Candidate Journals

Lately I've been working on a specific poomsae and I practice every time I go to King Tiger after school, every time I have spare time before class and almost every mentor session I practice this form. What is it you ask? It's staff form 2. At the beginning of the cycle I could only get through the three spins at the beginning of the poomsae. Now I know the entire form and still practice it every day. It's become my favorite form to do. I like all the spins and the new hand motions for getting the staff to the other side. And I like the feeling it gives me when I do a temple strike and the staff hits my shoulder. I think that it's an "A" tier poomsae and it's something that we need to know well. And it never hurts to practice too much. What's your favorite...

Today I had benchmarks at school and i'm not sure i did very well. I went to black belt class after school and got requirements done. I'm super tired and I'm just going to go to bed because I need to wake up early tomorrow for another black belt class... I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

I had to wake up EARLY this morning because it was raining so we couldn't walk to school.  We went to the rec center and I ran/walked 2 miles.  Mom got my chickfila for breakfast on the way to school!!!  I went to school had a normal day, we had indoor recess because it was raining still during my recess time (9:30).  I went to King Tiger and did my black belt stuff and ran my last mile for the week!  Then we left KT early because Mom had to get Anthony to the church early because he was leaving to go camping with the boy scout troop and I had my pinewood derby race tonight.  My car wasn't very good, next year mom said we are going to work with my friend Clint and his stepdad!  Then we finally came home and I got a quick shower and headed to...

I attended sparring and black belt class today.  I was very pleased with my poomsae's and self defense.  FYI: What part of the foot do we use for a front kick?  The ball of the foot.

today was good, school flew by thankfully. I had a bible quiz and wrote an English essay. then I ate lunch, came home and showered, and left for kt Harrisburg. we had sparring, black belt class, and then we all went to dinner. now I plan on just relaxing and going to bed.

today i had to go to jail and give a formal presentation in social studies. we had to dress like business people and sell our website. i hated it. after it started raining while we were at recess so it messed up my day. i came home and did homework and requirements and ran 2 miles. the track was so wet and i was stepping on puddles everywhere. 10/10 do not recommend. anyways i go sleepy bye bye.

Hello! Today at school we had our reading benchmark and I am very happy with what I got. After school I basically relaxed since I finished all my miles and physical requirements. Then I went to my school dance and it was really fun. I was dancing with my friends and I had a good time with my mom ( my chaperone) too. I am exhausted. Going to bed so that I can wake up early for black belt class .Good night.

Today I woke up and skipped requirements. I then went to school, I had a pretty easy day at school. We played just dance in JROTC and I tried to solve a little puzzle thing in English. I then had a meeting after school to practice my JROTC SLP debrief with my team. I then came home and ran with my dad. Right afterwards I went to Tae Kwon Do. We went over the written test. Afterwards I came home and finished requirements for the day. Then I showered, stretched, and now I am here. 

Today was woke up and I got go ready to go running with my uncle and my sister. On the way we did push up. Then I got home and I ate some breakfast. Then I just chilled out and played games for the rest of the day. Before dinner I went to the outdoor malls and I got some stuff. I got home and we had dinner and we just chilled out and hanged for the rest of the day.

Hello!  Today I had band, and our band teacher wasn't hear so we had a sub, and we just watched a movie.  After school I came home, and did my homework, after that I went to black belt class.  During class we practiced kicking defense 1,2, and the gave us the written test answers.  When I got home I did my requirements.     Bye!

Hello King Tiger Family. Today was not a fun day at work, but it is now over. Nate and I did go for a run which was good. Then Black Belt Class where we worked on some self defenses. It was a great class, then a good mentor session. Then we came home, finished some requirements and ate dinner. Now we are starting to wind down. I am ready for bed. Have a great night. Take care. 

Today I went on a field trip to the pottery grove but I barely knew anyone there because they were from the other school. The only people I knew there was a girl that thinks the earth is flat and my old grammar teacher because they went to my school last year. I painted this fish orange and gave him eyebrows and a mustache.

today we had house day we learned about different cultures i have a little buddy hes very nicei came home were having tacos

Today was a good friday. I had a normal day at school because we had no tests. After school I came home and went to class. After black belt class I got show mars for dinner.

