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!

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Today, I ended up cutting the grass in the backyard that hasn't been touched in weeks. I ran into 4 snakes, three being copperheads and one being an orangish-brownish color. That's all I'm going to say today because I'm about to get on the treadmill. See you later.

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A Wednesday

Today was a fun day because we went to the pool and we had lots of fun.After that we went back to tae kwon do. At tae kwon do l did my black belt stuff. 

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Hitting Stride

It's good to look at physical requirement tracking and to see the dent I have made toward the totals. Although it does surprise me to see the total number of poomsaes completed and know that I am still in thinking mode when it comes to doing it. My mentor tells me to stop thinking and just do it and that it probably what needs to happen but it is difficult. Even in the book I have chosen for my essay this is addressed. The book concerns zen in the martial arts and one point it does make is that when you are thinking you aren't flowing....I just need to be in the moment and do it. Either way I just love doing it. The poomsaes bring a calmness to me. At least when I do it at home.....lol. In the Dojang it's a little different. I still enjoy it but it's...

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Treadmill

Today I woke up did my requirements and spent most of the day in my hotel room. Nothing really happened today. Well I will be back in charlotte tomorrow. Bye hope you enjoyed.

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Sparring

At sparring today we did a really cool system we normally don't do. It was where most of us paired up and the ones who didn't were on the side, then we would do 1:30 sparring round and go one space to our left. There were 6 pairs so 12 spots I started on spot 3 so I got 10 rounds (count it on your fingers starting at 3).  On my 7th round the girl I was up against accidently charlie horsed me so I had 3 more rounds with a dead leg. Thankfully the last opponents were littler kids so I could rest a little. That was sparring class today.

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8/14 Tuesday

Today I almost did all my physical requirements at camp so when I got home I could relax. I got my mentor meeting done but it was different because someone else mentored me this time. I got a lot accomplished all at once and I’m not very tired. Today was a successful day and I hope everyone has a goodnight!

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Journal 4: actually trying

Before you read this, click on the post to read the whole thing so you get the full effect.  So the cycle starts in three days!! Time to get serious. Cue the music!!! If you clicked on the link, you probably hate me now, don't you? Never mind. So I've given up on my 10 mile in one day goal because it is super unrealistic and I didn't even bother trying to accomplish it anyway. I have been slowly getting adjusted to the requirements now and it's actually not that bad. You just have to set aside an hour or two of your time. I can do that during summer, but I don't know if I can do that at school. I have homework and other extracurriculars. I usually will get to my homework right after school and then go to soccer or diving or whatever. I also do not like going out...

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Practice:

I began this morning with a hearty breakfast.   Then I was off to play Pickleball.   I even think that I'm getting better at this game.  Later today I will push to get some requirements done.  

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Under the weather

Treater day and today I’ve been congested all day.  Just not feeling well 

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Going to Grandmas

I have to go to grandmas in a bit so, yeah. I did what I did everyday and also hanged out with my friend and had a good time. That is basically all I did. Thank you and see you tomorrow.

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Homework: Journal #24

Today when I went to school, I already got homework. That didn't surprise me as much because this is high school and sometimes there is summer work. I couldn't wake up and go run because it was my carpool day, but I still got some things done. Because of school, I don't really have much to say. 

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The Pool

Today I went to the pool with the summer camp and I lost part of my snorkel witch was annoying. It was the part that connected the snorkel to the goggles so if I do use it it'll be pretty hard. While we were there I tried the slide that the pool had, it was pretty nice. I don't know why but the chlorine (I think) made my eyes sting a lot. Other than all this I just looked after kids and messed around. That was my day at the pool.

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Journal 2: August 17, 2018

Today was the 2nd day of school. My school starts at 8 am and ends at 3 in the afternoon. We first had electives, then science, then social studies, then ELA, and finally we had Pre-math 1. After school I did my daily ritual, played Fortnite, did my daily taekwondo requirements and studies, and finally watched the Panthers game in which the Panthers won 27-20 over the Dolphins!

