Candidate Journals

today we thought we lost my brother Foster. I looked every where for him. We found him running home crying and scared. He just went looking for my mom.

Today we went to a skating rink in summer camp, and I got blisters. When I got back I helped with a few classes and ran a mile later on during a break. Right before sparring class I ran another mile. Sparring class was fun, I sparred my brother and Davis, who is on the black belt cycle.

I helped with the Junior Tiger class tonight.  I really enjoy working with the kids because they make me smile. They always come to class eager to learn with lots of enthusiasm.   

Today was so much fun! We went to Kate's Skating Rink (Lake Norman Summer Camp)! After we got back all the kiddos were all very tired so all the other people on the cycle and I went for a run and did a mile and then later did another mile before sparring class. I was able to do the last mile with only stopping once (instead of stopping 3 or 4 times) at the half mile point for a mere 10 seconds.

Today I was feeling tired. I worked on one of my essays today and some of requirements. Went to both classes and earned a leadership credit and did my first Mentee session. When I got home I was feeling better so I worked on more of my requirements.

today we took my dog to the vet. he got his rabies shot. After i went back to sparing class for the first time in a while in a while. then i did a mile in 8:54 and smoked my mom who is a great runner.

Today I didn't have much going on because all of my friends are out of town so I just focused on my physical requirements. I started by day off by doing some of my requirements then ran for 2.1 miles. After my run I finished up my daily requirements and then I went to my great-grandmothers house with my sister and we played in the pool with our cousins for a little while. I also helped my great-grandmother with things she needed done around her house then I came home and got ready for taekwondo class. I did both classes tonight and finished up my last day of white belt challenge. I am happy to have another item for my requirements completed. Tonight I am just going to rest. Today has been another good day.

i had to go to the dentist and i had a good check up. i had no cavities and no bad things.

i had to go to the dentist and i had a good check up. i had no cavities and no bad things.

i had to go to the dentist and i had a good check up. i had no cavities and no bad things.

i had to go to the dentist and i had a good check up. i had no cavities and no bad things.

i had to go to the dentist and i had a good check up. i had no cavities and no bad things.

i had to go to the dentist and i had a good check up. i had no cavities and no bad things.

i had to go to the dentist and i had a good check up. i had no cavities and no bad things.

i had to go to the dentist and i had a good check up. i had no cavities and no bad things.

Today i have some time so i can work on my black belt cycle. i'm going to try to get as much done as possible. i really need to get caught up. i'm almost finished with my book essay.

I am at KY exploring the mamouth caves. I have been doin a lot of walking so I can count that for my run/walk. I have been having a good time here.

Today i had to learn how to jump rope again it took me a few times to actually complete one round. The hardest part of cycle in my opinion is maybe the running part. oh and the waking up early part. Anyways i been running to KT then back to my house for a total of 3 miles per day. hopefully i can be done early with my running and focus on other things.

Very humid this afternoon when I went running. Summer camp went well. . I think I'm going to take this week easy. I need to get used to the routine.

Today was again a normal day we weren't able to go to the park because we had to clean the house so when I was washing the counter i did all may kicks and other stuff in strange ways so......BYE!!!!!!!!

Gosh I am starting to think that these entries start all the same I had another great day I went to the dojang taught class and then went out for dinner with my mom and older sister (my father is out of town) only real complaint I have is that my left knee and calf have been killing me for some odd reason. Also my two dogs insist to "help me" train and practice whenever I do anything even while writing this my dog Stella is sitting on my lap and my dog Tybee wants to play and I'm tired so I guess after this I have to bite the bullet and play with him. Sorry it is a little short usually I do to many things but nonetheless I just have to say I am getting better at everything I'm doing my running is getting easier and my push-ups and...

Today I helped out with the 3:50 class and 5:45 class, I got leadership 1 and 2 credits. I took the 4:45 senior belt class. In the senior belt class it was just me and Aiden, a high red belt. He is testing Saturday for Bocho Dan so we spent most of the class making sure he was ready for the test. I still have 20 pushups and situps to do but as of right now I'm not sore. I think I'm gonna finish my pushups and situps then meditate for a little bit then go to bed. I can't wait for the weekend!

