Candidate Journals

Today I focused mostly on sit ups and jump ropes although I did not get much done. It was a good day.  I went to see my cousins play basketball.  

Today was a very nice Sunday. Totallly enjoyed another wonderful service and sermon at St Mark's Episcopal Church, then did some yardwork. I then walked to Killington's via the Huntersville Business Park. Spent the later afternoon in the Cul-de-Sac with the neighbors. It is another glorious day that the Lord made and we Rejoiced in it.

Wow that test was a doozy!!! The run made my ankle feel like it was going to break, but my time was worth it!!! I probably should have tried to run the  full four miles more than two times before the test but at least it payed off haha. Feelin confident on the written exam and I expect to take the muscle/anatomy test sometime in the next week. 

It is so beautiful out today! My mom and I just went for a 3 mile walk/run. Going to finish a science project at a friends, hopefully play done tennis as well then do more requirements later.

Today was a disappointing day. I flunked my run,pull-ups,and my burpees. I tried anyway. That is what matters because I now want my new black belt!

today i had testing it was very fun but i failed the run\ good thing master evans told us that we need to do pull ups not chin up at first i didn't know it was a great painful challenge in the good way.

I meant to give a huge THANK YOU SHOUT OUT to Masters Evins & Knight and Instructors Auerbach, Schneider, Torres & Tucker for all of their help today.  And a huge Black Belt High Five to Instructor Scott Schneider for running back out after running 2.5 miles with his daughter Jessica, to meet Instructor Abby Auerbach to help her finish a very strong 4 miles.  

Florida State finally got a quality win against a very good team, albeit at home. The 'noles cannot get a good win on the road this year, so I will take this one. Oh, and I had a really fun and long day at TKD; testings, class & sparring class. Came home and made up the difference in push-ups & sit-ups. Although I did the requisite 8 pull-ups inside of a minute, I do not feel good about them. I will continue to work on them and redo them before testing on April 12.

I am quite proud of my self today.Now I do know that I have to redo my: pullups,  burpees and v-situps, but I did things today I never even thought possible. First off pushups, I didn't think I would make it at all, but I did. Second my written, I am AWFUL at taking tests, absolutly horrible, but once I saw the first question, I knew I had it in a bag. And thrid above all else my run, oh my goodness gracious. 20:45 minutes. 4 days ago, I could 2.5 miles in 27 minutes. Yeserday, I ran 2.5 miles in 25:43 minutes, and I thought I wouldn't make it. Then today when i reached the half way point and my dad told me that we had 16 minutes left I was shocked; I would have never guessed that. And if it wasn't for my dad, i would be running again, he pushed me the...

today i tried to relax and enjoy friday since the testing is on my birthday  but my parents had different plans and made me do requirements hey but tomorrows testing  

Ready for weekend.  Studied for tommorows test

I ran 2.5 miles today, ended up 1:30 seconds over(if I count the times I had to stop for cars). Tomorrow is going to make me or break me. Doing studying and more studying. Mostly memorized, some of the longer answers I'm having trouble on; it won't matter after tomorrow morning though. Nothing will matter. 

literally chillin' due to the ice pack under my leg trying to get my hamstring ready for tomorrow morning. c u then n there.

Icing the hamstring tonight. Tweeked it last Saturday @ IC. I thought I had stretched enough tonight, but tweeked it again doing kicks during class tonight. I just need it to hang through Saturday morning.

Today did not get off to the most productive start. I was not ready to face the day, so I'm paying for it now. Just finished practicing self defense with the help of my husband. That was really nice of him to help and it is a little closer to the real thing when he doesn't know what's coming. Sure makes it easier to practice hapkido with someone else too. I think tomorrow is going to be a light day to prepare for Saturday. I don't have the confidence going into this one that I did on the others. Que sera, sera...

Right now, I'm studing the written test and prtaticing for the physical test. I hope I don't fail the written test

Yesterday I took three classes and today I had black belt class.  Need to study for the written test.

