Candidate Journals

Today after school I was assisting in class and the kids were all young white belts. I tried to encourage them and point out where they did good. Later today we had sparring and i was kinda proud of my performance. The first time around I sparred someone about my height and it was fun because I did a couple jump turning sides and I think it caught them by surprise. Last week I sparred Caleb who is much taller than me. At first he was hitting me hard and I started to get annoyed but then I used a hop step roundhouse and got a shot in. It felt good. All right guys. I'm off to bed now. Have a great friday and I will see some of you at camp. ;)

Hello king tiger family. Today was a good day. I first woke up and ran then went to.school. Then I went to school and in art class we used Indian ink. My teacher warned to be careful because it was hard to wash out. Of course I got some on my new sweatshirt. My mom was not happy. After achool I came home and ate dinner. I had to wash my hair because I got red fuzz in my hair from my hood. Everyone kept asking if I dyed my hair at school and I was confused until I looked in the mirror. I finished my requirements while I watched tv.   

I have moments where I feel like I'm not improving. I ran four miles today not even close to my pre-test run and I still struggle to do 10 push-ups in a row.  But that's only because I am looking at the numerical improvement. I've improving because I've been consistent. My push-up form is better and I've run more than I've ever done previously. And later this same day, I've gotten further in my pull-up. I know I've gotten stronger, and I just need to keep it moving. The progress will come. Have I rested enough? Have I properly replenished with food and water? Am I practicing in a way that will produce the outcome I want? These are all questions I should ask myself if I feel fatigue and struggling, but I also have to look at the other aspect where I have improved. I also took a really long...

Sparring today after not taking class the entire week. It was an awakening I desperately needed. Everyone was teasing (not in a mean way but a fun way) about me being absent the entire week. I got home and talked with my friend some more, and I am now getting ready to help out with Jr. Instructors camp tomorrow. It should be very fun, and I am very excited for my second time doing it……..

Hello!!!  Today I went to school and had FUN, at recess I was digging the whole time until we had a lock down drill and went into the woods.  After school I did some homework then went to Tae Kwon Do, during the 5:15 class I assisted.  In the 6:00 class I did warm-ups and took the class, after that I took sparring class.  When I got home I did the rest of my homework and did my requirements.                                                                                                 Have a very nice day!

Today was normal day at school but it was kind of scary because I have 3 tests tomorrow so I was trying to study for all of them. I got home from school and did my homework. After that I did some requirements and work on a drawing.

Today was I pretty difficult day in school. In math we started a new topic which i didn’t get at first but kinda do now in science me and rachael finished a whole rotation which means we only have 2 more in spanish I had a test which I don’t really know how i did on because it was really hard. in social studies we started a new project and me and rachael had a really good idea for it and in Ela we did benchmark review. once I got home i did my requirements then headed to my mentee session and then when i got home I relaxed ate dinner and my mom went to a party.

I can’t believe it’s February already! Today at school we just reviewed sea breezes and land breezes. It’s a little bit hard remembering everything for science and history since there’s a bunch of dates and equations. After school, I worked on my requirements. Later,I went to the 6 pm class for class assistance and then sparring. Last, I finished my homework and ready to go to bed. Have a good night!

Today I played UNO at school and then when I went to place a card down my hand started to cramp. I dropped all of my cards on accident and everyone saw them. After school I went to the North Charlotte King Tiger location and sparred and boxed.

Today was really hard on me. I did a mile in the morning and another in the afternoon. I did all my requirements. And honestly I was just really tired today. I think tomorrow will be a better day. I mean I'm getting my 5th star for Jr. instructors camp this weekend. Tomorrow will be awesome! I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!   S4:E6: We Didn’t Start The Fire (Bonus Track) - Fall Out Boys: Thank you, Caleb, for giving me this great song to run to today. This song was a 4/5, I love the song and it's on my playlist too. I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. That's it, stay smiling!

Now that the 75 days of January are over, welcome to February! Today was my mom's birthday! She lives in a different state so I only got to FaceTime her and send her a present. Always good to talk to her though. Got my pups groomed today. Got a run/walk in. Got my bb requirements in and went to sparring class. Hope everyone had a great day!

Today I had my last test for the week. It was a math test to see how much I have learned since the fall. We will get our scores next week. I feel pretty good about it. Math is my favorite. After school I tried to get a hair cut but my barber had a dog emergency. Went home and got some reading homework done and then I went to class and did some class assist and sparring. It was a busy day and now I am eating some chicken wings for dinner. I am looking forward to the Jr. Instructor camp this weekend. It is also the first time my sister will be going. 

Today I woke up super early to do some homework. Then I went to school, for PE we ran a mile and played dodgeball. In social studies we watched a boring documentary. We finished our book in ELA and for the rest we did review for tests tomorrow. Goodnight!

