Fall 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!

3/11/2024

Hello King Tiger Family. I was checking my tracking and for some reason the system says I only have 49 journals when I have 51 so I wanted to do another one just in case. I hope everyone is hanging in there. We are so close to the end! I am excited and nervous for the test this weekend for Harrisburg and next weekend for everyone. All I can do is do my best. I think I'm ready! Have a good night. 

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3/11 - #42

Today was the first day back from spring break, and it was very fun! I got to see all my friends again, and we immediately all started arguing over who slept the most over break (it was me). We had precalc first, and it was so much fun working on trig identities (it was not fun, I'm still working on it even though we had 90 minutes to work on it in class). The practice problems were easy, but the homework was horrible. Eventually, I'll understand them, but maybe not today. I mean, how did they figure out sec^2θ-tan^2θ=1..?!

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3/11 Journal

Today i got to sleep in a bit because i had a dentist appointment. I went to the dentist and got my braces changed and then i got chick-fil-a on the way to school. I wasn’t to late to school because in math we had just started notes. In science we started learning about genes. In spanish we got our quiz grades back and i got a 98. In social studies i finished my propaganda poster. In ela me and my friend missed 20 minutes because we were told to go take picture for yearbook (even though we aren’t in yearbook) It was fun and we just took pictures and hung out but my friend made me take all the pictures because she was scared of the 8th graders. After school i went to volleyball tryouts and i feel i did pretty well for myself because i started not to long...

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Journal for Monday

Hello King Tiger! Today started off normally: me waking a bit late(about an hour), me doing as much requirements as I could from the 20 minutes I get, and today was different because I almost missed the bus which has never happened before. School was great and I'm trying really hard since the third quarter end on Wednesday and I don't want any bad grades. Tennis was okay. I came from school and finished the rest of my requirements. Just finished eating my dinner which was rice with chicken nuggets. Yeah, I know BAD combination, but there was nothing else to eat. I am going to start doing my homework after this. Hope everyone had a great Monday(you can't have a Monday that is great). ;)

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/11/24

Today I went to school where once again, I had my guitar class. Upon arriving home I did requirements from home because Tae Kwon Do is tomorrow.

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3/11/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. Interesting day. We are having some foundation work done today at our house and as they were digging they hit the power line even though they where marked by power company. They were marked wrong, so that was fun. But the power company came right out and fixed it. All good now. Then they found a bunch of concrete that shouldn't be there which is causing a problem, so probably more work. Otherwise a good day. Nate and I went to LKN King Tiger and got a bunch of requirements done, then came home, ate and finished a few remaining items. Now I am writing this. Ready to go to bed soon. Have a great night. Take care.  

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Mar 11

Today was alright. Worked at the dojang, only a few days until color belt testing. Stayed till 8 and locked up. Then had chicken for dinner. 

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"...as taekwondo is to ramen"

Ramen. A delicacy created on a day that ends with "ay". Some say Ramen originated in Santa Fe, New Mexico and other sources claim ramen is actually from Asia. Ramen made its way to popularity around the 12th century. Before that, for example people living in the year 1099, ramen was street food but still good nonetheless. Ramen evolved and become more popular and more expensive and came to be known in many different restaurants around the world. Now you can get Ramen anywhere - from your local grocery store to a fancy restaurant in Paris. It comes in all sorts of flavors too. My personal favorite is spicy chicken flavor. Yesterday I saw a soy sauce flavor that I want to try. The perfect time to enjoy Ramen in my opinion is right after taekwondo class. By now you're probably wondering, "why is Matthew writing about Ramen?" Remember how I mentioned that Ramen...

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dizzy

today was i was dizzy i was deliousanal i did my requirments i was alot tired from running i got baskin robins then my parents finished class then we went home the end

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3/11/24

Today was the first day back from spring break and Disney is on the bus and I got to hang out with my friends that I miss when we got there a little awkward from not seeing everybody for a couple for a week anymore and it was just a normal day. I thought we had double encore but it’s actually tomorrow and it was just a pretty pretty normal and good day and it was really sad because my teacher is pregnant and she’s going to leave tomorrow. It’ll be her last day until fifth grade graduation because she’s scared she’s gonna know she’s pregnant so she’s just waiting to be safe.
And I did my black book class and my dad pick me up because my mom had to drop us off at taekwondo and go straight to baseball for my brother and we got home and I did some more stuff and went to bed

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3/11 Band Practice!