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Basketball

Today I played basketball with a friend named Jasam (jaz-um) and a few other kids. Me and Jasam were the team captains it was a 4v4 and I had Master Marcus on my team. Don't be fooled though He may be tall but he's not the best at the game. In the beginning I did really bad since I hadn't practiced in a while, all my shots looked great, hit the rim, and missed. But towards the end Jasam, their best player, got tired so I could start making layups since he was always guarding the rim. Thanks to that we won witch was perfect cuz it was right when we were leaving. Anyway that was me playing basketball today.

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Another day:

Today began with a visit to the Dr.  Things went well,  he even cranked up the voltage and I didn't cry.  Returned home and had my egg whites, beacon and 

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Coming Together

I feel like I am recalling the color belt Poomsaes and the self defenses better. Feel pretty good with the staff and stick and just about have Koryo down. I may not be smooth yet, still a little too much thinking going on, but it is coming together. I still need work with the new self defenses and can't seem to recall green but I'll get there. Looking forward to black belt class tonight. It's fun. And last night we got some self defense in with the adult class. I think my try at leading warm ups went a bit, ok A LOT, better than the 1st two tries.

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Wednesday 8/15

Today I accomplished a goal of running 0.5 miles straight and I wasn’t tired after so I know I’m a lot stronger than I thought. Today I also was able to assist and lead. I had a mentee meeting and I completed the white belt challenge. My legs are incredibly tired and I’m ready to relax. I hope everyone has a good night!

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So much to do!

Being a father of three and having a full time job already keep me busy.  I took up TKD after my daughter earned her BB but then decided that she wanted to pursue other interests.  I have always wanted to study martial arts but was busy with baseball and soccer throughout my youth.   I am finding it very difficult to find the time to do it all on the BB cycle since I my other responsibilities cannot be ignored.  I do think that I am doing the best that I can and will continue to work hard.  Whether that will be good enough is yet to be determined! 

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a tired day

today was a pretty tiring day. well first of all I had school and school is pretty tiring itself. after school I had cross country practice. that was tiring because it was really hot outside, but we sometimes run in our school trail. after cross country practice, I went to tae kwon do. I helped out a class and I took sparring. we actually sparred more than usual today, but we got 16 sparing round which is great. today is a really tiring day.  

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First Day of School: Journal #23

Today was my first day of school. This year was my first year of high school. With 7 classes, and 2 floors, it can get tricky at times, but once the school year progresses, I will feel more comfortable. The only homework that I have is the normal getting syllabuses signed and reading over papers. This morning felt weird because when I woke up, I didn't have to go and run and do my requirements. I am hoping to go to class today, but we'll see what happens. 

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Hersey, kiss, reeses

Today I went to hersey world or land its like a amusement park. It smelled like candy it got really annoying. There was this camp there so the place was packed. It's getting late bye.

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Daily Journal #15: Feeling Mostly Better

Today I was feeling mostly recovered from being sick yesterday; this morning though, I thought that it wasn't better, but as the day progressed, I noticed that I felt significantly better. I was even well enough to go help with class, which surprised me, but my mom didn't want me to go to cross country practice today because I was not 100% better. As far as getting stuff done, I would have like to have gotten more of my requirements done, but one positive is that I finished my reading for school, which took longer than I anticipated.

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Quick

Because it is late I will finish this one quick. Woke up and ate then did my requirements. After that relaxed and hanged out with my friend Charlie. I went to do a basketball clinic a few hours later. Then I ate and headed back home. That was it, told you it would be quick. See you next time.

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The First Day of School

today was the first day of school. I was kind of excited to see all of my friends. this year 30 new kids came to my grade. that is a lot for a grade in our school. this year I am in ninth grade  I met a lot of new great kids and teachers. I am looking forward to go through this year.

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A good day

I had a really good day today and felt motivated after waking up a little tired because I stayed up a little late last night.  I enjoyed being at class tonight and meeting with my mentor. I am looking forward to tomorrow.

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Stiff:

I awaken this morning with my body a little stiffer than what i'm used to.   I hope I make a quick adjustment today having to get some extra things done around the house.   Plus I will do some requirements.   

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Farewell co worker

Today was the last day for my co worker.  He going back to school.  Hope all goes well for him and I enjoyed our time at work together.

