Candidate Journals

Today I went to summer camp and had fun practicing my forms with instructor Garrett in the morning.  After that I went to Master Foster's sparring class and then I went to my friend's bday party at Top Golf.  

Today I woke up and started to clean the house at my dads home because it was starting to get messy in there after a while I had to get ready for Taekwondo. At Taekwondo I went there and during the other classes me and some other classmates did some self defense and poomsaes. But overall today was pretty chill.

Today at camp we didnt do much because of the rain. Tonight after dinner we went back to King Tiger and I had a mentor session and then helped out with the evening class. 

Today I got back for my church sleep away camp and it was really fun, we got to worship god and also go to the lake and they even had a soap tube slide and that was probably my favorite part.

Today after I woke up, I went to the gym with my sister where I did most of my requirements except jump rope and pull ups. Afterwards, I came home and chilled for some time and then had lunch. Then I finished the rest of my requirements, (i have an at home pull up bar), then I went to a junior class to help out and then

Today we went to the king tiger harrisburg location for sparring class. We did some stretches and partner work then we spared it was a small class. We did requirements before all of that i did push-ups sit-ups and burpees.  We also did pull ups and planks. Then we got home and played with friends.  That's it bye .  

August 5 - Entry # 2 Woke up still feeling pretty bad. Relaxed and played my video games for a while. Went to my great grandparents and did my requirements, then built a fort with my sister. Went to 2 classes today and worked on some of my self defenses. After class, we got dinner. Now I'm back at my grandpa's, getting ready for bed.

Hi today I woke up and did my requirements then I chilled then I went to sparring at harrisburg. Then I came home then hung out with my friends well thats all by.

Today we went to Urban Air for our field trip then I helped out with class but there were only ten people it was a small class.

Nothing out of the ordinary got up early and worked out. Went to work and then ended up back at king tiger for two classes and a mentee session. 

Today I woke up late and played games with my friends for a couple hours then before taekwondo I went for a run. I had my black belt class today and that was a lot of fun. I came home and ate dinner and now I’m gonna go to bed. 

My internet was not working yesterday but this is my Journal. i woke up went to the gym and lifted Weights and ran then got home and went to my friends house and played nerf battles which was fun, then i went to tkd and ate dinner nightt!

Today i woke up i  ran in the ran but just for fun, then i watched a moive and my friend came over after i went to tkd and ate dinner. night!!

I slept a lot today. I had to wake up early to see the sunrise because we are at the beach and I thought it was going to look bad because it was supposed to be cloudy but it was actually very pretty and I took a lot of pictures and my sister took a picture of my dad and it looked really good. We mostly went to the beach and I just slept there because I was tired.

Today I worked on a lot of self defenses in class.

Today was another day as an LIT for the YMCA. It was pretty fun but still kind of boring because of the rainy weather. I got to socialize a lot more with the other LIT's and I've started making new friends throughout the camp.

Today was the second day of school. Today a lot of people came to school that wasn’t there yesterday. And there's going to be more all throughout the week. Even some more next week. Usually people don’t go on the first week of school. I even saw a teacher from my old school. She teaches a middle school class. I just don’t know what subject she teaches. Even though we get out earlier we start earlier so it feels like a normal long day. Just can’t wait til the weekend.

Been working a ton of hours so have missed a few classes but I’m getting all of my other requirements done at home between meetings. Hopefully the rest of the week slows down now that the bank is live in production. 

Woke up to go for a long run this morning........and pouring down rain.  Not going to happen.  I took the time to do requirements in the living room.  Which is fine, but not as good as having driveway space.  I finished my digital detox essay last night.  I've also started reading the book, and should finish it shortly, so I'll be able to write that essay soon enough.   I've been working on my creative form (which is a real struggle for me).  I hope to have it ready for polishing soon as well.  

Today is going to be a rainy day, got up early to do my requirements so I can start on my essays. Going to Taekwondo later today. Hope the rain stops. Have a good day.