Today I had another test which i think I did well on. When I got home I relaxed and did some reuqirements.

I am having a good day so far. We are getting study guide questions checked today in black belt class so that is a little nerving (I'm hoping I got most of them right). I also am having so much fun with friends recently, finding myself talking to some of them more and more. This week was a bit sluggish on requirements, but I am getting them all done......

I woke up, and I was really sleepy still but I had to get ready for school.  Then I was at school and we did blocks.  Then I got to KT and did black belt stuff.  I missed sparring tonight to be at church to help set up for the Pinewood derby race tomorrow (so I will miss black belt class tomorrow also)!!  After we got the track set up and ran some test races we went home and had dinner and got ready for bed.

Well, wow, other than working on my requirements, I didn't have a very productive day.  I went on a two-mile walk with my dog and... cricket sounds. FYI: The Korean National Flower is The Rose of Sharon.

Today at school I played basketball at recees and had 5 blocks and 6 rebounds. Then after all that I went to band class and  had some fun there. Then I went to tkd for my sparring class and that's what happend this week.  

Today I went to school where I toured my high school. After that I went to sparring.

Today was my moms birthday so i got up and said happy birthday to her and went to school. in school we had our reading bench mark and i got a 35/45 which im not proud of but will have to do. After that we had social studies and then ela. After school i was home alone because my parents went out. My mom’s best friend surprised her from missouri and she was really happy. I showered and we had a birthday party for my mom. I’m really tired so I’m not writing much. My best friend also went through something today so i was comforting her through and text and will check on her tomorrow. I really hope she’s ok because it was really terrible what she went through. 

I almost forgot to post tonight. I am so tired. I had a good day at school. We were preparing for the school benchmark . Then I had the science Olympiad club after school. When I got home, I worked out with my dad and did my 3 miles jogging with few stops. I worked on my requirements and then rest for a little bit and got ready for the sparring class. After that I got home took a shower, did my homework and ready for bed. Good night!!

Today was a long day. I had a pretty good day at school. I wasn't very productive, but I had a lot of fun. Especially during 4th block when me and my friends wrestled, colored, and talked for the entire class. Then I came home, finished the homework that I didn't do during 4th block, and then went to the gym. I had a pretty good, full body workout. Afterwards I went to Tae Kwon Do and helped with class; I also took sparring, which was very enjoyable. Then I came home and finished some requirements. Afterwards I showered, stretched, and now I am here. 

 If there's a high yellow belt who is flailing their limbs around and isn't pivoting on their kicks during sparring, should you shame them or should you help them as a black belt and instructor? Sometimes on the sidelines at sparring I see some kids laugh and say things like "you should have done better" or "you lost so badly" or they cheer for one kid and make the other one feel bad. Or they make jokes during the match. So come on guys, we're black belts and we need to support each other. It's your job, our job, to help and encourage one another. If you see someone upset because they lost, praise them about something they did good, give them some tips to improve and then praise them again.   Remember, it starts and ends with respect!

today was really easy, I started my day off with math and band. in my last period of the day, my teacher got super angry at my classmate which made it hard for me to ask questions on the project we were working on. then I came home and relaxed. now for the rest of the night I plan to just write music or talk to my friend parker.

Hello! I went to school, and  had  art in the morning then I had a math test, I didn't get a good grade so I am going to retake it.  After school I went home, and did my homework then I went to the 5:15 class to assist.  After that I had my last mentee session that is required, then I took the 6:00 class.  After I took that I took sparring class.  I was decently tired, but I still had to do my requirements when I got home, and so I did.       Byeeee!

today was testing for colored belts i keped wezing a coughfing bye

Today I went chapel and our bible teacher played this amazing song on his piano I don't remember what it was called but It was still cool. After I got home I did some requirements and ran a mile in exactly ten minutes so that was funny to see.

Today started off with work at 9 round. Afterwards I got breakfast then started on the rest of my day. Later on I had work st the dojang, then sparring. At home I ate dinner and I'm winding down now.