Today I went back to school and I'm now sadly off spring break.. But I was finally able to play my oboe again! That can with some bad news about how my reed broke and then I got a new one. (They are expensive reeds...) But other than that I'm super close to MPA and it's on Wednesday From 3-7:30pm I'm pretty sure. I'm still a little sore from the physical test but it's going away one massage at a time. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!!

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Cadens Journal

today I woke up late. I didn’t have school today. I also don’t have it tomorrow. When I woke up, I just sat around. Then I mowed the lawn. Once I came back in, I did taekwondo, essays and Requirements. After that I played video games with my friends. Then I went outside to play basketball with my brothers. I ate a big snack and went to taekwondo. When I got back I watched the movie. After that I ate dinner. Now I am chilling in my bed and about to go to sleep.

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3/11/24 #51

Hello to all, I am writing today because for some reason the journal portion tells me that i have 49 instead of 50. it must be a glitch. i did count it and i have written 50. Anyways, today I went to school and we just reviewed new material. I came home and had a snack and will be doing some requirements. Also this weekend I had the physical and written test and I did well on both. This coming Saturday will be the running portion. Hope to do well. I am going to rest now and i will be going to Taekwondo class later today. Bye Bye.

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3/11/24- #47

I did a ton of requirements this morning thanks to having no school, as well as got to play video games with my siblings. I am now heading out to go help instruct. I’m finally feeling better from my sickness last week, so I’m ready to get back into instructing…….

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/10/24

Today I went to a Bryan Adam’s concert with my parents. I really enjoyed it. I’m tired so I’m not going to write a very long journal.

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Mar 10

Had my dad's birthday party today. Went pretty well, and he's getting old. For dinner I had a cheese steak from firehouse. Played some fortnite tonight as well.

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3/10/24

today was a normal day . I went to my friend’s house and then after about 2 hrs came back home . I had to get ready because my cousins came over and it was their birthday. After that my entire family played apples to apples and that was my day

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3/10/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. Today was a good day. Went to church and really enjoyed the service. God wants us to worship is so many different ways. I will make it simple -- spend time with him in prayer, reading scriptures, and just being kind and show love to everyone... that is right, even the people that we dislike. It is easy to love someone we like, but that is not his way. Nate and I did run on the Greenway. It was a good run. Then requirements. Had some catching up to do. Not done, but got a bunch finished. Had some great meals that my wife cooked us. Fantastic food. I am so very grateful. I just got back walking the dogs and writing this now. Take care. 

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two things that rhyme with 'A'

Hello guys. Essays! Today was a very fun and exciting day and a happy day because I finished all of my essays. It was hard because my friends kept coming by the house and asking me to go outside and the answer was the same, "nope, have to finish my essays". Really I only had one and a half to finish today so it wasn't too bad and besides i like writing. Poomsaes! Today in poomsae class we did different parts of poomsaes where kick and block timing was weird. I got a lot of practice in on that and feel pretty good about it. We also did this fun pool noodle exercises. One was practicing high kicks, front side and round, and the other was trying to switch stances without your head hitting the noodle. The main goal was to be accurate with your stances and not move your head...

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3/10

today was really boring. I woke up, ate, and worked on finishing my papers. I ended up working on 2 of them. tonight, I plan to just relax and study some of my Spanish for tomorrow.

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March 10th, 2024

Today I woke up and did requirements in the morning for the first time since being sick. Then I went to church and volunteered in the kids room. It was crazy today. We had a lot of kids and they were not behaving. I then came home and chilled. I practiced for my JROTC, JPA inspection tomorrow. Shortly after I went for a run. I then did some requirements, we worked on 3rd Dan self-defenses. Afterwards I worked on some Warhammer 40k stuff. Then I did some more requirements, showered, stretched, and now I am here. 

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2/10/2024

Today we got up super early to go home but our flight was delayed so we went back to sleep and woke up again to leave. when we got to the airport it was a mess and we were very hungry. when we got home we kind of all relaxed and it was a chill day

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3/10 Journal

todays the last day of spring break and i’m not excited for school tomorrow. I’m also nervous because we have volleyball tryouts. Today i didn’t do much except relax and work on my written test. The coming friday i have my written test and physical test so im also nervous for that.

