not worry I am completely okay) if my curve gets to 50 degrees I will have to undergo surgery, but I am getting a lot of good news about my curvature from professionals. I wear a brace to prevent it (you guys have never seen it because I take it off for Tae Kwon Do). This journal is different from my other purely because of the subject so I’ll repeat, do NOT worry 👍

Start of the new cycle and I am flying back to Charlotte today.  I did get a three mile run using the treadmill on Saturday night and some work on my kicks.   Congratulations to everyone who competed the pre-test!

Sunday is my core workout day.  Going to be feeling it on Monday, but I need the work after a few weeks of limited exercise and lots of holiday food around the house.  New year - new start!

First day back in the office after working remotely for the last few weeks.  The long commute does not allow for a lot of extra time in the day to exercise.  I am very thankful for all the videos on the school app so I can at least go through the forms at the beginning and end of the day.

I snuck out of the office at the end of the work day and got in a workout.  Still trying to get my jump rope time to improve. It is a fine line between getting extra reps in on the jump rope to improve my time and keeping the swelling down on my knees from overuse.  Definitely feel better at the end of the day from the workout.  

Great Wednesday night class lead by Grandmaster Evins and Master Cavazos!  Good cardio workout AND we were able to do a lot of the poomsae plus self defense.  I have a long way to go to get better at both, but I enjoyed the class.  

Mandatory work dinner put me off track on my workouts today.  Will have to make it up over the weekend by doing a little extra.

Great weapons seminar on Saturday!  Thank you to Grandmaster Evins for hosting it.  I have a long way to go to get better on with the Pilipino stick techniques.  I loved the work with the knife attacks.  I hope to learn more in the coming weeks.  

Woke up today pretty late since we got in to New Jersey late last night. I woke up, ate breakfast, and tried to do as much of my morning routine as I could. I then went down to the pool and used all the open area they had with my dad to do some requirements. I started catching up on a few things I have gotten behind on. Then I got ready to go to my dad's friend's house. He has an insane collection of Warhammer 40k, vintage toys, newer toys, and even real WW2 and Vietnam War era stuff. It was insane, I played a game of Warhammer with my dad against my dad's friend. I have only played Warhammer 40k once before and I learned how much I enjoy it. It gave me motivation to continue finishing building and painting my Warhammer 40k army. We got dinner half way...

Hi King Tiger Family. Here in NJ for the long weekend. Hanging with some friends. Brought Nate with me. It has been a blast. Nate and I got in real late last night. Landed in PHL around 12:30am and it was after 2am when we got settled in hotel. We slept in and then did some requirements at the hotel. The bottomline is that you always have to be resourceful in finding places to do requirements. The hotel had an indoor pool area and so we cleared some tables and chairs, and made space to do some requirements. We also used the gym which also had a pull up bar. We will do it again tomorrow. It has been a great time and love spending time with my son. Have a great rest of the weekend. Take care. 

Hello King Tiger Family! Sorry for the late journal, I nearly forgot about it. Let's continue on with today's story, shall we. I actually did pretty good on the running pretest today. At least I think I did. I don't know if a running a mile in 10 minutes and 5 seconds is a reasonable time span, but I'll think it is good. Positive vibes only.  After running(in the freezing cold!), I went with Master Chelley in the van(also with Aravind, Shawn, and Caleb) to take black belt class. i was planning to help with the Little Tiger's class and the birthday party after it, but my parents had a different plan for today. Black belt class was entertaining and I learned a lot from Master Lloyd, from stances to each distinct stance and it's meaning during self defense. After Black Belt Class, me and my family went shopping. The thing...

i did my run i did a mile in 13:05 crazy i went to black belt class we did bocho and hapkido then we went home after black belt class hten there was a birth day party  i  whatched youtube  then we went home after we went home i plaed gorilla tyag then i went to the storev we came back then i plaed some more gorlla tag then i eat dinner it was delicious        i eat some honey dew then im journiling by

week 2 alreadyyy!!! today i was looking forward to sleeping but i had to get up and go run and i realized how much I've improved in running since my last cycle. even though i walked a lot of it i still could see improvement from last time which i guess is good. after i had to skip black belt class because i had to go to school because i had an all district audition. i was there from 8-4 pm and i got and i went to sleep. i went to tuition (sadly) and then did some requirements. and i have a big fat headache from the cold this morning so that's really fun. tomorrow i look forward to sleeping and i will beat anyone up who wakes me before 1 pm.

Hello!  Today I had to I had to wake up early to do the running portion of the pre-test.  After I ran, my dad told me my time was 23:08, I was decently happy with that but I didn't want to try to hard.  After that I went to King Tiger Lake Norman to attend the black belt class at 8:15.  After that I went home and my dad went out, so my nana came and watched me until my dad came back.  Later on in the day I did my exercises and played video games.   :)

Up bright and early to run with all the other black belt candidates. Got my 2 miles in and went to King Tiger Lake Norman. Worked on hapkido with Instructor Courtney. It was her idea and a huge help. We had a great black belt class. I came home and got a little work done, did my requirements, and took Jovi to his piano lessons. Got in some rolls and falls today. I'm lucky to have mats to use at home. I've had NFL games on late afternoon and evening. Hope everyone is feeling good with their run today. 

Today was my sisters Birthday and we were all still tired from last night. Today I didn't do much. I took a swim in the pool then I ran 2 miles and regret came to me a few minutes later, it was so hot yet cold outside and I was so tired after I just took a nap. After I woke up we celebrated my sisters birthday and all that birthday stuff. It's really late now and I'm practically clawing my eyes out right now because I'm so tired. I hope everyone had a splendid dad and stay safe!

Today was so stressful and very chaotic. We were leaving for Florida today and were all very stressed. After school it started pouring rain and I was so thankful I brought an umbrella because I had to walk home today. As soon as I got home I was still not done packing and had to quickly do that. I had no time for anything today and I'm going to regret it later but I had to do what I could. We took off at 8:30pm and got there at around 10pm we tock a shuttle and I thought it would be a good time to try pull ups, on the train, while it was moving. But I did it, I was so tired as soon as i got to the home and I just went straight to bed. I hope everyone had a good day and stay safe!

Today was a really long day. But at the end of the day I did sparring class, I'm getting better at it and getting slowly better. I couldn't do much today, I was packing for Florida all day and was super tired. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!