I'm sore all over from the ID camp... coming back to work after being away was fun, though. Unfortunately, the tracking on the site is messed up still, something I have to fix, as is the internet at my house. I am typing this using my phone's hotspot. Hopefully that gets fixed, because I have a lot that I need it for. Anyway, I had to drag myself through cycle workouts this morning, but my training doesn't stop, so here I am. I've also noticed that my sleep patterns have become more regular. I'm sleepier earlier on, a sign that I've put a lot of work into the day. On that note, I'm going to get some sleep for tomorrow.

Today I had a serious case of the todays, I did not feel like doing anything. I really had to push my self to get anything done at work and my requirements. Some time this happens, but I persevere through and get things done anyway. I did not go to the dojang this after noon, but I am going to be three on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. 

I woke up and did basically nothing for like an hour. But then my dad tells asks me and my sister to go in the car because my sister left the house telling no one, and she was gone basically, after a while it we found her. she was at her friends house. After a while I had to help in class at 5:40, and take class at 6:40. After that I did all my requirements, and ate. So that's my day.

Today i didnt do much except play my game with my friend and do my requirements and a few chores. I was really bored and i wanted to go outside but my parents werent home for most of the day. I started feeling sick and i just stayed in my room because i felt sick and i still do. Anyways nothing fun really happened today and goodnight.

Today me and my friend Avery went to another guitar store. I forgot the name of this one but it was a really nice store. they literally had everything. After that store we stopped by at Zoomies and I bought some new clothes. Then we went to a jewelry store to find me a chain and the lady that was showing me the chains had a crush on me.

today, me and parker went shopping and i bought some new fits and some guitar stuff. then we came back and did some requirements. we had tacos for dinner which was really good. now we might go walk around or something, idk.

Today I had soccer practice in the morning. After that I went to Dick's Sporting Goods to get some new cleats and shin-guards. I got lunch in Birkdale and when I got home, I did my requirements and hung around. Then, I went to class and helped out. I also got a mentor session in. So, I'm happy about that.  

Today I played with friends and played games .  When we went to tkd I did a mentor session with instructors gen we did red belt self defense.  Then I helped out with the next class I. I helped with the blue to high red belts. That's it bye.

Hi today I went biking with are friends then I went to go to TKD. Then I helped out with class then did leadership after that I did a mentor session it was so fun. Well byyyyyy.

Today I was tired. I am tired now. I had football and that is the hardest part of the cycle. But I went to my dad's house and bye. 

Today I finished my book then started my essay but I have not made a lot of progress some people have already started school but I am CMS so I start later.

Today I went to the trampoline park with my friend. When I got home I did some of my requirements. I went to taekwondo and helped with some class. I came home and now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

Today was my first day of school. I saw a lot of people from last year. And I also saw a lot of people from my old school so that was cool. So far I like my teachers. And it's going to be easy to get good grades because I only have four classes to worry about. The school itself got stricter. Like dresscode and phone policies. As soon as I walked in, the new dean of the school said that phones were illegal in school buildings. Which didn’t make any sense. Like I really can’t take him serious.

today was the first day of band camp. Our music can be good together but out individual section is repeatative for the clarinets. Together our parts are just repitions with some breaks in them. The song is called "chorale and alleluia" and is from the 1960's for some reason.

August 1 - Entry # 1 Hung out at my grandpa's for most of the day. Played some video games with my friend. Got some requirements done. Pretty nervous for the pre-test tomorrow. August 2  Today I got up and went to the track for pre-test. We didnt get the email that it had been canceled. So, we hung out until time to be at Master Evins. I did okay, but I know I need to work on a couple things. Went home and relaxed a bit, then went to visit my great grandparents and ran my mile while I was there. Went back to my grandpa's and relaxed some more before going to bed.   August 3 Woke up sick today.. I think I got it from my twin sister. I powered through and did some requirements. Got a new record on my mile. Just tried to rest the remainder...

Today at camp we went to Reedy Creek park and got to use the Panther’s area. My mentee wasnt there today so I wasnt able to get a session in. We had Stix after camp and then home. 

Today was a good day. I stayed home from camp so I stayed up late last night. I woke up at 12pm but got out the bed at 1pm. I did some requirements then got on youtube to watch videos. I later talked with my friends and played games with them. I finished up my requirements around 3 then relaxed until my mom picked me up for class. Class was ok today we focused on required stuff like poomsaes and self defense which I was happy to do. I came home and now I am relaxing. Goodnight everybody, bye!