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2/10/24

Today I went back home and we woke up very early to go to the airport and leave but our flight got delayed till 10 till 950 and so we got to sleep in an hour. We finally got to the airport and we got dropped off by our Uber and we were there and we got into the church bag check out line and it was very very long is in so we switched another line number for faster and then we checked my bag and my dad's bag and then we went to security and that went well and then we were boarding the plane and we boarded and it was an hour and 15 minute flight and I sat there and I watched two movies and then we finally got home and we talked to the friends that we went with on the airport that came to Disney...

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3/10/24

today i woke up at my friends house in fort mill and we left to go home after dropping her off at college. then we got ice cream and i went on a run outside but it was so windy. then i did the rest of my requirements and played fortnite with my friends

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3/10 - #41

I didn't really do much today. I helped cleaned around the house, and ran around with a swiffer on the wood floors simply because it was fun to do! I also prepared my bag for school tomorrow by cleaning it out and making sure it had everything I needed for school. I really just didn't do much today, but I guess thats okay

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Cadens Journal

Today, me and my friend watched scream six when we woke up. Once he left, I did some tae kwon do essays. After that, I played video games with my friend from taekwondo. Then I did some more taekwondo requirements. After that I played basketball. I watched a show with my mom and played video games again with my friends. Then I ate dinner. I showered, and after that watch the show with my mom. Now I am heading to bed. 

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3/10 Journal

Today I woke up sore from testing yesterday, and I plan to catch up with homework today.

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3/10

today I woke and was extremely sore from testing and then ate breakfast and now I’m waiting for class to start and hope it will be easy because I’m tired. After that I want to go home and just chill for the rest of the day then run a bit and I’m going to try to get 100  miles during the cycle just because.

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Journal for Sunday

Hello King Tiger! I know that everyone will be sleeping at this time(it is 7:57 am) but I woke up a bit early today and with me being sleepy, I saw that the clock on my wall and my alarm clock had different time than my smart watch clock. At first I thought it was a ghost or something that played with my clocks, but then I realized it is daylight saving time. So I fixed my alarm clock and I am doing my requirements now for yesterday and today. I calculated it and it shows 2 hours and 36 minutes. Yay :((((. I just started having stomach pain for some reason so I am taking breaks after each requirement. As far as I know, I will have to attend a zoom meeting competition with my friend at three and I guess he is coming to my before that to study....

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3/9 Journal

today i went to sparring and then I helped out with the junior tiger class. I was really tired after so i relaxed her. i got home and didn’t do much for the rest of the day except read. Then my mom went out and my dad me and my sister went to olive garden for dinner. We got home and now we are watching a movie.

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3/9/24

hd fun seeing you all this morning. after the pre test i went to do the community service project. then we left to fort mill and im staying at my friends house. good bye.

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Today, I decided to be mute because I knew I was going to LKN to help with Bags of Hope and I was going to want to talk.  I met KT's  Matthew B. and I really wanted to talk, but all I could do was give him the thumbs up and write a quick note.  I was successful until I got home and my dog met me at the door and I said HEY!  I realized that I goofed in that moment.  The rest of the day went fine.  I worked on requirements  and later realized I failed to enter my tracking on line for awhile, so I'm tapping away tonight.  

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March 9th, 2024

Today I woke up and went to Tae Kwon Do. I had a lot of fun hanging with and training with my friends today. I then came home and did a few things: worked on Warhammer 40k, read, and did some requirements. Afterwards I hung out with my girlfriend. After she left I showered and now I am here. 

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3/9 Calm Wright.

Today I woke up at five in the morning to go do my written and physical test. I was all happy with my physical stuff But I was really happy to see I got a 93 on my written test! And I'm happy for everyone from getting this far in the cycle. We went back to Lake Norman and set up Bag Of Hope for the cycle and then I went home and too a long needed four hour nap. Today I also found a good quote, “Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” This quote just stood out to me and it just seems like a quote of encouragement that some of you guys might need to finish these last week of the cycle. With that being said I'm proud of everyone on cycle and myself too, great job everyone. I hope everyone had a great...

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3/9

today was surprisingly easy, I woke up around seven and got ready for sparring. I went to sparing, did 2 v 2, then left to go assist with bags of hope. after bags of hope, me and parker went to shake shack. then I came home, relaxed, and worked on papers. now I'm talking to some friends and I'm planning to relax for the rest of the day.

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Mar 9

Today was the physical and written test, it went ok. Afterwards I went to work. Then we had the community service project which went by pretty quick. Then we had a students birthday party and that went really smooth.