Today we went to the movies to watch cloudy w/ a chance of meatballs 2 with the kids, walked half a mile there and back for a mile. When we got back we started classes and I just did my requirements in the back of the class.

Today was a tough day…I was so tired this morning that I didn’t want to get out of bed and that never happens because I’m a morning person.  But I knew I had to drag myself to work.  I didn’t get my requirements done before work so I had to do them after work.  (But only after taking a short power nap because I literally couldn’t hold my eyes open.)  I did them while watching the Big Brother premiere.

Everything seems to be getting easier, by just a little bit. I am also doubling up on classes on Monday and Wednesdays. I seem to be getting lots of extra push ups, sit ups, poomsaes and self defenses. It's awesome!

another cross fit day, I run to cross fit complete class then run back to the school, ok I have to walk some because I am so tired from the work out, I am getting better but still not where I want to be. Forgot to log in a few times so have to get into a better habit and log in my time for things completed. Hope all are doing well, we have testing Friday PM and Saturday AM so if anybody needs some assistance time come on down.

I have been waking up early to get my sit ups, push ups and run....it is hard. Last night I did 3 TKD classes.....ugh!Looking forward to getting all my requirements in!

So today I woke up after a full night's sleep and it felt great then I went downstairs and did almost all of my exercises for the day no problem. I came up and I ate breakfast and went running with my dad. When we got home and played some video games. Then I started reading, FYI I am a serous bookworm. Then I went over to my friend's house and we played aver there. Then I went to TKD and I had a lot of fun. When I got home I started reading again and here we are. Today has been a good day and now I have to log.

Today I wasn't happy about waking up early to go on a run, and do a lot of push ups and sit ups.  I had to go to summer camp after that, and I was so tired, that I brought my pillow into the car for the ride.  By the end of summer camp, I was very tired because we are outside all day.  I was looking forward to the end of the day when I could eat dinner, but still have to do more push ups and sit ups.   

Today has been very busy. I went to tennis camp from 9-12 then came home and ate lunch. As soon as I finished eating I started working on my physical requirements and ran 1.8 miles. I only had a few minutes after finishing up my requirements then it was time to go to taekwondo. I took 2 classes. I did another day of white belt challenge during 1 class and got in a mentee session & earned a leadership 1 credit in the 2nd class. I came home from class and quickly ate dinner, did my meditation and now I am going to have ice cream with my friend/neighbor. It has been another good day & I got a lot accomplished.

Very busy schedule today. Not much time to work on my black belt cycle but, I did go to one class and did some stuff to get credit there.

today i wrote one of my esseays.My hero was Bruterce Lee. After i watched one of his movies

today i wrote one of my hero essays After i watched a movie about the person.

Super tired today! Just told the hubby that I am skipping dinner tonight, hitting the shower and going to bed when I get home! Well, I will do a couple of loads of laundry too......ran a couple of miles with Master Schneider, did pal gwe forms, wang ho forms and nai bi gin forms. Will see what else I can get in through the rest of the day.

today i trained through motivation solid I ran at the park and did other stuff at the park but then at home I watched about 10 minutes of Amarican Ninja Warrior and I was like all right lets do this and now Im motivated to get through this cycle 2X as stronger than last time

Had a very long day today. I'm not used to doing so much during the day. I should get used to it by next week. Thankfully i can get a lot of requirements throughout teaching classes.

  It was great to be back in class tonight.  (That’s the only bad part about being on vacation.)  We worked on the Palgwe forms and hapkido. Today was a good day.  

Today when I got to the Dojang I did my pull-ups and jump rope. Later at the park we did poomsaes and our short stick forms. When we got back to the Dojang I was helping out with all the classes, and around 4:15 we ran our mile. When we got back we helped with more classes. At around 7:30 we started PMAA class and ended around 8:30.

I woke up very sore this morning. After breakfast I went for my run and it started raining but I got my 1.5 miles in. It rained pretty much all day so I watched movies and played some games. I worked on the rest of my requirements on and off almost all day. Tonight I went to Black belt class in Belmont. Had an Awesome time with Ms. Pam and got a lot of extra requirements in.

