Candidate Journals

Today I went to church in the morning. After that I went to a festival and came home at 4pm. When I got home I started on my requirements and a few minutes later, we had guests. So I had to move upstairs and do my  stuff.

Really enjoyed my Sunday. First one I have been off in awhile. Got to go to Church with the girls. Then a day of requirements. Got a lot done. Terrance came over and ran with Luci and I and we practiced Self defense as well as all the poomsaes. Now watching football and enjoying wings with my husband.

Happy Sunday everyone! What a great day it turned out to be to train at the park! Oh, that poor cardinal! Many stick, staff and higher belt forms reviewed with Master Tucker and Master Burkart. Thanks for staying even longer to review self-defense, Master Tucker! Some self-defense is more difficult to practice without someone attacking. Maybe I won't be working on requirements as late tonight as most other nights.????

I'm surprised that today was so beautiful after all the rain last night.  Today I met Master Dege and Master Burkhart at Mint Hill Park and we trained for 2 1/2 hours!!  It's so helpful to train with people who can confirm that I'm not practicing incorrectly.  We worked on high belt poomsaes and stick and staff forms.  The only sticks form we didn't get to was Double Stick #2.  Master Dege and I were also able to work on high belt self defense, especially 3rd Dan 1-step.  The weekend was way too short!

Day 30 ,  and half ways there.  If I keep feeling good and on top of things I hope all will be done by day 60.

Hey guys! Today I went to church in the morning. I started on my requirements afterwards. In the evening we are planning to go to the movies.  I hope everyone had a great day! Bye!! 

Dear John    So your Cowboy did not beat the Irishman last night, it was not even close. You know you have Irish blood so why are you cheering on a cowboy. I think is is scripted anyway. I think there will be a rematch for bigger money and then your cowboy will win. We will see maybe it is not scripted and if not Conor is really one of the best pound for pound fighter out there. I know he can be arrogant but you can when you are the best.    See you at the next fight    John 

Today is a great day. Right now I am doing my requirements. My brother is going to a birthday party witch I am not invited to sadly in the afternoon. And I am going to do the rest of my requirements do extra as well as watch some TV.

Good morning. Yesterday was a very tiring day. Woke up and went to Sparring and BB class. We did a ton of stuff and kicks. My dad said I have to start focussing on my pull ups and do the negative hold as much as possible. I came home and started working on my assignments. I still have 3 more to get done today. I am planning to do my run this afternoon before the Championship game starts. Have a good day!

Yesterday was a very busy day.  I had 2 soccer games and I also had Tae Kwon Do.  I met with my mentor.  I also went to sparring and black belt class.  After all of that I got to relax and play on my switch.  Today I woke up not feeling so good.  I hope I feel better soon!

Today, I got my leadership,black belt,and  sparring. I finished my homework. I hope the rest of the 2 days will be fun.  Enjoy!!!

Today was a great day. In the morning I went to king tiger I got sparring, leadership credits 1 & 2, mentoring, and finally weekend BB class. Then I had lunch. After lunch I worked on my 5+ page essay might as well get started early I was able to get 1 page of it done and I also got to watch TV for a bit. Then we went shopping at Walmart. After shopping we had dinner came home and wen to bed.

I woke up at 8 to get ready for sparring class. After sparring class I helped out with family class, then took black belt class. I also had a mentor session with Master Dege today. When I got home I ate pizza and relaxed for a little while. Later I did my requirements and that pretty much sums up my day.

Well after the weather was in the high sixties and low seventies Last week, today was a reality check,  Yes is January and cold again. 

Had a blast teaching sparring and black belt class at the North Charlotte dojang.  Everyone did a great job!  Another trip to the gym, and more requirements done.  I can't believe it was actually cold today, I guess Mother Nature is finally ready for winter in the Carolinas?  

I enjoyed the kicking rounds and the poomsaes we did in class. I completed a lot of physical requirements. I went to the gym afterwards for push ups, sit ups, and burpees. 

Hey guys! Today I went to sparring and took black belt class. I was able to knock out a lot of my requirements during those classes. I’m glad we have a 3 day weekend. Our family is planning to eat out for dinner. Well that’s it! Bye! 