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3/9/24- #46

I am very proud of myself. After just healing from my sickness yesterday, I go straight into the Physical and Written test this morning. While I did get slight nausea and the desperate need of DayQuil, I pushed through and beat all of my pre-test scores (though some I had just barely beat though I know if I was not in the condition I was I could have done better). I got an 100% on my written test and so did Braxton and Mrs. Suzanne (congrats 100 squad). I went home and did some chores, got a ton of rest, and am ready to bring my 200% this week. Watch out testers, because I will be at full power these next two weeks. I am bringing my A game, and not another illness is getting to me (let’s hope)…….

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2/9/2024

Today we slept in a bit got breakfast and went to epcot. we road a few rides and then went to get food. there was a lot of arguing and it kinda ruined the rest of the day and trip. it was very annoying. we came back to the hotel and went to the pool to eat. i’m exhausted and going to sleep now. 

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3/9 - #40

Classes started at 9AM and ended at 12:30PM, a nice Saturday of TKD! I realized the packing day for Bags of Hope was today after I had left, and I was disappointed I had missed it because I was very excited about it. It was okay though.  I also learned that what I did with the green belts (doing their poomsaes in the engaging matters I learned at Instructor's Camp) stuck with them! One of the 3 that I worked with came up to me and started laughing about how "weird" it was. The day I was working with the 3, I noticed all of them were laughing and enjoying it, especially the one that came up to me. Him telling me about how he felt about the engaging poomsaes told me that he found the practice enjoyable and memorable enough to talk to me about days a few days later. I was...

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3/9/24

Today I woke up and went to TKD after that I came home and I watched the UNC v.s duke game . I’m glad that UNC won and now I’m going to a sleepover.

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2/9/24

Today I woke up and it was the last day in Disney. We went to a EPCOT I am Road guardians of the Galaxy. That was the best in Disney. After that we had lunch with her friends, and I got chicken tenders, and then we went home and went hotel hang out, hang signs and pizza and just chill for the rest the night.

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Journal for Saturday

Hello King Tiger! Today was an awesome day of testing which went pretty well except for two things: my written test and my v-sit ups. The V-sit ups were a bit hard since I did them so rarely and I don't know what happened but, during the pre test, I got 14 done and this time I did 5 because I accidently put my foot on the ground. Next, I trusted the blue study guide for gwes and directions and I got all the cardinal directions wrong. The second thing I messed up on the written test was the instructors and what school they had. I mixed it with master shin and master chin because I second doubted myself. I wished I did better. I am still happy for Caleb, Braxton and Mrs. Suzanne for getting 100s on the test(This is one long paragraph about testing). After testing, I went back...

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Daily dose of TKD

Boy oh boy do I have stuff to write about with the final physical test. It all started at Lake Norman when me and my dad pulled into the parking lot at exactly 6:40 am only to see the King Tiger party bus pulling out the other side! I was upset because I was looking forward to riding the party bus. Not that my dad's car smells bad or anything... but then a wonderful thing happened. The bus, as Master Chelley (aka Queen Tiger) said, "pulled a Uie" and came back to get me. I said my thank yous and hopped on the bus. On the way there, one of my TKD friends, Caleb, was playing games on his phone and turned the volume up really loud to make it sound funny. We laughed really hard.  At North Charlotte I beat all of my pre-test numbers except for burpees but in...

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3/9/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. This morning we went to Black Belt class and got to work on some 3rd Dan Self Defense and Specials. It was great as Nate and I are just starting to learn it and great we got to work with the Masters on it. Then we helped with the next class. I am learning that I truly enjoy instructing and missed it. I like showing the kids the practical side of what they are learning. I know that not everyone likes that but I have found it helps we remember things when I understand "the why"... I think something that is lost with many people (including myself sometimes) is knowing your distance. How far do I need to be to kick or punch someone. We were working on that today. Then we helped with the Bags of Hope service project and got to help put together all...

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3/9

Today I woke up and immediately went to testing which I was not nervous at all and I started which push ups which I beat my 17 by 21 then it was plank and I had 1:27 and now I got 5:37 so 4 minutes and the empress of test was ez and I got 10 pills ups and much more and then went home and just chilled for a while then went back to king tiger to do community service and I got a donut! 

