Spring 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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Empathy Training Day

Today I completed my empathy training. I went for 12 hours with the use of only one arm. I'll save all the details for my essay, but let's just say it was a frustrating day and I was counting down the time until I had use of both my hands again. I'm so fortunate to be in good health! I also did a lot of (one handed) research and writing of my Korean History essay. I pecked my way to another 3 pages. Today was a physical recovery day. I did a lot of jump rope and sparring rounds and a few poomsaes (remembering what Instructor Auerbach taught us on the last cycle), but spent about 5 hours on my Korean history research.
Sunday
Sunday