Candidate Journals

Today I had a long day at school, and came home to run 3 miles, and do 15 minutes of push ups, sit ups, & burpees.

We finally got my room finished and all the flooring done, so I got to move everything back in yesterday. First time sleeping in my room in a little while, since we could only work on it a little at a time, with my parents working most of the time. I slept pretty good. Before school, we stopped to get some Starbucks. Had a pretty normal school day. Did some requirements after school, then class, then home to finish requirements. Shower & bed soon. 

Starting to think I may have a serious knee problem. Will continue rehab and see if I can get some improvement. Some new support devices should arrive today. Glad September is here and hope to see some cooler weather soon.

Today was my grandpa‘s birthday so I celebrated it the whole day. Did my daily run ,Felt like my endurance, and my stamina was getting better and better.

hi guys, today i went to south carolina and went to my aunt's house. it was pretty fun i havent seen her in a while. we came home pretty late and i finished up all my homework. goodnight!!

​Today was a good day. I woke up and knocked out some of my requirements while watching two online church services. After lunch, I dove straight into cleaning around the house and getting through some laundry. ​I also finished my essay on the diet challenge today. I officially decided to keep the challenge going through the end of the cycle—there’s no reason to regress to a less healthy lifestyle. I feel better, have more energy, and notice my endurance improving, so I might as well see how far I can take this. ​Finished the evening with a great dinner before heading back home to complete the rest of my requirements, shower, and call it a night. Another solid week is coming—I can feel it.

Today was pretty chill. I did a 3 mile ish run yesterday and it was definitely one of my worst runs. I went with my dog and sister and couldn't really keep up, had to take breaks every now and then and it wasn't that bad my last 3 mile run. My sister said it was mainly due to my eating habits and running form which we worked on. My time hasn't really changed at all this cycle, not as much as it did last time. I really wanna get faster but I need to have better stamina and endurance for that. Anyways, didn't run today and got to sleep in yay! I've been kinda sick the past 2-3 ish days but slowly feeling better. I ate breakfast and was kinda chilling and then got ready for sparring class. I'm slowly getting better and there were some people there I havent...

Today was a pretty chill day. I woke up later today because we didn't go to church until 11. The service was really good, and it talked about teens with phones and what the bible says about it. After, I came home and went on a walk. My knee has really been hurting lately, so I just did a mile and worked on the rest of my requirements. Other than that, I did some chores and just watched a show. I made dinner tonight, and while I was making it, the power cut out, so that sucks. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

today I got back from a Boy Scout camping trip. I visited with my nephew and niece. Once I was done with that, I came home and did A 2 mile run and my exercise exercises

30 Today was a pretty normal day. I didnt do much. I woke up and did school work. It took me about an hour to finish. After that I had a fairly normal day. I said my goodbyes to my grand parents that were leaving my house. After that I played videogames with some of my friends and went outside.    Overall a pretty good day. 6.7893298/10

Today wasn't much of an eventful day. After being out all day yesterday, I stayed home and focused on being productive today. I was able to get some homework done and all my requirements. My run felt hard for some reason, my legs hurt and I was overall very tired. I guess everything is catching up to me. I worked on weapons forms today, for some reason they are hard for me to remember. I guess because we don't do them much in class. And if we do, its not very in depth unless we actually have time. 

I woke up had a protein shake and chilled out for a bit then did my essay and ate lunch. I then did my exorcises chilled some more and ate dinner.

    Today was as usuall, I woke up from my grandmas house and had a delicous breakfast. I then went home and completed my black belt exercises before having some dinner. I am now at the table eating my ice cream. Good night

Today I ran 7 miles & ran 5 yesterday. I also completed up to 2 hours and 10 minutes of kicking requirements today. ( my legs are so tired) 

I had a really restful day today. I woke up and did my requirements so I would not have to think about them for the rest of the day. My legs are still really sore so I am still trying to take it easy while they recover. The weekend felt like it went by too fast but everything goes by fast when your on cycle. I hope everyone had a good weekend and is prepared for another week.

Hey guys, today was a nice relaxing day for me, I was able to sleep in and eat some breakfast and hang out with my family, I started watching a really great movie with my family as well. Then we went to church and did all the things we need to do there, then we went home. Some of my other family members left to go do something with other people. Later our grandmother came over for dinner, it was great to have her over, then I finished my last assignment, now I will go to bed. I hope you all had a wonderful day, goodbye.