We are at hilton head and i forgot to do my journals for a couple of days. Anyways we were mostly in the car yesterday and then today we went on a boat and saw dolphins but it was raining and it was really cold. Then we went to the beach.

Today I went to the gym around 10:00 and ran a mile, then I went somewhere with a few friends and we probably hug out for about 2 hours or so. After that I went to Academy Sports and got me so new rollerblades then I went home and got ready for Taekwondo and helped out and did the red belt class then went to my dads house and did my requirements.

Today I started my first week as an LIT for the Rowan-Cabarrus YMCA. It went pretty well and the day past by in a flash. I'm starting my exercises and I'll have to do an extra mile today because I got home too late yesterday.

Busy work day today, but I was able to find small snippets of time as the day went on to do various things.  4 minutes of pull ups, and then back to work for a bit, 5 minutes of push ups, back to work.  etc etc.  It can be a little bit easier than doing it all at once, because I get breaks from the physical aspect, but it's more work for timing and tracking.     

My day was good. I did my exercises took my dog out of the house so he can use the restroom. And I did  one mile today at first because  my legs were really sore it was hard to run,  but i finished the other  mile later. The only thing left for me to do today is to go to class and I go to that pretty soon.

8/1 was my birthday and I did my requirements. 8/2 today was the day i celebrated my birthday and the day of the pre-test. 8/3 I went to the mountains. and ran my mile too. 

Today me and my friend Avery went to Guitar Center at the beach. I didn't see any thing I really wanted but I did see a nice six string bass with fan frets. After Guitar Center we went to go see a live band playing county music and there was a lady trying to get close to me and it made me weirded out a little. After the band me and Avery went to the beach to go night fishing in an oyster bed. We caught a giant blue crab. He was the size of a hat. Then I went home to go to sleep.

Today I went to the gym so me and my mom could work out and I did my requirements and ran 2 miles. After that I went thome and did so chores then I went to a friends house and went home at 10:00, whenever I got home I fell in my bed and slept.

Today I woke up at 5:30 to go to the pretest at Master Evins place. During the pretest it was hard and now I know I need to work on poomsaes. Then I went to my moms house and did my requirements and mile. After that I went home ate then went to a party cross the street and then went home and slept.

Today I went to camp and we watch a movie, after that I went to my dads house and then I did all my requirements then I started to read though the questions on the written test then slept.

Started working Saturday morning after the black belt pre-test and didn’t stop until 8pm last night. Slept six hours and got up at 3:30 to start again. Missed poomsae class and any requirements yesterday so have to catch up this week. And somehow sleep. 

Yesterday I had the pre-test and I think I kind of worked myself up with thinking that it would be terrible and I would be awful but it wasn't that bad. I was still very tired though and it would have been worse had we done the run. But I went home and relaxed. Today I watched both the first and second Rocky movies and they were good.

today was pretty average, did some requirements and picked some figs from my fig tree I have in my backyard which was cool, but other than that nothing much happened

On yesterday was our pre test, we did not end up having to run in the morning, due to rain. On the physical portion I did well, I made sure to give it an effort. Instructor Rob was my partner, we always have a great time training together. This morning, I went to church with my family. Afterwards I went for a job / walk to get my pre test requirements completed. I checked the weather before I went out, but it was completely wrong. It drizzled the entire time, but I was committed to finishing. Ill be honest I am a former shadow of my previous running , but I got it done , dispute the shin an ankle pain. I am going to continue to push and see if I can improve my time for our post test later in the cycle.    

After the pre-test yesterday, I took a long nap right after. the day after it shouldn't be as long. This assumption was kind of right but I wouldn't say it was. I woke up super late to my sister telling me to hurry and put clothes on to go somewhere, It's Sunday and they're already dressed so I think they went to church. I didn't gloss over this in my head so I'll skip that. I get ready and we go to Atherton Mills in the sound end of Charlotte. It felt pretty long and it started raining so he had to go, but we had Shake Shack there so it was pretty good. We stayed home the rest of the day so I eat some pizza for dinner and go watch some TV for the night.