Today I tried to start my hero essay but I couldn't continue because I had an unbearable headache and had to lay down. I tried to get up and get moving to do sparring but I was in too much pain to get up. Hope I feel better tomorrow.

Today i woke up m leg started to fell better i soon went down stairs then i did some requirments after  i watched some tv peace  

Yesterday had the ability to be a very productive day as I did not have work that was immediately due tomorrow. I was tired, and decided an hour nap would do good for me. This nap then became a slumber from 5:30pm-7:30am. Not only did I sleep over 12 hours, I woke up later than I normally do on school days. I’m assuming the sleep debt caught up to me. Is this a sign to sleep earlier instead of staying up late to do schoolwork? Yes. Will I acknowledge it? Absolutely not. They told me sophomore year would be the hardest year because of the college courses I’ll be taking alongside the junior and senior year honors classes. I should have believed that!!!!!   But the slumber wasn’t that bad because there was this one dream about a carnvial on a beach with a really large rocking horse that looked the...

Today was pretty chill again. Went to work and taught some classes. Had burritos for dinner and am ready for training in the morning.

Today I had math superstars which was really fun (for kids who have a better mind set in math). Then I got home an went straight to get my sister from school. We went to the hair salon and my brother got a hair cut. Afterwards we went to TKD and I took the senior tigers class as a white belt. We finished making the posters for the Bags of Hope to hand up in our dojang. We already got some applesauce donated from Max and a money donation this morning from a friend. We are off to a good start.

Hello King Tiger! Finally, today is Wednesday. School was fun. I woke up early and did some requirements. I had fun playing spike ball in PE today. After school, I came and took and high belt and adult class. I did a lot of self - defense during both of these classes. I learned a new thing called knife defense with Matthew(Beckwith). After class, I did the rest of requirements and did my homework. I have project due next week that I need to work on. Other than that, everything went fine.

I got off to a slow start today.  I am a morning person, but lately I've been getting back into bed because I wake up an hour before the alarm.  I should stay up because I am wide awake at 05:45, but my bed feels betrayed and I feel obligated to get the eighth hour in, but then it ends up being several hours.  So, here I am, doing another late night workout.  Class was awesome today led by our very own Connor Foster.  Declan was an awesome partner and he did a great job correcting me.  I'm still working on splits, lots of self-defense and a few poomsae's.  I am creating a Blooket game for the black belt written test.  Blooket is similar to Kahoot! and Quizlet.

Hi, my name is... HI, my name is... hi, my name is, Matthew, ma, ma, ma, Matthew, and i am back with another journal entry. Today was pretty cool; it was hump day, meaning it's the middle of the week. We're now over half-way through. After school I assisted with a class and also took one. Both were fun. Then I went to the AT&T store so my Mom could get her phone repaired. AT&T is like a sports coach, they give you a pep talk and then send you off with a date they're going to call you. Then it was back to King Tiger again. I ran 2 miles before the 6:45 class and then I stayed for the 7:15 class as well. Lots of self-defense today. I did knife defense in the late class with Praneeth. (shout out if you're reading this) That was fun. I also got...

Good Evening King Tiger Family. I'm glad to tell you that today was a good day. Today I woke up and did my exercises in the morning and went back to sleep for a little while. After that I went to school and had a great day. I tried to tell my principal about the community service project but she did not come in until the afternoon and I was told that they would let me know when she arrived. I never got a call to the office and did not have a chance to ask to go back to see her. I will try to talk to her tomorrow. After school I went to Tae Kwon Do and helped out in junior tigers and then did a mentor session with my mentee Caleb. He is a really good mentee and we had an awesome time. Caleb listens and knows a...

Today I took as a rest day to catch up on my stuff. I could tell that i felt pretty tired from all activities and requirenments i was doing. I was so tired that when I got home from school, I took a 3 hour nap. It really helped me to feel better. When I was in school, my class did some art project for the upcoming ceremony that my school is having. My school got the Blue Ribbon award by the the U.S. Department of education. Thats it. Good night!

Today was a good day at school and i was awake all day to! We played vollyball in gym and i got some of my clay project dont in art. we had a sub in science which was nice because i don’t like my science teacher. I’m getting my hair done to. it was a good day. 

Today was very relaxing. School was very smooth with no hiccups. When I got home, I did some homeowork and knee stretching before I got on call with one of my closest friends for a good three hours. We basically just talked and laughed the entire time. After that I did some Black Belt requirements before writing some more of my Creative Writing story (creeping up on 5,000 words). A very easy day with nothing much going on........  