Morning started with Junior Tigers then collaborating with Master Tucker on various poomsaes. Master Knight taught black belt class today and we worked on quite a variety of things. Had a session with several of my mentees and we worked on bolo form and about half of staff form 2. I am feeling lazy, but need to get busy with today's requirements before my nephew arrives. Looking forward to training with Master Tucker and Master Burkart tomorrow except for the expected temperature.

Got up this morning and felt a lot better. Manged to go to the dojang for sparring etc. in Harrisburg. Instructor Foster gave us a really good workout. We started working on staff form 2 which seems very complex compared to staff form 1. I will get it though and be awesome..... eventually. Master Knight went over 1st dan self defense and knife special with me yesterday and I am trying to work lots on those to get the moves stuck in my head along with everything else.

well, today was okay. some notes w the title- idk what to type but i felt i had to put in a lil more so i j did a fill-in-the-blank. i woke up round 8, went to sparring, had a mentee session, ran a mile and a half, came back and did bbc, and went home and cleaned bc we had some people coming over. tomorrow is a very big day for me, and i'm kinda pysched out n a little bit -- wellllllll not really i was gonna say scared but it's not like i'm scared. it's like anxious anticipation but i'm not that anxious but i'm not overly joyful either. I will see you guys after that w updates. have a good afternoon and   _____(fill in the blank)_____. 

Today before taekwondo was starting back to class I did my run for the pre-cycle that I missed on the day of the recycle and I ran 2.5 miles in only 16 minutes. I’m really proud of my work and effort that I put in today

Today has been great so far!  i helped in the Junior Tigers class this morning, then worked with Master Dege on our creative poomsae- we have lots of ideas!  Black Belt class was awesome!  We don't do falls very much in regular classes so it was really good to do them in class today.  It's not really something I 'practice', but I gave it my all in class!  I do need to get better at back-rolls.  I'm looking forward to meeting Master Dege and Master Burkhart at Mint Hill Memorial Park tomorrow at 12:30 pm for training.  If anyone wants to join, you are welcome to come!

Great start to the weekend. Fun afternoon at Master Chelley’s on Friday helping out with the little tigers class, then working on requirements before Blackbelt class. Good Black Belt class working on stick and staff forms. Today fun Day with Master Knight. Learning some new combinations in sparring as well as how to block the head kick. Very important move for me since most are taller then me and can easily kick my head! The stretching was much appreciated too. Have a great weekend everyone.

Good Morning. Yesterday was another long day. From school went to BB Class. This morning I am heading to sparring and BB Class at North Charlotte. Finally a long weekend. Have a good day!

Typical work day, including another round of redo. As I was leaving work though, I received a message from one of my nieces saying she would be passing through Charlotte within an your and a half. She drives a truck, so it was work related, but it was great to see her if only for a few minutes. I have other visitors this weekend, most unexpected, but very welcome. Will have to fit in what I can, when I can. Unfortunately time keeps on and I still have much to do.

I was a little short on sleep this morning but I still got up and got some requirements in before going to work. I was feeling weak but still worked on it. I was really cold in the office but since we are in an older building the climate controls aren't that great. After work Patrick, Erik, and I went up to the LKN dojang and did a mentor session with Master Knight and black belt class. When we got home I felt really cold and it turns out I had a fever, I hope I didn't pass on something on to anyone else. Now it is time for the NyQuil to kick in and I hope I feel better tomorrow.

I had two tests at school today and they were ok. After school I got home and hung out.Then we went to tae kwon do black belt class. After I was very tired. My Far was not feeling so good So we went to go get surprise ice cream. Then we watched Hercules.

Hey guys! I’m so glad it’s finally the weekend yay!! I had some homework to do but it didn’t take much time- after I started on my requirements. Tomorrow I’m going to TKD and taking sparring and black belt class. Well that’s about it! Hope everyone had a good start to their weekend! Bye!!

Today was exciting because we finally have a three day weekend again! Same routine as regular. Wake up, go to school, etc. After school I had Spanish class and then ate dinner. When I finished dinner I took a break before doing requirements. I hope u enjoy your three day weekend(those who are in school)!

Today I went to school but stayed after for a rehearsal for the Charlotte checker's game. We are playing God bless america and the rehearsal actually ended up not that bad. I hope the Checkers win because I'll be cheering!

