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!
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01/05/2026

This morning I woke up at 5:30 a.m and did my excersies (push ups, sit ups, jump rope, and burpees), poomsaes, self defense, and then I did my running. I am sore all over, but it's all bareable, I started wearing my rubber bands, and now my teeth hurt really bad. Hopefully by tomorrow everything is set and good. As soon as I stepped outside to run I got goosebumps, but like Elsa said, "The cold never bothered me anyway!". I knocked out school, and today was one of my favorite days. In english we have a new unit. As soon as we get back from break we have to read two poems and then have a reading check tomorrow, RIGHT AFTER BREAK. Everything is a little blur from today but then we get to my last and favorite period of the day, Personal Finance & Economics. We have a little icebreaker first five minutes and then ten minutes after we watch the news and get into our unit. After that I have science olympiad and then I go to point/ballet for an hour and a half. My calves were BURNING by the end. Now all I've got to do to finish up my day is study and finish my homework. Then sleep!

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