Today I woke up and did nothing. I just practiced poomsaes and stuff. Then I played soccer. It was fun as I was goalkeeper and I was playing like Vozinha, the Caboverdan goalkeeper. Then in the afternoon, I got flowers and cake for my dad, because it is his birthday tomorrow. We are waiting for the right moment to surprise him now!

Happy Sunday...sort of. I got up early and had a great run. Ms. Jen and I met at 9a.m. to run through all Hapkido stuff and some weapons forms. Stayed for poomsae class but just wasn't feeling it, I was super tired, could barely keep my eyes open, and was just thinking about the amount of requirements and homework I still had left to do. I came home and started on homework, took a break for lunch, and then dove into requirements. I got a good amount done before 4p.m. My dad and I went on another drive this afternoon, I'm definitely getting better. Hopefully I'll have enough energy to drive to school tomorrow. I came home, worked on homework for an hour, had dinner, and have been working on homework ever since. Hopefully I can finish up by 10p.m. but we'll see. I took a much needed 30 minute nap this afternoon which...

Ok still recovering from being sick. since im not contagious i want to go to class tomorrow but ill have a really bad headache, throat ache, and just be really tired. but i have to stop missing classes. ive taken like 3 naps today. so hopefully ill be better by tomorrow

Today was good, like all Sundays I went to church and it was fantastic as always. I love going and being with my peers my age and also with the adults cause sometimes I like to talk with them more than the kids my age. After church today when I got home, I made an apple cake with my dad and we brought it to that same member who had a stroke and he loved it. He had actually requested it from last time that I brought it because it tasted so good. After that when me and my dad got home we had breakfast for dinner, which might not seem like an actual meal, but it can be if done correctly, and it was done correctly. I wasn't there for all of it, but we watched Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and the battle of helms deep is...

Today I woke up around 8 in the morning being glad its still the weekends. After I woke up I got ready and ran my mile run. I was pretty happy I could start doing my mile runs and some requirements because my knee had healed enough. I got a time of 10:30 which was pretty decent. After I ate breakfast and chilled a lot. Around 1:00 I started to do a bit of schoolwork I had, so I did that. I rested a bit more and then I did some requirements for around half and hour since I had to catch up. I ate dinner later and then finished up the rest of the homework I had and went to sleep.

Woke up ate breakfast and went to church. Church was good. Ate lunch and did some requirements. Chilled some and did more requirements. Ate dinner and then looked over black belt test some. OMG I am so tired! 😴 

Today I went to Church and the sermon was about how Elijah prayed about many things but after 2 great things,(for rain to stop, and rain to continue) he also prayed that he might die because he was scared of someone coming to kill him. Instead of letting angels do what he asked, he told them to make bread and water and tell him to get up and eat. After the sermon I did my 3 miles and my other requirements before sparring. Today sparring was pretty good and I improved a lot from what I did on Friday. After sparring I took a nap in my dad’s truck when he was getting food and then when I got home, I took a shower. After my shower I ate and watched Chelsea vs Brighton. I wont spoil it because it just happened today and it was a really good match. There...

Today I woke up and ate breakfast. Then went to play soccer .Then I went to another one in a diffrent team. Then went to eat ice cream. So far so good.

One of the things I try to get students who have a belt test coming up (not just Bocho Dans) to do is be honest when assessing themselves about what their strengths and weaknesses are.  I have no problem telling them what I think I need to work on, and I invite them to join me in the dojang on Sunday afternoon for 30-45 minutes so we can help each other get better.  If I'm not there with another senior belt, I'm there by myself.  I've had lower belts join me for practice, but I'm still waiting on another Bocho Dan.  We have less than 5 weeks left. After I left the dojang, I went to one of the local bowling alleys and met with some friends to practice for a tournament we have coming up in December.  My brothers and I have been bowling since we were kids, but I...

Today has been resting. Which makes me feel a bit restless, but I need it. I just got caught up on my logging, and almost finished my written test. Great progress. My brain feels like mush lol. I might go for a walk at sunset. I’m not looking forward to school tomorrow. But I do have my free block so that will be helpful for essays. I think I’m going to skip my color belt classes this week. I usually help out then take the one after, just for practice. But my ankle isn’t behaving. So. I might stay to watch, I would much rather stay. But I need to actually take it easy, if that’s what it takes then okay. 

