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!

2/17 - #26

I took my classes today, such as the sparring class and helping out with the junior tigers. Then I had the greatest idea to coke home, lie down for an hour, and then work on my English 111 essay and some physics work. In reality, I’ve only woken up about 10 minutes ago, and it is currently 11:18 PM. Maybe not the greatest idea to lie down, but it was a good “nap” (slumber, really). 

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Hot Chocolate 5K

Today was the day for my Hot Chocolate 5k.  I finished in 45:07.  During the week, I usually finish in thirty-two to thirty three minutes.  I was very happy to finish.  After the first mile and a half we received chocolate morsels and water.  There were lots of sneaky inclines.  The scenery of the city was, well, new...Charlotte built a whole new city within the city!  After the run, we received a metal, two cans of Bush's Baked Beans, water, electrolyte drinks and a "Mug Bowl" that included a cup of rich hot chocolate in the middle surrounded by cookies, marshmallows, rice krispy treats, nuts, melted chocolate and a banana.  There was a variety of whipped topping flavors.  Oh, we also received a nice warm hoodie to run in.  It was pretty windy when we started, no T-shirts for us!  We took pictures, jumped to the sound of the DJ and...

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02/17 getting better.

Today was better than yesterday, and I'm sad I missed class today, but I did do my skill and start my essay to make up for it. I hope everyone had a good day and that it wasn't too bad like I've been the past week. I'll be back at everything hopefully tomorrow and be able to catch up with everything because now I'm a week behind, and that's not good. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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today i hade a playdate with my freind

this morning i woke up at 2:00am did some requirments i was so tired then i went to bed then i went to black belt classes then i wnet home then i went to my freinds house then we played vr then we had jets pizza after i played vr after i went tyo the tv and played fortnite gotta #1 victory royel then i went to king tiger to pick up willow  bye

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2/17/2024

Today I got up early and my mom drove me to sparring and then I was at classes until four o’clock today which made me very tired so I took a nap and then did my requirements. I got a boost of energy which made me tired again i’m not sure how and now i’m going to go to sleep. 

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Jordan Small-2/17/24-#40

Hello, today my dad had some work issues so I couldn't make it to black belt class sadly:(.  But my dad went to the chiropractor, and after that I ran 2 miles.  Then I came home and did some homework, after that I took a small nap then went to run 2 more miles.  When I finished my dad and I went to get Rita's Italian Ice.  When I got home I rested again then did my requirements, after that I ate dinner then did some of my book reading.  After that I ran 1 mile, and rested again and now I am about to do my last mile!       Good Night!

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2/17

Happy Saturday. Woke up with a migraine this morning. I have meds for it, but unfortunately it didn't have me ready in time for the black belt class this morning. I was able to go on and have a pretty normal day after that. Got 1.5 miles and my bb cycle stuff in. Took Jovi to his piano lesson. We went to eat at Maddios this evening. Did tons of laundry. Today is my dad's birthday. He and my mom live in WV so I wasn't able to see him, but we facetimed him and sent him a present. Hope everyone had a great day! 

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Cadens Journal

today was my friends birthday. We went to Birkdale and had a blast.

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2/17/2024

This morning I woke up to a headache. I had sparring that morning but I had to leave early because of my headache. I went home and got some rest. When I woke up I was feeling better so I went to go hang out with my neighbor. We went fishing and I caught three little baby bass and he caught a three pound bass.

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2/17/24 Journal #43

This morning I woke up before mom and watched a little tv, then had breakfast.  Then I headed to BB class, we worked on all poomsaes this morning Master Evins was really focusing on stances, preps, and punches to the correct place.  After class I worked on some of my black belt stuff at KT  then we went home I finished a couple more requirements then had leftover pizza for lunch.  I watched Shrek.  After that I wrote 2 essays, my white belt challenge and my book essay.  I also studied my test (mom said I did pretty well but need to study a little more) and ran a mile.  Then I did my study guide for a math test I have Wednesday on multiplying fractions and whole numbers (I only got the last question wrong because I made a silly mistake).  Then I FINALLY got my switch back after 2...

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2/17

Today I woke up to go to black belt class. We zoomed in with Master Evans. We did poomsae's for the class. After class me and my dad got BoJangles. Then we came home ate breakfast and I took a nap for a few hours. 

