Spring 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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January 11-Day After Pretest

Yesterday was the pretest, and after completing the mile, the physical requirements, the written test, helping with a class, and having leadership, I was exhausted. When I returned home, it was 12 PM. I was so hungry, so I ate a lot of food and took a nap. I thought I would only be asleep for 1 to 2 hours, but I woke up at 6 PM. I didn't think I was that tired, but... I was. When I woke up, there were guests at my house, and we were having a party, so I didn't have time to log in my requirements or journals. I got a little sad, because I was having a streak with my journals, but sadly it ended. Now, let's talk about how I did in the pretest. I really surprised myself with the mile, being 8:20, and thought I was going to do great today. When we went to the North Charlotte location, I did my physical test, which I did decently on, and then I finished my written test, which I need to improve a lot on. I didn't know half the answers, but I will be ready for my future written test. Then, we did my poomsaes, and I was really nervous. I froze on a lot of the poomsaes, and my mind went blank. Other than that, I did pretty decent and was happy about how I did in the Pre-test. I just woke up late today, and I am going to get ready to go to the YMCA to complete my pull-ups, since I didn't have the time yesterday. Hope everyone did well on the Pretest.

1/11/26
Helping family