Fall 2026 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!

Hello, Las...

Hello, Last night we had a great Black belt class with Master Jolly. She reminded us how much we need to learn for the written test. Guess it is time to start working on that. This morning we went to the family class, then the little kid class, always fun. Now we are going to settle down and do some homework before I go to work tonight and the rest of the gang goes to Anna's soccer game in Mathews.

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This morni...

This morning I went to the family class and helped out with it. we also helped out with the little kids class and that is always fun. then we went to get me a new pair of sneakers! They where so cool! Then we came home and did our run and our other exercises. Next we ate lunch and relaxed at the house. Then finally I had to go to my soccer game at 6:30 and then I ate dinner when home and went to bed. I can't wait for tomorrow.

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Journal 34 February 8th, 2019

Today was a slow day at school. Almost half of the high school is sick with the flu, so it’s unsettling. It was way too hot in the Spanish room for class so we went outside and had class outside. Mrs. Jolly taught class tonight and it was fun. We watched the new Mummy movie too. 

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Journal 35

I did not do well on my chem test. I got a 75, which is okay but I thought I did better. I studied but mom said I need to study more. I went to Black Belt class. It was good. I did some requirements with my dad after class. 

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TGIF again...

I am definitely tired. I caught myself several times getting frustrated over little things that really do not matter. Some times you just need to take a breathe and relax a bit. I am stressed a bit over testing. I think it is the essays the most right now. We got three done, so not bad. Nate and I are going to use our time this weekend working on them. Its all good, but I am a little anxious. Then we can start to study for the written test as well. I was checking and we are about 55% through the cycle (if you include the pre-cycle). We have accomplished a bunch and more to come. I am excited. Keep Moving!!!

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Journal 17

Today I got up and did my morning routine and I got dropped of by my dad at school. At school we learned about converting decimals into fractions and vice versa (fractions into decimals); we also talked about he Salem Witch Trails in Social Studies and we did Spanish and Music. When I got home I helped my dad with things, did T.K.D. requirements  and went to Tae Kwon Do's Thursday B.B.C. class. 

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Blog 9

I have not posted in a while but a quick summary of what I have done/doing is I take/do some king tiger classes. I did the food drive on a saturday. I hang out with my friends ran some miles with them. watched part of the super bowl (Sickio Mode) and went to school a lot. I have noticed that i need to catch up on some leadership credits but i could not make it to class today. Although i will get them done soon.

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Scooby snacks

Hey all, Really great morning and great training at the Lake Norman school. Always love being surrounded by some much talent, knowledge and pure awesomeness. Tweaked a lot of my self defenses which I desperately needed. Went to our Harrisburg school and enjoyed a mind numbing fire alarm for about half an hour. I guess the fire department new it was a false alarm because it took a long while for them to show up. We had a least three folks sign up today. There is definetly and steady stream. Hopefully it won't be long till we have those mats filled up. My heads starting to bob so it's time for me to hit the rack. Enjoy the weather.

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Thursday

Good day at work today. Got myself organized and caught up a bit. It is great feeling of accomplishment. I am feeling pretty good about this BBC, but there are a couple of items that I feel a little behind... mentoring, essays, leadership 2 and journals... still time to get caught up... but need to focus these next two weeks because we have Instructors camp, and then I have to travel to Hong Kong for work. I know that sounds great... but I will absolutely be in the air longer than on the ground, so not fun. I will lose about 1.5 days of my life with this trip and that will not be good for all the requirements. Need to be in a good place before I leave. Keep Moving!!!

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February 7

I am almost done with my sparring classes which will be a relief because soccer tryouts are coming up soon. If I make the team I will be practicing on Mondays and Wednesdays. On top of that we will have games on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Hopefully I get most of my stuff done. I am going to ask Master Chelley whether I can count my soccer as a mile or not. 

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Journal 33 February 7th, 2019

So apparently ladybugs are good at pest management. In horticulture, my teacher bought this container of them to release a few at a time in the greenhouse, because some middle schooler left the door wide open and now we have bug issues. So she meant to let a few out, and she did, but then she dropped the whole container on the floor and they were all on the loose. We tries to get them back in the container, but we gave up. Now theres about 100 ladybugs in there. Those bugs don't stand a chance now.