Hello King tiger family. Today was a normal day. I got up, went to school, and came back home. Tomorrow the girls are going on a field trip while the boys stay at school and have a visitor come teach us about drones. I think its kind of unfair that the girls get to leave school. I came home, ate and finished some school work and then worked on my requirements. Now I'm about to relax. Goodnight.

Today I had to wake up very early and start our drive to florida. It was very long and we stopped to get food twice. I watched two moves and two episodes of a kidnapping show which was good. I took two naps and when we finally got there me and my cousin went kayaking. 

Today I'm jumping straight into the point that I was tired all day. I got my requirements done and finally took class! I finished all I needed to help out and stuff today so I'm taking class from now on. I did sparring and now I'm home. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe. UPDATE: I don't think I'll be doing anymore songs while running mostly because I'm doing it at the end of the day and I'm too tired to care. I'm glad I did it for a little though. That's all I had to say! Bye everyone!

Happy Thursday! What a frantic day! Jovi's school called this morning to come pick him up as he was not feeling well. I'm under a tight work deadline and it makes things tough. Since Jovi isn't feeling well and Joe wasn't able to make it home in time to watch him, I had to miss sparring tonight. Jovi and I watched the landing of Odysseus on the moon over dinner. I got my bb exercise requirements in, but I'll have to either do my kicks, poomsae, and self-defense done before bed or double up tomorrow (at least if I want to stay ahead). Also have to stay up and complete work for a meeting in a morning. Hope everyone had a great day!

The math socratic seminar did not go as bad as I thought it would have! It was really fun talking with my classmates and figuring out math problems. There were things we didn't understand, but we pushed through them as a group, whether that was hunting down a video and trying to interpret it, or someone who knew a concept well explaining it to the rest of us. There were times when I led the group to find the answer, such as when they had a question about the laws of sine and cosine. I am strong and confident in those laws, so I was able to teach my class how to solve it. It was rewarding seeing their faces when the dots connected! There were also times I followed. I am not strong in special right triangles, so I went up to the board when it was my turn and asked...

Today I had a math test and I think I did good. I played games with my friends at recess. Tonight was a rough class of sprarring. I am looking forward to Friday!

Today I couldn’t get my miles done in PE because we just started playing dodgeball right away. So I got my miles done during recess and then played soccer. And social studies we did another amazing race and my team was the first to finish. In ELA we had tons of work because we had a sub. in science, it was super boring and we just pretty much sat there. In math we presented our projects and I have to go tomorrow because we ran out of time. Then I got home ate and did schoolwork and prepared for sparring.

Today I got a 99 on my chem test which Im really happy about. After that I came home did some homework and requirements.

Hello King Tiger! Today was a great day to start with since I had nothing to do during first block and basically chilled with my friends. The rest of my classes were pretty easy and I almost missed my stop in the afternoon because I fell asleep on the bus. I finished my requirements and went to sparring class, which was blast. There was two birthday's today and Aarna's mom was so generous to give everyone cupcakes today. The cupcakes were delicious. After that, I prepared for the quizzes that might be hurled at me tomorrow. I hope I will do good on the quizzes, but you always can't get the best grade on a quiz or a test just by hoping that you will get it. You have to put in the effort for it and study hard so that all the stuff is hardwired to your brain. Hope everyone...

Fortunately, the world is not coming to an end, so don't threat over my title. It is the 22nd of February, which is also the birthday of George Washington (1st president for you non-history folks). We had Grand Master Lee come to our dojang last night and it was phenomenal. It's always inspiring and humbling when he teaches, as it gives me so much incentive to keep learning more and to keep striving to be a better instructor. I'm sure the math is on everyone's radar as where we are in the cycle. If you are not a math person, guess what, it won't go away. It's like when I dress myself from my wardrobe that's been around for 30 years, and my sons look at me as if I was wearing my under-garmets on the outside. I tell them, there is no improving this, it just is. I'm sure those...

I had to wake up even earlier than normal because my brother has a field trip today to Old Salem. I am planning to get some requirements done during lunch and study hall (hopefully the gym teacher lets me go to the track). I am planning to start the White Belt Challenge today, so I can't wait for the funny jokes that will be made. Today feels like it is goig to be a good day........