Going to my last TAE Kwon do plus class! Thank goodness for the instructors camp, without it is be to far behind on the plus classes. Before I'm going or another run and hopefully get another mentor session in. I need to get crackin on some jump rope, and running. By sprin break I'm going to try and get everything in green to the point where if I miss a day, I'll still be on track. Read through the test again, still can't believe I remember some of them. Still need to study more in order to memorize them all but I I think I'm doing pretty good.

Finished my thesis! Although I had to stay up until 12 am, it's done so that makes me happy. One and a half more to go! I only have one question I'm not sure about on the test. I'll have to ask master Hartle about it when I go to Tae Kwon Do plus class. Ran three miles with my dad yesterday and if I plan on passing my test I need to cut down my time. Can't believe it's only two days away now. This makes or breaks you right here. 

I'm slowly cathing up on my requirements. But if I continue on the pace I am on, I  will cacth up

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. That wise saying comes from Benjamin Franklin. We are done with many todays and the tomorrows are getting to be fewer and fewer. This weekend is our physical and written test. I feel so unprepared but will have to do my best. I did finish one more of my essays and several requirements tonight, so not completely unproductive, but needs to be more so. Thank you to Inst. Torres for working with me on Wang Ho forms after class last night. Very helpful and much appreciated!   

Man, I love my Wednesdays! My schedule allows me to spend the entire late afternoon & evening @ the dojang. Started with my run and finished with Master Chelley adding core work to our kick boxing session adding 125 situps and 25 pushups to the over 300 of each I had already done. Yah Mon!!

Things have been very hectic lately.  I have to go out of town for business Thursday thru Friday and I’m scrambling to get packed and everything.  I haven’t been able to get back to my routine of the cycle and I kind of miss it.  J  Routine is a good thing.  Luckily, my totals are where they should be so I won’t get behind while I’m gone.  I won’t be there for the physical and written test this weekend either, but I know all of you guys will do a great job and I’ll be thinking about you!

As I recover from Instructor's camp, I am having the hardest time on earth thinking straight, especially when I am tired.  The simplist things are not connecting.  It is called the CFS fog.  the fog is light from time to time, but when I am tired it feels like I am in a permanent "Duh!" moment.  I have a lot of big things going on this week and I literally can not wrap my head around them.  I need one more week and the tiredness and the fog should be gone.

4 more day till the bb physcal and written test relaxing just a little bit but im glad it is almost over igot some stuff done today as quick as i could just so i could relax.

Did requiremnets today Trying to get caught up on pullups  

I have developed a liking for running in the rain. It is a good thing too since it has rained allot this cycle. And the rain has been cold too. At the start of the first few runs on the rainy days I was not too jazzed but had good runs. Today, I just ran and enjoyed it. I did have to talk my way through the 3rd mile, but I believe that was more because of fatigued legs than the rain. The upside is that I should be ready for Saturday no matter the weather.

If it wasn't raining, I'd be running. also if I didn't have an overprotective dad but its ok I respect that he is trying to protect me because he knows what out there. Starting to put most of them in blues and greens! Which is good, except for journals, I am EXTREMELY behind on those. In the beginning I had thought my last cycles would count but I guess not. I am happy about all the credits we got from instructors camp: 3 Black Belt Classes, 3 Black Belt Weekday, 3 Sparring Classes, 4 Tae Kwon Do Plus Classes, 2 Leadership Credits, 2 Leadership Credits 2, 20 Sparring Rounds.

It was fun doing community service yesterday... I didnt go to school today because if ACT testing for juniors so i got another 3 essays done. finished all my physical stuff too.

Things have been a bit challenging for me since I got home from Inst. Camp.  I went to the office for half a day, I rushed home to work on my crashed network, and then I rushed to get over to the Center for Hope to help with the Community Service Project – serving food to the homeless.  It was humbling to see all the mothers and kids that came for a meal.  When I smelled all that good food cooking,  It occurred to me that I had not eaten since breakfast, but I considered myself lucky because at least I knew that I had something to eat if I found time for it.  This community service project was a project that I feel like made an impact to everyone that helped out – Chef Lloyd, Master Burkart, Inst. Dege, Inst. Tribune, Abby, Nikhil, Dan, Kyra, Anya, and me.  It made...

