Fall 2026 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!

8/10/26

Today I woke up and, like always I did some pages of the Grit Workbook. Then after this I folded the clothes and took a shower. Then in the after noon I went to play tennis, then I ran a mile at Harrisburg Park, then from there I went to my parents friends house and we stayed there for much longer than we thought we would. We planned to stay there for only 5 minutes but we ended up staying there for 2 hours, and we ate dinner there. Once we left I was very tired.

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8/10

hellooooooo, i spent most of my dad doing my apps and hanging out with my sister. i was supposed to go to tkd today to help out and get a mentee session in but my sister had a dance practice and i had to help all the kids with the steps and technique. i did my requirements after practice and now im dreadingggg for school to start in 3 days. sighhhh its okay senior year yay! anyways goodnight!

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8/10/26

Today I was pretty busy I had an SAT class in the morning, then I had a violin class after that. After that I ate lunch, finished my requirements and went to work. Today was my last day of working at King Tiger for the summer. I can't work over the school year for now because my school gets out at 4:00 and my bus gets home super late. I'm going to miss some of the kids from the earlier classes which I probably will never see again. Tomorrow is the last day of summer break which is sad, I feel like this summer break went by way too fast. 

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Happy Monday!

Woke up early to get another 3 mile run in--I've run 9 miles in 3 days which is a lot for me--and my legs are definitely feeling it. Started on some AP world summer homework and then got the rest of my requirements done before work at 1p.m. Summer camp and classes were good, I stayed after with Ms. Jen for another creative form/kicks session. We definitely got a lot of good work in today. Also not to brag...but baby Olive walked toward me (or anyone) for the first time--she did it 2 different times too--with Master Chelley balancing her. She grabbed onto me and I just know I had this huge grin across my face. It was adorable! Came home around 9:30p.m. ate some dinner, took a shower, and am heading to bed soon. I hope everyone had a great start to the week! ~ Peyton

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8/10/26

Today I woke up and ate breakfast at school.I went to see new students and maybe friends, and old friends. My day after school I went to the mall. Then I went to tae kwon doe for more training and more caught up now. After class I went to get my book signed, and after we went home we ate pasta.

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Black Belt Cycle Day 24

Today I woke up early at 7 and ran my mile. Due to the fact I didn't run yesterday I went a bit slower and also because it was really sunny. After I had breakfast and then starting doing a bit of my requirements, I still felt tired from the day before yesterday to it took some time. After that I kept spending time with my grandparents and gamed a lot today. That's pretty much all I did, looking forward to doing my white belt challenge soon!

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8/10/26 #13

Today was pretty great. So I woke up and went to the gym for a 2 mile run with my mum, After I went home and did my other workouts, then I started doing some art in my room for I think around 3 hours just drawing on this cabinet which was so fun. Later me and my mum headed to orentation where my dad was because my mum had a very important meeting, after the slide show I went to go meet a few of my teachers, me and my dad then went to my band teachers room and met her. I then went to my dads house and did my own thing for a little before I headed to my mums house. Well I hope everyone had an amazing day!

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Day 23 (8/10/26)

Today was really productive. I got a lot of stuff done early. I finished my requirements, made a lot of progress on my song me and my friend are producing. I also got to watch YouTube for a while and even got to take a little nap before class. At the Dojang, I took philipines martial arts class, then I helped out in 2 and took 1. I listened to a lot if music throughout the day and I think it helped me a lot. Me and my mom made a plan for my diet I have to do after class and during dinner.

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8/10

to start off with today the reason why there are two dates with 8/10 is because yesterday since I came home late at 12 the date changed.  So today was a simple day, I woke up and cleaned my room while calling my best friend after I practiced my poomaes and then took a class and went straight to taekwondo. Then me and my dad went grocery shopping for snacks and then I ran my mile and did my physical work. The  ate dinner  and played Roblox and went to sleep.            

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8-10

today i woke up unable to move my right leg. i must've messed it up during sparring yesterday. i tried to do some stretches my mom told me to do to regain mobility. i was able to do all my requirements after except my mile run took a little longer than usual. in the afternoon i headed to taekwondo to have a mentor session and i helped out with two classes. these days it seems the instructor to student ratio is way too much. maybe all the students are travelling for the summer...?

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8/10 #20

Today I woke up to my sister's puppy licking my face, so that was fun. My brother and I went on a three-mile walk today, and when I got home, I did my requirements. I told my brother I would take him to the pool, so we went there for a while, and when I got back, I had to get ready for taekwondo. I got to help with the shin kickers and the white belt class today, and it was fun to be able to help. Then I took red belt class, and we went over some color belt forms and did rolling and falling. Now, I got a copy of the written test, so I'm trying to go through all of my study guides to find everything. Okay, sorry that was a lot. I hope everyone had a great day. Goodnight!

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Anesteshia

I got my running and other requirements in early at the Y (which opens at 5:00am) because I had an appointment at the dentist later in the morning and I didn't know how I'd feel at Black Belt class tonight after I'd been given anesthesia.  After I warmed up, I felt OK, so it wasn't really an issue like I thought it might be.  Also, a new instructor (4th Dan) joined our class tonight.  I think he'll be a great addition to our dojang.  

