Spring 2025 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!

Cadens Journal

Hello Everyone! Today School was so boring so there isnt much to share. There was a bomb threat though during recess so kids ran all over the place to hide because we were outside. Once I got home I ate and printed flyers. After taekwondo my mom randomly said we should go to Andy's and it was so good.

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2/26/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. Monday was pretty good. Not a bad day at work. Productive and though provoking. I got home. Picked up dogs from daycare, and then Nate and I went to class to help instruct. Nate went to work out and I did some requirements. Just finished and getting ready to eat something and prep food for my wife and Nate when the get home. Then probably some more requirements, walk dogs, and get ready for bed. We will see. Have a great night. Take care.

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Feb 26

Today was pretty chill compared to yesterday. No party's. But I did have work at the dojang, was a normal day and went by pretty slow.

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2/26

Today I had a good day at school. After school I came home did home work and req. Then I went to class. At class I did poomsae and self defense. After class my dad and I went and got Jimmy Johns for dinner. We came home, ate dinner, and watched Jeopardy and a movie. Then I typed this, took a shower, and went to bed. NIGHT YALL!

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2/26/24- #36

Currently, school is very bring and I have not had any intention of putting in y full effort. I have study hall next period though so I might as well review what I have already done in class today. That or I'll sleep the entire period.........  

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2/26

Today I’ve woke up and did all of my requirements than ate breakfast and then am getting ready to go to school I am thankfully being picked up early to get a passport so that will be nice and I’ll have a great rest of my Monday and ho

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peter's blog

today i had a good day because i helped my parents with breakfast and dinner. i also played football and basketball outside with my friends. then i did some work and that was all that happened today.

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2/25/24 Journal #50 FINAL JOURNAL!!

This is my LAST required journal!!!  When I woke up I played my switch for a little bit then had breakfast and got ready for church.  I went to Sunday school and then to the service.  I beat mom into the sanctuary, and she said she looked all over for me (haha) 🤣  Mom had to go down to the Boy scout hut to get Anthony's stuff in the car (I stayed in the church with LaLa at the sound board).  When Anthony sat down on the the bench beside mom all I could smell was campfire!  When we got home we had lunch and I did my black belt stuff and relaxed and watched some you tube and played the switch.  Then later on I got a shower and went to bed.

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Feb 25

Today was awesome. I had my grad party and I had a lot of family and friends over. Had great food, good convos and listened to music. All in all a great time and I wish I could do it again. But you only graduate High school once.

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2/25

today was relatively easy, I slept in and worked on stuff. I worked on my new skill, practiced poomsae, and did homework. I haven't really felt great today so I'm going to try and get some rest. Hopefully.

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Origin of the poomsae

Once upon a time there was a village called poom and in poom village lived various blocks and preps. In another village called Sae lived various kicks and punches. One day the two villages met and accused each other of stealing each others apples so they started a war. After a very long war, both villages ended up battered and bruised and they decided to become one big city called Poomsae. The kicks, blocks, preps and punches lived happily for a time along with their mayor Kukkiwon. After a while, a tiger entered the city wearing a paper crown. The tiger so loved the city of Poomsae that it decided to share the knowledge with all of its children, the little tigers. The King tiger gave colored belts to the little tigers to see who knew what. The little tigers grew up to be big tigers with black belts, which was the highest color. This...

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Friday, Feb 23, 2024

I needed to take the night off from the gym, but I started my day and finished my day trying to learn my staff forms #1 and 2.  I have the movements down on form #1, but am only about halfway through #2.  King Tiger has way more curriculum than other schools and I am happy to have so much support from students and instructors who have all been helpful in teaching me.  I hope to be able to pay it back to new students in the future.  

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Sunday Feb 25, 2024

I somehow tweaked my knee over the weekend and had to dial back my normal Sunday activity.  No running today as a normally do, but I still walked over 2 miles.  No jump rope either today, but I still did my pushups, sit ups, burpees and slower kicks.  I need to stay healthy so I can keep practicing.

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Saturday Feb 24, 2024

Great class on Saturday!  I was just reading about how to change an approach to training can move you beyond a plateau.  Grandmaster Evins had us do forms with one stick in our hands.  It totally changed the way I think about the movements in the forms - not always for the best.  I blanked on a few of the moves when I was thinking about the stick hand.  It definitely was a change from our normal training routine.   I owe a special thank you to Master Cavazos for his continued patience working with me after class.  Some of the color belt self-defense had left my memory over the last few months.  Thank you for going over it (and over it) with me.  

