Fall 2024 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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Bonus DLC #1

It's always a bit weird having a Monday holiday off work.  Tomorrow's going to feel like Monday but it won't be.  And I'll have to keep track of what day it is based on what the previous day's class(es) at the dojang were.

Today we got up and Gabe decided to make apple fritters with some of yesterday's haul.  I ate way more than I probably should but I didn't really eat dinner last night and I think my body was desperate for the calories.  We got our physical requirements done in the morning and started in on kicks, forms, and self-defenses.  We tried to make up some of what we missed yesterday while travelling but didn't have enough time to double up on everything.

I wanted to make an apple pie but didn't ever get a chance to do so.  It fell by the wayside as we started working on Cycle essays in earnest.  I need to re-read and clean up some but I've at least made a dent in the list.  Then Gabe took the boys out to get some things from Lowe's and Walmart and then came home and we started on dinner.  Afterwards we did some more self-defenses but didn't really have time for more poomsae.  I think we've got enough banked to not have to worry about it but, I guess, I can always do some extra tomorrow.  I need to get back to my creative form tomorrow as well; it's sat on the shelf for far too long.

Holiday? We don't need no stinkin' holiday!
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