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!

7/27-7/31

7/27 Today I got the first day of my digital detox done. I got most of the way done on two essays done as well. 7/28 today I ran on a hotel treadmill we also went to a theme park called knobles in Pennsylvania. 7/29 today I caught up on my jump ropes but took a break from running not much else that day. 7/30 I did some of my workouts but did not run. 7/31 Today I ran two miles and did the rest of my workouts I also took a road trip back from Pennsylvania.

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7/26

today I went to a black belt class and went on a road trip to Pennsylvania. I learned that for a scope you grab at the elbow and not the armpit.

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7/25

Today I went to the white water center with friend. i did my workout and am starting to feel better. I think I might loss time on my mile tomorrow because I am going on a road trip. 

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7/24

Today I went to sparring class I pulled something while sparring and hurt my knee. I did my workout pretty good.

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7/19-7/23

7/19 I did my workout but no run. 7/20 I ran two miles and did my workout. 7/21 I did not make it to class but did my workout I ran one mile. 7/22 I made it to class and helped with testing. In the black celt class we talked about the written test. 7/23 I ran two miles and did some missing parts of my workouts. I started thinking abot my essays.

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July 12-18

day 1 I did not get my book yet and did not fully know requirements of the first week. day 2 was the same thing. day 3 I could not make it to taekwondo. day 4 I got my book and filled in some of the stuff I already did that week. day 5 I got a mentee and did another run and workout it was quite challenging. day 6 I started to notice the mile getting a little easier but my legs hurt a bunch. day 7 I noticed my legs starting to feel better and the workouts were ever so slightly easier.

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