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!
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April 10th

I had an awesome day today. I talked with my Pops this morning about making plans to be more organized and he said he would help me stay accountable. I needed to run some errands for the house but Uber wasn't cooperating(go fig). I was determined to go on my trip anyway but my Father was insistent that I waited for a potential ride. He gave many reasons that it might rain, it was a long trip, the amount of things I would need to be able to carry. I decided to listen to his advice and wait a couple more hours until someone was available. In the meantime my Dad and I started a new show with Brian Tyree Henry. as the lead on Apple TV. While we watched I stretched out my legs like never before. Since I had a rather intense workout yesterday I decided to take it a bit lighter today. I used the marble counter top for height and spent an hour on each leg stretching each and every way possible and kneading out any kinks or knots that I found. It definitely didn't feel great at the time and it's something I should work on doing more often. Hopefully I can do the splits now. I made myself some grilled cheese and relaxed for a bit still waiting for the eminent storm to approach. I was lucky to find a ride after my break. I got to my destination safely got all the errands done for me and my Pops and then I got a ride back just as the storms rumble echoed in my ear. The very polite Uber Driver was rushing me out of the Luxury Uber Black but at least he assisted me with my groceries and personal belongings; curbside service free of charge. He must be psychic he hurried just in the nick of time. As soon as his SUV left my view the sky opened up and began pouring buckets. I got everything upstairs to the apt and put everything up after sanitizing my thrifts shoes and stuff. My Dad and I really enjoyed watching the Cavs v Pacers earlier and are watching Ja's Grizzles v Ant's T'Wolves. Hope everyone has a great evening take care. 

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