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Journal 34

I had good day at school today. Had my chem test and I think I did well. worked on my deisolation project as well. It was nice out today and my friends played a cool game at recess. It was like tag but it was teams. We made it up. Then I came home and we had Tae Kwon Do tonight. Got to help with class and Tiger and I played some games with the kids. It was fun. 

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Journal Day 55 Rohan Apte

I had a good day. School was fun. In the evening I did my requirements. Then I went to Taekwando for my sparring class. Then I had dinner. Then I watched my normal watching time. I am going to bed now.

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January 6th

Today I had a good day, I played a lot of guitar, did requirements, did my homework, and was able to spend the remander of my day with my oldest brother who came in for dinner and stayed for a bit after. Unfortunately, he had to go back to his apartment because he has work tomorrow. I had hiccups for practically the entire day which I was really upsetting.

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Test tuesday

Today in science we had a test about Evolution. It went ok but my science grade is droping and I really want to have straight A's. So far I had straight A's in my first semester, but I want A's for the whole year. I am really exited about my BBC Test because I can finally get my Dan. I was supposed to get a 1rst Dan last cycle but they shiped the wrong belt or something,but it says on my certificate that I have a 1rst Dan and also I am 13 but I don't know what happened.

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Journal 16

Today I got my short sticks! I also had a pretty normal day. In math we are learning about decimals (I'm in 4th grade) and in ELA/Social Studies ( I have the same teacher for both) we are talking about the Salem Witch Trails. After school I did my requirements and assisted in the Wednesday's Wang Ho class.

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Test

Today was a fun, yet stressful day. I had to take a test in social studies, I was really nervous about it, but, I got a 100! In science, it was the last day to work on our project. Again, we did manage to pull through. I got home and did my requirements.

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Wednesday

It is Wednesday and that is Men's Ministry at our church. Awesome message this evening... simply put is that we need to "put on Christ" everyday. Not looking to preach... but we need God in our Spirit and Soul to battle the temptations and evil in our lives. We must fight everyday, and we will prevail. If you slip any day, then we will be defeated.  Great message and great table I sit with. There are questions raised at the table that we discuss. It is a chance to open up and talk to other men about the message. It is fantastic to talk to people about this.  Keep Moving!

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Journal - Day 55

Yesterday was a good day. From school i went straight to my classes and then from there to Tae Kwon Do. I finished all my 15 sessions with my mentee. I am still going to work with him everyday. 

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Journal Day 54 Rohan Apte

I had a good day. School was fun. In the evening I went to Code Ninjas. Then I went to Taekwando. I did my volunteering there. Then I did my menteeing. Then I had dinner. Then I watched my normal watching time. I am going to bed now.

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February 6

In class today we worked on short sticks and I had a great time. I also got in a mentor session but I need to get a lot more of those and journal a lot more too. Master Lloyd took me home from kickboxing today because my dad is out of town and I was very grateful for that as well. My dad will be coming back this Thursday. 

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Football 🏈 game winner

Today we went to the children’s theater and we saw bob Marley's three little birds 

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Journal 33

At church we had a great lesson. It was about god always does miracles everyday we just don’t see it. We watched it in a movie. It was about a kid and his father that live through several miracles. The biggest one was when the kid had emergency surgery on his liver but didn’t die. But he did see heaven, god, and everything that is happening to his family and friends. The last thing we saw was when his dad was a on duty firefighter he went to a man’s house that was on fire. He ended up going inside to save the man’s family, but instead he found manicans because this man had no family. That was the last thing we saw before we had to go.

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Growing

The new school seems to be growing. This is the second night and our classes are increasing. Still, we have a lot of mat space to fill. We finally got the website to review. It should be live in two days (hopefully). I really like the layout. Another good call Master Evins. I'm a bit worn through tonight, so this will be short. Long day, but a good day. Especially with this weather. Thank you God. I'm rolling out. Aim high and kick low.

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today was ...

today was a catcher user kind of day. I did two more benchmark tests that I mist and got good scores on both of them. Tomorrow I will get my missed science homework done.

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today I we...

today I went to school and we learned about ancient china. we also learned about geology and percents and unit rashios. then I came home and eat dinner with my family and read books and when too bed right after I did my exercises.

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Journal Day 53 Rohan Apte

I had a good day. School was fun. For  reading I got an incentive for reading 20 books this year. In the evening I did my requirements. Then I watched my normal watching time. Then I had dinner. Then I went to Taekwando to do my weekday black belt class. Then I did my mentoring. I am going to bed now.  