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2/17/2024

Hello King Tiger Family. Today was a good day. I got up and went to sparring class. I helped out in junior and senior tigers. I led exercises in senior tigers and worked with a new high yellow belt on her self defense. I did a mentor session with my mentee and another high red belt joined us and I got to help both of them with red belt self defense. We had leadership and I worked on the leadership poomsae. I came back home and my grandma came over to visit. I showed her some games on my playstation. We had lunch and I finished up my requirements a couple hours later. I am about to relax and play roblox before I have to work on my essays. I agreed to work on 2 today and finish my last one next week.

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2/17/24 #39

Hi to all! I forgot to write my journal yesterday since I fell asleep as soon as I got home from taekwondo, but I had a awesome black belt weekday and weekend class. When I woke up this morning I did some requirements and got everything done early so I can relax all day today. This morning we had black belt class through zoom with Master Evins and we worked on poomsaes and stances. Later I jogged/walked 2 miles in the treadmills and now i am at home relaxing!

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2/17

Ive woke up and ive went to black belt class but it was not my best class then I went to my schools track field to pratice my mile and I ran my fastest mile of 7:49 greatfully and now am going back home and finishing one of my essays then doing my bb requirements tonight and just not doing much today.

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Peter's blog

We had a half day on Wednesday for valentines day which was good, and I got some time with my friends,.and then some with my girlfriend.

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2/16

today I had a Spanish and chemistry test. I felt like I did relatively good on them. then I came home, showered, and left for sparring at Harrisburg. after sparring, we had blackbelt class then we all ate. then I came home and did homework.

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Declan's Advice

I went to sparring and did a better job than usual.  After sparring, I attended Black Belt class, had a mentoring session and dinner.  Declan asked me how I felt about the Black Belt cycle.  I told him that there are quite a lot of requirements to complete.  I said I was worried that I would forget my movements or not be able to kick high enough.   I also told him that I was concerned about falling incorrectly.  Declan advised me to practice rolls and falls on the thick black mat first and then use the thinner blue mat later.  Declan has "been here before" and always gives one something to ponder upon.  Thank you Declan!

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Birthday!

Today was my birthday and I appreciate all the warm wishes I received. I really need to thank Peyton for encouraging me to do my back walk over, I was finally able to get it! After I did it one time, it got easier. Went to a food truck festival. Tried to many things, it was great.

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2/16/2024

Good Evening King Tiger Family. Today was a great day. We had our awards ceremony at school today and I got A honor roll and multiple awards. I expected some of the awards but not all. I took pictures with my friends and then we ended the day normal. I didn't go to after school today and came home so I could get ready for my black belt class. Class was went pretty well. We practiced O chang, koryo, and bocho specials. We got tips on on how to make our poomsaes better and what we should be working on. We had dinner after class and I brought the cookies I baked for my new skill for everyone. We played tiger ball after we ate and it was a lot of fun. I came home and finished up my requirements and played City Skylines. I think its the best game and...

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2/16

today i has e learning and didnt have to go school so i finished all my work at 12. i then did my requirements and practiced my weapons forms. i then finished my essay and now i am going to bed

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There's a third for everything

Hi Guys! Tonight I went to a concert aka Jovi's little gig at Summit Coffee. He did amazing and I was impressed to see someone my age play all those chords and switch so quickly. When he was done playing I went outside because my school friend Ari was there and we played "football". Jovi and Martin joined in as well. It was fun but the game broke into a fool around thing so we just ended up running around and laughing which is just as entertaining. See you tomorrow at black belt class. I hope yall day was amazing just like mine. Hugs and kicks!

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2/16/2024

Today I woke up and got my history done. After history I went to run. I ran two miles but I wasn't tired so I ran three miles but then I was exhausted so I ran a little more. After running I went to TKD and ate baked ziti. 

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2/16/2024

I washed my hair last night but woke up and it did not look good but i fixed it and went to school wearing my new leggings. my hoodie was supposed to come today but didn’t which made me kind of upset but it’s just a hoodie so it’s ok. I had a good day at school and I think a boy in my math class likes me i’m not sure. I had to go to sparring and then a black belt class after school but now i’m very tired. 