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3/9/24 Journal #53 Physical Test Day

This morning I woke up early and got ready to head to Master Evin's for the physical and written test. I beat all my Pre-test numbers and I got a 100 on the test!!! Yaay 😁 I was 1 of 3 all Lake Norman people!! Then on the way home we stopped at Food Lion and got stuff for 1 more bag for our service project. Then I hung out at home for a little while and watched some YouTube and had some lunch. Then I went to KT to pack the bags of food for spring break.  After I went back home and relaxed and did some of my black belt stuff. In a little bit we are about to head to Dave and Busters with Brien to play some games!! 

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Peter's blog

Today was a stressful day, it was really going my ways today and then after school and a test I got home and studied for my physical and written test tomorrow 

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3/8 - #39

I still wasn't feeling good from yesterday, and continued my streak of concerningly large sums of sleep. I missed the advanced sparring class the one chance I could actually make the full class (I come home from school at 5:00-5:10 and would reach the class way later). This was really frustrating, but I managed to make it to the weekend black belt class a few minutes before it started. I still wasn't feeling well, and felt lost on the poomsaes that we were reviewing, which was especially frustrating when I knew I could do them.  Only two or less weeks left, and I will push forward :D

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3/8 Journal

Today was another boring day of spring break. Today my parents were fasting. I woke up really late and ended up just eating lunch again. After lunch I relaxed and did some of my essays and then practiced my skill. after a few hours I went to my dojang for my weekend black belt class. After the I had macaroni for lunch. Then I ran 2 miles on my treadmill and then I just watched a movie with my family.

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Journal for Friday

Hello King Tiger! Today was a great day and school was also great today. I had only one quiz and a one test and I got 100s on both of them. After school, I went to the Harrisburg school to make up for my sparring class that I missed last week. After class, I went to the temple and stayed for at least 3-4 hours came back home. I just finished studying for the written exam tomorrow and finished my dinner. I will see all of you(I mean ALL of you) tomorrow. Hope everyone is ready for the tests!!! 

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Mar 8

Today started with 9 round. It was sorta busy so it went by quick. Then I had a couple hours to myself to get things done. Went to black belt class. Foe dinner I had steak and it was amazing.

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2/8/2024

Today we woke up early and got ready for our vip tour. We hit 3 parks and road 11 rides. We got to go to the front of the line on every ride. we got snacks at every park. it was really cool. my friend logan is and was frustrating me today but y other friend mak was at magic kingdom today. we went to dinner and harper didn’t feel good but i got chocolate cake. i don’t like she doesn’t feel good. 

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3/8/24

Today was a fun day at school. In all my classes we had free time because it was the last day of the quarter. At TKD I took class and came home to eat dinner.

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Relax with three x's

Ever thought about the North Carolina sky at exactly 8:16 PM? If you said yes, it was a 1 in 1440 chance in the day. Where I'm going with this is that the sky at exactly 8:16 pm is very relaxing. And relaxing is something that we need to be doing since we're two weeks away from our black belt testing. When you're going through your forms or practicing your kicks you don't want to look or feel like a cinder block. You can all stretch. Even to my adults, it's not embarrassing. Trust me. Speaking of relaxation, I'm feeling pretty good myself. I'm fairly confident with all of my forms and weapons forms and I'm done with my essays except for editing. Although last night I wasn't relaxed after Master Natasha mistakenly told me that essays were due tomorrow. I jumped out of my skin and made the most serious...

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3/8

Today I woke up and then did most of my black belt requirements then went to school today was just so boring so I just kinda did t even really listen half of the time because we have been learning this for a while the. went home and finish my requirements then finish my book essay then reviewed my test and now am heading to be, Hope y’all had a good day!

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March 8th, 2024

This was the first day after being sick I felt over 80% of the way back to normal. I went to school, which was very productive. I had a JROTC meeting after school, which went alright. I was very tired by that point in the day and was not doing well mentally. Afterwards I came home and rested for a little bit. That was short lived and followed by black belt class. We worked on weapons and Hopkidos. I was able to work with Logan most of class, which is always fun. I then did a mentee and mentor session. I learned the first bit of both 3rd Dan self-defense and 3rd Dan Special self-defense. I then came home and relaxed. After that I stretched and now I am here. 

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3/8

today was extremely nice. I went to school and didn't do a lot. then I had a chemistry test which I feel good about. then I came home and took a nap which was really nice, and I feel much better now. then I woke up, got food and redid homework that didn't save my responses which made me really upset. now I'm going to do some writing for black belt cycle and relax.

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3-8 journal

Today I had to catch up with schoolwork that I missed when I was out sick. Other than that it was a regular day. I also went to the temple in the evening.

