Fall 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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Aug 18

Today was better than the last few days. I enjoyed my time at the dojo, assisted then took class. Both were helpful but my ankle was bugging me. We had to do 50 jumping jacks, and I was basically doing them on one leg to avoid weight on the other. Burns out fast haha. Also was modifying some of the warm ups, which didn’t feel good to do but I know I need to for now. I’m grateful to my instructors who’ve been kind about that. Anyways, it’s wild that the cycle is almost halfway done. Definitely hasn’t felt like that long. And I feel like I’m in a good place training wise, I’ve improved a ton and still have half the time left. Hope you all are doing well :). Im off to snoop through some journals haha.

8/18/26
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