Today was a great day. I woke up and went to Saturday black belt class—it was a solid session, though I owe my poomsae group an apology since I definitely earned us a few extra rounds of push-ups and sit-ups! After class, I relaxed at home for a few minutes before tackling the huge task of organizing the garage. I worked on it for a few hours, then headed over to my parents' house to celebrate Dad's and Tasya's birthdays over dinner. It was wonderful catching up with family, even if a massive post-meal food coma hit me right on schedule. Back home, I jumped straight back into the garage for another couple of hours. I made serious progress—it’s not entirely finished, but it is in infinitely better shape than when the day started. Now it’s time to shower and head to bed. I almost didn't get this entry written tonight,...

It's late. I woke up at 7 for black belt class, and it was really good today, we did a lot of poomsae and self defense. Then, after that me and my brother went to the gym and knocked out a ton of requirements. I came home and played some games for a while, then I made dinner, and after that, went to hang out with a friend. That's why I'm journaling at 11:40 pm. It was a ton of fun though, we played a lot of games, that are a little too nerdy for me to say out loud or in this case in a blog, but anyway, I am very tired, but also very grateful for having my after 9's so I can drive after 9 pm, unlike before when I was within a window of, after 5:00 am and before 9:00 pm. Goodnight!

This morning I went to black belt class, and it really helped because it showed me that I need to stop focusing on black belt self-defense and focus more on the color belt stuff. Anyway, I came home and did my requirements and took a nap because I was really tired. Today was also one of my friend's birthday parties, and we went to a habachi restaurant that was really good. After that, my best friend and I went to Carowinds to hang out with some of our other friends, and I just got home from that. I hope everyone had an amazing week and is ready for a new one to start! Goodnight!

Getting ready to finish this day. It's been a long but good one. Good class this morning followed by some miles at the gym. Errands with the family, a much-needed nap   and then a birthday party with some of our friends/family.  Always a good thing. Meeting Peyton in the morning for some work before class and then the gym after. Hope that you have a great weekend!

Hello everyone, today was a good relaxing day, I woke up and went to black belt class, after that, I know the stuff that I need to work on. After class, I went to the gym with my brother, we did our exercises and our run. Once we got home I chilled for a while and had an awesome day, I started a show that I have been wanting to watch for a while as well. I hope everyone had a wonderful day, see you later.

hi guys i had bbc class this morning. i got a mentor and mentee session done too. i just came back from my friends dads bday party and it was pretty fun. im about to head to sleep. i think we're gonna head to greenville sc tmw?? idk for sure though. goodnight!!

Today I woke up early and went to sparring class. Then I mentored my mentee, then I got a mentor session. Then after I helped out with class, and I also led class. Then I got my book signed and left. Then I took a shower, and got ready. Then I went to play soccer outside. It was really hot so I went back inside. Then later I went back out and just hanged out with my friends after the rain. Then I went to an event and my friend was there so I ate dinner, and went back home.

It finnaly is here, the best part I of the week. I had so much time to do my tkd requirments today, I actually enjoyed it in a long time. After my shower, I went out to go play soccer with some friends. After that I played videogames with them and overall had a great day. Have a great day everyone.

Started with an early 6a.m. 3 mile run before class today. BBC was great, we did lots of poomsaes and self-defenses game-style! Family class and little tigers were fine. I came home just before noon and for about 5 hours I switched on and off between requirements and homework. Afterwards, I drove around town with my dad. I haven't been able to get a lot of driving practice in just because I'm so busy but today was a good day to do it and we did some errands along the way. We came and had dinner, I finished the rest of my requirements and then we relaxed with a movie for the rest of the night. I'm tired but its been a good, productive day. Have a great Sunday everyone! ~ Peyton

Today was an amazing day. I went to sparring class in the morning, helped out with classes and had a mentor session with Master Knight. I also hung out with my friends today. We just drove around to random stores and stuff. It was really fun. Today when I was out on my run, someone asked me if his daughter could run with me. She was about 12 and it was dark, so I understand why he asked that. At first I didn't really want to but I said yes even though I had to slow my pace (I wanted to get a personal record time today). It was actually okay and we were able to get faster after a while. It was very fun getting to know her and getting to run with someone else is always nice. 