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Journal Day 52 Rohan Apte

               I had a good day. In the morning we dropped my brother to his school for the first time ! He cryed a little bit but not that much. Then I did my requirements after I came home. Then we went to pick him up. I used to go to that school so some of the people there remembered me. Then I came back home.                  Then I had lunch. Then I  did a reading passage. Then I watched my normal watching time. Then I went to Taekwando for my volunteering. Then I did menteeing with Harith. Then I finished my requirements. Then I had dinner. I am going to bed now.  

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Floor Hockey...

Today we were playing floor hockey during gym once again, and of course I decided to wear shoes with no traction. So everytime I went after the ball and actually got it, (yes we were using a ball for some reason) I just couldn't stop myself. Everytime, I would just keep sliding, and eventually fall, until I mastered the art of the recovery. 

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Super bowl .patriots win 🏆super bowl 53 13\3

Today in p.e we played capture the flag and some of the other were cheating. At recess we had an hour and thirty minutes and we played football ????. After math we did lesson 4 of cursive.after cursive we were supposed to do a huge football game.last night I watched the super bowl and patriots woooonnn and the rams got ram-ed 13\3.

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Journal 15

Today I did my normal things and went to school. Then I came home and listened to the complaints of my sister about missing her book fair because she was sick ( the book fair was at her school).Then I went to Tae Kwon Do.

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February 5

So with the black belt cycle it is making it hard to find time outside of class for a social studies project. All of the work is done outside of class so we must find a weekend time that works and finding time in between Saturday black belt classes and church on Sundays is going to be a challenge. Otherwise I think that I'm getting better at pushups and my mom is helping me correct my form. Happy Tuesday!

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Presentation

Today was an amazing day. I had a project to present in class, I was super nervous about it, but I'm glad to say I did much better then I thought. I got home from school, did my requirements, and worked on another project. 

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Journal 32, February 5th, 2019

Today in horticulture we were in the greenhouse transplanting stuff into bigger pots. I don't know why but I just do not like being in the greenhouse at all. The teacher also sprayed us with the hose. It was really cold water.

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February, 5th

Today I woke up and ate breakfast.  I then rode the bus to school and it was a good day.  In gym we went outside and played football and soccer.  Later on I went to taekwondo and ran.  Then I went home and ate dinner, then I took a shower and did homework.

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Tuesday

Today was a pretty boring day. I didn't feel well like I had a cold and allergies and I was stiff in my neck and didn't feel like walking around, but luckily I didn't have any TKD classes tonight. I'm feeling way better and got all of my requirements in for the day.

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Journal Day 51 Rohan Apte

       I had a good day. In the morning I did my homework. Then I read Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. Then I did my requirements. I got a new pull up bar for my pull ups. So I can do it more regularly now.        Then we went to go for my brother's hair cut. I read Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban there. Then I had lunch. Then I read Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban for 4 hours and I finished it. It was 435 pages long. Then I went for a walk. Then I watched the SUPER BOWL 53 ! It was so exciting. I had dinner while I watched the super bowl. The Patriots won against Rams ! I am going to bed now. 

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Journal - Day 54

Yesterday was a really long day. I finally finished all my assignments. I could not go to Tae Kwon Do class because of my assignments

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Monday

Got up early this morning to get myself ready for work and then get Nate/Lexi ready for school. I took Nate to the bus stop and headed to Cary NC for some meetings. It is about 2.5 hour drive, and got in by 9:00am. Good day of meetings. Went to my mother-in-laws in Cary and stayed there (which I usually do), and then did my requirements and exercises. Had dinner and now writing this. I started to do some research on the History of the Kwans. Getting ready to write the next essay. Keep Moving!!!

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February 4

So in STEM class today we split up into pairs and I got paired with Maddux. He is a really nice and funny guy, we will be researching a crank and slider gear type. The logistics of it are really cool because basically you turn a wheel which is hooked up to a piece of metal through an axel and the piece move back and forth. Hope everyone has a good day!

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Normal Monday

Today was pretty normal, i got a ton of hw from science just like always. i am also going to DC for my school field trip and im really exited. I am probably going to stay up all night and play fortnite. We also get to choose our partner for the trip as well.But the funniest thing today was our teacher was roasting my friend for fun.