Today I woke up and did all of my black belt requirements besides my kicks. Then I got ready for school, went to school. School was a weird, different day today. My first class, science, was 75 minutes long. Then I had lunch and PA. I went to history class after and then went to math which was boring today. I went to ELA and that was easy. I had video production class today too. I went home after school and did ran and did the rest of my kicks. I played some video games, made myself dinner, then read some of the Atomic Habits book. After that, I went to bed. 

Today I got all my homework done at school. After school I went to TKD and went over the written test.

1/31: today was a half day at school which is always really nice because my Wednesdays are always really busy. sometimes I just wish I had a moment to chill out and not have to worry about doing anything. but I am committed to getting this blackbelt, even if that means I have to give up my time. I often feel like that's my biggest struggle, managing my time. I always get my stuff done on time, but I do it at the cost of some free time that could be used for other things, but I digress. today I dropped off three of my guitars to be repaired and in the meantime (between now and Saturday) I'm going to try and teach myself john Mayer's "neon" by ear. who knows? maybe a little challenge is just what I need. I took class and got in a mentor session with master...

Happy Hump Day! Today was pretty low key. Just got some bb requirements in and did some work. This evening I was able to get in a mentee session, a class assistance credit, and a class leadership credit. I'll take it! I took the day off from running but I'm back on the next 2 days for that. Hope everyone had a great day. 

Today I did all my requirements at class and got leadership and assistance credit. I met with my mentor and went home. Then I started to run, then almost threw up.. I'm not feeling to great. And my stomach hurts. So I'm going to bed. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.   S4:E5:   No song today, because I almost threw up. Stay smiling!

Today was a normal day at school. When I got home I did some homework and then went grocery shopping with my dad after that I practiced and went to TKD. After I got home I had some chicken and rice and did some more requirements.

Hello!  today I went to school and had chapel, that was the only unusual thing about my school day.  After school I did my home work and then went to class, during the 5:15 class I lead punches and kicks, and assisted.  When we were done I had a mentee session the took the 6:00 class, after that class I went home and did my requirements.     Have a nice day or night!!

Thank you, Master Llyod for helping me with the staff forms today. Slowly but surely, I am checking that curriculum list off.  I worked on the Personal Development essay and finished it. Finished meaning that I have it all written down, so now I can just work on editing it. That was my biggest goal this week, so I am pleased. That what most of my day was spent on besides some chores and the physical requirements. I worked on my over splits today. What I really need to work as well is kicking drills with the wall or chair, strengthen my muscles, but I didn't have time today. Ending the night watching cleaning and watching TV. I might watch a few kukkiwon videos as I fold laundry.

Good Evening King Tiger Family. It is the last day of the month. Cannot believe that January is almost over. Crazy how time flies. I will say that I have learned/re-learned a ton of TKD elements since cycle started. This is the motivation I needed to get back into the swing of things. Of course, I have a bunch more to learn/re-learn but I am seeing progress. I am also refining some items, especially poomsaes and my kicks. I am working on flexibility and I would say I am a little more flexible... more work there too. Just finished some requirements and have some more. Took a quick break. Hope everyone have as great night. Take care. 

Today I woke up and did a little black belt stuff.  Then I got ready for school, and Mom drove me to school (she said we drove because she wasn't sure what the weather was going to be like).  At school today we had MAPs testing and then blocks.  After school I got to King Tiger and took class and did some more black belt stuff and ran a mile with Instructor Courtney!  Finally we went home and had dinner, got a shower and went to bed!

Today I had an ELA MAP test. I think I did ok. Since I had a MAP test my whole schedule for the day was wacky. After school I went to TKD class and had a mentor session  with Master Natasya. Then I had dinner and worked on some homework. 

Today I came to class where we worked on Koryo, and Goom Gahng. After that, a had my mentee session and scheduled a mentor session tomorrow before sparring. I ran a mile in my school gym now that it is available in semester two :)

Today I had to get my braces checked so I was late to school. When I got there I caught up quickly and the rest of the day was so slow. Now I am doing homework and playing Basketball before practice.

Today was pretty chill. Worked at the dojang like most days, today went by pretty fast. Still getting used to being out of high school. Master Madhavan Krishnan decided to call me and yap for 40 minutes but hey what are friends for.

I did all my stuff for the day so I hopped on a new game then call gym call basket ball I kept jumping I overused  muscle I went to the doctor the said I probably overused it so I went home watched some tv and that was my day. bye im batmanΩ

Good Evening King Tiger Family! Today was a great day. I woke up and ran and knocked out some other requirements. I went to school and we finally had our donut celebration for finishing our 50 states project. Besides that it was a normal day. I came home and finished my other requirements and did a couple activities in my book. I had to run 2 miles today and I hated it. I wish we didn't have to run a mile everyday but they did say getting your black belt was not going to be easy. After that I practiced poomsaes, self defense, and kicks. We had tacos for dinner and I came upstairs and took a shower. After I finish this I am going to bed. Good night. 