Well, today was the second and final day of the talent ID camp. I got to spar with a bunch of the other people in the camp, and overall I got to learn a lot about the modern sport and saw my progress, where I was doing very well with, and what I needed to improve on for competition. Also, I got introduced to the UNCC Taekwondo club and their coach. They train at North Charlotte, so they recognized me from my King Tiger gear. Needless to say, I will be spending my Sunday afternoons training with them.

Another chill day to take a break after testing. Did some of my requirements early so I didn't have much to do today.

Today I went on a run this morning and I did all my requirements. I went to a comedy show and it was really funny. I ended the day by watching a movie. 

Today I went to see Fantastic 4 and went school shopping. I liked the movie, but I hate shopping.  

Today is my daughter Lillian’s birthday, so we celebrated her all day. After breakfast, I got a 3 mile run in, what a nice day to run!  I’m hoping to get to a track this week and get my 2 mile time.  We spent the afternoon at the skatepark and then came home for dinner and cake, a good day!

Today I woke up and celebrated my sisters birthday!! And we went to the skate park and that’s it so night!

Today was chill. I went to church, did my requirements and hung out with my brother. Thats pretty much all for today. 👍🏻 

Today was fun I biked with my friends and watched some TV.  I did a few requirements like situps and burpees push-ups and plank. I went out side and did poomsae that were geumgong and chill chang.  That's pretty much it bye.

Hi today woke up and and I went biking Ethan we did are miles and then I hade a girls hour it was so fun then me Ethan and my friends hung out at my house  well that's all by.

today I did so much self defense and it hurts a lot.

Today was a good day. I woke up and ran my 2 miles. After I did my miles my mom took me to Smoothie King to get me a smoothie for my reward. When I came home I took some time to relax and then worked on my requirements later. Now I'm just relaxing and about to play online with my friends. I took a break from poomsaes and self defense today since I've been working on them a lot. I hope we work on black belt curriculum in class because I still need to work on some of it. I hope everybody has a good night. Goodbye :).

On 2k I have a stacked team. I have a team full of 100 overalls. And last night I was playing against this dude and was up 23-2 in the first quarter. He left the game in the middle of the second quarter. I’m going to wait to get the new 2k because it's pretty expensive right now. So i’m going to wait until it gets on game pass.  Tomorrow is my first day of high school.  So that means less time on the game. It's going to be a boring school year. Especially with me having to take psychology and Latin. And Earth science has always been boring. And this year I have to take world history.I already don’t care about regular history but now I have to take world history. I had to take it when I was in the 6th and I remember it was awful. Hopefully this...

This morning my mom took me to King Tiger to have a mentor session and we went over self defenses, falls and staff forms. I went to the track again with my dad to work on my running form and then we had lunch at my grandfathers house. 

It was a good Sunday.  I had a great time working on self defense and staff forms with a good group of partners.  I always feel better about my stuff after these sunday sessions.   Then I got to visit my son at his new place for a bit, I don't see him near enough since he moved on his own.  I headed home, got the rest of my requirements done, and made some almond biscotti with my youngest.  

Today was pretty good. I woke up at 6am to go to the pre-test, I think I did really good! After the pre-test we had a black belt class. We mostly focused on poomsases and kicks. After the class my mom and I went to Chick-Fil-A for breakfast. When I got home I did my requirements. Today was a pretty chill, but good day.

Today is the third day of concerts at Golden Gate Park. I don't think I've ever been around this many joyous people. I think there are about 75,000 in attendance. This am I did my requirements, and am now getting ready to head down to the venue. Can't wait to see how they finish out the weekend.

T3he day after the pretest. It went fairly well & I'm confident for the final test. I also now have a better handle on stick form which is useful. I also have band camp coming up soon so I get to see everybody back. I hope your weekends are going well.

Today I had to wake up for the pretest. After that I had to go do the last day of my cat sitting so I went over there for a little bit. I didn’t really do much else today and now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

Today i woke up early but then i saw that the run was canceled so i stayed home for a little longer and practiced some of the poomsaes and then we went to the dojang and did the other parts of the pretest. There was a few poomsaes that i need to work on but thats really all. After the pretest ended i went to the harrisburg dojang to do my pull ups. After that i went home and just chilled for a while and played the game with my friend and then i had lunch and chilled some more. After chilling i had dinner and it was pretty good and then a little bit after that i went to do the run at the park. I shouldnt have eaten before running because my stomach hurt after the run. But thats really all for today. Goodnight

Today was the pre test then I came to my grandmas house the end.

today was the pre-test. everything went well, but they did cancel the running portion. after my pre-test, me and my mom drove to cherry grove beach with parker and his parents. we layed around, ate dinner, and now at 10:05 pm i am hitting the hay while parker goes out and does a run for whatever reason.