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2/25/2024

Today my dad told me that my grandma was visiting us to drop off some money for bags of hope. I looked at my room and realized there was LEGO every where so I had to clean all that up because she was going to scold me for that if I don't. After she left I watched the clone wars and had burgers for dinner.

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2/25/24

today i slept in and then had to go to tutoring at 10. then i played fortnite until lunch. i then completed my book reading essay which is my last one. i went on a run with my friend and did the rest of my requirements for the day. not looking forward to going to jail again tmrw.

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Shaan Pattnaik 2/25/24

Today is Sunday. I went on a walk with my mom and my dog (two miles) and then relaxed at home. I did my school homework, finished one of my essays, and then did exercises. I am now going to go to bed.

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February 25th, 2024

Today I woke up and went to church. At church I started setting up our sound system since it was not properly set up before. I then came home; shortly after I went to Logan Luna's graduation party. I had fun hanging out with my friends and girlfriend there. I then went to Birkdale with my friend and girlfriend. We went to a bunch of shops and then got ice cream. After that I went to the lake with them. I then came home and now I am here. 

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2/25/24 #46

Hello! Today I woke up and did my poomsaes for today since I wasn’t going to poomsae class. I went to faith formation and It was pretty fun. Afterwards we ate pizza and it was really good. At around 5 o clock I went to run up my neighborhood hill with my sister and I improved my time. Then I ran a lap around my neighborhoods amenity center and then we did some sprinting. I also worked on my requirements. Afterwards we played tennis and we came back home, we had dinner and sat down to watch halo. Good night!

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2/25 Journal

Yesterday I didn’t do a journal because it was my mom’s surprise party. We came home late and my uncle took my phone from me when i was about to do my journal, I personally think he doesn’t have the right to do that because he is not my parents. Anyway today i played with my moms friends son he’s 5 years old and really cute he was really hyperactive and stuff my cousins were also over and we played together. Now. i have to put the kid to sleep and i have  to go to sleep to. Good night

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2/25/2024

Today we woke up very early and started our drive back home. I slept for the first three hours then we made some stops and i watched some of my show. the last hour i listened to music and when we got home I unpacked, cleaned, did some laundry, my requirements, and showered. i’ve been asleep for a while and now i’m going back to sleep. goodnight!

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2/25/2024

Good evening king tiger family. Today was a good day. I started feeling a lot better. We decided to take the weekend to relax and get better so we did not got church.  I got up relaxed and watched tv and played Roblox. Then I worked on my requirements and washed my hair. 

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Challenge Yourself

I'm so ready for a day off, but I'll be excited to go back. I been working hard on improving at work. It's important to challenge yourself, sometimes I don't do things because I don't know how or don't feel confident. But stopping myself won't help me growth and develop. I should know my limits realistically, but I should also seek out opportunities to learn things I'm unfamiliar with, or work on things my own.  Also trying not to multi-task. Sometimes I need to focus on one thing at a time. 

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2/25/24

Today I woke up really early because we had to drive back home. It took 6 and 1/2 hours to get there. I was half way bored the whole entire time but I got over it. I played mine craft and watched movies. I came home and ran 2 miles and did requirements. I cleaned my bedroom changed my bunny’s litter box unpacked and took a shower before my mom got home from my brother’s baseball practice. When she came home she picked up pizza and wings for dinner. I had mild wings and I started packing for Disney and went to bed. 

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2/25/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. Went to church this morning. It is important for us to understand that God wants us to bring things to him and his love is so great that we cannot understand it. It was a good way to start the day. I did a bunch of things around the house. I have requirements to do and I need to get to it tonight. Have a great night. Take care.

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2/25

Today did a bunch of requirements and took a nap. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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2/25 journal

today I studied for a test tmrw and went driving with my dad. After that I played a bit of Xbox and relaxed 

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2/25 - #30

Today we went out to The Cheesecake Factory for lunch! I got a strawberry cheesecake and the little strawberries were super good :D I’m currently working on reviewing for my unit test tomorrow on trig and the unit circle, and I also have to review for my two day long midterm coming up the day after my unit test. So fun and exciting..

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Jordan Small-2/25/24-#48

Hello, today I woke up, watched church, ate breakfast, and then went to the track to run my first 2 miles.  After that when I came home I did some studying for school then I ran my second 2 miles at the track.  After that I went to my grandmas to spend time with her, then I came home, and did my requirements.     Have a nice night!

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2/24 & 2/25

Happy Weekend! Had a great bb class yesterday morning and a great poomsae class today. Got my bb requirements in this weekend. Had a mentor session today. Super excited that I'm starting on week 9 and the miles go back down to 8! Played games with the guys this weekend. Did some spring cleaning. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Feeling upbeat for the final weeks. 