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2/16

TGIF! Ran 2.5 miles after I got Jovi to school. Worked and got bb requirements done. Went to black belt class tonight. Afterwards, Jovi played guitar at Summit Coffee. A couple of families from taekwondo came to watch which was awesome. Hope everyone had a great day!

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Jordan Small-2/16/24-#39

Hello, today I had band today, but we had no air conditioning so we went to the football field to play instead.  After school I did my homework then I got dressed then went to class, during the Black Belt class we worked on hapkido 1,2,3,4,5.  When I got home my dad ordered McDonald's, but they got my order wrong so we had to go there and order a new one.  Then I did my requirements.         Good Night!

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2/16

Today I toured Bailey middle school. I loved seeing all the different class rooms. After school I took a nap when I got home. Then I went to class and we did some hapkido. After class we got TENDERS for dinner. Then I took a shower then typed this. Night YALL!

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2/16/24 Journal #42

I woke up and got ready for school. We didn't walk today because Anthony had to be at school early. After school I went to KT I ran 2 miles and did my black belt stuff. Then I did black belt class. Then I went home had pizza and went to bed. 

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2/16 - #25

Hello!! I am currently on the route for my black belt class. Today is the third day of my white belt week! I sadly couldn’t go on Wednesday to help out with testing because my sister usually has a tutoring class somewhere else, and Thursday I had an after school event I had paid for.  The event was really fun! It was a trivia night in the same style as a Jeopardy game. There were a bunch of teams, and although my team didn’t win anything, during an individual round my friend won!! It was also fun arguing over the correct answer and then learning all of our answers were wrong.  I’m sorry I didn’t journal those two days, I got busy with college and physics.

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2/16

Today I had an AP Gov test which I got a 100 on which I'm pretty proud about. After that I got home did some homework and did my requirements  

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Cadens Journal

today I had e-learning and I finish my school very early. After that, me and my friend decided to have a double sleepover Birthday. Now I am at the soccer field then getting chipotle.

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2/16/24- #30

We had online classes today. I did a tiny bit of requirements and then played some video games with my brother and friends. It’s a pretty good day…..

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February 15th, 2024

Today I woke up and skipped requirements. I woke up the most tired I have been in a few weeks. I made it through today. My 4th block class was very unproductive, but I hung out with my friends all class. After school I had PT; then I went to Tae Kwon Do. It was pretty good, talked to Logan Luna a bunch, which I always enjoy. Then I came home, did some requirements, and then went for a Peloton ride. Afterwards, I showered and now I am here. 

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Feb 15

Today was decent. Worked at the dojang and had sparring class. It's getting closer to my grad party which will be fun. Tomorrow us my second shift working at 9 round.

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2/15/24 #38

Hello! At school I had AIG today and we did some podcasting. Then I had science Olympiad/club after school and we worked on weather. At home, I went out with my dad and I ran one mile and also did some requirements. Later, I went to assist for the 6 pm class and I did sparring right after and it was pretty fun. That basically wraps things up so goodnight!

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2/15/24

Today I didn't feel good so I stayed home from school and I just chilled out and rest for the day and then nursery I had to go to the doctors to test for strep flu and Covid and I have a sore throat and I chilled out until I had to go to dinner because it was my mothers birthday and we went to the cottages

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Shaan Pattnaik 1/15/24

Today I went to school as usual, after leaving, I went to Tae Kwon Do to do sparring. I did terribly and got kicked a lot. I am very worn out now. Not much else to journal about today.

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2/15/24 Journal #41

Today I woke up and got ready for school.  Next I was at school, it was a normal day  so we did blocks.  Then I got to KT and did my black belt stuff and ran a mile.  I played some with my friends then I had sparring.  After sparring we finally went home and had dinner and got ready for bed.

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practice makes better

Hello guys! As you can't tell, because I didn't give out any indicators, I'm feeling happy. I've finished all of my school assignments for the week and I'm feeling pretty good about the black belt cycle. Also, I took sparring class tonight and sparring class always makes me feel happy or jumpy afterwards. Sparring gets you hopped up, revved up. Oh yea, Happy Valentine's everyone. Today I was practicing my kicks by throwing a soccer ball up and then kicking it in mid-air. I was trying to spice things up and make practicing more fun. Maybe probably I got that idea from Master Knight during Jr Instructor camp. Not kicking the ball but making practice fun. While I was practicing, I was thinking about all of the good things that have happened in my recent life. Like getting good grades, getting caught up with my miles, things like that. If you're...