Today was a tiring day due to a half day at my school, with messed up schedules and everything. After school, I had to go to dance practice for three hours, which I think is useless because I have my requirements pending and I just wasted my time for it. Now, I am lagging on my requirements and had to do some at taekwondo. After taekwondo, I did my homework and now after this journal, I am going to go to sleep.

Today at school we dicected some animals like frogs and fetal pigs, and for the 4th time my bus was late again. Then I went to Wednesday BBC and that was all that happened today  

Today I was quite the domestic engineer and that included making a Sunday dinner.  Although we love our instructors, we were very excited that Grand Master Lee was our Sun Bae Nim today.  I was one of the chosen to demonstrate with him.  We also got a chance to see Master Evins.  I came home, ate and worked on my splits, more kicks, poomsae's and self defense, again carefullllly.  FYI: We punch with the biggest two knuckles.

Great class tonight taught by Master Oppie!  He gave us a good cardio workout and we had a chance to work on curriculum too.  He is a very talented martial artist.  Thank you for teaching us tonight.  Thank you Master Cavazos for helping me with my one attack sparring.  Your patience seems endless.  

Hello king tiger family. Today I woke up not feeling the best. My mom said I had to go to school so I took some medicine and had an okay day. I went to after school and then my mom picked me up and we came home. I relaxed for a while and then went to taekwondo for a class with Grandmaster Lee. I didn't feel my best but did not want to miss the class. We learned a lot of new self defense and practice for kicks and making sure we have good stances and blocks. I asked him to sign my black belt book so I can have his signature in my book. I am excited about that. I came home and ate dinner and took a shower. I played some video games and now I'm about to get ready for bed. Goodnight.

Today we had benchmarks but i wasn’t feeling to good so i almost skipped out but then went anyway. I went to school and got ready and then we did the test. It was kind of hard and i don’t know if i did well because i didn’t check my score. The entire day everyone asked what I got and i had to tell them I didn’t check. I still haven’t checked even now. after that we had lunch then second period. Then we had Pe for a whole hour and no spanish. then we had first period which for me is math and we did notes and went outside. after I got home i ate a snack did my requirements and then went to Tkd for a class with grandmaster Lee. the class was fun and I really enjoyed it. Then since my dad came late because of my sisters...

Hi King Tiger Family. Still in Tampa. Heading back tomorrow. It was a late work night so I did not get a chance to run tonight. I will have to make it up at some point. I did get some requirements done at the hotel, so that is good. Tomorrow is another day and I will keep at it. I hope you all have a great evening and a great day tomorrow. Take care. 

hey yall we had a race at my school my class one i didt do  any thing today i did my requierments then i went to teakwondoe after i went home and bye yall see you next week

Today was not to bad . At school I had a project I had to do and we got assigned a country and I did Mexico even tho I got Guatemala. I chose Mexico because I was absent since they sent me home yesterday and the directions said to choose a Spanish speaking country of your choice. When I got home I was super disappointed that I couldn’t go to grand master Lee’s class because of my knee. For the rest of the day I did homework and extra credit work that I needed to do .

Today at school I learned I have a socratic seminar in precalc. I am not sure how I am supposed to have a class discussion about math in the same way I would have a discussion over a book or a general topic, but I guess I'll figure it out! Also, fantastically, this socratic seminar counts towards our unit test next monday, and we get points just for discussing. This is good news, but would have been better news if I could figure out how to discuss math like literature >:( I attended Grandmaster Lee's 6:45 high belt class today, as I come home too late to partake in his seminar. It was a really interesting and fun class, and I really enjoy learning in his class. Something that stuck with me was his talk about how there is always more to improve. If you can kick at 15mph, you're fast,...

Today was same old same old. Did the same things as normal, had work, then went home. Had a nice porkchop dinner. 