There are some good things and some bad things that happened today. I don't really know where to start at this point! For one thing,I didn't get much school work today. Then we went to the community service project this afternoon.It was fun,exept for the fact that I didn't do much there. I also had to leave early for choir.

today i had to leave school early to go to the comunity service it was  actually a bit fun i saw a lot of people theat didn't have what some of us had but i was actually a bit surprised that how many people were there    

Our Black Belt Cycle Community Service project was to prepare and serve the people at the Salvation Army Center for Hope. I used to drive by Center for Hope almost daily and never took the time to figure out a way to help. Today I was able to come early enough to help prepare the meal that we would serve. That was an experience in itself. I have never helped prepare a meal for so many people. I cut tomatoes, helped prepare salads, cut trays of brownies and put them on individual plates and helped wash dishes. The meal looked and smelled really good, just like a home cooked meal, not like typical cafeteria food. The really rewarding part was serving the people the meal. Most of them seemed to be really appreciative. It is sad to see so many people that do not have a home to go to each day,...

On this day I did not do a lot of requirements, I did not get to run, and I have not yet done a single poom. Yet it has been a very Successful Taekwondo Day. According to Grandmaster Lee during our last session @ TKD IC on Saturday night successful Taekwondo comprises much more than the physical. Today we lived into the Spirit of being a Taekwondo Black Belt. We prepared food for and served several hundred homeless mothers & children at the Charlotte Salvation Army Center of Hope. In doing so, we extended a warm TKD Smile per Grandmaster Lee. So I feel AWESOME!

Instructors camp was fantastic this year!! I'm super sore but it was totally worth it!!     On another note, the community service was awesome. I loved going out to help people were unable to feed themselves. I'd love to do this again!

Feeling sore already! Going to teach then take a class after an hopefully get a mentor and mentee session in today, do some jump rope and pull ups. I want to just congratulate all the black belts that are on cycle or once were; it takes a lot of sweat, pain and guts to run 105 miles, do 10,000 push-ups and sit-ups. Lots of people wouldn't have been able I do most of the stuff that your doing now. So be proud of yourself, even if you are behind, find a way to get back up. There is no quitting in Tae Kwon Do.

This past week was AWESOME! Daddy did lots of things with us. Today he cleaned out the car and we went into a car wash. It was fun! Mommy was happy to see the car clean. I wrote some essays today, too.

Yesterday at 6:30 in the morning I went to Golden Corral for breakfast.  Then went to Red Robin at night.

Instructor’s Camp was packed with useful information!  It’s so much fun to see what kinds of things they have on the agenda.  The parts I liked the best were the training in the pool, the sticks training, and of course Grandmaster Lee’s class.  I love listening to Grandmaster Lee’s stories too.  Thanks to all of the great King Tiger Masters for the stuff they taught us this weekend and for everything they do to make us better throughout the year!  It was great hangin and training with the extended King Tiger family too!

today i got to go my big cousin's tournements he had 2, 1 at the beginning and 1 at the end after the first game i went to get some requirements i was able to get a whole lot of the done, because there was a fitness are in the same building I really like going to tournements.

Havent written a journal in like 3 days. I just keep logging my requirements and forgetting to journal! Almost done with most of my physical reqs.

He'd the best time at instructors camp! Feeling it a little sore in my legs can't wait to for my whole body to feel like that. Michigan beat Michigan state today! Great effort from both teams, got a lot of push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups and self defenses during that game. Working on a project for school will do jump rope soon.

What a weekend at Instructor's Camp! Thanks to all the Masters and other Instructors for sharing their knowledge with us! It was so nice to see and train with so many others in the King Tiger family! Thanks for the ride and the friendship Inst. Randle. Always a pleasure!  I really slacked on physical requirements due to Instructor's Camp, but did get some done. Time to get back into the routine and also need to study for the written test! Less than one week for that.

Back from a great weekend at Instructors' Camp. A little sore and tight and NO INJURIES. Believe I will go out for a run to recenter everything.