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2/15/24- #29

Yesterdy was a pretty decent Valentines Day. Today at school we were just preparing for a good, long 4 day weekend that unfortunatley starts back up with a science test the Tuesday we come back (because High School just loves to make life difficult). Today was not my best performance in class today but I think I am slowly returning to how my skill used to be in class, just need to stretch a bit more. I had some really successful sparring matches in class today as well. I really want another Friday Night Fights soon (maybe this journal can be taken as a request?).............

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Reset, Refresh

I had a vascular access class for work today. Reviewing the proper way to put an IV in someone. It's an intimidating task that a lot of nurses ask the IV team to do. But you have to learn and try. Not every hospital has an IV team, and you can always wait. I have successfully got an IV on 3/5 patients.   I used today as a big clean up day. I was supposed to have a hair appointment today, but it got cancelled. I tried not to be rude in my responses, but the stylist was taking a long time to response to rescheduling. But she was nice enough to give me discount when I rebook with her. Still working on getting into the swing of balancing work, black belt cycle, and general life.  

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today i listened to godzilla

today i listened to godzilla here are the lyrics  I can swallow a bottle of - and I'll feel like GodzillaBetter hit the deck like the card dealerMy whole squad's in here, walking around the partyA cross between a zombie apocalypse and B-Bobby "TheBrain" Heenan which is probably the same reason I wrestle with maniaShady's in this -, I'm posse'd upConsider it to cross me a costly mistakeIf they sleepin' on me, the hoes better get insomnia, ADHD, HydroxycutPass the CourvoisierIn AA with an A-, melee, finna set it like a playdateBetter vacate, retreat like a vacay, mayday (ayy)This beat is cray-cray, Ray J, H-A-H-A-H-ALaughing all the way to the bank, I spray flamesThey cannot tame or placate the- (ayy)MonsterYou get in my way, I'ma feed you to the monster (yeah)I'm normal during the day, but at night, turn to a monster (yeah)When the moon shines like Ice Road TruckersI look...

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2/15/2024

Harper and hudson have been sick so they didn’t go to school but i had to. I had a good day and my hoodie comes in the mail tommorow. it was my moms birthday today so we went to dinner and when we got home i showered and washed my hair and i am ready for school tomorrow.

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2/15/2024

Hello King Tiger Family. Today was a good day. I woke up and completed some requirements in the morning and then went to school. School was normal. I had P.E and was able to run laps and finish my exercise requirements because the other 5th grade classes ruined P.E for us because they were not listening. We were only allowed to to run laps and read a book for P.E. My teacher allowed me to work on my exercises instead of reading. My mom picked me up early from afterschool early because I had to get a haircut. When I came home I finished my requirements and practiced stick forms...well what I could remember. I just finished dinner and now I'm about to get ready for bed.

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Jordan Small-2/15/24-#38

Hello, today I went to school, and had art, it was pretty fun, because we were drawing faces (mine looked very creepy).  After school I did my homework, and some of my requirements.  Then I went to class, today I took the 6:00 class, and I took sparring class.  After that I went home and did the rest of my requirements.   Good Night!

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2/15 back on track.

Today I went to class early, met with my mentee and then did some stuff before that. I still have a stuffed nose and I'm tired. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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2/15/24

Today I woke up and had 2 tests at school and I got a 100 on both. When I got h9me I did requirements and then l cleaned my room.

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2/15/2024

Today I woke up and built a LEGO set that I got for Valentines day. Then I got ready for school. After school I went to TKD to help out with testing and do some requirements for my black belt cycle. 

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2/15

today went fairly well, I had a math test which wasn't that exciting. then in government we worked on our papers and took some notes. then I came home and got ready to help with the testings in Harrisburg. then I did requirements, got dinner, and came home. now I'm going to do homework and build a new Lego set.

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2/15

Today I had another normal day at school. I had a test in science and I got 100!! I have been working on my essays, physical requirements and running. After school I went to sparring class. It was a good day. 

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2/15

Happy Thursday! Mostly a lowkey day today. Got in 2.5 miles and my bb requirements. Got some work done. Went to sparring class. Spent some time with my guys. Hope everyone had a great day. 