Today we had benchmarks and it was terrible. We had to take the test for three hours and I didn’t even get a good score because it was difficult but I tried and that’s what matters. I got to read after and lay my head down till it was over and then had twenty minute classes for the rest of the day until enchore. I got all the assignments I’m going to miss because I won’t be at school the next two days. I got a lot done in art today and then my mom picked me up from school and we went to class. Grand Master Lee taught two classes that I was in today and it was amazing and I look forward to next year when he comes back. We got chick-fil-a for the third time this week but I got to get a cookie this time because it’s...

Today at school I got to see my friend after a year and a half. He went to the other campus because going to this one took a hour to get here. The reason why he was there is because this lady was presenting a slide show about duel enrolment that took up the whole period. But out of no where someone passed gas really loud and I slowly look at Logan (we haven't laughed with each other for a year and a half) and we accidently burst out laughing uncontrollably. It got to the point where his parents turned around and said to Logan "you better stop or we are going to go home!"   

Today I went to school and it was a normal day. I thought I was gonna have a double encore but I didn’t. We are talking about matter in math and science right now and it was actually pretty fun and we did a worksheet about it and then I went to lunch and recess and I hang out with my friends, and when I got home, I went straight to taekwondo and Grandmaster Lee was there and he did an hour and a half class with us with a bunch of people and it was really fun and then he did the black belt class on Wednesdays but it was him teaching instead of master foster which was also pretty fun and they both felt shorter than an hour and a half in 45 minutes and he’s actually really nice and I’m glad that he could come to our door

Hello! Today at school we did a weather test and I did pretty goof. I felt a little tired thought throughout the day. After school I ran a mile with my dad on a treadmill then got ready for the 5:15 class to help out and then after that I  filled out some questions for the written test. During the 6 pm class we did some poomsae and self defense. After class I did a mentee session and now I’m back again at home. Good night.

Today was good, i guess. I mean, it wasnt really a bad day but it wasnt that great either. I was just tired and still recovering from being sick last week. Every day I'm getting better than yesterday. Strength wise (but not wellness wise). I was sad to learn that the tea ceremony was moved back a week and I'll be out of town on a band trip for school that day. Master Chelley is going to try to work something out for me. I really dont want to miss it. I worked out hard after class tonight and finished my requirements. Now I'm headed to sleep. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe. 

Today I woke up, did all my exercises, then I studied Norwegian on my phone for about an hour. Then I went to school, science was fine, we just reviewed for a test. All my other classes were just typical days. Ela was really interesting because when I went to go to the bathroom on the way there I saw our school officer and our administrators all inspecting some kid but I didn’t know why. It was very interesting though. Some kid I know said he knew what happened and would tell me tomorrow. When I got home I played some video games and then I ate dinner and cuddle my dog while reading my book. 

Today was probably the busy day I've had at work. I had patients that required alot of care. I was pretty much running back and forth with running meds, answering questions, checking and assessing. My preceptor gave me the opportunity to work on my own and handle task by myself. But even with how busy it got today, I rather do it now than when I'm on my own as a nurse. 

Happy Wednesday! Got in 2.5 miles, albeit a little later than I wanted. Did my bb requirements. Had some work to plow through. Took Jovi to get his hair cut after school. We went to taekwondo this evening. I got in a mentee session, a class assistance, and a class leadership. Hope everyone had a great day! 

today was extremely stressful, I had a chemistry test which didn't turn out as good as I hoped but still not bad. after school, I ate lunch, I had a protein bowl from chipotle, then went to a drum lesson. after that, I came home and got ready for classes and left again. tonight, the classes were taught by grandmaster Lee, WHICH WAS AWESOME. now that I am back at home, I'm going to do homework and relax.

Hello, I woke up, got dressed, my nana brought me to school, and I had fun there, because we had band.  After school MY DAD CAME BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL!!!!!! then I did some of my homework then I went to King Tiger for a mentee session, and I assisted in the 6:00 class.  After that I went home, and did the rest of my homework then I did my exercises!     Byeee!

Today I woke up and got ready for school.  Like normal we walked to school, next we were at school and I had mom fix my hair before I went in because I wore my beanie (I didn't want hat hair all day!) because I didn't want me ears to be cold like yesterday.  I did blocks like normal.  Then I was at KT and did class and worked on my black belt stuff.  Finally we went home and had dinner and wrote this journal and finished up poomsae then went to bed.