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Wednesday

Today was a normal day I just stayed at home and didn't do much  I have noticed that the requirements are getting easier to do. I am very tired though I think i am still tired from the weekend.

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Swimming

Michael swam by himself for the first time today. Sorry I missed that. I went to lessons with him and John before TKD. Katherine went swimming with him after lessons. She says he swam by himself. I knew he was close. So proud of him. I just love having my boys reach milestones and I am glad that I have been there for most of them.

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Good day:

I had a very good day at Pickleball.  I played the game using my right hand and I did great.  I was able to play with a lot less pain than I anticipated.   Treatments from Dr Schuster has been very helpful.   Thanks goes out to Grandmaster Evins and Instructor Foster tonight for keeping me grounded in class tonight,  and  Master Cavazos for the attention when I get a little crazy. 

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Tuesday

Today was a very awsome day because we went to the movies and we had snack packs we got popcorn gummies and a drink.after that we went back to tae kwon do and play mat games. After that we had tae kwon do class after that I played with my friends.

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Journal 1: August 15th 2018

I had a decent but not really a normal day. The morning was normal, I woke up at 8 and went jogging and did all the daily physical requirements including practicing all my poomsaes and self defenses and then finished my studies. Then the abnormal part came, me and my sister had to go to the eye doctor instead of my normal playing Fortnite and friends. I was fine but my sister needed new glasses since her power rose a lot. After that it was normal again, I went to taekwondo and then did a daily Hindu ritual call sandhyavandanam. That’s all for today since my school starts tomorrow.

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what just happened

Today I found when I went to go running my key went missing. There was a hole in my pocket and I didn't know. When I tried to get back in the building I freaked out. When it slipped out I slipped on it. For a while I sat there in confusion. Its getting late bye.

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Journal 13

Today I got a hair cut. We went to atlanta last weekend and it was super fun. I am not ready to go to school tomorrow. I cant beilive summer went bye so fast. Bye

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Feeling Good

I'm now able to do my push-ups in sets of 50. That shortens total workout time a little. My back is still tweaked a little bit so sit ups have gone from sets of 40 to 30. Just keeps tightening up. I think another week and it'll be back to normal. I think I now have my stick form and staff form down. Maybe not the prettiest but at least I think I know it. Still confusing forms a little but still confident that I know them. Just that it still requires a little thinking. Red stripe week should be fun on top of the BB fitness. I enjoy poomsaes, kicks and stick / staff the most. Sit-ups not so much. Chin ups definitely not. Learning to like burpees though. Hard but kinda fun.

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Yard Work

Today I went to Instructor Richie's house to help his wife clean up the yard since Instructor Richie passed away. I had to be at King Tiger by about 10:45 to ride with them. We got straight to work raking leaves and picking up sticks. A few minutes later more people showed up and I started helping them pull weeds. It was pretty hard but it was fun, for me at least. After an hour and a half of work we left and started the 45 minute drive home.

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Daily Journal #14: Sick Day

For pretty much all of yesterday, I couldn't stop sniffling, but I thought it was nothing. Then this morning it was worse, and my throat hurt quite badly from the mucus dripping from my sinuses. I don't feel terrible, but I am definitely sick. I am disappointed with how little I got done, and when my dad got home he told me that I couldn't go anywhere, so I had to miss cross country practice, orientation for school (which starts on Thursday, August 16 for me), and I had to miss class tonight. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow.

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A Quick One

Sorry about this being so late. Basically what I did today was spend a whole day with my Dad. I did my requirements and then watched a movie. Then we went to TKD and did sparring. When we got back home I ate and here we are now. See you next time.

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To start off...

To start off this journal, I have three words, I am nervous. That doesn't even scratch the surface of how I feel. For me, school starts THIS WEEK. I don't even get to meet my teachers ahead of time, only new students can. I do have a schedule, thankfully, so I'm not completely left in the dark. Yet, at the beginning of every school year, I always get nervous for no absolute reason, so my parents aren't really surprised.   UPDATE AT 9:39 ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2018 I just showered after running 1.5 miles on my mom's treadmill, and I'm ready to go to sleep.