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Caden Journal

today I focused on school, so I had no homework when I got home. I got my miles done in PE and had an amazing time during basketball. When I got home, I played video games in ate. Tomorrow I have e-learning and no work to do because this whole week I did all of it.  

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2/15 Journal #26

Today was really easy. I went to school early which was a surprise and went to math. The work was pretty easy so I blew past it. In science we had an another assignment which I also finished quickly. In Spanish we had a test which I just finished in time. In social studies we did yet another assignment which i also finished. And lastly in Ela I literally had nothing to do because I had finished everything. So my teacher made me run up and down the halls printing stuff for her then she made me clean stuff out for her so that’s what i did the entire time but i was fine with it because i didn’t have to learn. After school i did my requirements then went to help out with senior tiger testing. There were not that many people. Now testing just ended and im going to...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentines Day!  I ran this morning in preparation for the Hot Chocolate Run.  I didn't remember one of the hills we were running up, but my friend reminded me that I am usually talking when we approach the hill and may not have noticed it on the previous days run  : )   ; ).  I went to the school to work on my requirements and later arrived home to focus on Oh Chang and High Green Belt Self-Defense.

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Feb 14

Today was pretty good. I had the day off from work so I got caught up on some chores then hung out with someone well call a friend. Had some chic FIL a for dinner. It was a good day

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2/14

Happy Valentine's Day! I have a tradition of decorating Jovi's bedroom door with hearts where I write reasons why I love him on them. I did that last night so that it would be there when he woke up. I'll leave it up through February. Had some small gifts for both he and Joe. Jovi had a half day of school today. I had to balance a meeting this afternoon with spending time with him. Got my bb requirements done in the morning before I picked up Jovi from school. This evening, I went to taekwondo and got in a session with my mentee as well as a class assistance and leadership credit. Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!

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2/14/24

Today was pretty boring at school. When I got home I messaged my friend happy birthday and did some requirements after that I did homework from 4:15 until 10:33.

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2/14/2024

Hi King Tiger Family, Happy Valentine's Day. Pretty good day. Got up, did normal routine and went to work. Work was normal and productive, however dealing with some performance issues with people. Always interesting. I did go to church for Men's Bible Study. Great message on making time for scripture each day. I can usually make time at time, but mornings is sometimes difficult if there are extra things to do, but I need to work to make the time. I got home, took care of somethings and now writing this. I need to do some requirements but not sure I am going to get to them. We will see. I will get it done. Take care. 

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2/14

today was pretty good. it was a half day at school and my Spanish test got cancelled. we did almost no schoolwork all day! then I came home and relaxed a bit before showering and leaving to help with the junior tigers testing. afterwards, me and my friends went to dinner at hawthorns before I decided to come home. now I plan to just try and get some rest to prepare for my math test tomorrow.

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2/14/2024

Today I had a lockdown at school. I was sitting in class then my science teacher started running down the hall saying "Lock all the doors!" and the teacher told us to get to the back of the class. I hid in the corner of the room next to a book shelf and started praying until I couldn't think of anything else. But then this loud and annoying girl starts to run around and scream and it gets worse because I heard and felt knocking on the door because I was on the wall. I started to text my mom "I love you" but then I hear my teacher say "oh false alarm a teacher put in the wrong code". It should of said violently sick but instead it said violent attacks and the teachers assumed that meant a school threat so that was weird.

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today i relised

 so today on my awsome eventure i woke up and relised towmarrow was confrensises theni was shocked then i went to my parents room then i went down stars ate breakfast then after i watched tv after idid requirments then i went on the vr then after i went on the vr i got on for 40 minutes after i went to king tiger after afterschool i did black beltclass then i atedinner bye

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2/14/2024

Hello King Tiger Family. Today was an early release day at school so we only did our Black history project presentations. I did amazing on my speech and feel like I had one of the best board. After presentations we went music and then lunch. I went to after school and ran 2 miles and spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing with my friends. My mom picked me up and told me that we were having black belt practice for candidates so we went home to pick up my uniform and head to King Tiger. I completed my exercises and worked on short sticks. I also had a mentor session and worked on staff form and more short stick forms. Me and my mom stopped by Chickfila for dinner and then came home. I worked on self defense and rolls and finished the rest of my requirements for the day. ...

