Fall 2026 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!

7/21

Today was the first day I assisted a class and went to the front of the class for a leadership credit!!! I felt really good making other people feel better about their self defense and hop step kicks. I was a little nervous for the leadership part though. While I can usually remember all the warm ups while I'm taking classes, when I'm in front I'm a little less confident. But I'll get more confident as the cycle goes on. Good luck again everyone!!!

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7/20

Yesterday was the first day that I incorporated all the requirements for the cycle into my daily routine. I'm used to doing them all on different days but it was strange doing them all on the same day. But today, I made a set time frame that i should do my workout and runs during. I'm sure that as the days go on, I'll make it a habit to do the excercises instead of having to be reminded.

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The Pretest

I just did my first black belt pretest today! I'm super excited (but really nervous) to go on this journey. My baselines for workouts were alright but I know that if I put in the time and effort, I'll do a lot better on the final physical test. Good luck everyone!

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