Today I had a normal day at school. I had PE as me encore and tomorrow is media. After school I did some homework then went to class. At class I did poomsae and self defense. I also mentored someone. After class I got Chick-fill-A then came home.

Today I was supposed to have a test but my teacher wasn't here so it was just a regular day at school. When I got home I did some requieremtns and homework.

today when I got to school, I got my miles done in PE. And social studies we started this amazing race thing that we will be doing over the next couple of weeks. We had random partners and I am feeling pretty good about mine. In ELA we had tons of homework and we had to leave the room. We had to leave the room because there was something wrong with the air vents and it was 90° in air. There was also this weird smell of burning metal, so they shut the door and we went to the media center. During recess there was a big fight on the field that got broken up which was very crazy. In science, we started a cut out that seems very easy. And lastly in math we are doing intro to slopes. When I got home, I ate and worked on school. Then...

today, I had math and economy. overall, my schoolday was easy. then I came home and relaxed for a bit before going to a guitar lesson and working on my new skill for black belt cycle.

overall, my day was pretty good. i was out of school for Presidents' Day so i spent my day doing homework for Tuesday. then I went to classes and got a lot of requirements done. afterwards me and parker went on a run then i came home and went to bed.

Today I got up pretty early to start my day. Although the morning went by slow. I had master training at North Charlotte with Grandmaster Lee. Then later on he taught classes at Lake Norman, then took another class. Had some stuffed peppers for dinner.

I missed class today and was not thrilled with that, but I had to rest today.  I worked on my poomsae's and self-defense slowwwly and carefullllly.  my knees will be happy tomorrow.  They were very angry today.  I am excited about seeing Grand Master Lee tomorrow.  

Hello King Tiger Family. I am in Tampa FL today for work. Visited our office down here and got a chance to spend some time with fellow team mates. Good day. Weather was good. I stayed a little late at work trying to finish some things. Then I went to hotel, got settled, and went for a run. Then I did some requirements. I grabbed some food and then finished some more requirements. Now I am going to get ready for bed. Have a great evening and day tomorrow. Take care. 

I'm glad I was able to train under Grandmaster Lee, excited to see him at Instructors Camp soon. He really good at explaining practical principles and techniques. Got my Invisalign taken out today. Official done with them. The dentist and assistant asked me how I felt about my treatment and my teeth. I wasn't always the most consistent at wearing them, but the effort I did do has greatly improve my smile and confidence. It also made me more discipline with my dental care and routine. So while there may be thoughts of if my teeth can be straighter or whiter, I'm happy with what I have. And I accept that there will be things I can't change, and I what my effort put in.   Decided to go running with my dog. The goal was to run 30 minutes, he got tuckered out at 20 minutes, so I took him home...

Today after school I went to Tae Kwon Do for my class with Grand Master Lee. It was a very fun and intuitive class. In the class we were honing our reaction time and training our eyes. Grand Master Lee was observing around the room when he came to me. He asked me to block his punches so I did. I was lucky to be one of the few people who were called up to the front of the class to be an example for the rest.

Hello King Tiger! Today was an awesome day because all of the classes were easy today(I wish this happened during Mondays). After school was tennis practice and it was fun and I figured out that I need to improve a lot, and by a lot, I mean a ton. After tennis, I did my homework on the way to taekwondo and Black Belt Class was awesome(I trying to think of a word that is similar to awesome, but way more better) with Grandmaster Lee and I learned how and why the blocks are used and how they apply to. I just finished review today's notes and everything now, I am going to go to sleep. (This journal was quite big for some reason).

I went to the gym after work and banged out my reps on the push ups, sit ups, kicks.  Threw in some plank and mountain climbers for good measure.  Primarily worked legs, which might be a mistake given that I will be in class doing kicks on Wednesday.  

Today was a not great. I woke up like usual but I couldn’t really do anything because of my leg, so when I got to school I lasted about 5hrs before they sent me home during PA . I was late to a lot of my classes because I could barely walk. When I got home I did some my work and did some plank.