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2/14/24

Today was Valentine’s Day. It was a normal day but instead of groups we had a valentines party. We got to chill and I got to eat 3 pieces of candy. At TKD I helped with junior Tiger belt testing. Then we all went down to Hawthorns for pizza. 

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2/14 Journal #25

Happy Valentine’s day ! This morning I woke up early and got ready early. My dad bought me and my sister chocolates and cupcakes but he woke up sick. When I got to school there was a whole ton of pink. Math wasn’t any different than a normal day. We had clubs today and my friend was ranting to me about how she hates all the couples during valentine’s day which made me laugh. I only got 2 presents the entire day both from my friends but i’m grateful anyway. When i got home I did some requirements and went to Tkd but instead of having a class I helped out with the junior tiger testing. I will be helping out with the senior tigers tomorrow even though my parents are going to a housewarming but i didn’t want to go anyway. That’s all for today good night !

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2/14/2024

Today was valentine’s day so my parents got us valentines and i got some leggings i’ve wanted for a long time. i’ve got all my work turned in for today and just cruised through school for the most part. I went and helped out with testing and then went to dinner with some friends and am now debating on washing my hair or not. 

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Jordan Small-2/14/24-#37

Hello!  Hello! Today I went to school, and had chapel in the morning, then after chapel we went to math class and played trashketball, and I made 8 3 pointers!  After school I did some of my homework, then I went to King Tiger, when I got there I did a mentee session then I took the 6:00 class.  After that I went home and did the rest of my homework, then I did my requirements (I caught up on sit-ups today).       It's late good night!

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2/14/24 #37

Happy Valentine Day and Ash wednesday. Today at school we had our valentines exchange thingy and I got a lot of candy. After school, i worked on my requirements and the written test questionaire. Then, I went to assist the 5:15 class like normally and then I participated in the 6 class and i=I did the mentee session. Im now back at home relaxing but my elbows hurt since I fell yesterday. Good night people!!

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Shaan Pattnaik 2/14/24

Today I went to school, where had had a half-day. I also had two tests to take. After I finished my tests, I helped my classmates work on a poster. After coming home, I had about three hours. I did some sit-ups and rolls/falls, and then relaxed, then I went to Tae Kwon Do to meet up with my mentee. We went over some green belt curriculum.

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2/14/24 Journal #40

Today was Valentine's Day AND an early release day!!!!!  I woke up and got ready for school and I walked to school and ate a poptart on the way.  I got to school and had blocks and lunch (my mom packed me a lunch today!). Then we passed out our Valentines!  After school I got to KT helped out with a couple classes and took class, then I did my black belt stuff.  A little while later I had a mentor session with Inst. Jen.  Brien (my moms fiance) came by to see us.   He came over for a little bit and we had a nerf war and mom and Brien gave each other a present.  Then we had dinner and now I am heading to bed.

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2/14

Today I had a half day at school since it was valentines day. I also had a great valentines day. After school I got a hair cut. After that I came home and did some homework. Then I went to class and got mentored by master Natasya. After class I went to LA UNICA for dinner then went to bed.

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2/14/24- #28

Happy Valentines Day! So far school has been fun. I did forget to put in my rubber bands for my barces but considering I'm recieving candy every few minutes I don't think I'll need them. I gave some of my friends skittles (one of them got more than the others) and my mouth is filled with colors of different candies. I'll probably be sick by the end of the day....

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2/14

Today I’ve already woke up and did my belt black requirements but am also unhappy that today I hope a huge test for ELA that will last the whole day but I hope to get at least a 235 or higher which is good but after that we will be out of school immediately because of the half day thankfully than I will do my run than I will think about what I will do later!

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2/13 - #24

Another late journal, because I'm ever so great at time management! Today, I helped out in the senior tiger class. I led a warm up and then did worked with Deetya to help the high white belts learn Chagi Sool! We noticed their kicks weren't the sharpest, so we had them balance their legs to hold a square target to practice their knee positioning; we told them if they could balance the target they had a good position, and they were very entertained. Honestly, so were we, especially as the high white belts struggled at first. Eventually, they all did well, and it was rewarding to see them succeed! I should really work on my time management..

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Tae Geuk Sam Chang.

Today was another great day!  I helped in the Senior Tigers class, attended the Adult class and mentored my new mentee.  I went home and worked on my self-defense and poomsae's.  I finished Sam Chang extremely fast and realized I'd left out quite a few movements,  six to be exact : ).  There are 34 movements in Tae Geuk Sam Chang.  