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2/8/24

Today we woke up and had breakfast at Chef Mickey. We got our picture taken with all of the characters. Then we rode on the monorail. We went on a VIP tour all day and visited 3 of the parks. We were able to ride on 11 rides and they took us to the front of the ride. We had steak for dinner and then we went to the hotel and went to bed. Long day and my feet are tired. 

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writttan exam

im scared i am so happy i hope every body has more than all of them correct bye bye

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/8/24

Tomorrow is the written and physical test; as you guys know. I hope you guys are as excited as I am. Today I had a mentor session and a Black Belt Class.

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3/8

Wanted to wish everyone good luck on the physical and written test tomorrow! I'm doing some studying tonight! Wish we could have got the run in tomorrow, but I understand. We're nearing the end!

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Cadens Journal

Today I got my miles done and did requirements in PE. Then I played basketball with my friends. And social studies the presented our projects and it was super funny to see all of the videos. Any ELA we did roll up and read, which was pretty boring. Science, we watched osmosis Jones. We didn’t finish it so we will continue on Monday. In math we had a trigonometry quiz. Once I got home, I did taekwondo requirements and practiced poomsaes. I ate and got ready for taekwondo. Now I am on the way to taekwondo.

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3/8/2024 (Keep Up The PACE)

Hello King Tiger Family. I hope everyone is doing well and getting ready for the Physical and Written tests.  Although I am on auditing cycle, I am praying and supporting all our testers for tomorrow. Please get rest and get yourself in the right mental state. Tomorrow will be challenging but not something you cannot get through. Do your best and if you have been focusing the prior weeks on getting better at the Physical exercises and taking the time to study for the Written test, then this is your moment to shine. Show off what you can do. Push yourself just a little further than you might have in the past. The extra push up or sit up, the extra few seconds off your mile run -- all show progress and shows your willingness to give it your all.  A friend of mine provided me this statement... "Keep Up The...

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03/07/24

today i went back to jail and had a pretty normal day i came home and went to class for leadership and sparring. then i did a mentor session now im going to sleep.

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3/7 Journal

Today i didn’t do much. I woke up late and decided to just wait for lunch. After lunch i went and got a haircut and i really like it. when i got back i hung out with my family and the. me and my sister watched the new thundermans movie. 

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Beautiful Morning!

It was such a beautiful morning today.  The sky was a clear azure blue with dollops of fluffy white starched clouds.  Aqua Bella and I went to the tennis courts where I practiced my poomsae's and she practiced her speedy run arounds.  It was so convenient having so much space.  I didn't have to readjust my positions or step over Aqua the way I do in the limited space of my living room.   I went to King Tiger North Charlotte for my sparring class and had an awesome time.  We practiced a ton of kicks.  Thank you Max!  

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Mar 7

Today started with 9 round, only a few people showed up on my shift so it felt pretty slow. Got some lunch before heading home, gas station chicken. I mightve accidentally had two monsters today. Had sparring which went pretty good. Then porkchops for dinner. 

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3/7

today was felt really long, especially since I had math first period. then economy went well, and I left school. then me and my grandma ate lunch and did some research on a topic we wanted to learn about. then I came home, got ready, and left for taekwondo. I helped with classes and did requirements then I came home. now I'm studying for a chemistry test.

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3/7 - #38

I woke up later than I have been this week, and was greeted with nausea. For the rest of the day, I really just slept, especially seeing my whole body felt heavy, and I felt like I couldn't move anything. Everything hurt, and I felt ridcuously drained. I wish I had something better to write about, but I just felt sick today.

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stay strong

Hello guys! Welcome back to my journal. To start things off, I wanted to address that probably at this point in the cycle, including me, you may be tired. But we have to stay strong and finish strong. If you quit now then your choice may come along with some regrets. First of all, we're only two weeks away from testing and if you stop practicing now and you don't know your stuff by testing then it's going to be a rough night. Testing can last hours and you don't want to be the person who is dragging everyone behind. Some nights I really just want to sit down on the couch, bury myself in the blanket, maybe lay with my dog and read my book or play my video game but then I think about what stuff I have to do and what consequences can happen if I don't do...

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3/7/24

Today was a normal day at school. When I got to TKD I helped with class and I came up with a new drill.