Today I woke up happy and then I saw that my phone was dead and I also had a math test that day. As I sat down to take the test I looked at the questions and thought to myself "these questions are super easy!" And to make it better we didn't have homework.  

Again, another day. Woke up, went to school, and came home. My school day was pretty normal starting to enjoy my new English class more and more. Today we had a diagnostic test which was boring and I almost fell asleep during it because the teacher kept taping her nails on her desk, almost put me to sleep. However, I woke up during lunch. After I came home I finished up a speech I had to write. Not long after I was off to run club. We had a kind of hard workout today. All my friends were there, including Marcus, but I didn't run with him because he did a faster, sprint workout. After I cam home and finished the last little bit of requirements, I finished some more homework. I stretched, showered, and now I am here. 

I found out that my laptop has a feature that has a 'focus timer' which is very helpful! It sets a timer based on how many minutes I want to work and then blocks out any distractions, something i am veeryy prone to. It also has specific times for me to take breaks! In school today my American History teacher helped us play a joke. She 1/3 of the class to take a walk around the school, and told the remaining 2/3 that when they come back, the people in the class would interview eachother while the 1/3 outside would take notes. The catch was the interviewer and interviewee were told to purposely talk fast, loud, distractedly and indecipherably, to make it hard for the notetakers. It was very entertaining to see them frantically try to take notes. This was to show why the difference between Gray's two sets of notes he...

As you can conclude from the title, you know that this journal is going to be a short one. If you're wondering why it's going to be a short one, let me tell you. I'd be delighted to! I realized that my journals are pretty long and I've spending a lot of time writing them and I need to put that time towards writing my essays instead of long journals. I do like writing these journals and sharing my thoughts with you guys. It's one of my favorite parts of the day. Enough about me. How was your day? *gasping sounds* wow that's awesome! I hope everyone's black belt cycle is going great. Have a good night!

Today was a rough day for me because I had one of the worst stomach aches of my in the middle of the night and when I woke up it hurt even more. After I got ready my parents gave me some medicine and then I went to school. When I got home my stomach hurt still so I slept for 1 hour and my parents woke me up and to my to tae kwon do. 

Yaay  I am half way done with my journals today!!!!  Anyway, first I woke up or school, got ready and mom and I walked to school.  At school we did blocks like always (we did have MAPs testing today though).  After school I got to King Tiger did some black belt stuff and helped out with class and also led punches and kicks.  Finally we went home (after dropping Anthony off at scouts, we ate bojangle's in the car) and I went to bed.

today was my birthday AND IM FINALLY 14!!! sadly i still had to go to jail so i did that and had 2 tests. i hate going to jail and i hate practice even more. i love how i complain about a sport i signed up to do. anyways i came home and celebrated with my family at fahrenheit. then i did more homework and requirements (cry) and i probably will be up until 11 doing this. 

Hi, today I went to school and had a bible test and I got an 100!! after school I had to got to talent show tryouts.  When I got home I ate dinner and went to class, I assisted in the 5:15 class, and leaded warm ups.  I took the 6:00 class, and after that I practiced for the talent show again.  When I got home I did my homework, when I was done with my homework I did my requirements.       Have a nice night or day!

Today at school I had PE and I played baskeball. It was so much fun playing with most of my classmates. After schoool, I got home. I played more basketball with my neighbor friend. Then I walked with my mom 2 miles. I had a snack and relaxed a little bit playing video games. Then, I got ready for TKD. I had the mentee session and I assisted the 6;45 class. I got home, took a shower and had homemade chicken soup! Good night!

Today I had classroom pictures and the rest of the day was the same for school. I went to the senior tigers class as a white belt tonight. Everybody was calling me out saying good job white belt and nice kicks white belt. I had to help with the junior tigers class and I lead warm ups in my class.

Today I'm just jumping into it. I went to the gym got requirements done and went home. Now I'm ready for bed and cry my eyes out because I'm so tired. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!   S4:E4:   No song today! I was really tired. As always stay smiling!

Today I woke and did all of my black belt requirements, ran .5 miles. I got ready for school after that and went to school. First block I had science and got a 100% on my test! In math, all we did was a basic worksheet. In spanish, we didn't do much. In ELA, I read something about instagram and answered questions about it. After school, I ran another .5 miles and then went to Taekwondo class. I assisted class and had a mentee session after class. After I got home, played video games and ate dinner. 

