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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The laws of gross tonnage will prevail

Old saying from my past. Back when I lived in a dorm on Kirkland AFB, there was this guy down the hall named Fred. He was a big guy and also a good friend and teammate. In the morning as we were all scrambling to get out of bed and get to the bathroom, I would run into him in the hallway (which was quite narrow), and he would barrow his way through saying "The laws of gross tonnage will prevail." Fortunately, I was not big but fast, so I would fly into the bathroom and lock the door before he got there. There was usually a friendly pummeling afterwards. Of course that's how you knew who your friends were, the ones who laugh with you at one second, and tackle you the next. So now, it's one of my favorite sayings with the boys while they're still smaller than me. Hopefully it won't effect the choice of nursing home they place me in later in life. I had Connor and Trent help out today in class, especially with the junior tigers. I need all the help I can get with little 3 year old Camden. He doesn't want to do anything except look for mom and tackle. He's a cute kid but hard to deal with. Even Master Knight, the greatest child whisperer of all time has a tough time with that one. So, we distracted him with my two knuckleheads to keep him in check. Eventually, his mom is going to realize that he's not doing anything Tae Kwon Do wise and possible pull him out. His older brother Cayden (not confusing at all right?) does a great job when his little brother isn't around. Cayden is 4, so it's kind of an Irish twin thing. Good size classes today, seeing that this is the end of week two. I do miss sparring class though. Ya'll kick each other in the head for me, would ya. Peace with chicken grease.

Tuesday
Morning exercise