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sister is sick

today i woke up my sister was cougfing very loudly then we put  h202 in her ear she was bothering my mom then i calmed her down bye 

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2/25

Today I slept in till 8 AM. After I woke up I did some req. Then I did some miles and more req. Then I went to Metro Dinner for breakfast. Then the rest of the day I played outside and played on video games.

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Cadens Journal

today I woke up from my friends house and I had to go home because he was busy that day. When I came home I did homework until I went to my other friends house. We then went to go get ice cream. We came back home and played sports games. We went outside and played soccer and ate pizza for lunch. Then my family came over and we did a corn hole tournament.   

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2/25/24- #35

Pretty chill day so far. I am going to the movies with a friend in a few hours which should be fun, and Poomsae class got a ton of giggles out of me today! I’m not the brightest for school tomorrow, but the school year will be over soon which means it will be summer time…..

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Journal For Sunday

Hello King Tiger! Today, I had started off with doing my requirements at 8 o'clock in the morning. Yesterday, we went to a friend's house and we stayed there until 11 o'clock at night. I just ate breakfast now and after this journal, I am going to a different school and I will come back at 4 o'clock in the evening and I will finish my requirements.

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2/24/2024

This morning I got ready for sparring class. After class I went home and got a thirty minute nap and then had to go my friends birthday party at big air. When we got there it was super chaotic. Me and Conner went to go play dodge boll and there was two kids cussing and pushing each other. After Jahkye's birthday party me and Avery got ice cream.

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2/24 Journal

Today was a regular day. I just got some homework done and relaxed.

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Tae Keuk Sam Chang

I worked more on front, side and back falls today since I am not very fond of falling.  My dog walked me a couple of miles and after, I prepped for an event for Sunday.   Later, I reluctantly watched a few episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender.  There was a scene in episode 2 where the female warriors were practicing Tessen Jutsu, a Japanese martial art that involves an iron fan.  The form is fascinating.  The scene was funny because the instructor was tough.  FYI: Which poomsae represents the sun or fire?  Tae Keuk Sam Chang (green).

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2/24

today I slept in and then went to my Saturday classes. I got a lot of my requirements done and I'm preparing for instructor's camp. then I went home and showered before going to my friends bday party. then me and parker went and got ice cream.

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2/24/24

Today was my great grandfathers 100th birthday. I work up and I got ready and I got to play baseball outside with my aunt uncle and cousins. And then I went to target with my aunt my mom my sister and my grandmother. And we got some stuff. We came home and we had a big party for Great George. I got to hang out with family I didn’t know and have cake and it was really fun. 

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2/24/2024

Today I slept in and then took a big nap. We went to target and then I took a shower and got ready for my great grandpas birthday. 

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2/24

Today I went to class got requirements done and wrote an essay. I'm so tired right now.. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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bday party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was my freinds party then we played laser tag we won i was on the girls team :( but we won :) then we hade a another round we lost then we hade pizza dog water but we got 20 dollars on games at the arcade we were at  spare time super fun then i won 2,459 i  got the new key board then we went home tghen i played gorillla tag for  5 houurs

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2/24

Today I went to bbc. We did poomsaes and weapon forms with master Evins. After class I came home then did my req. After that I ran some miles then ate lunch.

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Jordan Small-2/24/24-#47

Today I woke up in the morning and got ready for Saturday black belt class, today in class we did poomsaes with sticks, and portions of Koryo.  After class I came home, and studying a little bit then I went to the track to run 2 miles, after that I came home, and studied for the written test then I took a nap.  Then when I woke up my dad and I went out to the track to run 1 more mile.  After that I came home, and took 1 more nap  until I had to eat, and do my requirements.

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Adjusting

Worked to 12 hour shift. I’m Feeling more confident and comfortable with my roles and responsibilities. In the morning I’ve been getting up and will do 10 to 15 minutes mix of push-ups, sit-ups and burpees. I just have to settle with doing more in days I don’t work. And be very organized with my scheduling. Because realistically, I’m way to exhausted post shift to do much. And there’s only so early I can wake up and get req done. Watching avatar tonight and eating leftover!

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02/24/24

today i woke up and went to black belt class. master evins had us do something different where we did our forms with a stick in one of our hands. something new and it was fun. after i went home and did my homework i had been putting off and some requirements. then i took a nap because why not. then i went for a run and the weather was not bad i kind of liked it. then i played fortnite with my friends and now im going to watch a movie with my sister. (send help)

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2/24/24 Journal #49

Today I woke up kinda early and watched some youtube til my mom said it was time for breakfast then I got ready to go to KT for black belt class.  Class was interesting today, Master Evins had use do all our Poomsaes with a stick in our hand.  After class I worked on my black belt stuff at KT and had a menter session with Ms. Jen and Matthew. Then we had to go to Autozone who sent us somewhere else who tried to sell my mom a new battery for her car but she ended up not getting it and going home and talking to LaLa about it. When I got home I relaxed and played video games and had lunch.  Later on I will have dinner and go to bed.