This week was spirit week. It was pretty fun. We had a pep rally today which is normally fun but I had a huge headache and I was super tired. but I enjoyed it none the less.

Today I woke up and did a ton of requirements. Then I had it after school but before school my mom and took us to go get donuts as a special treat for being good the whole week. Then I had a great day at school and went to a mentor session with my mentor and we did a lot of self defenses that I need to work on but besides that it was a great day

Took my son to the dentist for the first time today (he's 2).  He actually did really well, I was quite surprised!  Great workout at the gym today.  Have not missed a single day since the end of December!  Had a great black belt class at the Lake Norman dojang, and even got a session in with my 2 mentees.  Those guys are doing great!  Feeling good and ready for some awesome classes at North Charlotte tomorrow morning!

Dear John    I noticed that your instructor Master Evins is doing two or more workouts today so I heard you tried to keep up with him today by doing your 9 Round work out and then a Spartan Workout. Are you crazy!!!!!! I bet you will be so sore tomorrow. Did you do your forms also? You better have done them. I think I heard you seem to finally have your last form completed but are stumbling on others. So you better keep working out and getting ready. You have signed up for 4 Trifecta's and one Ultra so you better get ready.  Good Luck John and talk to you over the weekend   John 

Had a good mentor Session with two mentees  today. But note to myself will start next time after 5:00 PM,  Kidsssssss. ????????????????????????????.

Friday -yay!  I had a good day at school.  I had art today.  It is my favorite subject.  I got a lot of requirements done before school.  Tomorrow is gonna be very busy with 2 soccer games added.

Today was a great day. I had school as normal but we are getting ready for the biggest field trip of the year! We are going to camp Thunderbird in South Carolina we are staying there for 3 days, 2 nights! It is going to be so fun, we are going on April 1-3 so we are going to be there on April fools day we are each planning to make funny pranck's on people. After school I did my requirements. I even had time for some TV. Then I had dinner and went to bed.

I did most of my daily requirements today.  I have to to concentrate so I can catch up.  I feel a lot of pressure from being behind but I will get there.  I'm heading out to black belt class.

Today is not a good day. I am stressing and panicking really bad right now. Things going on with my new house, just overall not good. When I stress this bad, I tend to go down a stress eating binge. Instead of stressing, I have been doing extra requirements. Extra push ups, sit ups, poomsaes just to get my mind right and not completely let the stress and anxiety take me over. So far it's working, but as the day goes on, I am getting even more worried and stressed out. I'll tell you 1 thing, I will be 1 sore puppy when it's over. Other than my life crisis right now, I have gotten a few more essays done and I have kept up with all my classes and stuff. I feel more panicking coming on as I type this out, so more push-ups for me right now. 

Good morning. Yesterday was a long day. From school I went to my classes. Came back home and started working on my school project. Did not get a lot of requirements done. I will catchup today. Waiting for my bus now. The long weekend is here and I ready to get some good sleep. Have a good day!

Yesterday did not go as planned. My son’s car broke down in the middle of a busy 4 lane road yesterday during rush hour traffic. We had it towed last night and will have to figure out what is wrong with it today. I really hope the cost is minimal, but it’s an old car so I’m trying to prepare myself for the worst.  I was not able to make it to Black Belt class or to my mentor session last night. I am up early again today trying to get requirements done, but I’m feeling run down and tired and I’m not making much progress. 

I get a four day weekend starting today! My run was nice and the weather was only slightly breezy. After running and eating dinner I went to sparring class and did a mentee session. Then I came home to my puppy fresh

Thursday brought a work day, much like other work days, and redoing just a little bit different than it was before. How many different ways can it be done? I hope I don't find that answer. After work I went to black belt and a mentor session. Will I ever get double stick 2? Now working on requirements before bed.

I got up this morning and got started on my requirements. I worked from home and got some good work in during the day. I went to meet my wife for lunch and then went back home to finish up my work. When Erik came home we went for a run around the neighborhood. After dinner we went to the dojang and got in a good workout.

Today, I got all of my requirements done especially during BBC. I am still working on my essay and my homework I have a lot. I also went to the first boys' basketball game. It was really fun watching my friends play. I am stressed because of my essay. Tomorrow I have a lot of math homework to do. that was my day. Bye!