Today I went to Black Belt Class and I feel like I could’ve done better, I made a lot of mistakes except for the part at the end where we did poomsaes as a team but we switched. I‘ve never really been the best at self defenses but I still have time to work on it. After that I finished my requirements and we were out almost the rest of the day. We went to see some friends of my parents and we ate at a Jamaican restaurant that was so good and then we had ice cream. After coming home, I talked with my homeboy while I was washing my face then I watched some YouTube.

Man I’m tired. I have tomorrow though, we’re skipping the park. So full rest/get caught up day. Yay. Although I’m gonna wish I had gone to the park lol. Good practice and it’s nice to be social on a day off. I took two naps today. (Pretty short but still) quite rare for me. I’m gonna try to log some requirements and work on the written test, then bed probably.

Woke up today to do a weekend blackbelt class, class assist, leadership credit, and a mentee session! I then did my workouts and went for a swim. after that I went go carting at K1 and got fourth place out of 11 teenagers on my second time go carting. I then got some groceries and headed home for dinner.

When I woke up today, my legs were really sore. hopefully they will feel better tomorrow. Class was pretty fun this morning, especially because of the poomsae game we played. I struggled to get through my requirements today because I was just really tired and sore and really not feeling it. My dad took me out to Waffle House this morning which was great because Waffle House is one of my favorite restaurants. Later in the day I did some yardwork and for the rest of the evening I tried to let my body recover as much as possible.

Sadly, yesterday i was sick and couldn't make it to either the blackbelt class or sparring so ill have to make those. also my mile today was 5 minutes longer than my average since im sick. but hopefully ill be better by monday to go to class!!!

I just realied today that in about 2 to 3 days my diet will be done! Anyway today I woke up and went to black belt saturday class which was so fun, after my dad and I went to Aldis store and got some food. Later we went home, ate, and watch a part of the movie then I got tired and tooke a nap. Soon after my dad went to bed, I then woke up around 2 pm, So we went to my mums house and went to the gym for a few hours. Once I got back I ate dinner and chilled out for a bit. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Woke up and  went to black belt class. I met with my mentor after class and worked on self defense. I ran a mile and then went to breakfast with my parents. When I got home I did more requirements and then knocked out another essay. I’m going to try to get ahead on some requirements this week so it isn’t such a challenge during the week with homework. 

.   Today was a pretty chill day. I woke up and went to black belt class before heading back home to do my exercises. After that, my mom and dad took me to go get some ice cream at the newly opened Huntersville ice cream store. After that, I went home and packed my stuff since I’m going to my Nana‘s house and she’s taking us out for a surprise. I can’t wait to see what it is. I’ll give an update on it later today. 

Today I have to journal early because I’m going camping and my phone will not work. I’m going to do my requirements. 

I updated my requirements today, just have a few days left to do. Some essay work tonight and I think that Sunday may be my second technology free day. I have a lot to do around the house after poomsae class and the gym so I am hoping that I can be productive and really use my time to get a lot done. My son's graduation is coming up and beyond proud of him, kept thinking about him and all of his first days of school today. Time is so funny, slow sometimes but so fast.  He never learned how to truly crawl, just a sort of soldier crawl but once he figured out how to pull up and stand he was gone, zipping all over the place.  And now he is officially a Journey Wireman and is thriving and preparing for his trip to Japan.  Very proud, I do wish...

Today was a really easy day. I didn't do anything in most of my classes, so that was good. I did have another meeting with my principal and got Beta Club officially confirmed! Which is so great because I have put so much effort into getting that started. Anyway, when I got home, I went for a walk and got 1 mile before it started raining, so I just started heading home. I did my requirements and got ready to go to my school's first home football game. The theme was USA, and that was really fun to see everyone dressed up. I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today I had school. I came home from school and I did my requirements and hung out with friends

Today at school during band I went to class and saw east gaston  high school jr and seniors helping us 6th graders. I then went home after the rough day, A few hours later at my mums house I stayed there until aroung 6 pm is when my dad came from charlotte for 3 hours he was in charlotte. I then went to his house, ate and chilled out, I then went to go do my workouts except for running, after that I head to go clean my room a little. Once I was dome I chilled out for the rest of the evening. I hope everyone had an amazing day!