I felt good today. The day turned out great,too. Daddy gave us a good breakfast. We gave Girl Scout cookies to the people who ordered them before it rained[By the way,it snowed this morning]. Fianally,Daddy took us to Golden Corral for dinner. It was a great day.

It was hard staying mute today. Every second,I find myself talking.

got an okay amount done today i tried to do what i could.  yesterday i didn't journal bcause iwas hurt i actually damaged some nerves in my thumb it hurt a lot but i still got through it.pushed thru the pain.

i was not able to go to instructors camp this year so i guess ill just be at home doing a bunch of requirements and writing essays. I just have a few essays left and then need to start the written test

Getting ready to finish up @ work, stop at the house for my bags & then pick up Rick Luna @ the LKN Dojang to head to IC. I have done some requirements, but need to do some more while grabbing my bags. Looking forward to seeing everyone from the extended King Tiger Family! Wahoo!

Uniforms – check, weapons – check, snacks – check, water – check, Ready to get on the road!  I was able to do my daily pushups, situps and kicks.  The other things will have to wait.

Today was a tumultuous day with 13 hours of teaching that included two Open House events; work for the Church, BB Cycle Requirements & American Culinary Federation Business. Whew. I love it. Looking forward to IC Weekend.  

Long day today. Got up and did several poomsaes and some pushups and sit-ups before work. Didn't get out of work until well after 6, so didn't get home in time to take Tae Kwon Do Plus tonight, so went to the dojang and worked on staff forms before Black Belt class. Took PMAA class and learned something totally new to me. Waiting for laundry to finish so I can go to bed. Eyes are really tired and requirements aren't complete for today, but sleep is more pressing at the moment. Looking forward to Instructor's Camp!

Today We got home at nine not because of the black belt class, but my Mother lost the house keys but we found them. It took a while but it was found.

Now that I stay up until 1 o'clock in the morning,I haven't gotten much sleep. As the days go by,I get more tired.

All daily requirements have been completed and now it’s time to get ready for Instructor’s Camp!  Tomorrow will be an especially long day because I’ll get up at 4am to do requirements, then work for about four hours, drive to Greenville, and then train, train, train…..

Getting behind is the worst thing. I written most of my essays but I'm getting behind on my requirements. Jump rope, pull ups, journals, running, self defense and burpees. Self defense will be ok, but journals and jump rope I am just wau far behind on.

I love Wednesdays. Because I go to work early, I get done early which allows me to get to the Dojang early and get lots of things done. Another big thank you goes out to Masters Chelley & Conrad Hartle & Instructors Scott & Lori Schneider. They are awesome.

I wrote a journal twice yesterday and it wouldn't save, so decided it wasn't meant to be. I really enjoyed Black Belt class on Tuesday and had a good mentor session on Tuesday as well. I was looking forward to working with my mentee today, but she's not feeling well, so that will have to wait. I hope you feel better Camille! I slept in this morning and did no requirements before work. I felt guilty for not getting up and probably didn't get any quality sleep either, but myself self discipline was not getting me out of bed. Work was busy, but I did go to lunch with a friend that I don't get to see very often, so it was nice and I got a salad that I was looking forward to, so that was nice too. Traffic didn't cooperate, so I was a little late to help with class,...

today and yesterday i got very little done yesterday forgot to journal sorry I had a lot of homework to do so i had to try and squeeze in as much requirements as i could when i had the chance im getting stuff done little by little bye

Had a fun time today. I reviewed staff 2 and 3 and finally remembered 1st dan self defense... need to get 2nd dan now. getting closer and closer to finishiNg my requirements!

Today i ran on the track on P.E for the run today.

I'm slowly cathing up on my requirements. Mommy said no to being mute today. I'LL ask her on Friday.

Just one more day till Instructor’s Camp – I’m looking forward to it.  And then on Monday, we have our community service project.  It seems like the clock has started moving faster…I hope I can keep up.

