Spring 2024 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!

Day before the test!

I can't believe tomorrow is our test! I'm really excited but also nervous about it. We have been training for the past 3 months to get ready for it but it always seemed so far away. This has been a great journey and I can't wait to start the next chapter after the test.

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You have to fight through the bad days to earn the best days. -unknown

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Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a tough one -Bruce Lee

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Mistakes are proof you are trying. -unknown

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If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. - Matin Luther King Jr.

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I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination-Jimmy Dean

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The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost

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Self-correction is the highest form of training. -Fred Shadian

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Anyone can give up, its the easiest thing in the world to do. But when you hold it together when everyone else would understand if you let it fall apart, that's true strength.

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Spending today complaining about yesterday won't make tomorrow any better. -unknown

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The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday. -unknown

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Learning is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher.-unknown

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln

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The goal of martial arts lies not in victory or defeat but in perfection of character. -unknown

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Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a constant state of learning. -Bruce Lee

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Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it. -Bill Cosby

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The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.

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Don't practice until you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong-Roger Gracie

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Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it. -Bruce Lee

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There is no glory in practice but without practice, there is no glory -unknown

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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb

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Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse

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A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

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The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow. -unknown

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I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks, but the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times. -Bruce Lee

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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn

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The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs

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It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. –Mae Jemison

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Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. –Farrah Gray

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Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. –George Addair

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In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. –Bill Cosby

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You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground. –Unknown

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Believe you can and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt

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Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein

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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

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You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain

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Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey

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People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau

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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi

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If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. -Anthony Robbins

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July 2nd

I have been off with my journals and and physical requirments but I'm hoping that without classes for the next few days I will have enough time to catch up in my physical requirments. Today I helped out with the white to high yellow class then took the senior belt class. In the senior belt class we worked mostly on a Hap ki do form. I really enjoyed it. I'm really tired now and I have family coming in tomorrow so I'm ready to fall asleep.

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau

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Wednesday

Today I helped out with the 3:50 class and 5:45 class, I got leadership 1 and 2 credits. I took the 4:45 senior belt class. In the senior belt class it was just me and Aiden, a high red belt. He is testing Saturday for Bocho Dan so we spent most of the class making sure he was ready for the test. I still have 20 pushups and situps to do but as of right now I'm not sore. I think I'm gonna finish my pushups and situps then meditate for a little bit then go to bed. I can't wait for the weekend!

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Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford

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Either you run the day, or the day runs you. –Jim Rohn

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First day of Physical Requirements

Today was the first day that I did a full workout. I'm a little bit tired and its weird having to do a certain amount of pushups and situps. Today one of my masters, Master Justin Laloan, got back from a trip to New York. Also one of his students from New York came down for a tournament. He is a black belt and a really good martial artists from what I have seen. I'm hoping to pick up a few tricks from him. Mainly beginning to work on the 540 kick. I saw him do it today and it was really cool. Its good to have Master Justin back. It was different last week without him, just like its different when Master Burkhart or Master Thamn isn't around. I got my leadership credit today and I will get another tomorrow as well as a leadership 2 credit. We worked on...

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1st journal!

Today I just stayed at home most of the day. In the evening I went to the driving range with my dad to work on my golf swing and that was very fun. I'm sore from the 5k and other physical requirements I did yesterday. I'm excited for the first day of class during the Black belt pre-cycle tomorrow.

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1st journal!

Today I just stayed at home most of the day. In the evening I went to the driving range with my dad to work on my golf swing and that was very fun. I'm sore from the 5k and other physical requirements I did yesterday. I'm excited for the first day of class during the Black belt pre-cycle tomorrow.

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1st journal!

Today I just stayed at home most of the day. In the evening I went to the driving range with my dad to work on my golf swing and that was very fun. I'm sore from the 5k and other physical requirements I did yesterday. I'm excited for the first day of class during the Black belt pre-cycle tomorrow.

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1st journal!

Today I just stayed at home most of the day. In the evening I went to the driving range with my dad to work on my golf swing and that was very fun. I'm sore from the 5k and other physical requirements I did yesterday. I'm excited for the first day of class during the Black belt pre-cycle tomorrow.

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