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Journal 32

Went to school and came in to crazy stuff. Five friends huddled at one table trying to talk to me about the super bowl. Then lots of discussion throughout the day came home rested did school work. Then worked out. Ate dinner. Showered and started writing this.   

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February 3rd

I had a pretty good day today, I woke up around 9:30. I got ready early and hung out with my older brother and his girlfriend that came to visit for the weekend. She lives in West Virginia and only gets to visit him every once in a while so it was nice to see her. Around mid-day she left for the airport. The rest of the day I drove my parents around for some errands and then did my requirements and practiced guitar. Just finished my homework and now am getting ready for bed.

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Journal 14

Today I went to school. When I came home I did my T.K.D Requirments. Now my cousins are here (they live close).

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Today was ...

Today was a normal day at school. We learned about geology and the study of earth and earth quakes. We also learned about Zuel in ancient China. I also got to play my saxophone in band. And then I went to soccer after homework. I went to goalie practice. And then I came home, did my exercises and went to bed.

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Wow, it ha...

Wow, it has been a long week at the Horstmann house. We are all getting over the Flu. I was at work for the last seven days, I know, shouldn't have gone sick, but there is a huge guilt factor when I don't go. Luckily it wasn't a horrible week in that sense. It was a bit of a struggle with the illness. All of the kids have been sick. Charlie went back to school for the first time in a week. Anna went back last Thursday. William is out of school now. Today was also the first day in a week I have done my exercises, hopefully we will still be on track. Can't wait to get back to class. See you soon.

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Community Service

Yesterday I went to the community service. It was really fun and I had a really great time. Honestly better than the last one. this time we got free food and snacks. I also visited the new school it was pretty big but I heard they were making it bigger. 

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Journal - Day 53

Yesterday was good. I had tons of assignments to finish. I still have a few left to get done. My dad and brother were watching the super bowl. I went to bed as i was really tired. Now waiting at the bus stop.

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Journal 31

Today I woke up for church then got ready. At church we had a great lesson about service. Then came home did exercises and learned bolo by using a video. Went to basketball and did lots of things. Came home put one the supper bowl. Worked on essay. Then wrote this.

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Journal 31 January 3rd, 2019

It is officially Girl Scout cookie season. I can't tell you the number of cookies I have eaten already. My family is a sucker for Girl Scout cookies.

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sunday

Today I read a lot of my book for TKD. On Friday I went to Kick-boxing and a black belt class. I think that having the same routine of the classes is getting easier with each week.

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And so, it begins

Big day for Master Knight and I. The grand opening. Let me start with thank you. So many of you came out to support us and make this a success! It was so amazing to see all these people show up who were taught by Master Knight at some point of their lives and how he made such an impact with them. Hopefully the momentum will continue. I'm making this a short one due to the fact that my wife will probably find me drooling on my key board sound asleep if I don't go to bed now. You rock!

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Journal 30

Wow! This cycle has gone by fast this is the 56th day of cycle. And my 30th journal. Today was are community service day, we helped sort the canned foods at the food bank. Then we went grand opening of the new  Harrisburg King Tiger school. It was bigger then I expected. Then we came home tiered but still finished exercises. Then I started writing this.

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Journal Day 50 Rohan Apte

I had a good day. In the morning I did my requirements. The I went for my basketball game. I won ! Yay !!! Then I had lunch. Then I went for my community service project. Then I did my eassy. Then I read Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. Then I went shopping. Then I had dinner. I am going to bed now.

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Community Service

Today we had our community service in which we helped out with the Loaves and Fishes organization. For those who don't know, the story behind Loaves and Fishes lies within the gospel of Matthew. But that is a story for another time. But the service was really fun, and we packed a lot of food to help out people. I think this was a great service and that honestly, we should continue to help out with this organization.

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Saturday 2/2

Today I went to sparring class and helped with family. I later did a mentee session. And after that I went to do my community service. There were lots of people and canned food. It ended early and so many canned beans!

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Journal - Day 52

Yesterday was a good day. From school we went to BB class. Did a lot of poomsae and self defense and worked on our stick forms as well. Came back home and slept. This morning we went for our community service project at the Methodist church. It is very near from where we live. My mom dropped me and my brother and we went and helped store the food. All the friends from the BB cycle came today and it was great fun.

