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!

My name is Parker and I'm 15. Some of my hobbies are making music, video games, making people laugh, and TKD.

1/29/2024

Today I woke realizing my mom left for work and I left my earbuds in her car so it was a very slow start to my day. After school I had to go to TDK and worked with Master Knight.

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1/28/2024

I woke up Feeling amazing but then I realized I had to do double the requirements because I was sick yesterday. I tried running outside today and I found out that I'm better running outside than on the treadmill. I think it's because I'm not so bored looking at the grass, the trees, and the cool cars instead of looking at the wall, the boxes, and that one creepy room with the lights turned off where I feel like something is watching me in the dark.

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1/27/2024

I was sick the whole day. I woke up sweating and with a horrible fever so I had to skip class that day so that wasn't good. As I laid there in bed my mom came in my room with this weird looking tea. I took a sip of it and it tasted like microwaved cough medicine but It wasn't. It was called sleepy time cold and cough. I tried to get some black belt requirements done but I only got the physical stuff done.

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1/26/2024

This morning I woke up at seven with a little fever and a stuffy nose so that wasn't a good start to my day. Then I went to the kitchen to make breakfast for me and my cat Oliver. After breakfast I had to do history because I didn't do it yesterday. Once I was done with history I broke apart my LEGO tie fighter to make something new. Then I went to TKD and had pizza.

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1/25/2024

Today I almost broke my dads nose. He thought it would be fun to teach me some moves but he was wrong. eleven more months until Christmas!!!

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1/24/2024

I had a normal day today. The only thing that was different was that I played a game for five minutes.

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1/23/2024

Today I went to school and went out to eat with my family for my dads birthday.

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1/22/2024

Today was my dad's birthday! I called him at school to sing him happy birthday because I forgot to before I left. Then we went to class and we hit him with noodles. After that we had cheese cake.

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1/21/2024

All I was doing today was my stuff for my black belt cycle and homework. Tomorrow is my dads birthday.

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1/20/2024

A weird thing that I saw today was mints in a bathroom. It was really gross but me and my friend took a handful of them. 

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1/19/2024

I tried to get my essay done and then the power went out so now I have to start all over and I didn't run today so I have to run two miles tomorrow so that will be fun. Then I went too class and had tacos.

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1/18/2024

Today me and my friends played Uno and it escalated very quickly. One of my friends had half the deck in her hand. Tonight I got to box again. 

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1/17/2024

Today I went to school and my computer teacher said he could beat any of us in a fight, we will find that out on Thursday. Then we went to TKD.

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1/16/2024

Today I learned about staff form one with Master Knight and went back to school after a week.

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1/15/2024

This morning I woke up on a yoga mat down stairs with weights on my legs and the fireplace was on so that was a weird way to start my morning.

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1/14/2024

Today I had a friend over and we ran over two miles at the park. We may go swimming later. 

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1/13/2024

Today I had to get up at five in the morning and run a mile, my time was 10:05. Then I went to eat with my sister for her birthday.

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1/12/2024

Today was just a basic day I went to target with my sister and then I went to class.

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1/11/2024

I did not waste today. This morning I woke up and the power was out and we didn't have school for the 4th time and I wasn't happy about that because I'm tired of being in the house. Me and my dad went to Waffle House for breakfast and then we said "now what?" So I just waited until we had sparing class. I had a lot of fun but my favorite part of that class was boxing at the end, I think I wore Instructor Max and he wore me out a little.

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1/10/24

    I think I wasted this day. All I did was mope around but I got my stuff done for the cycle and I had a good sparing class. Hopefully I will not waste tomorrow.

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1/9/2024

I was bored this whole day because we didn't have school and it was raining outside so I couldn't play or run. So I just did my homework and build LEGOS but then that got boring so I played video games with my friends. 

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1/8/2024

Today I had to go back to school sore, tired, and fatigued from yesterday and the day before that. As soon as I got out of the car I immediately felt like a huge blob and I had science first period so I was a little grumpy that morning. After school I had to do science homework and that made me a little more grumpy than before but then I was done with it so now I'm not grumpy anymore. 

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1/7/2024

  I'm sore, tired, and exhausted from yesterday. Tomorrow I have to do that all over again.

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1/6/2024

It was Saturday morning and I woke up at 5:40am to the words of "PARKER WE GOTTA GO!!!!!." I immediately jump out of my amazing and comfortable bed when I heard those words. "I'm up I'm up!" I said as I finally get up and I go in the kitchen to make a egg and cheese biscuit for breakfast. When I finished breakfast me and my dad hopped in the truck to go to the Black Belt Pretest that starts at 7:00. While I was in the car my friends from TKD where blowing up my phone saying "Are you here yet?" And "I'm soooo nervous what about you.", and yes I was nervous but I said "No." As we arrived there we did the physical test which I think I did the best on that part of it then we did the hand-written test I didn't do so good on...

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