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8/10

Day I went and helped with a class at Taekwondo. Then I had to go do something for Boy Scouts after all of that I came home and now I’m doing my requirements.

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8-10

I woke up and ate breakfast and went to King Tiger camp. Today was park day and it was fun. I ran a mile with Master Matthew and really improved my time. I finished my requirements when I got home. I am so glad to be caught up!

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About today

I enjoyed my time on board the Carnival Sunshine and really enjoyed it. We played several game shows including deal or no deal! We bought a ticket for a possiblity to be selected as a player up on the stage on deal or no deal. Low and behold, on the screen apeared, "Mathew Sherrill", my dads name. He got to go up on stage and he won $129. Today we had to depart so we packed our things and started our long drive back home. I don't feel prefect as I came back with a stuffy nose and a headace. Anyways I had a great time on the cruise and I am wishing my self good luck on catching up on the black belt cycle exercises.

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8/10

Today is the day im starting my diet! i decided that eating more protein would be good for me especially when im on the cycle. im excited to see how it effects me!!!

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8/10/26

Hello everyone, today was a good day, I woke up and went to an orthodontist appointment and then ran some errands with my mother. School is starting this week and I feel prepared, I know it's going to be hard, but I will do good. I'm going to go to a concert later, I'll talk about how it went in my next journal, see you all later.

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Journal #19

I finished my requirements early today, like before Jack even woke up. I started prepping for some of my other essays with more difficult topics, like the Ki Energy essay. I also was able to hit chest day today and got a really good pump. I can still push 155 lbs for 8 reps, which is okay, but I'm working on it. my current goal is to hit 185 for reps. I'm going to a concert today and I'm super excited, cause these guys are really good, and it's why I'm journaling earlier today as well. Have a good rest of your day, bye!

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8/10

Today was super boring I woke up around 6 and ran my mile and did my physical work and practiced. I’m kinda stressed to because I’m such a slow learner and so my pomsae and self defense is not looking good. But I’m going to try to lock in for the next 2 days especially excuse school starts on the 12th. Anyways today we drove back home and honestly I just slept for the most part. I ate subway and chicken pizza which was so yummy. Anyways I ended the days off by cleaning my room and heading to bed.

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Aug 10

I’m very tired. Again lol. Gonna sleep in tomorrow. I got a good writing session in today. Essays and music later. I wish the music inspo could strike sometime before 12:30 am lol. That’s always the earliest. Anyways, beautiful song coming along which is always nice. I am pretty irritated about my ankle. I walked my mile on a treadmill today, took me forever and still hurt afterwards. Went faster, it hurt. Up the incline, it hurt. Even pushups did today. Like that one isn’t even ABOUT YOU. Anyways, frustrating but I’m trying to make myself rest. Which I now know I’m terrible at lol. But I’m good at writing essays, well and fast, so I’m trying to focus on the academic process I’m making. That’s all, goodnight guys.

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8 / 9 / 26

I was super tired this morning which added some extra difficulty to my requirements but I was still able to knock them out at a relatively early time of the day. My body was feeling a lot better today when practicing kicks and poomsae, I don't know why my hips were hurting so bad yesterday. I played chess for a while in the afternoon which was pretty fun. This evening was not too eventful, I just relaxed and rested so I will be prepared to really practice my creative form tomorrow.

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8-10

Saturday is coming up quick. Lots of poomsae work today and kicks. Fine tuning but also just trying to keep the nerves at bay as well.  This week will be about locking my creative down and getting my mind ready, and turns...working on my turns. I finished up my requirements with Joel this afternoon when we got home from Ikea...closet organization shopping. Today was finalizing what we  want to go with and now just double-checking our measurements. Stretching tonight, my left hamstring is tight. The partner stretches we did this morning helped quite a bit though so just some light stuff tonight.  Happy second to last week of Summer Camp! Have a great week!

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Sunday Funday

​Today was a good day. Woke up early and cut the grass before heading over to my parents' house for my nephew's 18th birthday. It's crazy how fast those 18 years have flown by. ​They had pizza, wings, garlic knots, and mozzarella sticks. I kept it sensible with a few slices of pizza and a few wings—pretty good overall! For dessert, there was ice cream cookie dough cake and ice cream Oreo cake. Wanting to stay on track with my intake goal, I opted for just a small slice of the Oreo cake. It was so good, and so sweet. ​Once I got back home, I hung out with Christian for a few hours. We spent time gaming, grabbed dinner, and worked on restoring a computer—he’s really excited to see how it performs. I also managed to knock out some requirements while watching part of a movie with him. ​Off to...

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My weekend 8/8-8/9.