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Journal 13

Today I'm moving in to my new house! I had a good day but when I got home the kitchen sink overflowed but we got it fixed. I went to my friend's house for dinner

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February, 1st

Today I woke up and went to school.  At school I had two tests which I did good on both.  Then I went to taekwondo went on a run then took black belt class.  After that I went home, ate and did requirements.  Next I took a shower and now im going to do whatever.

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Big day tommorow

I am really excited for tomorrow because we have the community service and also the new Harrisburg TKD School. I can't wait to help out for the community service because you could help people in need. Also about the new school, I'm going to go there very soon. A lot of people from the North Charlotte students are going to call me a traitor but I have to do it.

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Journal 30 February 1st, 2019

Today was a very, uh, interesting day today. First when I was going to school, there was this big accident that literally happened right across the street from us with a car hitting a truck. Then my homeroom/English teacher brought in all these National Geographic magazines from the 70's. Then later in the day this kid in my Astronomy class breaks his Chromebook, oops. Today just had a weird feeling to it.

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healing well

Swelling in my arm has been going down! Still cannot extend my arm all the way though. Overall, its been a hectic day. Exam at 8 am and then another at 2:30. long and hard exams but over all went well! Excited for master knights grand opening tomorrow! hope to see everyone there!

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Journal 29

My day at school was okay. We did get information about our Starbase Rocket Launch at school where we get to build rockets. I am excited to try this. I have watched some on youtube and it seems cool. I also found out we have a chemistry test next week. I need to make flash cards. I will do it. Going to King Tiger tonight for black belt class. 

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Journal Day 49 Rohan Apte

I had a good day. I read Harry Potter and the prisoner of Askaban. Then I had lunch. Then I played with my nanny. Then I watched. Then I went for a walk. Then I had dinner. I am goin b to bed now.

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To be learned

It feels I haven't journaled in a while. Been so crazy busy with working my old business, and helping Master Knight with the new school. Our new water cooler came in yesterday, so I installed that. Some signs came in so I hung that. Some kicking bags came in so I kicked that. I have been trying to learn more about social marketing so I won't look like some major idiot when our Marketing guy starts talking about Pixels, seo, tagss. and about thousand other terms I don't know yet. So, I downloaded a book on it and hopefully it can learn me. Wish me luck! Stay groovy cycle dudes and dudettes!  

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Day two cursive

Today I had indoor p.e and we played four  corners but not really anyone liked it because we had to do exercises when the corners are called. At recess we played soccer and it was funny ????.in math it took me 30 minuets to finish.after that we did cursive lesson 2 .

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TGIF

It has been a very good but busy work... more for work than anything. We had three days of management sessions discussion our 2019 plans and strategy at work. Basically it is work hard and more than last year... which is typically the message. However, I think we are being a little smarter on how we are going after the  market this year. We have good plans, but lets see how we execute on them. I am excited. We are basically right in the center of the testing cycle if you count the pre-cycle in terms of days. I am feeling pretty good about most items. Working with Master Marcus on Staff Form 2 and Bolo Form... I am starting to get it down. Minor mistakes and making changes. I will be ready. I continue to listen to Grandmaster Evins video on Facebook. It is inspirational... basically this is hard so...

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Journal Day 48 Rohan Apte

I had a good day. School was fun. In the evening I did my requirements. Then my dad came home. Then I went to my basketball practice. Then I went to do my mentoring session with Master Dege. Them I had dinner. I am going to bed now.

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Journal 12

I made a journal 11 but I don't think it's showing up. I had a pretty normal day but tomorrow I'm moving so, I don't want to get to tired. I went to my new house today to check it out and it has a pool which I'm looking forward to.

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January 31th

Had a good day, I was able to get homework out of the way pretty quickly, then went to taekwondo. I got a lot of sparring round in which was nice. I cleaned out my brother's turtle's tank and changed the filter, I'm watching over her while he's at college. My AP Human Geography test went well but I think I could have done better. Other than that I'm just settling down for bed, tomorrow's Friday so I'm excited about that.

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5 minutes at a time

Hey folks, From watching Grand Master Evins video on Facebook, it seems some folks might be losing heart. If you are reading this and are dreading one more push up, pomsae, or self defense, rest assured you are not alone. Sometimes knowing that we are all struggling and have those moments of "Why am I doing this?" really helps. Let me tell you, once you pull through that tunnel and start seeing the light, and realize it's not a train, then it all becomes worth it. Remember, this isn't something that is a chore on your daily lists of things to do. This is a personal challenge to yourself that if you dig deep enough, there is nothing you can't do. A few lessons I learned during my Air Force days was don't worry about tomorrow, focus on what the next five minutes brings. I have been pushed to what I...