Today I couldn't make it to black belt class because I had another place to go to. However, I was bale to finish my week 3 journal requirements and will start on week 4 tomorrow.

This week flew by but also couldn't be done fast enough. Today was just one of those days where everything was rough. Classses were pretty tough today with pop quizzes and normal understanding checks. On top of that, I had a giant headache...not sure where its from, but I've had it since yesterday so maybe this is my sign to hydrate more. Little Tigers was alright, got some requirements in before black belt class and then afterwards when I came home too. Got takeout from Chipotle tonight and watched a movie with my dad. I'm hoping to wake up ealry tomorow and get in some miles before class but we'll see how that goes. This weekend I have come home with about 7 hours of school work...which is just great. That's about it for me, I hope everyone's week was exciting and eventful. Have a great weekend! ~ Peyton

Today I just woke up and went to school did nothing much. Then I went to Tae Kwon Do and took black belt class and sparring.

Woke up at 6 AM and decided to get coffee because I knew it was gonna be a long day for school after school. I try to finish all my homework and study for  economics of personal financial honors quiz. After I was finish, I want to taekwondo to get my black belt classes and sparring classes in.

​Today was another good day overall, aside from waking up pretty tired. I didn't sleep very well last night, so I was feeling sluggish and got to my workout about 30 minutes later than usual. Unfortunately, being late meant I missed the birthday pictures the ladies set up for my dad this morning. HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPS!​My foot was a bit sore from catching an elbow in sparring yesterday, but I still pushed through a solid workout at 9Round. After that, I headed to work to hang out with the few kids who didn't have school today. We made paper airplanes, and I set up targets for them to throw them through. I also got right back into cleaning the fleet. I finished three of them—minus the exterior wash, since we're still under water restrictions.​After work, I stayed for Friday Black Belt class. It was another good one; we worked on Hapkido...

hi guys, had a mentee session today before sparring class so that went well. sparring was pretty fun, i enjoyed it even though i'm not that great but i'm trying my best so that's always good. gonna head to sleep early bc i have bbc early in the morning tomorrow, goodnight!!

Today was a good day. School was fun today, its always fun on fridays. Every year we do this competition thing that all the grades particpate in. You go to each classroom and do different games. My group won out of the three groups in our class. It was fun. It rained super hard when was coming back from school. I was supposed to drive but my dad didn't let me since it was thunderstorming. I didn't want to anyway. After school I went to black belt class and sparring. I always like these classes because the structure is different, in weekday classes we are still with lower belts so classes are not as fast paced and they are usually structured in the same way. It can get a little repetitive so its refreshing when we do different and more advanced things on fridays. 

School was filled with note taking today. I think so far today, I've taken over 10-15 good pages of notes just on my AP Bio class alone. I also got my homework done for Mitchell, so I'm getting ahead again, which is good. I was able to go to black belt class today and we did the 15 breakaways again today, and it was good to get refreshed on them again. Me and my family watched the Super Mario Galaxy Movie tonight as well, and I enjoyed all of the references they made to all their different games and stuff, but it wasn't as good as the first Mario movie in what I'm guessing is at least going to be a trilogy. Anyway, I'm tired and I'm going to black belt class in the morning too, so I have to get some sleep, goodnight!

Today I had a pretty good day. School was good today, especially because I won't have anything to do over the weekend. When I came home, I knocked out my requirements and then went over to black belt class. Class was good but I can tell that I need to rest my legs because they are very sore. Despite that, after class, I went on a run. I am super tired so I am planning to go to be very soon. I hope everyone had a good week.

Today I woke up. Then went to school. Then had a soccer meeting after school. Then went home to eat lunch to get ready. Then went home to eat dinner then Going to sleep.

Hey everyone, today I had an AP World History test, and I think that I did pretty good on it actually. Then after school I went home and got my homework done. Then we went to TKD and got a black belt class. It was fun, then I went home and watched a movie with my family, I had a great day, I'll see you all later.