Sunday: I woke up to eat breakfast. Next I went to church. After church I went to shop for school supplies. After that, I went to red lobster. Next I went to the movies. After the movies I went home to pack my stuff for school. Thats was my sunday.   Saturday: I woke to eat breakfast. Next I went to get my dads surprise party ready when we were inviting people to the pool party. When the party was ready my dad was happy when he saw the surprise. In the middle of the party was a corn hole spot that my dad helped put. At the end of the party my dad opened every gift he got. Then we went to bed to sleep.  

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Day 22 (8/9/26)

Today I went to church and learned something important. God won’t always give what you expect or exactly what you asked for because you might need the experience. After Church I chilled at the house until Sparring. I met someone new and I don’t know if it’s spelled the same way but it sounds like Decoy. He was really tall and he helped me learn something; I can use crescent kicks and Inside out kicks a lot more and put them to use. It’s like Curry with a 3 pointer. If you can consistently get the higher scoring shot off and make it, then you’ll be harder to beat. After sparing I completed my physical requirements and made some progress on me and my friends collaborating.

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8/09

Hey guys, today I went outside to my gym and did some requirements and ran alot outside. After that at 6 I had a sweet 16 to go to and spent the rest of my time there. 

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8/9

I’ve been falling a little behind on my journals lowkey. Today I got to sleep in finally and when I got up I was planning on going to sparring class but I had to end up doing stuff with my family. I have time to make it up. Later on I went to the mall and buy some stuff for our house. We had food at the mall and it was reallyyyy bad. When I came back home i had an online meeting and right after I went to watch the odyssey and it was very good. I just came back home, goodnight!

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8/9

hellooooo, i'm very very tired right now. we were getting the house ready because we had some guests come over and it was super fun. after they left i got in my requirements and went for a run at the gym. my sister had a dance practice at our house with all her friends so it got reallyyyyyy hectic. anyways off to bed, goodnight!!

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8/9 #19

Last night I spent the night at my friend's house, and when I woke up, we went on a walk. Since school is starting soon, we went to the outlets and shopped for a few hours before one of my friends had to leave. After that, I went home and did my requirements. My mom and I had to run to Target to get the rest of my school supplies (although it failed) before school starts next week. Okay, so that was my day. I hope everyone had an equally amazing Sunday. Goodnight!

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8/9

yesterday my day started of simple as I tried to get every thing done in the morning .Then went downstairs to eat brunch .After brunch I played a game with a guest who came to our house .The helped my sister with her studies and played with her. Around evening I went to go play outside with my friends where I also did my mile for the day .One I got home I ate dinner and played another game .After all of this I went to bed.

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9

9 Today was pretty hard to wake up, I woke up very sore with body aches all over. Nevertheless, I still went and ran 2 miles this morning. It felt like the running helped me ease my pain a little. A warm shower followed right after, for, soon I was off to a family friend's house to share a lunch together. It was quite fun to be at there house and the food was amazing. We made brownies with them and they turned out amazing. Overall the day was pretty fun and I had a blast at my friend's house.

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8/9/26

Today I woke up, did some pages of the Grit Workbook, and the I had breakfast. Then after breakfast I went outside and played with m friends, then I went another friends house. We played on his Nintendo Switch and we also played a card game. Then I went home and it was raining very hard! 

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Lots of poomsae

This past week and a half I have been drilling down my creative form, Yuk, Koryo, Keumgang, Taebaek, and Pyeongwon since those are the poomsaes that I and the other 3rds and higher are performing for Grandmaster Lee next Saturday. I feel ok-ish as of now but I'm sure later in the week stress will be high. I went to TKD for about 2.5 hours today and worked on kicks and poomsae. Straight to a birthday party for a few hours and then back home for my requirements. I went on another 3 mile run in the evening and I definitely prefer running in the morning. Its just too hot and muggy outside after 10a.m. Anyways had dinner, watched some TV, played ping pong, and ate ice cream the rest of the night. I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great start to the week tomorrow! ~ Peyton

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Black Belt Cycle Day 23

Today I was up early at like 6:45 in the morning and wasn't really in moon for a run. Since my grandparents came here for the first time and I haven't seen them in 3 years I decided to spend the whole day with them. In the morning since we woke up early we caught the sunrise. Then we had breakfast and caught up with them. We talked for a few hours then we had lunch. We chilled a bit more together than my grandparents went to take a nap. They napped for like 3 hours since they were very jetlagged and I rested too since I was "carlagged". After we went in our backyard picked some fruits that grew, after my aunt and uncle came over so we had dinner with them, desset, and then went to sleep.

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Entry 8

Did most of our school shopping yesterday. We went to get supplies and our shoes when my mom got off work today. Afterwards, I came home and knocked out my requirements. And now I'm playing the video game, winding down a little before bed.

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Journal #18

Today I went for a walk/run. I did 6 miles switching between walking and running, and it was really good. I was able to get all of my requirements done and prep for my lesson that I had in church today, and I think it went well. We had read in the book of Esther this past week, and It's really amazing, because it follows the story of Esther , an orphan girl, who rises to become the queen of Persia and the savior to her people. Anyway, got to go to bed early tonight because tomorrow's gonna be a late night; I'm going to a Muse concert! Goodnight.