Empathy Training 2013 Man Plans & God Laughs; that is what my mother has always said. Boy is she right.   I woke up this morning and pulled the three pieces of tape from my nightstand that I had placed there the night before. I used them to tape my left hand into a fist to start what I thought was a well planned day. I was three days out from a very good Empathy Class with Instructor Auerbach, the lessons fresh in mind. I had spent the day before mentally picturing how I was going to handle each situation. I realized I had to rise early to get a head start and to have my wife assist me with tying my running shoes before she left for work. I had thought about leaving them tied, but thought that wouldn’t be in the spirit of the lesson.   After taping my...

Just did my requirements today and going through school again. 

Tommorow I am going to be mute for my empathy training. I just can't wait for tommorow.

I did requirements this morning before work, then some more this afternoon, and then off to Black Belt class.  I had to use the treadmill for my mile since it was pouring down rain, but that’s okay.  Whatever it takes to get it done!  J

Are you excited for Instructors camp? I am! I'm hoping that lots of credits will come out of it, but last time I went I had a lot of fun and can't wait to do it again! In the blue on four items...grrr. I'll have to work harder on those. 

Today was really busy, but not necessarily with what I had planned. Ended up bringing home work, so didn't get as much time to work on requirements as I would have liked. Need to remember that sleep is important too. Too many late nights is not a good thing.

Went to dream team Tried to catch up on sparring rounds Stayed up very late so the day was very long Good night

So far it has been an average day.Then I just remembered I didn't write my white belt essay.I'll do it tommorow.

Took Wang Ho and Dream Team today

I am having a very good day and did my usual resquirements in the house. I am psyching myself for my empathy day tomorrow. Should be interesting.

Today was a busy day.We left for church at 8 o'clock in the morning and came back at 12.Everybody took a nap.After nap I some reqiurements,but not much.Then we left for most of the evening.

Had several things I wanted to accomplish today and only some of them actually got done. I did make progress on a few essays, but not quite finished with those yet. I did my empathy training today, so several requirements were more challenging than usual. Thanks to Inst. Auerbach's class yesterday, poomsaes were not too bad. I must admit to not even trying one armed pushups or pull-ups. I did a pretty good job tying my shoes with one hand, but since I was going out for a walk, I asked Matthew to redo them for me. I thought I would have time for some meditation, but the day ran away from me. My knee was bothering me from running yesterday, so my miles were walking today, but what a beautiful day it was. Such a pleasure! 

Got some stuff done today. Ran and I was really tired. Really I would say it was a tired Sunday.

What a great weekend! Terrific BB Class yesterday w/Inst Auerbach, Health Fair was fun, good comraderie with fellow black belts, good mentoring session with Masters Conrad & Chelley Hartle today; and 2 miles in very chilly rain yesterday morning to 2 miles in beautiful sunny weather after church today. that would not have happened if I wasn't on cycle. Gotta love it!

What a difference a day can make in North Carolina!  Yesterday was rainy and dreary and today is absolutely beautiful.  I just finished putting in a couple of miles and it was sunny and breezy.  I’ve almost gotten all of my daily requirements done and it’s relatively early.  My requirements have gotten routine during this cycle and it hasn’t been as tough to get them done.  Other cycles seemed chaotic and it was difficult to fit everything in.  I hope I can maintain the routine through the next cycle.  J  I think my totals are high enough that I won’t have to worry about falling behind during Instructor’s Training and that’s been the goal.

Did all requiremints today and went shopping.  :(

Today was a great morning... I got everything done for the most part and in good numbers. I am close to being done with a lot of things but I have to push myself. I need to attend more PMAA classes starting next week.

Had a great run this morning with mom and Ben to Dunkin Doughnuts. Ankle is staring to give me a lot of grief; I should probably wet it more often. Well have to go the Michigan basketball game is almost on, GO BLUE!!!

What a day! I got up a little earlier than I usually do on Saturday and got some requirements done before helping with Little Tigers. We have a new student who seems very excited to be in class. I hope that continues. It is very refreshing from the ones who need to be encouraged to come on the mat and participate. We had a good class and the kids seemed to be a little more focused today. Inst. Randle worked and I worked on staff forms instead of going for our usual between classes walk since it was raining. Then Inst. Tucker came and mentored me on hapkido. I need a lot of work on that. Thank you ma'am for your patience! For Black Belt class, Mr. Auerbach worked with us on empathy training. I was able to tie my belt much better this time than the last time he taught empathy training....