Today I woke up early for the pretest. But it went well. After I got home, I did my requirements and went for a bike ride. At about 5:45 my family and I left for the Cookout Monster Truck Bash. This event is basically like a back-to-school kinda thing. That was really fun. Now I'm home and probably gonna relax and go to bed soon.

sleeping in a bit was nice, but I do think getting the miles done this morning would have been nice.  I kept meaning to go for a run this afternoon but I ended up napping instead! I remember the pretest being Super stressful last year. This year was almost fun! I felt good,   

Today i woke up and did not do the run for the pretest i was a little bit disappointed but the pretest was good. I did class after and then went home and showered then took a walk then I finished the rest of my Requirements which wasn’t much then I watched a movie. Night

So I spent today at the USATKD Talent ID camp... and I am sore all over from training and fighting. I got a few bruises on my arms and legs, both my legs are sore, moving my right elbow is painful, and I got a mark under my right eye from being kicked hard in the face. The others in the camp were all similarly beat up, and they were handing out ice packs at the end of the day. Guess what? Tomorrow, I get to do it again! Most of the people here went to nationals in California a week after Hanmadang, and it's really fun sparring at that skill level, even if it's a little painful. Anyway, one thing I found interesting is that they are actually very lax on the rules around cut kicks. Internet here is still down (the reason why I didn't journal yesterday) so I am...

Woke up at 5:30 for the pretest, which went well although I fumbled on my poomsae. Master Evins said Sa, but I heard Sam.  I tried to start over and then got too close to Will and just totally lost it. All I could do was laugh at that point. I know my poomsaes so I’m not worried. Got an hour nap in and now I’m pulling an all nighter for a bank merger. Even when you’re bone tired, just keep moving forward. 

Today was the pretest. Im glad it got rained out, so I could sleep in a little more. Then I helped out with jr Tigers after blackbelt class. When I got home, I did my pull ups and after lunch, we went to the track and I did my 3 miles. Since it wasnt too hot, my parents wanted me to do it today.

I ended up finishing the essay. Today was our pre test. The run got cancelled last night. I was so happy. I could wake up a little later. But I was still tired this morning. I’m tired now. After the pre test I went home and took an hour and a half nap. And I never take naps. Then I woke up and ran my three miles for the run. My body was hurting.

Today was a good day. I got to sleep in a little longer since we didn't have to do the run. I was still tired. I think the pre test went very well. After the pre test I came home and did my requirements and relaxed. I finished up two essays that I started on. I hope everybody has a good night. Bye!

Today was the pre test and it was a lot quicker and less intense than I expected. I thought you had to do everything you have learned for poomsae, self defense and kicks but each group only had to do 3 poomsae’s and the only self defense I did was bo cho self defense which was helpful though because I got better at my rolls. The master who watched me during my poomsae was a lot more specific and watchful so I got okay scores but it was fine because I learned a lot from his advice and his perspective was very interesting. After I came home I had food and watched TV for some time and watched a movie with my mom. Then I finished the remaining time for my requirements that I didn’t finish during the test. I was planning on going to the track this evening to get...

Today was pretest and I feel I did good.  Still have room to work.  I have to go to panther fanfest so bye. 

I got done with my pretest today. I think I did pretty good besides my forms but I had a lot of fun. I am packing to go to the beach with my friend and my family. We are both packing our guitars so that will be fun.

Hey yall, just got done with the pre test, cant believe they canceled the run, it felt good outside, but whatever, just will do it later. Did well on my push ups, sit ups, burpees, knocked it out the park with jump roping and did well on my plank. Poomsaes was a different story, I need to work on pow chang. Going to a movie later today. Hope yall did well.