Kids did great again today. Went to a new park, so I ran by myself to establish a route. Kids ended up waiting until back at the school to run. We worked on Stick forms while at the park. A little worried about my candidates that are out of the country this summer. Four of them. I hope they can still take advantage of the pre-cycle time! Went to a former students first MMA fight this past Saturday. He did great (Austin Munsch...for those of you who remember him) and won with a TKO in the second round. We were proud.

Today was a much easier to do my requirements because yesterday I had a lot to do. I think the hardest part of this journey has been all the essays. They can take me a long time sometimes. I hope every one else has been doing good with there requirements also.

Today has been an ok day. I got up very early so I could carry my moms work bags to the car for her then I went and cut my neighbors grass. It felt good to do things to help 2 people that I care for. After cutting the grass I played with my friend across the street for a few minutes then came back home to work on my exercises. It rained most of the day so I had to wait until this afternoon to do my running. My sister rode her bike with me while I ran so that made it fun. I took all 3 classes today and did day 2 of white belt challenge. I also had black belt class and I always really like it. Tomorrow morning I have my 2nd tennis camp to continue learning my new skill for my requirements. I really enjoyed the...

To tell the truth my day was very uneventful I ran in the morning and the air was very thick which made catching my breath a lot harder, I finished my two miles in the end not with my usual grace or great speed. I went in to teach again I went in at 4:30 and stayed until the last class which I took and it ended at 7:30 but I stayed and cleaned a little while writing this I had just arrived back at my home. I feel tired to tell the truth my family is trying to help which I immensely appreciate no doubt but they throw out ideas which do not help me they try but in the end all that happens is we get in an argument and I will take blame for losing my cool from time to time but sometimes they do as well. I...

So today I went to three classes in a row Blue Belt and Higher, Hyper Pro, and Sparring class. Got a lot of my black belt cycle stuff in and hope to keep it up.

Today i don't really feel like blogging much. So i will tell you guys what i did today. I finished all of my requirements, then my family and i went swimming in the neighborhood pool. After that, my mom, my sis and I had piano & flute lessons (i am the one who plays flute). Then, after that, we went home. So that was basically my day. Caio

Today wasn't that hard. After requirements my family cleaned the car. It didn't make much of a difference.

So this I my first journal entry for the fall 2014 cycle. So this cycle I plan to do even better than I did last year. My goal is to improve on the things I wasn't so good at last cycle. Like push-ups and pull-ups.

We traveled to Mississippi yesterday. We are on our way to San Antonio, Texas to see Russell (my cousin) graduate from basic military training. I was able to do my workout before we go to the beach today.

So today is the first time that I have done anything in my journal and so far I am not doing the greatest, I made the mistake of clicking on the journal button at the top after I have halfway finished my journal and I thought well I will just hit the back button, well when I did that I found that if you do what I had just done that it will not save what you wrote down; so here I am again. With this being the third day I don't know what to think, because this black belt thing is taking up a huge part of my day, I have it split into thirds and so far I like doing it in one chunk but my dad seams to think that it will be easier. It is kind of kind of overwhelming and I have a lot of questions...

With the wrapping up of my first real day of the cycle combined with class whilst I enjoy everything about going to the dojang whether it to teach or just to take class, I cannot help but have a shroud of doubt and worry in my mind. If some of you didn't know I have never done a black belt cycle at king tiger and I may have the shroud of the doubt and worry in my mind I am also very excited for it to help me for when I actually do my masters cycle(s) it also can help me be a better teacher as well as a student. I feel a sense of urgency to get more and more of my credits done since it fills me with me joy whenever I get a set done. I had a little trouble running today since I was dumb enough to...

today I went to the Mint Hill park to get my run and other workouts in it was fun to get my workouts in by a differant style to change it up a bit each time I think it helps me be more productive.

Very good day! Worked my crew pretty hard (and by extension, myself)! They were all doing push ups, sit ups, jumping rope by 9 am (without me telling them to) . Let them have some fun at the park and then pulled them away for some poom sae and self defense work. Only meant to work for about 20 minutes but ended up being about 40! Then we ran (walked/ran) 2 miles together around 4:15. It was tough, but now we know what we need to work on! The camper candidates had a Hyper Pro class and the Counselors stayed late and helped with family class and then took the adult class. It was blue stripe (sparring) so.......Did 3 assisted pull ups today. So hard, but I guess you have to start somewhere. The King Tiger 5K was great. Have a tradition of running it with Inst Dege, always good to...