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Journal - Day 51

Yay!!! Today is Friday. Yesterday was a good day. Went to school and from their went straight to my classes. From there went to Tae Kwon Do. We did sparring and i also got a mentor session done. Ready for the weekend

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Thursday 1/31

Today I went to school and I got inducted into the National Elementary Honor Society. Then I went to piano class and after that I helped out with family class and also took black belt class. And that sums up my day!

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Blog 8

Today I went to school and then went home after seven hours. After I got home I did my homework ate some food and then did some push ups and situps. Soon I went to sparing class. I did four rounds and then went back home and finished my homework and went to bed.

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January, 31st

Today I woke up and went to school.  At school I went on a field trip to innovative works in Charlotte.  Next I had lunch and went to electives, in electives I finished a memo we had to type in class.  Next we were dispered so that was fun.  Then I went to tkd and took sparrimg after my run.  Then I went home.

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Journal 29 January 31st, 2019

Today was a really big sparring class. I also learned Tae Kwon Yi today. So this morning my mom told me that when she got off the phone with my grandma, the temperature was -22 degrees. Thats just, wow.

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January 31

This is the last day of January and I am sort of dreading February for some reason. I don't know why but I've never liked February and it always seems dismal and cold to me. In class today we did this thing where you read an article on something random so I looked up string theory which I though was cool. String theory is a basic physics theory that could explain why atoms stick together. It could, if proven to be true, could explain dark matter and other things in space we really know nothing about. Anyways that was day.

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Journal 11

Today I did my things and went to school. At school here is the top three things that happened  at school, I got my math test, at P.E. we were about to play but the people cleaning up (which is not me for anyone who thinks so) took so long and team picking also took so long so we couldn't play, after school me and my carpool had to wait for a girl in my carpool so, we played in the playground to spend the time.

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January 30th

Finally got a decent night's sleep last night, I have an AP Human Geography test tomorrow which I just finished studying for so I'm a little stressed out about that. On the other hand, I had a French test today and I think that went well. I've hit an impasse playing guitar, I'm having a really difficult time with barre cords, specifically when trying to play the song, "Stairway to Heaven." I've been working at it though and I believe I'm improving; practice makes perfect!

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A day of suspense.....

This week my high school is supposed to get searched by some team of 20 people, in which they search our bookbags, and us, taking about 4-6 hours. It hasn't happened all week so it really thought it would happen today, but it still didn't. So that means that were going to have tomorrow on a Friday, so basically I won't be doing anything school related on Friday. However today I was kinda disappointed, expecting to happen.

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Injured!

not the best start to the morning.   Went to the gym with some friends. Today was chest day so a lot of pushups and bench pressing. Before ending my workout, I was knocking out 185 on the bench press. One of my friends thought it would be a nice joke to yank off a 45 off of the left end of the bar. Once he did, the right side of the bar came crashing down on my arm. Didn't break or tear anything, but in a lot of pain. Had to wear an arm brace for the entire day, even at TKD. Might be on it for a few more days too. If some of you remember Master Aurbach, he went through years of TKD with only one arm. So I didnt have any excuses to not come to class today. it was interesting to figure out how to change...

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Journal - Day 50

Yesterday was another long day. I came back from school and went straight to classes. From there we went to Tae Kwon Do. I helped class and did my mentee session. Finished all my requirements and went hom. We watched the masked singer. I am getting ready to leave for school. Bus comes at 7.15am

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still not ...

still not feeling well I did get a lego pirate ship today though so that was fun. It was better than yesterday. Hopefully tomorrow will be better

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Journal 28 January 29th, 2019

So it turns out that I did miss some drama in art class while I was gone. So you know those dresses that I mentioned a while ago that we are making, well were in groups of four. So yesterday when I was in History, one of the girls in my group asked if I had switched groups. I told her no, and I had no idea where that came from. So then this morning when I was in Science, one of the girls in the other group, we'll call her A, she told me that a girl from her group, lets call her M, apparently SWITCHED PLACES with me and M is in my group and I am in A's group. I was like oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no. So then later in math A was in that class. I asked why Im in her group and...

