By Aris Smith on Wednesday, 07 May 2025
Category: Candidate Journals

May 7th

I had an awesome day at the Dojang today. I got to sleep in and relax I woke up very refreshed and well rested. I actually had a strong appetite in the morning today which was odd for me but that okay I know how to feed the beast. I got myself some Bojangles and enjoyed a nice sophisticated brunch. I then went over to see about doing some laundry and hanging out with the boys at my Twin's house. We work on some thing around the house before Brian left for a dental appointment. That left me alone with the kittens Pancake and Finn. Finn and I are best friends so we are already tight as long as I give him treats and infinite pets we are copacetic. However Pancake is a bit more skittish around me. Today he warmed up to me fast and instead of the 3 hour vetting processes usually go through like TSA. He was much more willing to allow me to pet him. He came over within 30 minutes or so of me being there it was definitive win for me obviously. After Brian got back we chilled and listened to music while finishing up some work. All the classes went well today too. Instructor Garrett taught sports training belt today for our Junior Tigers. Master Oppey had an amazing sparring class working on making our combos off the cut kick and counters more practical through physical practice on a partner who is trying to dodge and counter. That transitioned well into the actually sparring in class everyone tried really hard and did their best to apply what was learned in class today. In my Black Belt class with Master Evins we worked on a lot of self defense, did some knife work and honed in on our poomsae at the end of the evening. I'm ready to relax and eat something good for supper. Y'all have an awesome evening. Take care.

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