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08/9

Today I got a new dresser and that was about the only exciting thing. My requirements are done and I’m posting this.

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8/9/26

Hello everyone, today was nice because I got to go to church and see a bunch of really good people. After that we went home and I went 5 miles and did my requirements. I had a nice chill day, I hope your day was as great as mine, and I hope you who are going back to school as well are going to do fantastic.

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8/9/26

Today I took a practice test to prepare for my SAT which is is in a couple weeks. I got a pretty good score on it but I've gotten higher scores before so I wasn't very happy about it. As long as I practice consistently I should be able to get a good score on the real test. Also, today I was able to drive again after a long time, I just drove to Publix with my parents to get groceries which added another half an hour to my total time. I need 60 hours to get a license and so far I have about 20. I wanted to go for a run today but it started raining really hard so I couldn't go. Anyway, yesterday I ran a 5k so technically I didn't have to run today. 

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8/9/26 #12

Today was amazing because first I woke up and cleaned my room after waking up and getting energized for the day, I then watched some videos my friends sent me so I could be ready to go to the gym for my workouts and yoga or body balence. After morning I headed to the gym with my mom for my mile, after my mile I went to the privtate trainer room for my other things. Soon after I went to do the yoga class for I think 1 hour and 30 minutes which was so relaxing. Soon after I went to Wally World (Walmart) for some things. After I went home and called my friends for an hour and a half. I now am coloring a shelf. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

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08/09/2026

Today I was able to recover better from my injury and was able to walk four miles to recover my missing logs in my journal. I was able to also stretch and recover from my muscle spasms and was also studying for my SAT in the meantime.

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Oh Dear Lord!

I worked my butt off this weekend but I am finally caught up on my requirements!! My legs are toast. I am worn slap out. Going to sleep good again tonight!!

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New Mentor

I went to dojang today and went over some poomsaes, self-defenses, basic kicks, and Staff #1 by myself.  I also tried out some kicking combinations on the heavy bag in anticipation of sparring class this week.  After I left from there, I went to the Harrisburg Y and got in my requirements.  I was also able to get in some extra work with someone who goes to another TKD school in Harrisburg.  I told him I was going through the Black Belt cycle and some of the requirements.  He's a 2nd Dan, so he was able to critique my kicks and Koryo poomsae.

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Aug 9

I feeling sick from yesterdays throw up and headache and I felt like a zombie when I got out of bed. I could not do requirements and doubling up is no problem later in the week. Just want to fall asleep for 14 hours and wake up pristine condition and do the rest of my requirements that I missed.

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Hartle - 8/9/2026

My Grandson Joseph's birthday today. Having a family get together soon. Got a great workout in earlier. Lots of good weights to throw around, and miles on the eliptical. Then to King Tiger to get some poomse work in.

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Aug 9

Gonna go to the park tmrw morning to train. I’ll be tired again but that’s fine. Got my sticks today, yay. I’m very tired so I’m going to leave it at that and sleep, goodnight guys.

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Black Belt Cycle Day 22

Today I woke up early to head to the Saturday black belt class. I wasn't able to get any requirements in the morning because was so early. In class we did this thingy where we only did poomsae's and kicks only with the same belt rank as us and the others had to step off the mat. This was pretty new for me but also pretty intresting. Anyways after class I had to go to Atlanta to go pick up my grandparents from the airport that came to stay with us for the first time from India. This was REALLY fun since It was a pretty good road trip and I got to eat taco bell for lunch and chipotle for dinner. I also got to relax the whole day in the car so yeah it was really fun. We got home with my grandparents around 12:00/midnight, I showed them around...

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Journal #17

Black belt class today was just our school and not Grandmaster Evins. Woke up early and started practicing and getting requirements done. went to volunteer, and it was easy today, but it felt really long, even though it was only 2 hours. Then I went home and played some games to wind down, but I ended up going to a friends house and staying about 3 hours, so that's why I'm journaling extra late today. I am super tired today, goodnight!

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8/8/26

Hey everyone, today was fun because we got to go to Black Belt Class, it wasn't a Grand Master Evins class though. After class I used the vacuumed all the floors of the TKD Dojung. Then we did class and I did my job, after that I went home, and got a hair cut. After I went home and chilled and took a nap, because I got 1 hour of sleep last night and it took a toll on my body. Then we ate some dinner, and I was finally able to introduce my mom to the movie called The Batman after 5 years. Now I'm gonna go to bed, hope you all had a wonderful day, and don't forget to get lots of sleep. I hope you are all doing great, goodbye.

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8/8

hellooooo, today i went to bbc in the morning and had a mentor session right after. my hips are super sore from sparring yesterday and i woke up with this BIG beautiful lovely bruise on the side of my arm from getting kicked so much yayyyy :))). my family and i went to the mall and got a bunch of clothes and shoes for school and then we came home for dinner. pretty fun day today!!