I stayed the night at my friends house last night and i walked back home around noon and when i got home i did requirements and chilled and then i went to taekwondo and got my credits and then i went to run and i ran a faster time than usual tonight so thats good. Then i ate dinner and now i am about to go to sleep because i have to be up early. Goodnight

I made food in the morning with my mom and after eating, I did some of my requirements at home and my sister and I went to the gym after where I finished my run and the rest of my requirements in. After I had my birthday party. Last weekend was my birthday but I had this weekend since most of my friends were out of town. It was really fun and nice to see them after a long time, also since they are my school friends and most of us are going to different high schools. Unfortunately I didn’t realize the time I had and couldn’t complete my poomsae and self defense for today but I will just finish it on Sunday. I just came home and saw that the pre test run is cancelled which is a pretty fortunate since I came back home late and I can get more rest now! I’m a little nervous for the pre test but I believe in myself. Now i’m going to look through the instructors book for the written test 

Tomorrow is the pre test I feel prepared for it but we will see what happens.

Today I woke up went on a run and worked out then did requirements. Then I watched a movie and stretch. Then I went on a walk and went to tkd which was good then I got home and did poomsae to try and prepare for the pre test tomorrow. Good luck everyone!!!!

Today as soon as I woke up I did my requirements. I decided that I should catch up on some of my reading so I spend a while reading my book. My brother and I went with my mom to her job today and that was a lot of fun. When we came home me and my mom watched a movie and now I’m gonna go to sleep.

today i just studied for the pre test and went to black belt class. We worked on poomsaes and staff form and stick form. I came home and helped my mom with dinner. Also i forgot to say this yesterday but i found a new shirt on the middle of the road in my neighborhood and it had the tag on it and everything and it was 90 dollars which was crazy. anyways thats it good luck on the pre test everyone 

Today I had the day off due to a dental appointment. That went well my month was numb for about five hours after the appointment so I could not eat, because I didn't want any mistakes of biting through something I could not feel. After my appointment I took my kids shopping for some new school shoes and to the barber shop. My two youngest start kindergarten and fourth grade , which is great for them and even better for me since I work from home. Later after I got home I completed my requirements and just took it easy. Tomorrow is the pretest so I looked over my instructors manual to refresh my memory and got my stuff out for the day so I can get up and head to the track in the morning. 

Today was not the best day. I woke up with a sore throat, so we went to CVS and thankfully I was negative for strep throat. But the doctor still said that my right tonsil was swollen. So I went home and painfully did my requirements, and I was going to go for a run with my mom but it stared thundering so I just walked on the treadmill. I am also pretty stressed for tomorrow, but I know I’ll do well. Overall today wasn’t the best, I hope to have better days. 🤞

This evening I had sparring class. I was watching videos of me sparring before class to see what I did well and to see what I needed to work on. I tried new things and they worked surprisingly well. I have the black belt pretest tomorrow so I am really looking forward to that.  

Today was chill.  I did a lot of practice for pretest tomorrow.  I did a black belt class.  I went to Panda Express for the first time, and it was a lot of food.  It was good.

Today I had the day off so I got to sleep in. I did my requirements early and we watched some anime and Brooklyn 99 before going out to dinner with my grandfather. I am studying tonight for tomorrows pretest. 

today, me and jakhye played video games all day. i had subway for lunch, came back home, got ready for TKD and went to take black belt class. my frieds wanted me to stay for advanced sparring but i wasnt really feeling it today. not to mention i need to pack for my trip to the beach tomorrow.

Today I went to work and then to class. I was nervous for the pre-test tomorrow but I'm not anymore after seeing that other people are. The only part I worry about is the running because I already know that I'll be the slowest one because I always have been. I've kind of accepted it and I just hope that I continue to make progress on it.

Yesterday was my final day of the nutrition challenge. It was awful. Today I’m going to write an essay about it. Good thing it's only a page only. I’m going to try my best to write it well but fast. Because today I have to go to taekwondo. And I’m pretty sure I’m teaching the black belt class. And tomorrow is the pre-test. So I’m so happy I got my running out the way. So I can rest my legs. 

I’m excited for the pretest so I can get my benchmarks and crush them at the end of the cycle. I’m especially looking forward to getting my pull-ups back. Good luck everyone