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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Last weekend before school

Because it is the last weekend before school I took Samuel to Carowinds as a last hurrah to summer.  Mark hasn't been feeling great and the other two kids didn't want to go, so it was just me and Samuel.  He has way too much fun and ended up riding a wooden roller coaster twice ina row.  Once we came home and the adrenaline wore off, he was complaining of his sides hurting. Where he was complaining he was hurting there seems to be muscle and not much else, so I'm thinking he just overdid things. I did end up doing some requirements while I was waiting for him to ride the coasters.  I'd catch people looking but trying to to look at me doing stuff.  One lady wasn't shy about staring, openly watching me with one eyebrow raised.  You gotta fit it in where you can fit it in ...

8/11 Team USA and NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Easy day