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Missed the kids

Work was awesome. Learned a lot tonight.  Missed the kids by 45 minutes when I got home.  They all fell asleep.

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Freshman Orientation: Journal #22

Today started just like any other. I got up and went to run and them filmed my 4th training video. School starts in 2 days so I have freshman orientation today to go see where my classrooms are, hence the title. I first have tennis practice and then have to go straight to school for freshman orientation and hopefully try to get to King Tiger to get to Black Belt Class and to get a mentor session in. 

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Red Stripe

That was tiring last night. I was so sore driving home but felt better soon after. Not sore today but a bit less energy than usual.    Took J.A. to the Dr to have his hearing checked. He just went through his third set of ear tubes. The T tubes are supposed to give 2 or 3 years but he only managed about 6 months on these and a year and a half of the last. We're gonna see if we can stall getting more. Trying a little flonaze to keep the congestion down. I hope it works. He is such trooper when it comes to Dr visits. Pretty much tough. I admire him so much.

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Testing

Today I helped out with color belt testing. It was interesting some was a bit dull will others were more interesting. I got to hold a board for the first time. It hurt when the wood broke but the second time I got a toe nail in my forearm it left a brusie. Its getting late bye.

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I had a very good day at Pickleball.  To my surprise I played very well with my right shoulder feeling just a little aore.  Thank goes out to Grandmaster Evins and Instructor Foster for keeping me grounded , so I wouldn't over do it in class tonight.  I was able to do a few requirements!

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Playing catch up

Had a busy weekend with events for church and school. I was not able to be as productive as I would have liked to be.  Getting off to a string start this week but have to play some catch up to make up for the weekend.

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Monday 8/13

today I ran 2 miles and it was long. Today was also the start of the white belt challenge and I had to act like I  didnt know my stuff and didn’t know anybody and it was so hard not to laugh. Today I also did sit-ups a different way then I usually do. I meet with my mentee and we did all the things a high yellow belt could do so we did: his study guide, sparring combinations, and so on. My body is sore and I just took a bath in epson salt.I hope everyone has a goodnight!

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Daily Journal #13: Cross Country

Today had an early start with a doctor's appointment 07:45am to get my physical so that I can participate in cross country. Today was also the first day of practice, and though we don't have enough people to score as a team, we can score individually. I don't mind this because I actually like having a small team anyways since you can bond as a team much more easily.

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Pants shopping

Today I woke up and went walking around today. After that I went to the mall with my family and found some pants that I needed. Well its getting late bye.

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Daily Journal #12: Church and Essays

I am quite pleased with how today went. I got to go to church this morning with my dad, and when I got home, I completed two more essays, so I have three total completed essays, and I am also pleased with everything else I got done. In Sunday School, we learned about how a behavior can be passed from one generation to the next due to children learning what they see and how it can also stop when one generation decides to change it. In the church sermon, the pastor spoke about what the relationship between a parent and their child should look like. As far as essays go, I completed the role model and one of the living hero essays today, and a few weeks ago I had already finished the essay about how Tae Kwon Do can be applied to my own life, though I might go back...

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Sunday 8/12

Today I finished my hero essay wich is my third completed essay so far. Tomorrow is the start of my white belt challenge. Today I rested my body instead of working it constantly. Today was not really exciting because it was a chill day but tomorrow will be back to normal. Right now I feel relaxed and I’m glad that I’m relaxed because I need just one day to take a break from working so hard all the time. Today was still a chill day even though I still did some of the workout’s I usually do.Tomorrow i’ll Get back on track. I hope everyone has a good night!

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Helping Out

This morning I helped out at Master Richie's house and I really enjoyed it. I love being outside and doing activites  with friends. I personally feel that this is what Master Richie would have wanted us to do, come together as one big family. Either way I really just enjoyed working with friends and helping Master Richie's family as much as I can. See you next time.

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Tough:

I got up this morning with a great attitude!  Mentally I am ready to seem like take on anything but my body is speaking another language.   To get any requirements in today requires a lot of determination.  This weekend has been different for me having to cook and fix my own meals; I didn't even go to a fast food restaurant.   I even washed the dishes and made sure cleaned!