Had an amazing time at the health fair! Learned a lot about what I'm eating and how I should watch what I'm eating. Also took the Zumba and women's self defense class. Great black belt class today! Although I have already done my empathy training this was a great experience that I I hope to try again. 

WOW…what an insightful day!  My day started with some daily requirements, then off to teach Little Tigers class.  After that I worked with Inst. Dege on staff forms.  Then came black belt class.  Inst. Auerbach taught an empathy class.  We taped up our hand so that we couldn’t use it and then he taught us how he does Oh Chang.  He’s adapted it to compensate for only one hand.  It was really difficult to think about the foot work and the different hand movements.  He said that when he learns a poomsae, he has to watch us do the poomsae the way that we do it, and then he translates it to fit his abilities.  He said it was like learning a foreign language.  There were several times when I got frustrated because I didn’t get the moves right.  It gave me insight to what he has to do every time...

After Back Belt class was the health fair.There weren't many people,but it was fun anyway.I learned many things from Mr. Loyd.

After Back Belt class was the health fair.There weren't many people,but it was fun anyway.I learned many things from Mr. Loyd.

Finally i get a chance to go to black belt class this weekend. Although i got many things done and i am altogether done with pull ups now. I have a few more of jump rope and sparring rounds left now

Today was a good day,except for ONE thing.My ankle hurts because IT'S ON FLOOR[It's a long story so do not ask].I can't do some of my requirements.

Today was a good day,except for ONE thing.My ankle hurts because IT'S ON FLOOR[It's a long story so do not ask].I can't do some of my requirements.

Didn't do a whole lot today, got in a weekday black belt class, some poomsaes, self defenses, and push-ups and sit-ups. Wanted to do more but ended up running out of time in the long run. I'm very excited for the Health Fair tomorrow! I'll be taking lots of notes from everyone. I've always ate pretty healthy but it's time to start eating right and not just trying but actually doing.

On a day that was quite raw for running I took our dog, Sammi for nice long walk to get in my mile. Plan on running 3 miles before BB Class tomorrow if anyone wants to join. Probably start aroung 09:30 @ a 10 minute per mile pace.

I’ve finished my daily requirements, which is a good thing because I’ll be helping with testing tonight.  It’s raining again and I wish I could go take a nap!  But there’s always something that needs to be done and I cannot shirk my responsibilities.  J  Tomorrow is the health fair at King Tiger North and I’m looking forward to it.  I wonder if I can squeeze in a massage while I’m there….

Today was very long with teaching and a Vestry meeting in the evening. I worked in some requirements throughout the day, but not much more. Like Ms. Dege, I need to be active this weekend. I am looking forward to the Health Fair.

Today was another busy day at work. Need to complete several things and move on. I need to get up just a little earlier, but most days it is hard to get out of bed. I do feel better when I have time to get even a few minutes of meditation in the morning. Hope to get a few more essays done this weekend and some running too.

I found a great way to get requirements done faster.By simply listening to your favorite music.Music gives me energy,espesicially fast music.I don't about you,but I now want to stay up until 2 o'clock in the morning.

today i got to goto the school gym and run around a couple times I  also got to do some jump roping rounds and i got some pushups and situps done too so i got some stuff done at school. 

really exited about finishing cycle

I took the seminar on Saturday and just took today's Black Belt Class.

Well basketball season is over for me, we ended up ranking third. Tennis and softball will start up soon but now I have a little extra time for classes and requirements. I have finally learned staff forms 1-4, which I am very pleased about. Also touched up on my Wang Ho forms a bit. 

I helped with testing tonight.  I really enjoy watching the kids that I teach get out there and show their stuff.  J  There are those that have so much confidence and you can tell they’ve worked hard to learn their stuff.  And then there are those that are afraid, but they dig deep and find the courage to go out on the mat anyway.  It makes me feel so humble.  Everyone did a great job testing!