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Matthew's journal entry

Hi Guys! First of all, congratulations to everyone who made it on the demo team. That's awesome! Second, how's the cycle going? Good? Awesome! I know it can be hard with school, work and extracurricular activities but we're here for each other if we need help. My BBC just advanced because I finished my mission statement essay. I was satisfied with the result. I didn't actually finish it because it's still a rough draft, but it's a good one nonetheless. It will only take me 20 minutes to finish the final draft. Anyway, that was that. I hope yall's day was macaroni and ham sandwiching awesome! Matthew Beckwith out! 

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2/13/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. Today was a good day. I went to school and took my ELA test and I think I did good. We have to give our speeches tomorrow for part of our Black history project and I think we are doing them all day because it is early dismissal. I am excited about the half day. I ran for 20 minutes during recess. When I came home I worked on my science book creator project and then finished my requirements. After dinner I practiced my speech and then took a shower. Now I'm about to read before bed. 

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Journal for Tuesday

Hello King Tiger! If you have read my last journal, you would have known that I am behind on requirements. Well, today, I finished the requirements I was lagging on and now I have to wait until tomorrow to do the next one. Today was fun because we had club pictures for a club today and a guy named Ryan picked me up on his shoulders and I had a bird's eye view. I was honestly scared that he would drop because he was trembling a bit. My legs were killing me in the most painful way it has because I played too much badminton today during PE. Anyway, I hope everyone is having a good week 6.

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2/13/24 Journal #39

I woke up this morning and got ready for school like normal.  Then we walked to school.  We had blocks like usual, we did this test thing and they gave us little ear bud in a cool case that we got to keep.  At recess we played infection and I got 3rd because there were so many people infected!  Then I got to KT and ate snack and then did my black belt stuff and ran a mile.  Finally we went to a pancake supper at church, I had 3 pancakes and some really good sausage patties.  Then we went home after making sure Anthony got over to Boy Scouts.  Goodnight.

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2/13/14

Today was my birthday so I woke up to my mom yelling happy birthday. At school I didn’t really care to tell anyone. For dinner tonight we went out to an Indian restaurant.

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February 13th, 2024

I woke up late today and didn't have time to do my requirements. I then went to school, which was pretty good. I then came home and hung out with my girlfriend. We are getting our house repainted, but they finished upstairs so we just chilled up in my room. Then I went to run club. There wasn't as many people as there normally is, however a few of my friends were there. I then came home, took a epsensalt bath, read, and did some requirements. Followed my some more reading and a shower. Now I am here. 

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2/13 Journal #24

Today was a pretty fun day at school. I woke up early because i had to straighten my hair. In math we didn’t get much time and only did notes because there was this assembly for a dance performance thing by some company and it was really interesting because they were really good dancers. In science we started a new project but I didn’t really get it. In Spanish we reviewed for our test on thursday. In social studies we did a puzzle trying to find out who killed this person which started WW1. And Ela was the same as yesterday because I was still way ahead of the class. When i got home I ate a snack then did requirements. Then I went to help to my Tkd to help out and after that I did a mentee session with hudson because he has testing thursday. and when i came...

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Shaan Pattnaik

Today I went to school where I found out that there is a test tomorrow. Along with the test is a half day early release so we will have a lot of time at home. I came home on the bus where I finished my homework, did unrelated exercises, and then Tae Kwon Do exercises.

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2/13

this morning, I didn't feel great, so I stayed home from school, but I stayed ahead on my work. I practiced guitar and went to target with my mom. tonight, I plan to just relax and talk with some friends.

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2/13/2024

Today I woke up a little later than I wanted to but not at late as yesterday and got ready sort of on time. It was a good day and i kind off cruised  through my classes. A friend of mine was upset so I comforted her and the rest of the day was kind of a blur until class which was fun. When I got home I ran and reorganized my vanity. 

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2/13

today i went to jail and had a pretty normal day. i got home and did some requirements and did my homework and for once i have nothing to do. i finished my empathy essay and now i go sleepy bye bye

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FNAF

TODAY I WATCHED THE FNaf movie then i did some requirments then i hade a sick vist went to cvs then watched tv got ready for valentines day then my parents tested in sticks  then i am journiling  

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2/13/24

Today I had school. It was a normal day but I had double encore and I had global. During class I almost fell asleep but I was awake because I was so tired. When I got home I got to stay home because I didn’t feel good. I ran 1 mile on the treadmill and did one activity in my book. 

