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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I didn’t realize how long it has been since I logged in my requirements, but I am caught up now to what I have actually done. I will do better with that. I used to be on my laptop every day and now it might be once a week. I don’t like to get behind, but it looks like I am there and need to get working on getting back on track. I guess I am not feeling the urgency, but time is going by so fast. Hopefully I will take advantage of an extra day off from work and be productive. I need to make a list of things that I need to learn or work on to get it right, so I can work on these things with my mentor before something new comes along to add to the list. I have enjoyed tweaking the poomsaes for the most part, but one change in geumgang is just not sticking for me. Every time we practice geumgang, I cringe when we get to that part. I’m not sure if it’s my head that doesn’t know what to do, or my hands and arms just don’t get it, but there is a definite disconnect on that one. I need to figure that out.
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