    Today was a pretty relaxed day. I used my new backpack for the first day. Anyways, I woke up, ate some breakfast got ready for school and went to the bus. After school, I hopped back on the King tiger bus and when I got there, I finished up my homework before getting picked up. My dad took me home to get my exercises done in which I then went to sparring class. It was very different and I enjoyed it. I recommend going there anyways so I got home and here we are. I'm in my bed eating ice cream. Good night 😴

28 Today I did my tkd requirments after school. After I went to tkd class and was so excited for sparring. The sparring drills. I learned many new things today and used them during sparring. I felt the drills were very innovative and exciting. After class, I went home and ok a shower.     overall a decent day.

Today was rough tbh. Getting more worried about the injury, it should’ve been healed by now. Sparring is the main thing that gets it. More than anything it’s just frustrating. I’ve always had my body. My mind can fluctuate, I’ll have bad days. But I always had my physical health. I could always run or kick or spar my way through feelings. Now the feelings are ABOUT not being able to run or kick or spar. It’s difficult. And I’m too far in to quit. If I’m not healed before the test, that’s an issue. If I don’t do enough to prepare for the test, that’s an issue. I don’t have those balanced yet. I’m going to try to take it easier next week. That’s what a few of my instructors have been saying, I haven’t listened. So I’ll try that.

I went to the gym early this morning and got in my requirements.  I have to tell you, hearing "you have to run 100 miles" as part of your Black Belt Cycle requirement is one thing, but actually doing it is something else entirely. In all my years of high school and college sports (football, baseball, wrestling), 10 years in the Army, including Airborne School (which is a different kind of hell), and 9 years of Shotokan Karate training (including 9 1-week Summer Special Training and 5 1-week Winter Special Training sessions) I have never run so much in my life.   After I left the gym, I went to South Charlotte to get fitted for a tux for a wedding I'm in on September 26th.  I'm sorry I'm going to miss the Combat Hapkido Seminar (I attended it last year), but when you're asked to be a groomsman in a wedding,...

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. School was busy and good. I went to King Tiger after school and worked on requirements and then black belt class. Did 2 miles when I got home and more requirements. I’m baked!!

I was pretty early waking up today because I had to do 4 miles today. I did 2 in the Morning and 2 before Sparring. I was really to myself today but still the same way. I ended up getting 2 lunches because my friend said you could but that wasn’t true but the ladies were nice and just let me have it anyways. I was disappointed on how I did today in sparring and I just want to get better. I’m supposedly Top 3 students in terms of sparring in the do jang but I still don’t use my gifts to full advantage. It’s annoying because I know what to do but I make it a pattern and it becomes obvious and they just make me do  the opposite. 

I woke up and had a protein shake and went to school I then did my classes until my band class came and we played on the drum set which was fun. I then went home and got Duolingo that my friends have been talking about and I choose to learn Japanese and it was so fun. I then finished my exorcizes and went to class.

Today was good. I did't have any tests, quizzes, or anything of the sort. but im feeling pretty sick today so im going to skip out on sparring and just go to black belt class.

Happy Birthday to ME! My knee seems to be getting better. Will continue to rehab. Continue to workout and practice my forms and self defense. Time to start considering essays and creative form.

Good day today. Got a lot done in the office before picking up my kiddos, also picked up a little guy that we are helping out for a couple of weeks with a ride. He is a kindergartener but is quite the  conversationalist and if my Waze had malfunctioned at all he would have been able to step in as navigator. Adorable. Then classes where I worked with a lot of new belts on their new hop steps and hooks, and helped run some kiddos through for their makeup tests. We have quite a few new afterschoolers in class too but some of them are Group 2 kiddos from summer camp and they are having a great time and start to the school year. After sparring class I came home and finished up on some requirements while the thin crust pizza I made was in the oven. My dogs kept me...

Today was my brothers birthday. First we woke him up for the presents. Then went to school. Then went to eat at a hibachi place. Then went to play golf. Thats my day.

hi guysss, very tired today had work and finished up my homework. im gonna have a mentee session and sparring tomorrow so im looking forward to that. goodnight!!