1/30: had school today, which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. my math class was slow, but I was reminded of some concepts that I had somewhat forgotten. then in band today, we had sectionals, where we got to go and practice with an expert in our instrument. this helped tremendously because I kept messing up over a single note. it kinda made me think about how easily we can halt ourselves from progressing, in anything, just by having 1 small issue. so, with this in mind, tonight I plan to focus extra hard on my curriculum and finish up my review guide(hopefully).

Today i woke up and wasn’t feeling to good but I was good enough to go to school. My head was hurting the entire day so i kept my head down mostly. We had to give back our assignment that i hadn’t finished for homework because I was busy all day yesterday so i got a 50 but she gave us another chance to do it. We also did test corrections. After I got home I relaxed a bit before I went and helped out with the junior tiger class and after that i led warm ups for the senior tigers. I just finished dinner and I’m studying and i have to shower.

Happy Tuesday! After I got Jovi to school, I ran/walked 2.5 miles. Still struggling this week for whatever reason! I had a checkup at my doctor. Worked some. Got my bb requirements done. We have a mini dojang set up in what should be our mancave. We have mats like at taekwondo. I have a mirror. We even have thicker mats to work on falls. I generally do all my taekwondo requirements in that room except for running. Today I did my poomsae requirements downstairs while I was waiting on something in the the oven. It was so much easier to do the Keumgang breathing controls on hardwoods than it is to do on mats. Makes me crazy. Been working hard on those. I didn't get to go to a class this evening as Joe has to be available to take Jovi to his rock band practice in order for me...

Today we went to the symphony with my class as a field trip. I thought that is was cool that they broke the orchastra apart and played all the groups. Like the woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings played a section of a song. Then I went to class and got some more leadership and mentee sessions done. 

Hello King Tiger! Today feels like a Wednesday for me. I asked my mom today if I could go to adult class and she was like, "What are you talking about? Today's Tuesday; tomorrow is Wednesday." School was okay today. I got a 92 on my math test and forgot to get my books. I just finished my homework and i finished my requirements before that. After this journal, I need to just type the requirements in the website. I don't know where I could submit my essays, so I am just holding onto them from now on. 

At my first class we had to move out due to renovation in the class. So we learned our lesson in the hallway. Then at recess someone got hurt in basketball so we all had to leave to play something else. In math I aced a test. Now I am eating before TKD.

Today was pretty simple, I did poomsaes and I was doing self-defences when I felt sick in my stomach so that's not fun. as I'm writing this I'm still feeling this way and I just feel eh. Thats all I have to report about.

I am tired. Maybe it was a bad nights-sleep, but I've been super tired in all my classes so far. I am currently working on a Creative Writing project, researching a topic and tying it into something more sinister. It does have to be non-fiction which is the one of three types of writing that I struggle with writing. I do have another Creative Writing piece that I am having a blast working on (though I'm still on the first draft). It's a short story about a young, adventurous boy who moves into a new house in Germany. He finds a secret room behind a wall that was used during World War ll. That's all the details I'll put here because no spoilers :) . I'm now writing my final draft for my non-fiction piece, lets see how it goes.........  

I started today sleeping in. Its nice not having to get up and go anywhere first thing in the morning, but only sometimes. Monday I had a lot of high, do it, energy. Today I still have energy, but its a bit slower if that makes any sense. I'm still motivated, I feel good, I feel excited for the day; but I don't feel like I need to rush and get a lot of things done. I know what I need to do today, and it will get done. I probably really start my day and black belt requirements after I have lunch with my friend. Then later if I have the energy, I will go roller skating.  Because I have such so much to do this evening, it good I slept in, or at least that what I will tell myself.

Good Morning King Tiger. Yesterday was a very crazy day at work. Just a lot of different events occurred that really just changed my day more so than normal. I reflected on these events and realize that these are things outside my control and I need to address and move on. God has a plan for all this. I did go to TKD class last night and got to instruct. I forgot how much I like to teach and instruct kids. It is amazing to see them learn and grasp how to use what we teach practically. Fun to watch them grow. It was a great evening. Nate and I got a bunch of requirements done. Then yummy dinner that my wife cooked and stretched. Then walked the dogs and went to bed. I slept good, but never really is enough sleep. All good and ready to face another day. Have...

Hello, happy monday! another start of the week to do all requirenment from school and TKW. I had AIG class and I was working on a project. later I had recess and played with my friends. I got home, I rested a few minutes and I got on the treadmill and did 2 miles. I played with dad some football at the field and later my mom took me to TKW class and I did some assistance and kicks leadership. I had mentor session cause this coming friday is Jr. instructor camp. I got home, had a snack and went to bed. i felt tired and sore.

Today i got all my school work turned in and had fun talking to my friends. i went to tkd tonight and had a good class. now i’m just very tired.  