I had a hard time mentoring because I was in front of people watching the entire time.  I don't have that much experience which made me feel awkward and nervous. I will get better with practice.

The  Force is with me. I got home  Something inside of me said go to the backyard, I looked around and saw that the gutter guys came and put new gutters on the back of my house. Happy happy.  But never did get the call saying they were coming. O well.

Hey guys! Another day of school, homework, and requirements. I went to TKD and got leadership credits and a mentee session in. I was able to knock out a lot of my requirements in black belt class. One more day till the weekend- yayay!! Well that’s it! Bye!! 

Thursday’s are busy. Work then I train a client then dinner. Sparring and leadership class. Meant to get up and run before work set alarm for4:45 but didn’t get up til 5:18. I want to try and get 2 mile runs in a couple of mornings a week 5-5:30. Going to schedule next week. Really want to be more consistent running.

Today at school I took a reading test and I have a math test tomorrow. I had gym today so I got most of my running out of the way. When I got home I ate a snack and went to piano class. After that I went to King Tiger to do a leadership credit, mentee session, and black belt class. Now that I got home I’m writing this journal and I am going to eat tacos after!

Today at school I went to band class and the kid that sits beside me (plays the TBUA I also play the tuba) and dropped it on me. He said sorry like a million times and I was ok but it was really scary. He did get in trouble even though I told the teacher not to. It was an anticlimactic day after that though. Thanks for reading. Bye 

Today was an okay day, I went to school like usual. After school I had a music lesson like always on Thursdays, if you were wondering what instrument I play I play the piano and the clarinet at school. I'm about to go to family class to help out and blackbelt class right now. I hope I see people there!

Today was a good day. After School which was boring, I did my requirements(still in progress). I plan to go to king tiger for sparring class(Lake Norman). So have a great rest of your day!!!!!!

I got in some requirements before school so I didn’t have to do as much after.  I am working on my new stick and staff forms.  I am going to sparring class tonight.  Ready for a long weekend!

Dear John  I wanted to introduce myself, I am a troubled man with to much to do and not wanting to do any of it. I need some help. You seem to be always busy with work. How do you do it and how to you stay sane.   John   Dear John    I am not sane at all. in fact I think I am going crazy trying to do everything. I just keep telling myself move forward, get it done so on and sooner or later it wll get done.    John 

Good morning. I am sitting in my hub stop waiting for my bus. It is going to be a long day. I won’t be able to come to class today. Have a good day!

Up early this morning for pushups, situps and burpees.  It'll be another busy day today- work, black belt class, then mentor session with Master Cavazos.  Master Cavazos will hopefully work with Master Dege and me on Double Stick 2 tonight.  I've done quite a bit of research for my essay about the Hwarangdo warriors.  The first Hwarangdo warriors were actually women!  Cool fact!

Happy Wednesday! Work took an unexpected turn today and I missed my yoga class. I heard from one friend on not so good news. Heard from another friend some fantastic news! Very much looking forward to being able to see this friend much more frequently in the near future! I hope my other friend will reach out if she needs anything. 

Day started off like any other week day. Worked on some requirements before going to work. After work Erik and I worked some more on requirements and took a run with the young dog. After showers and clean clothes the whole family went up to SMG for a movie and dinner. Another good day!

After school I did a training session with my mentee Gabriel and it was really good. I am really enjoying getting to do this with him and we are both learning a lot.Then I went for a run with my Far. Tonight my mom surprised us and took us to see a movie and have dinner at the new movie theatre near our house. It was really cool and the pizza was yummy.

The Body was feeling a little like ,[ not today ]. So I said ok we will take it slow. Still got  Those requirements in.????

Had a great training this morning with a mentor session at North Charlotte.  Worked a lot on weapons forms.  I actually felt pretty good overall!  Definitely still need to work on Short Stick Form #4(just sharpen it up a bit), Staff Form #5, and Double Stick Form 2.  I will get there!  TaeKwon forms are even flowing better, I think I am ready to (re)learn TaeKwon Sa.  

Hello. Today has been really long. I could not write my journal in the morning. I did my mentor and mentee session. Very long day and I am ready hit bed. Good night !

Yet again another regular day on the cycle. Go to school, come home do whatever I have today(I had dance today), do homework, and do my requirements. Nothing special today.