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Journal for Saturday

Hello King Tiger! Today was an awesome day. I almost overslept today(I was supposed to wake up at 5 and I slept until 6), so my dad had to wake me up and made breakfast for us since my mom and little brother were sleeping. Today's class was interesting since we started class with color-belt poomsaes and we were supposed to have sticks in our hands while doing the poomsaes. After black belt and family classes, I came back home, had an apple, and right now, I am doing my requirements. I just had lunch now and my parents went to a barbershop because my little brother needs a haircut, so I have the whole house to myself, I guess. Hope everyone has a great day.

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Shaan Pattnaik 2/24/24

Today I had a weekend bbc where we practiced some color belt poomsaes with sticks. We also worked on Koryo where Grand Master Evins picked out the parts that some of the bochos were struggling with and we practiced them individually.

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2/24

Today I woke up then got ready for black belt class and then did staff and sticks form before the class. Class was more interesting than usally today, but it wasnt bad but kinda confusing for the first part. I then went home and now im hoping the rest of my day goes by smooth and since my parents have to go somewhere I get the whole house to my self and ill probally do my black belt requirements tonight.

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Feb 23

Today was pretty chill. Worked at 9 round in the morning, then headed back home. Had a pretty normal day, most of it I was alone with my doggy. When it came to dinner I got ripped out of some chicken because my Doordash dude gave me another order. Somehow he got me Arby's and it was rancid.

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2/23

TGIF! Got in 2.5 miles today. Progressing slowly, but progressing! Got my bb requirements in. Had to do extra kicks, poomsae, and self defense to make up for yesterday. Worked. Went to a good black belt class. Went to a book club meeting which is always fun. Hope everyone had a great Friday!

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2/23

Today i was really tired. We had a sub in math and in science we just finished something up. in spanish we got our test scores back and i got a 100 . In for social studies it was kinda complicated and basically we did ela in social studies and social studies in ela it was kinda weird. when i got home i did my requirements and then went to tkd for my black belt weekend class. after that i came home ate dinner and now im reading a book. 

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Journal for Friday

Hello King Tiger! Today was a fabulous day because all Fridays are fabulous, am I right? School was great with only one quiz today and I got a 100. After school, I had to go to taekwondo right after I reached home from school. Black Belt Class was great and I also learned done thing too: to study all the study guides until the written test. We were going over the test paper today and I forgot mine so I had to reference with Caleb and I got most of them correct. I want to get all of them correct. After class, me and my family went to a temple first then to an Indian restaurant called Hyderabad House which is bit famous, I guess. We ate there until 9 and came back home an hour before. I just finished my homework and I am going to go to sleep because...

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2/23/24

Today my leg felt better so I played soccer at school. I also realized that I have a 109.84 in Spanish which surprised me that I got extra points. I went to TKD today for the black belt class and then went to a birthday party.

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staffing

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...

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2/23 quick.

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.

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2/23/24 Journal #48 **2 more to go!!

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...

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The ball of the foot

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.

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2/23

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.

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2/23/24

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.

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2/23/24 #45

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.

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February 24th, 2024

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. 

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2/23/24

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.

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Jordan Small-2/23/24-#46


























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!

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2/23/2024

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. 

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2/23/2024

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.

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house day

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

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2/23

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.

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2/23 Journal

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

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Cadens Journal

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2/23/24- #34

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......

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2/22/24 Journal #47

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.

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22+02=24

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.

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Peter's blog

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.  

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Shaan Pattnaik 1/22/24

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

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2/22 Journal

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. 

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2/22/24 #44

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!!

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February 22nd, 2024

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. 

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sparring support

 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!

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2/22

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.

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Jordan Small-2/22/24-#45

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!

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testing

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

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2/22/2024

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.

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Feb 22

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.

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2/22/2024

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.

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2/22/2024

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. 

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2/22 Taking a step forward.

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!

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2/22

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!

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2/22 - #29

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...

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2/22

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!

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Cadens Journal

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.

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2/22 Journal

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

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Journal for Thursday

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...

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The End is Nigh

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...

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2/22/24- #33

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........

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Journal for Wednesday

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.

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Peter's blog

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  

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The Big Day

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.

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