​Today was another solid day overall. I worked out early before work again, and it was another banger of a session. I burned over 600 calories, awesome way to start off the day. Once I got to work, I filled up one of the vehicles and gave it a quick clean. It still needs a bit more work—just like all the other vehicles—but I’ll get to them soon. ​I spent about 30 to 45 minutes working on my essay for the 30-day diet challenge. I stayed after work to catch a mentee session, helped out with the 5:15 class, jumped into class right after, and wrapped up the evening with sparring.  I did throw a few solid kicks in sparring tonight that I was happy with, but I did catch an elbow on a kick and foot is bruised again.  Dangit.  After sparring class I tried to give some advice on...

Today I woke got ready and went to school where I got my second project and 2 assignments.After school I went to Takewondo and got my leader ship and class assistance.After I went to a place like kumon.After I went to soccer were I scored In a scrimage.

27 Today was my math test. It seemed very hard at first, but I thought it through and think I did pretty well on it. After that, I went to tkd volunteering and helped others. Helping others not only made me feel good but also it made me learn from my mistakes and correct my forms. After that, from my mentor session, I finnaly got red and high red belt down.   Over all a 7/10 day

    Today was a very exciting day. To some of you this might sound like an exaggeration, but I was very excited to get my new backpack. I used my Amazon gift cards and it was arriving today. Anyways, this morning, I woke up got ready for school before heading on the bus. After school, I went to King Tiger got some of my requirements done along with sparring and had some delicious tacos. I then went home before receiving my new backpack is amazing. good night

Today was a pretty good day. School was good, nothing remarkable happened. When I got home I had time to do all my requirements and run pretty early. Usually I go around 8 but I went earlier since my bus got home early. I regret it because it was very humid. My cousins came from Ohio today. One of them is going to college in Canada so she's visiting before she has to leave. We played monopoly together which was fun and now I'm doing homework. 

today was pretty tiring. I started getting actual school work today. I was honestly feeling pretty sick throughout the day. after i had band practice and we fortunately didn’t go outside bc it was wet. i pulled myself through because i had a stuffy nose and sore throat. after i came home i went to taekwondo class and got a lot of poomsae practice as a well as a long mentor session. that’s all for today, goodnight!

Hello everyone, today was special because I got to do a bunch of new things in my classes, I'm also taking a quiz tomorrow in AP World History, wish me luck. After school, I finished my homework and then went to my favorite class of the week, sparring class. I was able to kick people which was fun, but I remember being kicked really hard in the chest, humbling experience. After that, I went home and ate some dinner, then studied for my test, I hope you all had a great day, see you all later.

Today I went to school, and had a diagnostic in math. I had not finished, but I wanted to take my time so I could get a better score than ever. Then I came home and took a class. Then I went to help out at Tae Kwon Do, and led the class. Then I got a mentor session, and practiced red and high red self defense, along with Oh Chang and Yuk Chang.

Today I got up at the perfect time and I got my mile done and did my pushups. At school today it was fun being in homeroom and making some more friends in there. I had a lot of fun at lunch with my homies walking around outside and stuff. I had AP History today which was kinda confusing at first but I got my work finished early. I made a lot of progress on my beats and lyrics for a few songs. I had a Mentor session with Master Weeks and a Mentee session with Matteo after school. I just realised I wrote all of this in no particular order 😭. I think I already got a good friend group who are the same types of people I hang around but also a little diverse. I have 4 friends that are grades above me now, most of them are sophomores.

I worked with some yellow belts today, they were a huge disaster but by the end they looked better and had fun lol. worked with some yellow belts today, they were a huge disaster but by the end they looked better and had fun lol. I had a long day. Especially ankle wise. I’m doubting it’ll be healed for testing. Which isn’t good. I’ll figure that out. It’s hard to keep up with training on it. I had to skip most of my workout today, even the elliptical was hurting. Again though, just trying to work around it. So yeah.

Today I woke up around my usual time and got to work doing even more pushups before going to school. Today at school we had a pretty big science test so on the bus ride I prepared for that. After school I ate a light snack before going to King Tiger. I helped out today for some credit and did the sparring class. Sparring was pretty fun I was really tired after so my dad ordered some pizza for us and I ate that for dinner. After dinner I played some games with my grandpa and called it a night. Cya!