I had school today, it was long and hard. But I got my glasses fixed and got jersey mikes. 

Today was very tiring for me. I had a science test, homework, and I didn’t sleep well last night. Hopefully tonight I will be able to sleep better. Class today was very good and I like working on my knife self defense a lot. Anyways have a good night everyone!

Today I had a math test and I got a 94 on it. It was pretty easy but I studied a lot and tried my best. 

Today was the usual, I am stressed out on my essay though. Since its due on Friday. I got Leadership Credit 1, mentee and mentor sessions today. I am right now working on my essay that I have to finish up typing. I have a lot of things that I am doing this week. 

Already lost count of my journal in my head but today I came home and ate very fast and went to King tiger to help out with class. I stayed until family class and got some requirments in while I was there. All I have to do now is run 1.5 miles!

I haven't been to school and tae kwon do at all this week. My mother took me to urgent care yesterday and I have strep throat. It hurt too much to eat.  I'm taking antibiotics and it looks like plastic. I can go back to school tomorrow and I'm okay about that.

Today was a good day. I had school. After school I did my requirements and still in progress. I plan to go to king tiger to help out. So have a great rest of your day BYE!!!!!!

Hey everyone! It was the usual- school, homework, requirements. I'm planning to go to TKD to get credits and a mentee session in. The weekend is almost here- yay- 2 more days!! I actually have a lot of homework today that I have to finish- usually, I don't have as much as I have today. Well, that's it! Bye!

Another day at school.  I’m glad it’s not raining.  Trying to complete my requirements before I go and help out at class.  I have been trying the specials form I learned as well as the new stick form.  I am also meeting with my mentee and mentor!

Have so much to do and can’t get it all done at once. 9rounds and run those are my only accomplishments of the day. Feeling overwhelmed.

Today was a really long day. We worked on Taekwonil A LOT. We did a bit of Koryo which I kept on messing up on so I will work on that some more. I have been reading my book for my essay, so far i like it. 

Today, was a festival for us. So I woke up at 5:35 am. I normally wake up between 6:30-7:45. Today, I was just happy the way I went to school. I just was astonished by myself. I got my Leadership credit and BBC Weekday today. After that, I did my homework.

I think I may have over done it yesterday with the burpees and pushups. I think I will concentrate on self-defense and poomsaes instead. Work is still with tight deadlines and it seems there is no end for months. It would be nice to be able to take a day off because the weekend doesn't seem to be relaxing.

Today was a rough day. I had Science Olympiad again today because it was Tuesday. I don’t like coming home later than usual because then I can’t finish my homework on time. So I have to wake up early in the morning and finish my homework. Before I started on my homework though I had to go to Tae Kwon Do to do a mentee session, get my leadership credits done, black belt class, and mentor session. When I got home I ate some tacos and went to do my homework. I stayed up til 11:30 and now doing my journal!

Today started out quite rainy and boring. I worked from home today but was stuck in a good bit of webex meetings so I didn't feel like I got very much done. After work I went to the dojang alone. Erik didn't get enough sleep last night and I didn't want him to be short on sleep again. Hopefully he will be ready to go back to the dojang again tomorrow. :-)

Long day today.  Woke up at 5 am- 100 pushups, 100 situps, 10 burpees.  I stayed at work after 5p instead of going home so that my drive to North Charlotte wouldn't be so long.  Now I'm just getting home after a great black belt class.  I was planning on doing a few more requirements but I think I'm done for the day.  I'll be back at it at 5 am tomorrow.  

Hi everyone! It was the usual- school, homework, and requirements. I got to go to TKD today and get leadership credits and mentee and mentor session in. I figured out that I need to work on my front kicks more during black belt class. Well that's it! Hope everyone had a great day! Bye!

Had a good day, a good black belt class and a good time with my mentees.

(the title is the same bc idk man) today was a good-okay day. was really rainy, and classes were the same, although i am enjoying my free blocks. after school i had a club and it's crunch time since comp is on sunday and we're prepping for that. i fit in some requirements between that and tkd.  did class, had a mentor session, and went home. see yall, gn, bye

I didn't do a lot today, But I got an 88 on a health quiz which is good. I worked with my mentee and mentor 

I’m really happy that I’m no the black belt cycle because I also play soccer. I had a 2 month break for soccer because of winter and I trained the whole time. I also got stronger because if TKD and working hard at that, I think that this is going to be a good season with the people I know and trust. 