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8/13

I went to a friend Maddie's house last night really late after coming home from my boyfriend's house. Maddie does cheer with me so I went over so that she could take me to cheer today. I went to cheer at 3 and finished at 5. We worked on our existing cheers and added a few more. We went over our dances and laso added a new dance to our team's fight song. It was a lot of fun. After, I went to Tae Kwon Do and took a class. I kept asking if we could do the game where we jump over the jump ropes and Instructor EJ actually said yes. 

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School in a few days: Journal #21

Today started off as normal with me doing my requirements. Then I had to go to Tennis practice which lasted until 5. Then I went straight to King Tiger. I got ready to take class and then helped out with a class to get a Leadership credit 1. I want to get a Mentee session in, but I'm not sure if that will happen. I am starting school on Thursday and I am trying to get a lot of things done before school starts, because I know for sure that I won't be able to do as many things when it does start because of Tennis. 

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Seemingly dull

Today I went driving around harrisburg and saw a movie. But today I just felt dull kind of deppresing. I don't know if it was for the day or not but I happened. Its late bye.

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Awesome day

After a long hard day at work, worked out with the Little’s one.  The 1yr old decided he wanted to assist me during my exercises.  We stretched and did push ups together.

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A Long Day

Where do I start with today...The time that we spent 3 hours at Walmart or when I finished transferring all my stuff from my book to the website. As I said a long day. The first thing I did was wake up eat and then transfer my stuff from my book to the website. After that we went to go say hi to my great uncle and his wife. We talked for a while and then we went to go buy some food that we were low on. We were at that store (Walmart) for 3 hours and only got a couple of things. Either way after that we went home and then I went to hang out with my friend Mel. A couple hours pass and then here we are. See you next time.

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Freshman Orientation

today as it says in the title is freshman orientation. if was kind of sad that I was going back to school, but it was fine because my friends were there. this year there about 30 new kids coming.  after that I came back home and did some requirement. overall it was an ok day.

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Monday

today was a good day. I had a great timeat north meck park 

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Nona is gone

My mother in law has gone back to Peru for a while. Feels kinda empty in the house. I have the day off so getting some house cleaning done and having fun with the boys. I am the connect 4 master although they both managed to beat me. And believe me, I never LET THEM WIN. I tell them that to. It adds to their confidence when they beat me. And of course they get rewarded with their favorite game, Minecraft, if they both manage to beat me. That way I know they are trying. Think I'll put dinner on a little early because the boys have swim lessons. That way Katherine and the boys will have something to eat when they get home.

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Saturday 8/11

Today is the day that our class is outside. We helped out at Master instructor richi’s house because they needed our help. It was a long process but we got it done. At the end we got McDonald’s as lunch. I had to get up super early to run 2 miles, get breakfast then go to class. I’m a little tired but ready for the rest of the day. I hope everyone has a great afternoon!

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Friday! 8/10

Today I had a almost 30 minute long meeting with my mentee and it felt a lot longer than it should have. We went over study guide, poomsae, self defense and sparring combinations 1-12, we did all these things 7 times, my mentee should know his stuff without a problem. I also had to do a lot of self defense in black belt class. I did a lot of stuff today and my legs/ arms are very tired. I hope everyone had has a good night!

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Long

I had to get out of bed very early this morning.  So I decided to make the best of it and do a 31/2 mile hike .  Today's breakfast was very light, milk and cereal and I did have my coffee.  One more thing I must do this weekend is revisit my cooking skill. Wife  left and I have take care of me!!

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Daily Journal #11: Nice and Productive Day

Today was quite productive; I went to sparring class, which I enjoyed since we got a great workout and lots practice with improving the technique of our kicks. After sparring class I went to go help out at Master Richie's house, and we got a lot done there. I am glad I was able to get a lot done at home also, and I hope tomorrow will be even more productive.