  I got up this morning at 4am and got everything done except jump rope, pullups, and miles.  I saved that for this evening after work.  Unfortunately, I twisted my knee when I was jumping rope.  I hope I can get an appointment with Dr. Bill this week so he can put things back where they belong.  Either way, I will persevere.  

Today I went to work at king tiger lake Norman and did all of my jump, rope and sparring rounds for the day. After that we went to the park and let the kids have fun, while we were at the park master Chelley got all the cycle candidates together to do our poomsaes and s3 defences for the day. When we got back to 5 he Dojang we did our pull ups and things like that. At around 4:15 the masters and candidates went out for a 2 mile jog for the day, after that I was really tired. I got my leadership credits in for the day because I help out with all the classes throughout the day. While the kids were in the back we were doing our pushups and sit ups. While classes were going on we were doing our basic kicks.

Today was difficult, but so rewarding! I went running with the Hartles and a few other black belt cycle candidates from our Lake Norman school. I was able to get a lot of extra stuff in. I am looking forward to tomorrow and the rest of the week!

Well game on - - -it's time to focus and get a plan. Have a crazy few weeks coming up so the requirements are going to be all over the board, if some days I even make it to the board, but all is good. During cycle you are going to have your up's and down's then toss in some other obligations, unexpected whatever's, but in the end if you want it enough you will find a way to make it work out.

Today was the first day that I did a full workout. I'm a little bit tired and its weird having to do a certain amount of pushups and situps. Today one of my masters, Master Justin Laloan, got back from a trip to New York. Also one of his students from New York came down for a tournament. He is a black belt and a really good martial artists from what I have seen. I'm hoping to pick up a few tricks from him. Mainly beginning to work on the 540 kick. I saw him do it today and it was really cool. Its good to have Master Justin back. It was different last week without him, just like its different when Master Burkhart or Master Thamn isn't around. I got my leadership credit today and I will get another tomorrow as well as a leadership 2 credit. We worked on...

Woke up early this morning a little sore. After breakfast I went running. Didn't have much going on today so I tried to do more of my requirements. Got a lot done before class today. In class I lead warm ups and part of a class. It was fun. Going to relax now :)

Evan gave me a rutine so that I can skip sundays. I have to do extra but it is worth it. this is going to be hard!  

Today when I woke up I was going to cut my neighbors grass but their little boy had pink eye so they had to take him to the doctor and asked me to wait until tomorrow morning. I'm excited about doing it tomorrow. So I got started on my requirements for the day and got everything completed except for my running, self defense challenge and meditation time then we went to the pool for a few hours. As soon as I got home from the pool I did my running and went straight to taekwondo class. I am doing my white belt challenge this week so today was the 1st day. When I got home from class I finished up my self defense challenge and started working on my next essay about the white belt challenge. Then I did meditation while my mom cooked dinner. I am very tired again from...

Lots of work and really tiring. I did tons of work Saturday and was super sore Sunday. I'm homeschooled and we do work all year long so I had a lot school today. I haven't done all my requirements for the day but I hope to catch up this week.

Today I wrote my hero essay and did a lot of physical requirements. I'm sure I will feel that in the morning. I hope everyone else is getting a lot out of this.

Today I wrote my hero essay and did a lot of physical requirements. I'm sure I will feel that in the morning. I hope everyone else is getting a lot out of this.

Today was kind of a normal day. I set a goal to finish my requirements before noon, and completed that goal! My family and I jogged/ran a mile together at about 7:00am, so that was finished early! I am planning to work on my "art doll" for my new skill today! (details in my last blog entry). I also started to learn how to control negative thoughts about myself/others when i get really frustrated/angry/jealous.

Today I just stayed at home most of the day. In the evening I went to the driving range with my dad to work on my golf swing and that was very fun. I'm sore from the 5k and other physical requirements I did yesterday. I'm excited for the first day of class during the Black belt pre-cycle tomorrow.

