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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Today was quite rough. Last night I hardly got any REM sleep. For some reason I had some crazy insomnia. I thought I would easily get over this for the day which I did. Unfortunately school was very difficult today. I guess all the teachers piled on assignments to make up for the couple days of school we missed. After my exhausting school day I went to King Tiger for leaderships and a mentor session. I came home and tried to knock out my requirements before class but I could not get them all finished. I went back to King Tiger for a mentee session and sparring class. After sparring class was when the lack of sleep was really catching up to me. When I came home for a second time after class, I had to finish my requirements, eat dinner, and also study for a pretty big math test. I probably spent an hour in a half really grinding out everything I needed to know for my test tomorrow. I don't really want to focus on the negatives of my day to much, today was very productive considering all the things I was able to do today. Hopefully I can get some better rest tomorrow. - Lucas

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