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Finishing summer: Journal #20

Today is the last weekend I have until school starts. Summer has flown by this year and I wish that it was just a little longer. This year will be my first year doing the cycle and tennis together at the same time. In previous years, I did it on off years for the cycle when I just had to wait. This school year will be a chance for a new start. Today I am going to go get my hair cut, I have an idea of what I want it to be, but I'm not sure how it will look. Ill just have to wait and see. Later I am going to the Festival of India for my sister's dance. That's all for today, but we'll see what's in store for tomorrow.

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Ready Player One

So I recently watched the movie ready player one, it's a good movie but if you've read the book don't watch it. I think this because the book seemed a lot more interesting and   

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Crazy rode trip

To day I went on vacation but I spent the most of it cramed in the back of a car fighting over space. At the beginning of the trip there was this car on fire on the other side of the rode so we speed out of there before the rode was closed down. After that my sisters started fighting and I got hit a lot over there pushing. I have to make this quick and unpack bye.

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8/11

This morning, me and other King Tiger students and Masters went to Master Richie's house to clean up and do some yard work. Watching us all work together to help Mrs. Richie was an amazing experience. At one point, she came outside while I was grabbing water and said to me, "Thank you so so much for the help. I am so grateful." I'm so grateful that I got to help out. 

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Many hands

Many hands make short work. Great turn out and a lot done today at Mrs Richie's house today. I really enjoyed helping. Glad it wasn't to hot and there was a good amount of shade. My son John (Mono) today was saying he wanted to do some TKD. I said let's do it and he said, "No, at the school" Maybe I don't have enough patience to teach my own children. Guessing they think I may not be their favorite instructor. LOL. 

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Tired:

Today was a wonderful day!  Our King Tiger family showed up at Wendy's to really work.   It was hot and humid, reminded me of having had a good workout in the gym.   I returned home took care of my yard as well! I thought I would be able to use my riding mower but to my dismay I couldn't.   My body is telling to do requirements tomorrow and this time I am going to listen!  Oh! did I mention that I am still sore from classes last week?

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Hump Day

Wednesday was a good day and I got a lot accomplished.   I enjoyed classes tonight.  It has been a long day and time to go to bed.

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Daily Journal #10: Cross Country Meeting

Today was pretty ordinary, but I had a meeting for cross country at 3:45 this afternoon. In that meeting I found out that there are going to be only 2 other people on the team, which means that we can't score as a team because you need 5 total people, but we can race individually if we can't convince people to join. I also found out that the coaches for this season, who coached Track last school year, had never coached cross country before, so I am going to bring in an old training schedule from last season as guide since my coaches said that they were going to refer to me and my teammates, who have also been running cross country for a few years, on what to do for practices. Our seasons start on Monday and we will have practice every week day except Fridays and meets are going...

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Helping Out

Toady me and some other people went to master Richie's house to do some helping out. in the morning master Chelley took some kids to his house. we raked a lot of leaves, pulled at lot of weed, and some people cut some grass. overall it was fun because we were with friends. later today I might hang out with my friend.

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Good Day

Today was basically like yesterday. I woke up ate and then did my requirements. After that I did what I did yesterday, hanged out with my grandmother and played with friends. Today I also did Black belt class. We worked on color belt and some black belt poomsaes and self defenses. That was really all I did. Sorry about it being so short. See you next time.

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Daily Journal #9: Ordinarily Productive Day

This morning started off pretty ordinarily with doing requirements and reading for school, and after lunch I called down to the North Charlotte location to find out what time testing started for the Junior Tigers since I wanted to help but didn't know time it started. Doing push ups and sit ups in my living room is always interesting since my dog usually sits by me or tries to sniff my face and I usually joke with my parents or my brother saying that my dog is just helping me count. At around lunch time I was feeling somewhat cooped up so I just tagged along with my brother on running errands that would typically seem mundane.

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Thursday 8/9

Today I did 2.1 miles, and had sticks class, sparring class, assisted in a class, met with my mentee and did 160 push-ups and sit-ups.   I had a very busy day today and I also finished one of my essays today. Looking forward to Friday and Saturday when we will help at Master instructor RItchey’s families house. I hope everyone had a great day!