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3/7

Today I just stayed home like usual and did review on the written exam. Then I went to class at 4pm and stayed till the end of sparring. I got all my requirements done for today and now I'm just really tired. I don't think I need to do anymore of these but I'll just do it for fun, like a quote or something. Anyways I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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2/7/2024

Ello guys. Today i finally got to sleep in and then we went to get breakfast after i got ready and then went to disney springs. it was fun, i returned a tank top at lululemon and got leggings and shorts instead. (speed ups if you were wondering). we came back and went to the pool for the rest of the day. 

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3/7/24- #45

I did not feel super well at school today so I went home early. I rested up, ate dinner, than went into my room. I did some homeowrk before taking my phone and messaged friends in my closet. I am both hoping I am not nauseous but also am nauseous tomorrow.............

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3/7/24

Today I woke up and I got to sleep in because it was our day off from Disney. We woke up and got dressed and we went to the boat to go to Disney springs and go shopping and hang out. We went to the jungle café for lunch for brunch and then we walked around and went to stores and we went to the Eminem store and my family made our own Eminem’s and it said make bougie on it and then we went back home and we went to the pool and hang out at one on the slides and had dinner with all of our friends and then I went to bed and take a shower.

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/7/24

Today I had my guitar class, where I am making huge progress on my midterm assignment; Sweden by C418. We got to pick our songs last week and since I am in a beginner guitar class; a lot of the chords are too hard for me. Luckily, I have a very exercised skill that's called "playing by ear". I picked from various simpler chords; which ones could work with the song. Because of this, I finished weeks before the due-date. My bus was late so I unfortunately could not make sparring class but we have next week so it is fine.

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Cadens Journal

Today in school I got there super early and talked with my friends. Then I did my miles and requirements in PE and we played wiffleball which was really fun. Then in social studies, we finished up our effects and made a presentation that we will be presenting tomorrow. In ELA we watch the movie and me and my friends sat and ate snacks. during recess, I played basketball which was really fun. In science, we started a lab on genetics with Oreos. Then in math, we continued trigonometry, but it was much harder today. Once I got home, I did taekwondo, logging, and essays. Then I ate and did requirements.  after that, I chilled until sparring. Sparring was super fun and then I got home and showered. Now I’m going to bed soon. 

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fun time

 today in school we had fun time in matyh we did blooket i liked it we did our owns i really like it then i was tired then i went to kt

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3/7 Journal

Today I went back to school after the first time because I was sick. I had a lot of work to catch up on and a bunch of pending homework to do.

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Journal for Thursday

  Hello King Tiger! Today started off with me being an early bird and doing all of my requirements. School was great and with my math teacher absent, I did my work and chilled the rest of class. Right after I came home, I finished my last requirement: running a mile. I just came back from the mile and I am getting ready for sparring class. I wonder how it will go...

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3/7

Today I woke up and did most of my black belt requirements then I got ready for school then now I’m waiting for the doors to open and then once I’m inside I’ll just probably wait until something interesting happens because school is so boring then the rest of the day will be easy then I’ll come home finish my requirements then run like a few miles then go to 6:00 class and sparring.

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03/6/24

tosay i went back to jail and if i hear another "hola clase" i might jump of a cliff. it was a pretty normal day we had socratic seminar and that never goes well. i went t the dojang for black belt class. happy 2 days till physical and written exams. i go sleepy now byb bye.

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Mar 6

Today wasn't too bad. Worked at the dojang today until 8. Today went alot smoother than yesterday thanks to the monster I drank before classes started. All in all not too shabby.

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3/6 - #37

While I helped out with the high greenbelts in today's high belt class, I used what Master Shin talked about in his seminar at Instructor's Camp! I had them do Tae Keuk Sa Chang twice the normal way, and I could see boredom slowly forming. Then I had them stand on their knees, and they were very confused. They were concerned about how to kick and how to do their stances, but I just told them to figure it out. I did the poomsae on my knees alongside them, and although they fell over a lot they really enjoyed it. We still had a few minutes after that, so I asked someone to give me an animal. One of them said monkey, so every four steps in the poomsae, they had to pat their head and rub their belly. I came up with this because they said monkeys eat bananas and...

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3/6/24- #44

I tried to do some of my requirements despite my nausea; it didn't go that well. I will try and do my requirements tomorrow and Friday, though I hope this nausea passes by Saturday. Otherwise, I am in for a rough time.........

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3/6/24

Today at school was not that fun until I got to my 5 period. In Spanish we watched the movie coco but in Spanish. After school I went to TKD and made sure all my answers were correct for the test.