I spent my Valentine's Day evening with a full class at King Tiger North.  I thought it might be a much smaller attendance given that it was Valentine's Day.  Nice to see how committed everyone is to the program.   Thank you Master Cavazos for teaching tonight!  I always enjoy his classes.  

Today I found something. Let me explain. Yesterday I journaled about a field trip I was going on tomorrow and today I went on the field trip I journaled about yesterday. We were allowed to bring string bags or any small bag. One girl in my class had a particular bag. It was red and had a tiger on it. Can you guess what type of bag it was? Yep! I saw a King Tiger bag in the wild! I was generally surprised, and I don't know why I was so amused by it. When I asked her about it she said her brother Gavin went to King Tiger at some point. When I got to King Tiger I asked Master Natasha and Master Marcus but they couldn't recall anyone by that name. That was my discovery and it happened on the bus to the discovery museum. Coincidence? Also, I want...

Needed to take the night off from my normal workout to celebrate my daughter's birthday.  I am thankful that she came into town to see me and that I could spend the evening with her.   It is great to see her grown up, but I miss my tae kwon do classes with her when she was in middle school. 

Great Saturday morning black belt class today!.  I love working on poomsae and that was primarily what we did in class.  It is helpful for me to go through all the forms so I can see which ones I need to work on.  A big thank you to Master Cavazos for coming to help me work on my staff forms after class.  I appreciate his patience as I try to learn the longer forms.  Lots of steps and it is easy for me to confuse the forms when I am learning several at the same time.  

Most of the day spent grocery shopping and running errands that did not get finished on Saturday.  I did get my workout in before dinner.  Hoping it warms up soon so that I can run outdoors again soon.

Today was good! I went to Grand Master Lee's class today and so did a lot of people but I learned a lot! But I'm just really tired after all my requirements and some homework so I'm trying to get some sleep for tomorrow. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!

Today I woke up very early for no reason and got ready for school. We have bench marks tomorrow and im not exited because they are three hours long and i have to sit infront of an old friend that I don’t like anymore. My dad’s going to get me some books so i’m exited about that. I had work today and I forgot my TKD shirt so my mom drove me home don’t worry I said thank you and apologized more than I should have and had fun at class. 

Got up early on President's day to work on forms.  Thanks to Master Cavazos I had videos of the bo staff forms on my phone.  Very helpful to have that so I could review later!  It was somewhat discouraging to see how bad my stances were in the video though.  I did my kicks, push ups, sit ups, etc later in the day

Today I woke up and got ready for school.  Mom and I walked to school again today. After school I got to KT and did my black belt stuff and played with my friends.  I took the 6:45 class with Grandmaster Lee, it was pretty cool.  My partner was Praneeth and we worked on different kinds of blocks. We went to Jason's Deli for dinner and then headed home and got ready for bed!

Hello king tiger family. Today was an ok day, at school I woke up and went to my class, but then the teachers said they were shuffling the classes and I ended up with the smallest one so yeah. Then I went to taekwondoe originally to just get a mentor session but ended up helping a class,being mentored and mentoring someone. While I was helping out with class I did requirements. That is all today so goodbye and good night.                

today i went to jail and had a science test. ew. then i came home and did my requirements and went to girl scouts. i came home and took a shower and did homework. im so sleepy. :)

I had school today and it was my first day back from being sick and I did my normal stuff I just had to catch up on last weeks Thursday and Friday because I wasn’t there cause I was sick. I had fun recess I got to play I got to see people play basketball and my teacher had a meeting after we had encore so we had to go into different classrooms and I went to the Miss Duke classroom and I got to talk to my friends and I left and when I got home I ran 2 miles and I want to taekwondo and did a mentee and mentor session and requirements in Rosenthal’s and have them class

today i  was sick then i ate brakfast then i did some exersices i was so exited because GRANDMASTER LEE CAME TO OUR DOJONG YESTERDAY sorry for it being short bye

Today was pretty simple. I woke up with a sorta sore throat and went to school. In math we played a review game because the math benchmark is tomorrow. In science we did research for our project. In spanish we just talked about different ways to say things in different countries. In social studies we finished our letter then did a class kick assignment. In ela we did more review for the Ela benchmark. Once I got home i did my requirements then went to Tkd and helped out with classes and did a mentor session with hudson. We got taco bell for dinner and i wasn’t that hungry so id dint eat much. Then i showered and now im gonna study.