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Basic Day: Journal #19

Today I had to wake up kind of early for my orthodontist appointment. When I got there, I had to get an X-ray and get a bracket added on. They said that instead of having to have my braces on for the full 2 years, I could get them off in 6-8 more months. Then I came home around 8:30 and went to run. It was getting kind of hot when I went, but I am glad I went before it was too hot. 

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Entry #5

Today, I helped out in Junior Tigers testing. It was a lot of fun! Even though I had to rush there from the library, I still enjoyed working with the kids very much. It was inspiring to see all their energy, and the excitement over their belts. Even though they've got a long way to go, it's fun to see them starting off!

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Pool Throw Up

Today when we went to the pool with summer camp a random kid threw up. The funny thing was it was right when we were getting ready to leave so it didn't really affect our pool time. At the pool I joined a group of kids I knew and played with them. They were basically playing cops and robbers but there was only one cop called granny. I was never even chased and was never granny, I literally swam right in front of "granny" and they did nothing to get me. Anyway that was my day at the pool.

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Fun Night

Had a great time watching my boys testing tonight. I am so proud of them. Went out and celebrated at Viva Chicken. I love their sauces. The boys actually ate the hot sauces and convinced me it wasn't hot. They're turning Peruvian. Maybe soon they graduate to real Peruvian aji (hot sauces). That is the hot stuff but so much flavor. Nona (mother in law) is leaving at about 1:30 this morning for the airport. Hope she returns soon.    I hope I get some time off to go help at Mrs Richie's place. Special shout out to Master Evins. His heart is always in the right place. And thank you for the frank words with the students tonight. Our children need to know that accomplishment takes effort AND attitude.

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Journal 12

Today I watched this really cool movie called Raise the bar on netflix. Other than that I went to mexican for my dads friends birthday. But all in all it was pretty boring. I am heading up to Atlanta tomorrow so that is fun. Well got to go.

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Electrifying morning:

Another visit with Dr. Schuster, shocking if I must say so.  Even though I could feel the treatment I was receiving it is making things much better with my shoulder.  I will be able to do some light punching on pads next week.  I also noticed that my strength has increased.  Maybe i'll back to form sooner than I thought! ????

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Journal 3: Being tired and other stuff

I went to black belt class and sparring yesterday. And personally, I think they are not so bad. But after you spar, you do these crazy workouts when you're already tired from brutally fighting for the past 20 minutes. You just wanna lay there like the hopeless blob you are. At the beginning of class they handed out bracelets in tribute to Master Richie. He died just two months ago. It's really sad. Just goes to show that life is really precious. They also said that they were looking for volunteers to help his wife. I am planning on being a volunteer because I'm pretty good at yard work and doing chores around the house. I've been scared to go on a run because of what happened LAST TIME, but I've gathered enough courage to go. I'll bring a person with me this time, and I'll bring a map so I...

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Thursday

Today I went to tiger world.I saw ligers,tigers,reptiles,red butt monkeys ha,ha,Also saw a red kangaroo,ostrichs,baers,lions,outers and turtles.after that I went back to tae kwon do an did sparing with my friends today was a fun day.

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Today

Sorry about the title I really could not think of one. Either way lets get into it. It was like a everything day, we spent time with our grandmother, did sparring and TKD, and also chilled. As I said a everything day. Today also was the first day that my mom went to work at her new job. It was a very exciting day for her and she really enjoyed it. We also did sparring as I have already said and that was fun as well. Ok got to end it short so I can start getting ready to head to bed. So see you next time.

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Tuesday 8/7

Today is the first day for me that in sparring class we ran out side and had half of the class outside. Today is also the first day my mentor mentored both me and Andre. We worked on stick and staff form 1 and Bo cho don self defense. Today I also did 220 push-ups and got caught up on my pull ups. I hope everyone had a great day today!

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Chill Out Day

Today it started out like any other. Did my requirements and then we went out to get something for Halloween. Then  we went to go eat at Red Robin. After that my mom, brother and myself went to go talk to some of my mothers friends. They talked for a while and laughed about a lot of stuff they were doing and then we headed back home. That is basically all I did. See you next time.  

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I am in Fl...