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Beautiful Saturday

​Today was a great day. Didn’t wake up as early as I wanted, but I still got plenty of work in. ​Got to black belt class this morning, which was fantastic.  It was a great class taught by my sister, Master Natasya.  I'm so blessed to have some much experience in my family and around, not just me but all of the testers, there is no reason why we cant all get to the end goal. There are plenty of things I need to correct within a lot of the upper belt poomsaes.  A big thank you to Peyton for helping me after class get my notes right so I can practice properly. ​Got home and went out for a 3-mile run, and it felt terrible! Had to stop about 10 times, but I kept pushing through and finished. Ate some fruit and had a protein shake for breakfast before relaxing...

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8/8

Today I went to sparring and was able to leader the class for a bit. After that I did my daily workout and challenges.

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8-8

BBC with Master Natasya this morning, super helpful for running through some curriculum.  The mat was full of black belts and we were all working hard. I was happy with my Yuk...I have been having issues withbit but today definitely helped me relax some and I felt better for it.  Tons of work went into getting to that one poomsae today...excellent lesson for me in that.  Then on to the gym where I got some miles waiting for Joel and then we moved on to an upper body workout.  Why have been finishing upper body with pull-up worj and dips?  Sheer lunacy.  I finished strong, such a good feeling!  And thank the universe for the massage chairs! Have a great weekend!

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8/8

This morning, I went to a black belt class at Lake Norman, and after that I went home and stayed at home for a little bit. Then I went to my friends house and we went to do airsoft and then we watched the new Spider-Man. Once I got home from all that I did my requirements for the day. 

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8-8

hi guys. today i went to black belt class in the morning. i learned second dan special for the first time which wasn't too bad actually. then i went to my sat prep class which had me on the verge of sleeping until the next decade. after that i went home and had lunch and did my requirements. after that i went to my volunteering. after volunteering i had dinner and now im writing this :)

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8/8 #18

I had to help my mom go set up for a charity event that she had this morning. And when I got home I got to build some of my lego’s. After I finished with that I went on a walk with my brother and my puppy, but my puppy is really slow so we only ended up walking 2 miles. I got home and finished my requirements and now i’m about to go over to my friends house. I hope everyone had a great day. Goodnight!

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Wonderful Weekend!

Happy Saturday everyone! I was going to get up early and run this morning but that didn't happen...had a great BBC led by Master Natasya. We did lots of kicks, poomsaes, and self-defense. I had some yellow belts in family class today, just getting everybody ready for color belt testing in a week. I went home, ate a quick lunch, and then my mom and I headed out to have a fun day together. We explored a little town called Lincolnton, did some browsing in cute little stores, and made a much needed ice cream pit stop on the way back at Cookies N Creme. Absolutely delicious as always. Whats everyone's favorite ice cream flavor? Mine is anything with chocolate, the last few years I've been really into a flavor called dark chocolate raspberry truffle (which is what I got today). I came home and pumped out my requirements. Had a...

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Aug 8

8   Today I woke up feeling AMAZING. I was so motivated and energized when I went on my morning run. I was so full of energy I went for 2 miles instead of 1. I took a shower and felt like doing extra for my tkd requirments. I was so happy of myself and felt progression throught my mind and body throught since the cycle started. We later went to the mall with my friends and we had a fun time watching the spiderman movie there. Overall it was a great day.

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Ug pt.3

I woke up and had a small breakfast before Saturday black belt class. I did well but there is some stuff I really need to work on. I’m still playing catch up on daily stuff from when I was away at Camp Cherokee but I am getting closer. The soreness is back some. I will sleep good again tonight. 

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Day 21 (8/8/26)

Today I woke up late because I forgot to set my alarm. I was late to Black Belt Class because of it. During black belt class I met someone new and got a new perspective on Bocho special. After class I went home to do my requirements and after that I went to a party and I ate a lot of food. There was an Ice cream shop beside the restaurant that the party was in. After the party I chilled at the house and talked to my brother and played games.

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8/8/26 #11

Hello, Today was ehhh, okay but not great first of all I had to wake up early to go to saturday black belt which was super fun! Later I had to go to the gym like 2 hours later, Right after that I did my other workouts and chilled for a little before cleaning and drawing a little, later I watched a show and ate dinner. Soon then I went on a car ride with my mom and our dog stella. I just got back like 30 minutes ago and now laying down for bed. I hope everyone had an amazing day!

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8/8/26

Today I woke up early and got ready, then went for sparring class. After sparring class I mentored my mentee. He really learned a lot since I last saw him. The I got a mentor session and I practices my stick form. After this I went to the track to run. Then I went home and went to an event and I played soccer with my friends. After this I went home and organized my school supplies for school.

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Master Evins' Class

This morning, I attended Master Evins' Black Belt class, and it was a valuable learning experience for me.  Master Evins is a great teacher.  There were Bocho Dans, 1st Dans and 2nd Dans in the class, and he was able to teach all three groups simultaneously.  By himself.  I learned some of the finer points of Bocho Dan Special Self-Defense and Koryo from him.  He's not having class next Saturday due to Master's Testing in Greensboro, but I'll be back to his class when they start back the following weekend.   This afternoon, I attended a fund-raising golf tournament at the Rocky River Golf Club, which is about a mile from the Charlotte Speedway, given by my fraternity as a fund-raising event.  I can't golf to save my life, but I enjoyed the opportunity to hang out with some friends I don't get a chance to see too often.  