Hello!  Today I was off school for a teacher work day, so I got ready then picked  up my grandma to go to my dads room in the hospital to see how he is doing.  When we dropped her off with my dad, my nana and I left to go home so I could do my studying for school.  After that I went to pick up my grandma, and bring her home, then I went to King Tiger.   GRANND MASTER LEE WAS AT OUR SCHOOL!!!!!!! I was so exited to work with him, and practiced speed and focus drills and we also did meditation, so that was fun.  After I got home I did my exercises!     Good night.

 Today I woke up a little later since my mom was going to drive me to school but I still felt a little tired. In school we just reviewed for some benchmarks coming up. After school I came home and relaxed and did some requirements. I then got ready for the 6:45 class with Grandmaster Lee and it was really fun. We did spend and focus on drills, blocks and also meditation. Now back at home and relaxing. Good night! 

Happy Tuesday! Seems later in the week doesn't it? Worked. Got in 2.5 miles and bb requirements. Notable thing of the day was a great black belt class with Grandmaster Lee. It was a great push for these last few weeks of the black belt cycle. Hope everyone had a great day!

Today I had class with Grand Master Lee.  I was a lot of learning about blocks, kicks and a little self defence. Then I got a picture with him before I left and with my friend Martin as well. It was neat. 

As always, I woke up and got a start to my day. I did some requirements and went off to school. I had a pretty good and productive day at school. I played Cards Against Humanity during fourth block with my friends, which was really fun. Then I came home from school and did some school work, as well as some requirements. I then went to get allergy shots and went to run club. Today's workout wasn't bad, but none of my really close friends were there. Then I came home and did some more requirements. Then I ate, showered, and read. Afterwards I stretched and now I am here. 

Two weeks ago I was building a LEGO harry potter set that I found in my attic and I noticed that one of the pieces was broken. I contacted LEGO about it and they said they would ship a new piece but they never said when they would. Today my dad went to go check the mail and I heard him say "Parker your part is here!" I said "Yay!" so that was good.

I went to Reedy Creek Park this morning.  I wanted to try out the NFL/Panthers obstacle course  before running with my friend.  We went through the course not really knowing what we were doing, but had fun anyway as it was a nice warm up before the run.  We ran three miles through the trails and the road.  I didn't keep up with  my friend because the knees were not at all happy today.  I took my dog for a walk when I returned home.  This evening I helped out with the smaller tigers and attended high belt and black belt classes.  Instructor Courtney from the LKN campus visited us today.  She was very helpful and patient with coaching me on my red belt self defense.  Thank you  Instructor Courtney!

If this journal could have a title, it would be improvement! I had to watch my siblings today since my mom is sick and my dad was working. After instructing, I went home and sat on the couch with my dog. He is a little lonely after my other dog passed away Friday night. I am feeling much better though, and I need to push forward. Cycle won’t stop for me, and I won’t quit either. I am here to prove I am stronger than I think I am. Just you wait, I am bringing my all, and everyone else should too……..

Today we didn’t have any school so me and hudson played some cards and he totally beat me and then I showered and washed my hair for school tomorrow. I let it dry curly for a bit while me harper and hudson played another round of cards and then went up and blow dried it and then streightened it for tomorrow. When my mom got home she brought us sipco and then I watched a little bit of a movie and went on our fourwheelers which was oddly therapeutic and i hadn’t realized how much I missed doing that. Then we went to class very early and me and Avery got our requirements done and did some rolling and falling and then went to class. Instructor Courtney was there today and we had some good conversations and I had a good class. 

Today was a total nightmare. First I woke up and ate breakfast . After that I did requirements and ate lunch. My dad said he wanted to go play soccer outside but when we were getting ready I slipped on the pine needles outside and hurt my knee a lot. I scratched it all the way till the bone. Since I could barely walk I had to sit on my couch all day.