One day I will kick higher, I will have an amazing tornado kick and a fierce crescent kick.  I can't figure out why I can kick slightly higher when I'm kicking air, but I kick extremely lower when I'm kicking a person or an object.  I'll keep striving to kick higher, hit my target and jump higher.  If anyone could see me when I'm practicing by myself, I'm amazing,  I kick high, I fly through the air like Hong Kong Phooey!  I videotaped myself and in reality, my kicks are lowwww. : )   : )  

Good Evening King Tiger Family. Overall today was a great day. I overslept this morning and did not any requirements done before school. School was good today. I was disappointed that we did not have p.e. today because they decided to do a schedule change for our connect because of the teacher workday last week. They never did this before. We had music instead. I presented a music project with my group and one of our members went rogue and tried present his own project as ours. We were able to inform the teacher that was not what we completed and we played the real one. Lots of people like our project. The rest of the day at school went as normal. I went straight to King Tiger after school and helped out in junior tigers. I then took my weekday black belt class and had a mentor session with Master...

All I can remember about today is unbearable pain. School today was fine; nothing bad but nothing super joyous either. When I got home, I immediatle stretched the injured knee I have. However, I was most definitely not doing it as well as I could be. So my Mom introduced me to a massage gun. It was painful, extremely painful; there were two great positives that came out of it though. First off, my siblings took a video of me being in pain (that I admitidley think is absolutely hilarious), but also that my Mom says it is going to feel much better. I do have to endure the Painful-Feel Better tool every night before I go to bed, but it will be useful in the long term. Hopefully, my knee will be better by the weekend........

Today as usual I woke up and did all my morning routine stuff. I went to school, which was very productive. I started getting fatigued by the end of the day, but overall I continued working hard throughout all my classes. I got how and had an appointment with my Counselor which was very productive and I found some solutions to a few personal problems I am struggling with. I then went for a easy run. I came home and started on some homework; I had to annotate a psychology study on aggression and adults influence on kids revolving aggression. Then I went to Tae Kwon Do and helped out with class. Afterwards I came home, did some requirements, ate, and finished up some homework. I stretched and got ready for bed. Now I am here. 

Fear is the one thing that stops us from doing the things we all want to do. And although sometimes it can be very tough to resist, you have to try your best because fear is the stuff that will kill your hopes and dreams. Very bad right? So, I'm sure we all don't want that to happen to us. How are some ways we can fight against fear you ask? Well, it can be simple - get a motivation. For example, maybe you're having trouble completing your miles for the week by yourself. Now and then you can ask a friend to come with you. Or maybe you're not feeling it for your poomsaes or self-defense so set a goal for yourself and feel the great feeling of accomplishment when you reach that goal. So, to put it in a different perspective think of fear like a simple pest that can...

I am feeling productive and fresh. I love beginning of the week. Got further into the required book reading. Preparing for the job next week and cleaning through mail and computer. I worked on some kicking drills, stretching, using a chair and holding/pulsing my kicks. I spent most of the afternoon at Lake Norman king tiger today. Got leadership, mentor and mentee session, and I worked alot on poomsaes and self-defense. Teaching and working with other is so beneficial to improving. I know all the stick forms and I am pleased with the high and balance my kicks. Sometimes I can kick high, but my knee doesn't straighten. But I been trying really hard to fix it.  I need to pack more snacks, my energy started to dip and I could fill it- going to go fix it now!

Hello King Tiger! I am going to do a short journal because my legs are KILLING ME!!!!! School was the usual. I had a test today and got a 96 on it. I went to a club meeting and had fun. I accidently left the books I borrowed from school today at school. I hope no one steals it. For some reason, after all these days of doing the requirements, today was a more tiring and painful day of requirements. I have a test tomorrow and I studied right before typing this journal. I wish that the cycle will not be very painful, but at least challenging enough to push ourselves out of our comfort zones. 

Hello Guys!  today was a busy school day, today when I went to school I went to ELA class and did grammar and composition, after that we went to chapel, because of missions week.  After that we went to PE and we did a beep test, then I had a math test after PE, after school I did my homework and went to the 5:15 and the 6:00 class.  During the 5:15 class I leaded warm ups, after that I had mentor session with Master Natasya, AND Instructor Courteny.  And when that class was over I practiced for the talent show at my school, when I got home I ate dinner and did my requirements.

Today was a boring day for me because recently I went to Boston but we drove there and today we had to drive back. Through the entire trip I basically just binged a new show and slept. We did stop for more frequently this time because it was snowing so we used more fuel. After I got home I did some requirements .

Today I woke realizing my mom left for work and I left my earbuds in her car so it was a very slow start to my day. After school I had to go to TDK and worked with Master Knight.