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2/13/2024

After school my mom made new york strip steak for dinner and it was good. After dinner I made apple-pea nut butter-chocolate cookies. I burnt the chocolate a little so it had a little taste of ash in it.

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Jordan Small-2/13/24-#36

Hello!  Today I went to school and had I had a bible, science, and reading test, I was pretty confident with them.  Then I had Spanish class and we learned about Spain.  When I got home I did my homework then I went to class, I assisted in the 5:15 class, then I had a mentee session, and a mentor session.  After that I left King Tiger to go home, when I got home I ate Burger King and then worked on some of my written test answers to study.  Then after that I did my requirements, and I caught up with my push-ups.         Good Night! 💤😴

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1/13

Happy Tuesday! Got in 2.5 miles today. Did my bb requirements. Got some work done. We have a table top tree that we decorate holidays and events year round. Today I changed the tree over from Joe's Birthday tree to a Valentine's Day tree. Wish I had done sooner but I seem to be even busier than usual! Got Jovi to his rock band practice tonight. Hope everyone had a great day.

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2/13/24 #36

Hello, today at  school i played a lot at recess, we had a lot of kids playing  football and was fun. It was like a 8v8 and there were several minor injuries. At home, I went for a walk with my sister and we saw a llama. We walked one mile only. After that I wanted to play with my neighbor friends basketball since it was nice outside. then, i finished all my requirenments and did not go to TKD because my mom was working and my dad too. I stayed home, had dinner and relaxed a little bit playind some game. Godd Night!!

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02/13 Getting better.

Today I caught up with all my schoolwork and I'm making up all my requirements tomorrow after school band practice till 5pm. But I'm really tired so I'll see you all on Thursday! I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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2/13

Today um I had a normal day at school. Afterschool I went to a well check appointment for next year middle school.  I had chick fil a for dinner. I am very tired so I am going to go to bed early. See yall tomorrow

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Cadens Journal

Today I went on a field trip to discovery Place. It was so cool, and there was so much stuff to do. We dissected a pig, and it was pretty nasty and pig squirted all over me. Once I returned, I ate and got ready for taekwondo. Now I’m getting ready for a basketball game.

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2/12/2024

Today I woke up and felt that my toe wasn't hurting that much so that was a good thing. I got out of bed feeling exited because I could finally run again but I had to go to school first. After school I did some requirements and then went to TKD.

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2/12 - #23

Today was my fort day as a white belt! I decided to tie my belt into a bow for the act, and I found it funny alongside other people!! The belt surprisingly stayed on for the class, but while I did some mentorship with Deetya and Master Foster, it immediately fell off after we started Hapkido 2 (wasn’t surprised). 

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2/12

today i had a normal school day then did hw and finished my empathy essay and went to class and did leadership im so sleepy 

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Crazy Floor Rolls!

High Belt class was great today.  We started with some kind of Crazy Floor Rolls that made me dizzy and we also practiced Kick Routines, Poomsae's and Self Defense.  In Black Belt class, we practiced Knife training.  I was able to find the only tutorial on You-Tube for Koryo Self-Defense since the one on this sight is no longer loading. The channel is: King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Bocho Dan Deputy Black Belt Self Defense by King Tiger Tae Kwon Do.  

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2/12: easy day

2/12: today wasn't that bad, mostly just got stuff done. classes went by easily today, but I did have some math homework. I went to taekwondo and helped out with 2 classes. then I took my class. afterwards I went to Chick fila, came home and did math homework, and started a book.

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2/12/24

Today was a pretty casual day. At school someone kept bragging that he was 1 hr older than me and it was annoying because he was born today at 11pm and I was born 1 hrs younger than him. 

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2/12/24- #27

Today was quite an exciting Monday. A ton of new units for school as well as finishing up some projects for different units. I had fun instructing today and got the message that I made the demo team. It’s very exciting, though I am still very sore from all of it. My chest is what is the most sore right now, but in the end it’s all worth it. I am proud of myself, especially since I was originally not going to tryout. I’m glad I did……

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