Today I just stayed at home most of the day. In the evening I went to the driving range with my dad to work on my golf swing and that was very fun. I'm sore from the 5k and other physical requirements I did yesterday. I'm excited for the first day of class during the Black belt pre-cycle tomorrow.

Today I just stayed at home most of the day. In the evening I went to the driving range with my dad to work on my golf swing and that was very fun. I'm sore from the 5k and other physical requirements I did yesterday. I'm excited for the first day of class during the Black belt pre-cycle tomorrow.

Today I just stayed at home most of the day. In the evening I went to the driving range with my dad to work on my golf swing and that was very fun. I'm sore from the 5k and other physical requirements I did yesterday. I'm excited for the first day of class during the Black belt pre-cycle tomorrow.

Today was just a kinda normal Sunday nothing much happened exept the only thing that happened was my brother had a birthday party that I probably ran 10 miles at running from super hyper children with supercharged nerd guns so pretty normal i guess

  Today was catchup day to get all of the things done that have to be done when you return from vacation: laundry, pay bills, grocery shopping, etc., but I squeezed in some requirements too.  Now it’s time to look forward to Monday….  

Today I woke up feeling sore from my exercises & the 5K yesterday. I started my day by going to church then I had lunch. After lunch I started working on my exercises and pushed through to get everything completed even though I was sore. Then I went with my mom and sister to get shaved ice which was very good and we went to the park where I decided to do extra exercises just for fun. I am going to play basketball tonight with my friend Jeran. I have had a great day.

Very hot did 5.1 miles today and did it at the wrong time (noon) not to smart but need to get use to the heat when August comes in with a roar. Need to work on double stick , bolo, and since we changed the numbering of second Dan one steps I have to get that set now also. I wrote them down , I know them by the old order but the new order I have forgotten them. Burkart out

Today has been very hard. It is my first day doing the requirements for the black belt cycle. I did not expect all the work and the routine that me and my dad did. I have to catch up because I missed yesterday because I had to go to Mooresville to play in the Powerade State Games for soccer.

Last night I had a sleep over so it was a little harder to finish my requirements. But I still got them done. I feel good about what I am doing.

So I posted Saturday tine and it went to Sunday then tried again and it went to Friday so all my time for Saturday King Tiger race and forms went to Friday, tired and just left it as is, will try to fix later today after I get some things completed. Hope all is well and see you this Saturday.Burkart out

Today is bag check and check again. All look good for the next tow weeks.California and Philippines here I come. Wish I had more time in California but that will come in October.

  I didn’t get to go to the King Tiger 5K today because I was returning from vacation.  This is the first one that I’ve missed since they began.  I’m sure everyone had a good time.  I also didn’t get to do as many requirements as I would have liked because it was a travel day, but I’m giving myself permission not to worry about it.  I’m glad to see that the required numbers have changed.  Thanks Master Evins and Inst. Uczen!  I still have over 100,000 pushups and sit-ups, but that’s better than 190,000….  

Today was the first day of the black belt cycle! I am so excited for everything to come! Today was tough, it was hard to realize how hard everything is. The push ups were the hardest. I knocked out 50 at different times, but after that it was difficult to do anymore. With a little perseverance I was able to finish. Talk to you guys Monday.-Evan

--Kelsey P. June 21 2014 today the "King Tiger 5k"took place,I ran in this race with my dad(Stuart) we both finished with a time of 30 minutes and 40 seconds, thanks to all who ran this race with me and all the others to the finish. I believe this helped me realize that I really need to work on my leg muscles because I took a lot of pain from the run mainly in the hamstrings because i'm not that flexible but i'm trying to fix that. I also realized I need to build up the endurance in my legs, biceps, and triceps why you ask because when I went to go to push-ups I did 35 then said "oh man if I stay like this i'm gonna die in the test!"I also Highly need to work on pull-ups I don't want to even talk about those. So i guess you...

Ran the 5k today. It was long and tiring but I pulled through. My time was near 28 minutes.

Today I got up really early and ran the King Tiger 5K. It felt great to get the cycle started off with credit for a Saturday Black Belt class and get 3.1 miles done. Then I came home and my mom took me to Chick-fil-a for breakfast. We didn't have anything planned today so I have worked on my physical requirements through the day all day and got a lot done. I did play a little basketball in between exercises. I have had a great day but very tired.