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8/8/26

This morning I went to sparring class and helped out with a couple of classes. On saturdays the junior tigers do an obstacle course and the part that I was standing at, they had to roll into the top parts of some kicking bags like a bowling ball which was funny. After I came home I ate lunch and just chilled and finished my requirements. Im going to go for a run later when its not hot anymore. 

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8 / 8 / 26

I woke up before class this morning and was able to complete my daily requirements before class. When I went to class, my hips really started to hurt. other than that, class was pretty good. My hips continued to hurt after class but they soothed down as the day went on. I practiced my creative form and I feel ready to perform it, I am feeling super good on the way it turned out. I plan to go on a run later this evening but I don't want to push it too hard so my hips don't become inflamed again. After my run, I plan to let my body recover for the rest of the evening.

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Aug 8

Honestly the digital detox was not as interesting as I’d hoped lol. I was hoping to have some extra creative energy or something, but the day was fairly normal. I suppose that’s a good thing. Anyways, had sparring today. My ankle is rly killing me. It’s very frustrating when that affects my kicks and all. Haven’t been sleeping too well so not looking forward to black belt class in the morning, but it’s whatever. I have to do it so mine as well not dwell on it.

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8/8

Today was a very busy day. I woke up and ran my mile and did my physical work and practiced just a little bit. Then I played with my cousins for the rest of the time. The. I ate donuts and watched a movie with my cousin. Then i got ready to go to a family friends house we ate dinner and played games. Then from there we went to a majlis and i honestly just played with my younger cousin and talk to my other cousin. Then we went home did some other stuff and got ready to go to bed.

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8/7

Today I had band camp in the morning but only till 12 today. We were out marching in the VERY hot sun for like 3 hours but it’s kinda fun once u get the hang of it. After that I got home and was able to chill for some time. Later I facetimed my friend as well. It was nice to be able to chill after a long time. Then i had dance class and I got chipotle for dinner. That’s all goodnight!

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8/07

Hey guys, today I woke late and around 11:15, I was tutoring kids piano, and then at 4:30 again was tutoring. in between that time I spent time writing my essays and doing my requirements and then at 6 went to sparring and came back home and went out for dinner!

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8/7/26

Today I woke up and did some pages of the Grit Workbook. Then I got ready and I went to my friends house. Then I came back home and went to the mosque, a place where I pray. Then once I got back home I had another class, then I went to King Tiger for class. Then I went home and then went to Walmart with my entire family to shop for school supplies. From there, we went to Pizza Hut for dinner.

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End of Work Week

​Today was a great end to the workweek. Took the kiddos to the park—it was warm out, but the cloud cover and occasional breeze kept it pleasant.​I took black belt class this afternoon and learned some new material that I definitely need to practice. Afterward, I went to dinner with my dad, sister, brother-in-law, niece, and nephew.​Planning on waking up early tomorrow to get a few miles in before class, hopefully with my son if he wants to join. My knee is pretty sore from sparring yesterday and sports a nice bruise, so hopefully the run goes smoothly. Looking forward to seeing everyone in the morning!

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Day 20 (8/7/26)

Today I practiced my poomsaes and self defenses early today so the rest of the day I could chill until sparring. I streamed for a couple hours and talked to my friends. I had a bunch of late night laughs with my best friend from 4th grade talking about sports, and the gym. At sparring I tried to go light because my toe was bruised but I still pushed myself to try and improve.

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8/7

hellooooo, pretty decent day today. i did all my requirements really early. i had to go to work at 2:00 but only had to stay until 3:30 because it was a training recap day for all the new people. my boss got us cake and snacks it was a lot of fun. i went to sparring class after and we did this drill where our hips are on the floor and we have to jump and kick idek. i know my hips are gonna be so bruised tomorrow. after class i got dinner and then my family and i went to target to get school supplies. pretty late to be getting them but we had absolutely noooooo time before. anyways know im gonna watch a movie!!

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8/7/26

I was pretty productive today. I ran 2 miles in the morning and did my requirements. Usually I jump rope after running but today I decided to do it before and see if that changed anything. It was a good idea because it warmed up my calves before running so my legs didn't really hurt that much. I took a nap in the afternoon and then I went to black belt class and sparring class. Master Foster had us do some different stretches for warm ups and some of them really worked so I might use those more often. After class I came home and went to play volleyball but everyone was already mostly wrapping up so I didn't get to do much. 

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Black Belt Cycle Day 21

Today I slept in a bit woke up and got ready to do my mile run. Today thought as I was running a little on the road close to my house there was a little rabbit that had gotten squashed by a car. I felt really bad for it since it died but I also got to see my first ever rabbit heart and organs. They were pretty disgusting thought and the smell the one of the worst smells I've ever smelled. Also since this stink was right by my house and right on the path I run it made me feel weird so it was a bit harder to run my mile taking me some more time. After that I got to stay home alone since my dad went out so I made the most of it. I got a soda and some snacks and gobbled it up hehe. It...