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The day we had to cursive writing 😡😑✍️

today we had indoor p.e fast forward in math we did fractions and like they always are easy but...in art I had to make a background because I was at Disney last week after art...we started doing cursive writing we watched a video then we had to do it. Most people didn’t like it\me.  

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Long time no journal

I haven't done journal in a long time and wanted to talk about what going on with me. I had so many projects on ELA, Science and also Social Studies. Since we just started semester two we have new classes and also new and more expectations. I also did really good on the pre test( it was a long time ago but i havent done a journal on it). I did 7 pull ups and I was really proud of myself.

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Journal Day 47 Rohan Apte

I had a good day. School was fun. In the evening I went Code Ninjas. Then I came back home. Then I did my requirements. Then I went to Taekwando class. I did some of my requirements  before class. Then I went home. Then I had dinner. I am going to bed now.

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Journal 29 January 30th, 2019

Today was a very stressful day. I had so much homework to do that I literally just finished it now. All of this week I have had no time to do anything, only homework. Im really hoping that I will have some time to log in my requirements that I did manage to do on Friday or Saturday.

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Blog 7

Today I woke up and went to school like always. Then I came home ate some food and went to King Tiger. I did one normal class and a family class to help out in. 

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January, 30th

Today I woke up and went to school.  Nothing really happened good until 3rd block which was P.E.  IN PE we played kickball.  Next I went to TKD and went on a run then took class.  After I went home, ate and did requirements and homework.

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Fractions fractions oh I ❤️Fractions

Today in p.e we had a basketball relay race and my team won ????times at the end we got in ????rd place.in math we did fractions and I finished in 2 minuets and it was so easy.at the end of the day I challenged someone in kahoot and I won.

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Journal - Day 49

Yesterday was a very long day. I came back from school with a lot of homework. My brother also had tons of assignments. We stayed home and finished off all our stuff. Today i have PE again and will run a lot. In the evening i have classes before Tae Kwon Do. Another long day!!!

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Tuesday

It is was good day at work. We had some strategic sessions with the leadership, and it was fairly productive. I find that there are so many people that are just passive about things. It is important to talk thought items and raise issues, and just get it out there for discussion. I think some people do not like conflict or debate, and so with 30+ people in the room, there were about 6 people that continued to ask questions and had information to share. I was one of those. I like to challenge myself and others, even if it means I get actions from the discussion. I came back to my mother-in-laws house and did some exercises and requirements. It was a good way to end a stressful day. Keep moving!!!!

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Journal 10

Today I did my morning routine and went to school. At school I had to sing a song in music but, it was actually pretty fun and everything else was normal. After school I did swimming and Tae Kwon Do.

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Senior year of college is no joke...

Last year of college and already I've been bombarded with exams and 15 page essays. Been at school since 7:30 am and just got home for the day. Next couple of weeks will be even more hectic with family and more exams. Despite it all, I have been able to keep up to date with my requirements, but journaling not so much. Nevertheless, that will change this week. Eager to get through this cycle with no trouble at all.

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blog #6

Today I woke up and went to school. After that I went home i chilled and went to king tiger to do sparing and normal class. Then i went home and did some of my stuff. Next I went to bed.

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Journal Day 45 Rohan Apte

I had a good day. My dad picked me up from school at 9:10 for a doctor's appointment I had a blood test. Then I went back to school. Then when my mom picked me up she told me that there was a open space for Goddard school so that means that my brother is going to pre-school. Then I went to Taekwando to do my volunteering. I also did my menteeing. Then I had dinner. I am going to bed now.  

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Journal Day 46 Rohan Apte

I had a good day. I had fun at school. In the evening I did my requirements. Then my dad came home and we went to the sparring class I got 2 rounds done. Then I came hame. Then I had dinner. I am going to bed now.

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January 29

I had a really great day today. The interest meeting for the school soccer team was during lunch today, so now I have all the soccer info I need and I got to have the afternoon to myself. (after requirements of course) I just had a good day today and I finished one of my projects while I progressed greatly on the other one. Hope everyone has a good day!

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January 28

School is finally starting to calm down and I'm able to relax instead of slave over poster boards and online charts. I started watching my neighbor's adorable dog while they're away. Other than that it's been an uneventful day. I'm really happy with the plant that I got for the cycle, I've found with a perfect place on my back porch for the plant as I care for it. I'm just settling down for bed now, I haven't been sleeping well lately so hopefully I get a good night's sleep.

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