I am in Florida right now. I decided to go swimming before I did my exercises. The waves were strong enough, that the wristband that I needed to get back came off. I didn't notice that until I was packing up. School starts next Thursday, so I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

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Boring day other than the classes tonight

I found myself bored today for some reason doing my activities.   A lot of the time my parents will do things with me but today I did most of the activities by myself.   I enjoyed the sparring and family classes tonight.  Have a busy weekend so I am hoping I am able to get everything done.

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Clock broke!!

My day was a usual but today. I woke up did my requirements and went on with my day, then I noticed that my clock is broken on my computer. I don't know why but I assume that's why my computer is acting up. If you got the same problem Help. Bye hope your day has been better than mine bye.

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a decent day

as it says in the title, today was a pretty decent day. in the morning I woke up and did some work for school, then I finished my what is my mission statement in life and why essay. after some time I went to the dentist. I had to go there for a cleaning. after some time I went to King Tiger to help out classes, and I took sparring. Sparring was fun. after class me and my mom picked up my brother from soccer practice and went home. that is all I did today.  

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Wednesday 8/8

Today I led a class full of other bo cho don’s just like me and at the end of class we played jump the river. Right now I feel tired  even though I didnt do much today. Right now I’m hoping for the day to be over so get ready for the next one. Today I did 10 more push-ups and sit-ups because I wanted to do more than I have to do,  I hope everyone has a great evening. 

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Last Driver's Ed Class: Journal #18

Today was a busy morning. I got up and tried to finish as many requirements as I could because then I had to go to school for a pre-school Student Council meeting. We got to know everybody and worked on some projects. Then I had to get to my last class of Driver's Ed. I was extremely happy when I was done!! I am glad I passed and finished because now I can move onto the Behind-the-Wheel part. Then I came home and relaxed. School starts in a week, so this is my time to get ready and be prepared for what's to come in high school. 

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Crazy Weather

Today I am going to start off with talking about the weather that just passed. It was crazy. We went from a sunny day to a thunder storm in no time. Just wanted to talk about that first, but anyways lets get into the blog. First thing I did was wake up eat and then head to one of my mothers friends house. Reason... I really do not know. After that we went to go get some things for the rest of the week. Then we went to eat at Taco Bell and then headed home. When we got home I did my requirements that I did not get to do early in the morning, and did a bit of sparring with my brother.Then that is around when that crazy storm came in. So that is all I did today. See you next time.

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Daily Journal #8: Satisfactory Day

I was quite pleased with what I was able to get gone today. I made a decent amount of progress with my requirements, I got plenty of work done on my reading for school, and I had to get another new mentee since the other two that I had gotten just did not show up when they said they would. I also got schedule conflicts for school resolved. Despite what I got done, my last journal was not published to the website even though I got the email notification that it did, and I am not sure what to do about that. I hope that gets resolved, but as a precaution I will take a picture of this post, of the email notification of the last one, and future posts so that I have a record of the journals that I write and if need be, email this photographic record to...

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D and D

On Wednesday I went to a Dungeon and Dragons meet up. My dad and I played with two other first timers while the "pros" were with a different dungeon master. I was a rogue while my dad was a fighter the other kids dad was a bard and the other kid was a monk. What sucks is that they were just visiting a friend so they had to go back to Delaware a couple days later. The best part for me was learning and getting to know the people playing. Anyway I hope to go this week.

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My day

Today was a great day because I went to the movies and watch the minions.then we went back to tae kwon do and ate lunch.a few hours later I took sparing.

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Sparring Day

This was a decent day. The day started out like all the others. Did requirements and then hanged out with my grandmother that was taking care of us while my mom went to go do some errands. We ate lunch and then headed to TKD. Today was the first day of my White Belt Challenge. I felt many different emotions that I will share in my essay. Of course I did sparring ( like the title says ).Today we went outside to do warmups and some drills. That was all I did today. See you next time.

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Saturday

I liked today it was entertaining and I enjoyed it. The first thing that I did was wake up and go to Black belt class. After class my family and I went to Ikea bought some stuff. Then we went to go eat and visit my grandparents. We talked about school in 2 weeks and a lot of different things. I came back home and started blogging. And that is were we are now. See you next time

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