Today I got up really early and ran the King Tiger 5K. It felt great to get the cycle started off with credit for a Saturday Black Belt class and get 3.1 miles done. Then I came home and my mom took me to Chick-fil-a for breakfast. We didn't have anything planned today so I have worked on my physical requirements through the day all day and got a lot done. I did play a little basketball in between exercises. I have had a great day but very tired.

Well got the King Tiger 5K done today and helped out with some set up and activities it was great to see everyone. Work on staff yesterday and am really ticked off as I had to refresh myself, there are so many things to practice that I have become weak in some others. The only way to change this is to somehow get back on at least one hour a day and only do say staff or sticks or something else but not a little of each, It does not work for me and most of all I have to generate the time. Burkart out

This morning I ran the king tiger 5k it helped me start on my running. I am going to knock out 100 Sit Ups today too. Feeling tired from the 5k

Awesome start to cycle today with the 5k. Gave me a good start on my running requirements. I was hot and tired at the end but it felt good to finish.

Week one of Summer Camp is done.Hard, fun, hot first week.Have a lot (too many?) volunteer counselors.Struggling to find time for runs.

Last day on the beach and last day to leisurely do my requirements.  I’m going to have to find that extra two hours a day to fit those requirements in.  It will take a little time to work out a routine but I know I can do it because I’ve done it before and so has lots of other black belts that were on a cycle.  Just got to believe!

I decided to take today as a relax day. I got home from work and mow my lawn, my neighbors lawn and the common area , then meet up with a friend name Samuel ,nick name Irish red. And check my bags for next week.

Tomorrow is the 5K! Didn't get to run today, so looking forward to getting in a little extra tomorrow. I have only been going about 2miles a day during the week. Had some soreness today from my Top Team work out last night. Moved up to 15 lb kettle bells, so I am feeling it today. Going into the school early on Wednesdays and Fridays so that Conrad can go to Cross Fit. It is a good time for me to do some jump ropes, burpees, etc. Next week I will be doing them with my counselors and summer campers that are on the cycle..whoo Hoo!

Today was a pretty normal day. I started my day by running 1.5 miles then worked on my exercises for my regular class. It was very hot outside today so I stayed inside and started working on my 3rd essay. After I finished my essay me & my sister tried to go ride bikes but it was too hot for my sister so we came home. I went to taekwondo tonight and did both classes so I enjoyed my night. Looking forward to the 5K on Saturday. My mom picked my race packet up today so I am ready to go. I am really excited about getting the rest of the cycle started on Saturday too.

HOT HOT HOT.Thank you for the invention of air condition. Felt a little bad today did not do a lunch time run. TO HOT. Will have to make it up later.

Added in the credits that we got for going to the GoodWill games yesterday. Fun to see the numbers change, even if not by much percentage-wise. Have run 9 of the last 11 days! Short runs, but it is a start. Lost a couple of pounds too. Happy face! Worked out 4 days already this week with Master Schneider, but now she has work peeps coming in town and will have to miss a few of our scheduled work outs. Sad face!

Today was a nice day out on the beach.  There was a nice breeze blowing.  I really enjoy sitting on the beach watching people.  Seeing all of the kids having fun on the beach makes me smile.  I’ve done a lot of requirements this week so it’s really frustrating to look at the “Left” column.  The numbers don’t seem to move.  Maybe I should just focus on the “Total” column.

Today was a great day. First thing this morning I started a tennis camp since I chose learning how to play tennis as my new skill for my essay for one of my requirements. Tennis camp was from 9-12 and I loved it. It was my first time playing tennis. I can't wait to get back next Wednesday to learn more. After tennis camp I came home and ran 1.5 miles and did my taekwondo exercises for my regular class then I went to taekwondo class. Then I came home and changed quickly to go to church and had a lot of fun in youth tonight. It has been a great day.

Yesterday was Cross fit again ran to the box, did my work out then ran back to the school. Very hot and very tiring, need a rest these long days with work outs makes it even longer. We have been enjoying class time but need to work on my mentoring sessions Burkart out