1/29: today I woke up and my day started out rough. went to school and had bible class first period. around lunchtime I got a horrible headache which still hasn't left me. I came home and tried to help resolve whatever issue it was that was causing my headache, to no avail. I pushed through the pain and went to classes tonight. this helped me realize that even on our roughest days, taekwondo can be an escape from that, at least for a few minutes. experiences like this further cement my appreciation for my friends and masters/instructors. I came home and will begin finishing up some homework for tomorrow.

 First off I was really tired from yesterday and I could not bring myself to get up. A bunch of things went wrong today. I couldn't speak, not like yesterday though. My voice was all scratchy and damaged and I did not have a great day at school. I hurt myself while running and I have some pretty bad bruise's now.. I and just really tired and I just want to go to bed. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.   S4:E3:   Roar - Katy Perry Overall I give this song a 4/5 this song was a great song and I used to listen to it all the time. That's it for me! Have a great night!!

Today I ran 2 miles at school and came home and did my requirements. I played battleship with my mom and had pasta with meatballs for dinner. I am a white belt this week so I had to stand in the back of the class tonight. After the high belt class we have a black belt class for red belts and higher. We worked on sticks and pow jung. 

Today was a pretty normal day I woke up got ready and went to school the only thing different is that my throat hurt. My sister feels better and is finally going back to school tomorrow but now my dad has a fever so I’m scared I might get it to. But i went to school and the day went normally i had all the regular classes and then I came home ate a snack and relaxed a bit before I went to help out with the Junior tiger class and then I had my weekday black belt class and then I did a mentor session with Master Foster. Overall i liked today and it was fun.

Happy Monday! I had a bunch of work to get through today. I ran 2.5 miles. I am up to the 10 miles a week so I'm going to try and split it up by doing 2.5 miles 4 days a week. We'll see how it goes. I was pretty slow. :(. Took Jovi to guitar after he got home from school. We went to KT and I got a session in with my mentees and a class assistance credit. 

Today was just a regular school day. After I got home, I did my requirements and did some homework. Then I went to go work.

This morning I woke up and got ready for school.  We walked to school.  Did my blocks same as normal.  After school I went to King Tiger and did class and then ran with Matthew and Instructor Courtney (I ran my fastest mile so far!!).  Finally when mom got off work we went home, showered had dinner and went to bed!

Today was a good day. I had my first post as a safety patrol monitor. I was stationed at the front of my moms kindergarten/1st grade hallway. I help kids stay on task and get to class. Tomorrow we have a field trip to the charlotte symphony. It will be fun I think. 

Today I awoke at my mother's house. I had jersey Mike's for breakfast which was nice. At 2:30 I headed to the dojang for work and had a pretty normal day. I'm still here and am ready to head home for the night.

Today I woke up late and went to school almost late. Then I had PE and we had to run a lot. After that we learned new subjects in ELA and social studies.IN math we started something on shadows. Now I am doing requirements and getting ready for TKD class.

Hello candidates, instructors, masters, parents, and the guy at the bagel shop, I wanted to add a journal entry to show that grammer and speelling has little to do with being a black belt. I have been really enjoying reading your journals (yes, we really do read them). Some nights it's a toss up between your journals and cat videos, but here we are. For my Harrisburg guys, great improvement on quantity and going deeper then, "Its a normal day, I wrote up, brushed my teeth, went to school and did some requirements," to now adding some substance, some meat and potatos, some nitty gritty, and, yeah, you get the picture.  As you have noticed, we are leaving January and entering the shortest month of the year (except its leap year, so its a day longer). The night testing and hopefully not the overnight testing, will be here soon. It's time...

Good Morning King Tiger Family, It is a start of a new week. Getting ready. This week is another jump in requirement time of most items. All good. Just need to continue to adjust to the new times. Nate and I got up early to start some requirements. Great way to start to the day. We both ate and he is at school. Now onto work and the rest of the day. We got TKD classes tonight and we plan to get a mentee session in. We are excited for this week. Have a great day. Take care.

Bad day today; I wanted to finish physics, my narrative essay, start work on a tkd essay, and do requirements all today but instead spent the majority of it asleep. I do not enjoy falling sick easily. You would think the amount of times I get sick my immune system would be stronger!!! I do not have much else to say, goodnight kt! 

Today I woke up and played some video games. Then we had breakfast and got ready for church.  When we got to church I went to my Sunday school class.  After we had lunch and then we dropped Anthony off for a trip with the youth group then mom and I went to target and then we headed back to church to met up with my cub scout pack.  We walked around antiquity and placed door hangers on a lot of houses.  Next weekend we will go back and hopefully pick up a lot of food that people leave out, sort of like what we will be doing for our service project!!  After that we went home and I did some black belt stuff.  And then I relaxed and played some video games and had dinner and went to bed!