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8-7

Summer camp is winding down. Said goodbye to a few of our campers and even some of our counselors who are going back to school next week. I will miss their faces. Incredibly sore today in my legs, especially my hamstrings, I am going to stretch out some before bed.  Last night in sparring class I did get to see what the bottom of Evan's foot looked like, up close to my face😂. He had tremendous control over his side kick, beautiful kick. Fun sparring partner for sure! Another late workout after sparring with Peyton last night, going to miss these after the cycle is over...not being exhausted so much and sweaty but a good training partner makes it all a little easier.

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End of the Week!

Happy Friday! I procrastinated getting going this morning for a run but once I was out, it felt good. Took a shower and knocked out the rest of my requirements. If I could give any advice about black belt cycle, it would be to get your essays done early and work ahead on requirements. In my experience, getting your essays done before school starts and getting a couple days ahead on requirements is super beneficial because it allows you a little bit of breathing room in case you get sick, miss a day, or just aren't feeling it. Weeks 5-8 are the most challenging becuase all the super physical requirements are at its max and it gets pretty difficult even if you miss 1 day. Anyways, the rest of the afternoon was fine. Black belt class was a nice review of the 10 takeways. I came home to arguably the best...

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8/7/26

Today I woke up started to do some time on my electronic.Then started warming up before class then i accidentally forgot my gear for tea kwon doe sparring class.So I borrowed some gear from the extra gear master foster left in the corner. Before I did sparring I did the black belt class and some of the drills was plank holding which I enjoyed doing things for my core and helps me with my black belt cycle. Lastly i did sparring which is  part of my black belt cycle training helped me realized the more I practice, the more the skills i can work on. That was my day.

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Journal #16

Went to work early today and finished my leadership credits for the cycle. I'm working on getting my mentee sessions in, but other than that I'm on track. Black belt class was good, but I was super hungry the whole time, we did the 10 breakaways and practiced them to make sure we had them down. Tomorrow is the last day I work for a while cause school is starting back up soon, I hope that all of you guys are doing well and getting all of your requirements in on time! Goodnight!

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8/7/26

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful day, today was busy for me because I was working a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM shift at work. I still had a good day because I love my job. Me and my brother went to Black Belt Class and worked on some breakaways, it was cool. Then we went home, ate some dinner and chilled for the rest of the day. I hope everyone had a wonderful day, and I wish you all well, see you later.

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8/7

today I visited with my nephew, and after that I got all my requirements done there’s a pretty short and easy day.

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Fast Learners!

Went to sparring practice tonight, and I have to say there's been a noticeable improvement between weeks 1 and 3.  The students are moving their feet and sliding a lot better, and everyone's stamina is improving, probably because Master Foster has us constantly moving and switching partners the entire time we're on the mat.  At the rate they're improving, I almost dread to see what they're going to look like at the end of week 10!

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8/7 #17

I woke up today and wanted to go on a five-mile walk, but I got a huge migraine again, so I decided to cut it short at three miles. After I got home, I worked on some of my requirements and went to my school to help my dad set up his classroom. When I got home, I finished up my requirements and went to dinner with my family. Overall, today was okay. I hope everyone had a great day. Goodnight!

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8 / 7 / 26

I woke up and finished my summer reading book today. I'm surprised with how fast I finished, I think I only started the book about 5 days ago. Soon after, I did my requirements for the day. Later I went to King tiger for black belt class and then after class I was able to get a mentor session. I can't wait for the fall because the mosquitos have been insane this summer. Every time I go outside to practice my creative form, I feel like I am being eaten alive. Anyway, my evening was not to eventful, I just relaxed for the rest of the night after class.

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August 7- Richard huynh day

Today I attended black belt class and was able to practice my kicks and kicking combination to be more faster and constant, also I was able to get credit for leading warmups. Today we also sparred, Sparring today made me more active, made me practice how to go on offense and defense, after that I was able to teach my mentee his next  belt rank pomsae and what to expect for his next belt.

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08/07/2026

Today I was able to complete both the black belt weekend class and sparring class. I had a severe ache on my lower spinal area and was not able to do my best in class and had to skip sparring in sparring class. Still I was able to finish black belt class and the drills in sparring class.

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Journal 8-7

I had a really good day. I woke up ate breakfast and went to King Tiger camp. My Mom picked me up early for dinner and I went to Master Evins school for sparring class. The class was hard work and I’m tired. I know I will sleep good tonight. 

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8/7/26 #10

Today was pretty good because I woke up and I went to the gym for a little while getting everything finished for the week. Later I came home and drew for hours while my mom worked in the office, Hours later we went to this art place so I could finish my ceramic that I did, while figuring out what todo next. I came home and clean my room, kitchen table, my lunchbox. I just finished and about to call my friends to say hi. I hope everyone had a perfect day!