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Bolo-ing

(Before we begin, I want you guys to know that this is a sequel to my other journal called staffing. Ok, now we're ready) Hello everyone, it's me Matthew. Tonight I will be writing about bolo, aka the machete. Bolo is a pretty repetitive form, but it is very cool nonetheless. It does introduce abanico, which for my bo chos is just two temple strikes of the bolo in a cross stance. Abinico is by far the coolest part of this form. I'm not sure if there are more bolo forms - you know like with stick and staff there are more than one forms - I'm not sure if there is a bolo form 2. Overall the bolo is fun to practice. And even though the bolo is a little heavy, i like twirling it around and doing the form. I'm going to grade it a 'B' for bolo. I'll...

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3/6 Journal

today was boring. I woke up early on accident, probably because that the time I usually wake up for school, so I just went back to sleep, I couldn't sleep for long though so I got up and ate breakfast, then I practiced my new skill and watered my plant. then I ate lunch, my mom made my favorite which she hasn't made in a while and it was yummy. for the next few hours I worked on essays and logged in some stuff. after that I went to my tkd with a Bunch of stuff for bags of hope. I helped out with the junior tiger class and one of my mom's friends kids was there so I said hi to him and his mom and we talked for a bit after class. then I had my weekday black belt class, after that class we took all the bags of...

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3/6

today was a half day at school which was really nice. then in chemistry, my teacher gave us a free study hall. then I came home and relaxed. around 4 I took a shower and then left for a drum lesson where I worked on some rudiments and learned to play "I don't wanna be me" by type O negative. then I went and took classes. then i came home and did some math homework.

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3/6 Unbanned

Today I got unbanned from my game and played a little. Then I went to class and got requirements done. Now I'm going to play a little more till I go to bed. And also I hope everyone who is sick right now if you are to get better, there has been a lot of people getting sick and that's not just in king tiger. I just wanted to make sure everyone was okay. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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March 6th, 2024

Today I woke up pretty late since I was not feeling good today. The last day or two have been rough since I have been sick. I didn't do much today. I started re-watching the 863 Series, which is a mystery series on YouTube. I also did a little school work and a few requirements. I then showered and now I am here. 

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/6/24

What is up fellas? I met with my mentee today. We worked some more on his knife defense attacks. It will take a few more sessions to get it down perfect. Afterwards I picked up my Cypress for the tea ceremony (a photo is below). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LXtlLt2jqEuneaSHrthRgkjNqAHiJ2hj/view?usp=drivesdk

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3/6/2024

Hello King Tiger Family. It is Wednesday. It was a good day, but a little frustrating work wise, but nothing I cannot overcome. I just got home. My incredible wife had a great meal ready and we ate. It was yummy. I am just chilling a little and then my goal is to hit a few requirements. Then I hope for an early bed. We will see. Have a great evening and day tomorrow. Take care. 

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my dog

It started when i was playing with my dog after i went to school after school i plaed with my dog again bye

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Cadens Journal

Today I woke up and was almost late to school. and PE we played volleyball again. I also got my miles and some of my requirements done. Then social studies mean my group added affect to our video and the teacher said it looked really good. We also went over some leadership lesson. Then in ELA we watched outsiders the movie. We didn’t get to finish it but I liked the first half of the movie. In science we had a test. Halfway through he let us use our organ system booklet, which was super helpful. we had a gigantic essay question. In math we went over trigonometric angles, which was pretty easy. Once I got home, I did some tae kwon do, logging and did homework. Then I ate and I’m going to taekwondo.

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5 Mar 2024

Today was a blur.  i was sleepy, but started the day doing an at home cycling class and then worked on my requirements.  I made a weeks worth of dog food and also salads for dinner.  I knocked out a few assisted pull ups, attended the Adult class, got mentored, and met with my mentee.

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Future me and current me

So sometimes I feel like the universe is trying to send me a message or guidance through the topic and discussions I talk about or listen to. Yesterday I kept circling around the topic of me in the present and future me. What I do as the present me to help future me, what I chose not to do because future me will work on it me. It occurs to me that future me will eventually be the current me. And current me is so present, finite. Once I go to sleep today, the me that is writing this will be me in the pass. And went I keep thing about past me, the further I go looking back at my pass self, I can see all these similarities and distinct differences. Most of the discussion of future self was about how you have to do things now as an investment...

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