Another cloudy, rainy day.  Chiseled away at more requirements.  I found out Luke Kuechly is retiring, which stinks because I am a big fan.  Retiring at 28 years old, wow.  I wonder what other changes await the Panthers.  Next season is going to be interesting, to say the least.  

Today was a good day. After school which was no different from most days I did my requirements and still in the process. I am planning to go to king tiger to help out and take black belt class.

Today I had PE and we did a ton of push ups and sit ups.  After school I had to work on my Valentine poems for school.  I am almost half way done. Today I gave soccer practice so I’ll get my running in there.

Nasty day today, I wasn't able to catch the gym this morning so I will go later in the evening. I am going to be 1 tired person! I finished my White Belt Challenge essay last night, starting on another one today. I look forward to teaching tonight and then going to Master Evins' school for Black Belt class. I slept better last night than I have in a few weeks so hopefully I am getting back on track with my sleep schedule. Not much else going on, back to work!

Good morning. Yesterday was a good day. I had PE and I finished my run and physical requirements at school. Went to class and got both my Leadership 1 and 2 credits. My mentee has been sick. Off to school now. Have a good day.

Dear John I saw yesterday you got some good poomse practice in. I hope you finally figured out some time to spend on it. I know a lot is going on so please keep it up and practice. You need to be ready for April and have no excuses so keep going and work hard.   John 

Today was rough, my essay is due on Friday and I am not that done I got my Leadership credits 1 and 2. It was fun in TKD today. I didn't have homework today because I finished it in school but I was working on my essays.

Today was not a great day for our solar panels and they only produced around 6% of our total usage. It was however nice not having to wear a jacket going to and from the office. This weird weather is really odd. I keep hearing that winter is coming but so far I see no sign of it. :-) Work was good today and afterward Erik and I went to the dojang to help out with class and get some leadership credit and I got a mentee session in. All in all it was a good day.

i think it's safe to say that today was a good day. we had midterms today which seemed difficult atfirst but when i actually got it was pretty easy. after that i ate lunch w my friends and went to the rest of my classes, and the best thing about midterms is that after i took it (i only had 1) i have a couple of free blocks to substitute for my classes up in the hs for the rest of the week. got home, chilled/did requirements, and i'm gonna go to bed now. goodnight & sleep well

Today we started learning about Charlotte history in school.  It rained a lot, but it stopped after school and I was able to get my run in.  I met with my mentor and mentee today.  I am feeling pretty good about my requirements.  I try to get some done in the morning before school so I don’t have as many after school.  Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow!

Rain , rain ,rain, ok I will take that over ice or snow.  But I thought it was  April showers bring may flowers. Not January showers.????‍♂️????‍♂️????‍♂️

Short journal today, I am pretty tired today. I haven't been sleeping very well, even after taking an over the counter sleep aid. I may have to get the heavier stuff to get my sleep patterns back on track. This happens sometimes when I am very stressed. The lack of sleep is making getting my requirements difficult to get through, which is driving me nuts because at this point, it should be getting much easier. This morning's run wasn't too bad, I took my time today so my running time was long. I wasn't going for time today, just the miles. Still working on my pull-ups, I realized from the pre-test I needed more strength training, so here I go! Ok, time to watch the Tiger bowl! 

I missed going to school and class in tae kwon do today. I was not feeling well from my fever of 102.8. I have a sore throat, my upper left leg was sore so it made it hard for me to move when i woke up. I have some catching up to do.

Today I went to school and it was ok. I did a few requirements while I was there. After school I met with my mentee Gabriel, and we did our first mentee session. I am proud of him and he did really well. We worked on self defense 1, 2, and 3 and I gave him some tips on how to get better kicks. 

Wow was it humid today. Yesterday was gorgeous. Luci and I set up a circuit in the driveway and did 1 minute rounds of sparring, jump rope, push ups, sit ups and poomsaes. It was really fun. Then the girls played outside the rest of the afternoon without complaining. That doesn’t always happen. Also got to break in my new softball glove with Jocelyn. Boy am I rusty. We have to get out and play catch more! Password troubles yesterday so didn’t log. Broke my streak.