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Entry 7

Didn't do much today. I worked on a map I'm creating and I got one of my friends to test it with me. But he was just goofing off. After we got done, I printed a controller holder, which was neat. Knocked out my requirements and now I'm headed to my grandpa's for the night. 

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Aug 7

I woke up and ran two miles and did everything times 2 and I got a decaf latte and ate some lunch.

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Hartle - 8/7/2026

OK, I guess it is August :-) Steady working out, lots of kicks, walking and poomse. Hopefully good rehab for my achilles. Getting ready to mow the lawn today, and planning for my Grandson's birthday this weekend.

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8/6

One more day at Dallas, I had a good sleep and woke up late, ate my breakfast and played with my cousins. I tried to run a mile outside but it was too hot, so I stretched inside and also did push ups, and tried pull up’s and other workouts. Then I went out to eat lunch with my family  to a Chinese restaurant the food was great -and we had a great time. I also tried boba teas then we went to Ross for shopping and bought some clothes for school. Excited to try them out for first day of school. From there we went to one more cousin’s house for dinner… I met my cousins and played with them and ate delicious dinner with Theo family - I had a blast playing with my little cousin Wafa, he is very cute and friendly. Overall I had a great day! Learned...

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8/6

Today was a longggg day. In the morning i had a dmv appointment to get my learners permit and me and my dad had to keep leaving and coming back to get some random papers we didn’t know we needed to have. But eventually i tested and i passed!! After that i had some lunch and went to band camp. I didn’t know i could get take the school piccolo home so today i did. I definitely need some practice on certain songs. I came back at 5:30 ish and took a small break to chill. Then I had to go to tkd to get some leadership credits in and a mentor session.  Straight after I had to head to the gym to complete my run and some remaining requirements. I hate running on the treadmill so I ran outside near the gym and when i came back i finished my...

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Journal #15

Today I was tired for most of the day. I drank a gallon of water though, and ran a mile and a half. It was super hot outside all day, but exercises needed to be done, so I finished in the heat. I finished one essay, and I'm getting prepped for more of them. At work today, I helped a lot in class, got more leadership and assistance, I think I have about 10 each now cause I'm there so often during cycle like we all should be. Sparring class was alright, I almost kicked Mrs. Jenn in the face doing a turning side kick, it was close, but controlled. good day, but also a tired day, goodnight!

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Day 19 (8/6/26)

Today I woke up at 5 and started writing lyrics that just came to my mind because I figured it would be good to just write them I'll get better at hearing a beat, catching a vibe from it, and start writing then. I ate a bowl of cereal then started adding progress to me and my friend's song. we're still making the beat itself but I have an idea of my first verse already. I called Willow and started up stream and just played UFL while talking with her because I just started streaming so I don't get many viewers so it would be weird just talking to no one. After that stream I hung up and cooked some eggs and then I went to have a Mentee session with Matteo. After that I walked around for a while then went home. I finished all my requirements and then I...

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08-06

hello everyone. today i went to school in the morning to pick up my parking pass. it still hasn't hit me that i'll have to go back next week. after that i went to the dentist and they did some stuff and now my face has been swollen for the whole day. everytime i try to move my body my cheeks start hurting...? no correlation? because of this i skipped the exercise parts of the requirements. i still did my poomsae and self defense practice. i have a few minutes banked from previous days but i'll have to add a few minutes to my requirements tommorrow to get back on track. thats all for today though. 

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8/06

Hey guys today was my schools open house, and the I thought I was some smart guy last semester picking 6 AP classes and 2 community college classes. I don't know what I was thinking but its all good i guess! And when I went to open house I met all the new rising freshman coming into highschool some were like tiny as expected but then some, good god were like TALL I thought they were seniors, for record Im a junior and I was pretty surprised.

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Aug 6

Aug 6 Early morning went for my mile run. Was very foggy. It really did help though, as I would normaly feel heated from running, the fog felt like it helped me cool down. When I was done, I took a shower then went out to a local red cross group meeting, to help a blood drive and help volunteer for the needy. I felt so good seeing people smile and thanking me and my group.

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Work work work

Happy Thursday! Got to sleep in some today, woke up and banged out my requirements. Relaxed a little before work. Summer camp and classes were fine, not much different than it normally is. Sparring was pretty fun. We did a couple cool drills today that were definitely challenging. Overall a good class but I think I will have a couple bruises tomorrow. Stayed afterwards until about 9:30p.m., working with Ms. Jen on our creatives and black belt poomsaes for August 15 testing. Its kind of just hitting me how close it is. I will definitely be psyching myself out over the next 9 days but I think I'm ready....for the most part. Keep up the great work everyone! ~ Peyton

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8/6

hellooooo guys, today was pretty chill. i did all my requirements in the morning and then worked a bit more on my apps. i had a shift until 7 and straight from there i went to my open house. i'm actually really mad because my counselor messed up my schedule so bad but she always does that so i'm not surprised. i'm gonna have to go and talk it all out once school starts to get the classes i want. from open house i went to dance class until 8:45 and it was really fun with all my friends. i'm gonna watch a movie and then go to sleep, goodnight!!

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