Hi fellow people of the black belt cycle. This weekend was really exciting. On Saturday I woke up and did black belt class like all of you and then I helped out with multiple classes and got a few miles in. Later I ate lunch with my family and watched School of Rock at night. The movie was really awesome - going into it I thought it was going to be a geeky rock movie (yuck), but I was genuinely surprised how much I liked the movie. It was funny how the kids transformed from a boring classical school to a fun, cool rock band. Jack Black is now my favorite actor. Ok, enough about the movie, change of scenery time, now we're talking about Sunday. "Let's go everyone, places! And.... action!" Today was also another fun day as I took my first poomsae class. I love how you can just...

Today I went to nine round and did a workout there the first time, it was pretty fun. Later in the day I went to see Wonka with a friend. Then I went to my mom's house.

Hello King Tiger! Today was an easy day. I don't know what I got on the exam(I know I got a 100 in the oral section). I am very worried about my grammar and spelling mistakes. After that, I came back home at 4, did all my requirements, and assembled a table while my dad was assembling my pull-up bar. My mom was working out on the exercise bike and my brother did some math problems. After doing all those things, we had dinner and watched a bit of TV before going to bed. Week 4 is going pretty well. See you guys on Wednesday!

I woke up Feeling amazing but then I realized I had to do double the requirements because I was sick yesterday. I tried running outside today and I found out that I'm better running outside than on the treadmill. I think it's because I'm not so bored looking at the grass, the trees, and the cool cars instead of looking at the wall, the boxes, and that one creepy room with the lights turned off where I feel like something is watching me in the dark.

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone has had a great weekend. Slept in a little. Got up and did some self defense. Went to poomsae team class at KT Lake Norman. Had a session with one of mentors, Master Natasya. We worked on Bolo. I came home and did 24 minutes of Bolo practice to try and cement what I learned. I did the rest of the black belt requirements for the day along with some extra kick time. I did some reorganization of my closet. Watched a lot of football today with the family. 

Today I woke up and did all of my cycle requirments. After that, I went to Poomsae class. Before class, I jump roped at King Tiger. During class, we did a lot of Ill Chong and a bunch of kicks. After Poomsae class, I ran two miles with my dad and then played some video games. After video games, I ran two more miles with my mom. I played a little more video games after that, then ate dinner and took a nice long shower. After that, I read a chapter of Atomic Habits. The beginning of the day, I was tired but then I felt better after running and playing video games. 

Today I helped my dad clean our chicken coop because it was really dirty. We also had 2 roosters that were being mean to some of the hens, plucking the feathers off of their backs. They already killed 2 other chickens last week so my dad had to shoot them today. My grandfather was here and he wanted to use the feathers to make flies to go fly fishing with. He also cut up the meat from the chickens so we can have it for dinner tomorrow night. Then I actually got ready for the day and ran a mile. While I was watching a movie I did my push ups, jump rope, sit ups, burpees and planks. I cleaned up my bedroom from us going to Charleston yesterday. I played Battleships with my dad before I had to go to bed. It was a busy day.

Today I slept in pretty late and then my friend Logan had to go home. I ran and did all my requirements for day and I even cleaned my room. I reorganized my vanity and did some laundry. It was a productive day.

Happy Sunday King Tiger Family! Today, I got up but I did not get to go to church today so me and my mom watched virtually because she was too tired to go. I completed some of my requirements while I was watching Ukids in my room. I cleaned up my room and then we went to pick up groceries. When we came back, my mom made breakfast and we ate. Then I helped set up our new treadmill with my mom and grandma. I did a little over 1.6 miles after we set it up. I relaxed and listened to music after that and then practiced my poomsaes, self defense, and kicks. I also knocked two essays which I did not want to do but I was happy when I completed them. Later I played Tekken with my mom and ate dinner after. I was able to complete two activities...

Hi, today was pretty nice, when I woke up I watched church and also ate breakfast, after that I ran a mile.  When I finished I did some studying then I watched the Ravens game (no spoilers if you watch football), while it was still going on I went to my grandmas and finished the game.  When I came home I did my requirements and now I am about to sleep.     Goodnight!

Today, I went mute. It was a weird and sad experience. I feel bad for everyone who doesn't have the life the "normal" people do. Some people can't talk, or can't hear, or even walk. I think we should all just be thankful for what we have, and never be mad for what we have in life. Anyways that was it I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!   S4:E2: Today my headphones weren't working and my phone was dead so I just ran without a song today, and I don't really have any songs to run to. That's it have a wonderful night!