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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Wednesday

Good morning. Last night I worked with Kate and Master Chin with our Little Tigers class. We worked on some self defense moves. The little tigers don't understand how important those moves that we are teaching them may be to them someday. I pray they never get grabbed but hopefully they will remember what to do if they do get grabbed.
We also worked on self defense in our Senior Wang Ho class. I am getting a little frustrated. Russ, my mentee, has been in class twice in 3 weeks. One week he was out of town, the next week he was sick. The one week he was in class on both Tuesday and Thursday he said he couldn't stay for mentoring after class on Thursday. I was hoping we could work together both days so I could catch up on my number of sessions. Last night he wasn't there someone told me he is sick again. I guess I don't won't him bringing his cold to class.
On a lighter note... I ran again today. Once I started running I can stop. :-) It was 32 degrees this morning compared to the 22 degrees I ran in yesterday. I realize that the cold air gives me a headache if I breath in through my nose. It stings my sinuses. I did it in less time than yesterday. Yesterday was 24:52.62 and today was 24:08.43. (Monday was 25.07) I think it is easier for me to run in warmer weather. The day I did the same run in 23:50 was one of the 57 degrees mornings. I am proud of my improvements.
Thank you Master Evins!
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