Today was busy but overall a good day. school was normal; I can't believe that tomorrow is already Friday, It seems like this week has gone by super fast. After school I came home and did my requirements, I'm a little sore form yesterday but mostly all was good. I went over to King Tiger for sparring class and while I was there I was able to get a mentee and mentor session. Later, I came home and actually had some free time for about an hour, which was a strange feeling for a week night. That wraps up my day, I hope everyone else had a good Thursday.

hello guys, today i had school and i had such a tiring day. i’m taking 11 classes this semester and all of of them r either ap or de so it’s kicking my butt. after coming from home i worked on my creative form for a bit then did my other requirements before getting started on my homework which is yet to be completed 

Tonight, I got a lot of satisfaction helping out in the Senior Tigers class (ages 8-12).  One of the drills they had to do was front, side and roundhouse kicks over a kicking pad.  The point of the exercise was to get them to chamber their kicking leg before kicking over the pad.  I was surprised to see the control a lot of them had.  That tells me they're practicing on their own at home. I also had a talk with a student who was getting frustrated because he felt overwhelmed with schoolwork and practice.  I like to think of times like this, when you're feeling overwhelmed, as Life Is Getting Loud.  I didn't try to diminish the way he was feeling, but I did try to offer a way to quiet the noise and to help him going forward.  Ultimately, I'll support him either way.      

Today was ok, not the best. School was whatever, I was half falling asleep in my first 2 class periods becuase I was just so tired. I am definitely going to have a good 5+ hours of homework this weekend....not looking forward to that. I came home and started my requirements, around 5:45p.m. I went to KT for a mentee session and then got in some poomsae and kick minutes before sparring. Sparring was good, lots of jump rope which is always a favorite of mine. Short sparring matches with lots of rest which I appreciated too. I came home, ate dinner with my dad, and then started my homework (which I am taking a break from as of now to write this). I still have a few minutes of push-ups and plank to work in between math or AP world practice questions and reading guides but hopefully I can get...

Today was good, I had four study halls on account of my AP Bio class which is two periods long not happening today, but it was fine cause I got some other stuff done instead. I also went to tkd and I'm finally starting to catch up on mentee sessions. so that's good. In sparring today, we did a lot of footwork drills with jump rope, and let me tell you, it was not easy. We also ended up doing sparring around the world, which is where the matches are shorter, but you line up a bunch of people, and then after the shorter match finishes, they just rotate and go again right after. It was actually pretty fun, and I landed a couple really good kicks. I also almost kicked two people in the face with the same kick, one of them happened to be master Marcus, but I'm sure...

I woke up today and got to school and after that I got some homework. I then Got home and did a sparring class and got home and ate dinner.  

Today was a pretty normal day at school. We had a fire drill during a test, so that wasn't ideal, but it was fine. When I came home, I was not feeling great, so I decided to stay home from TKD today. I finished my homework and went on a 3-mile walk to try and make myself feel better, and it kinda worked, but then I went and did my requirements, and I started to feel really bad again. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today I went to my schools football game. And did my requirements. 

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school.I worked hard at school and had a good day. I did my run when I got to King Tiger and then had early dinner at Jason’s Deli. I went back to King Tiger and helped out with class and did some requirements and a session with my mentor. I took sparring class and noticed some things I can work on. I am going to sleep well. 

Today I had a test in physics and hopefully I did well after that. I went home and studied for my next test tomorrow then I went to tae kwon do, was a very productive day today.

Woke up feeling the flu shot that I got yesterday, my arm was very stiff and sore and I was slow-moving.  I did hit the greenway, not a huge amount of running as I was having a hard time keeping my breath.  The pollen has been no joke and it seems like every year my allergies hit me hard at the end of the summer.  The rain that we have been getting is terrific, it also seems to have brought on a mega ragweed pollen season.  The miles got done though and I did feel better afterwards and the movement loosened up the soreness in my arm which made working on my other requirements a little easier.  I had some good groups in the classes tonight.  In one I had a white belt that started in summer camp, a little junior tiger that helped teach a brand new white belt how...

second day of school, got to go to 3 new classes. I’m rly liking my 1st block right now. lunch schedule pretty weird though. after marching band i went to my friends bell pooja. really sleepy goodnight!

I’m very tired and going to bed. Idk how to get enough sleep now lol. With school and everything there’s not really any time that isn’t occupied. Class was good though. Good night:

hi guys, very tiring day at school today im mixing up all my subjects and im getting confused i want summer to come back. i had black belt class today but came at 5:30 to help out and left at 8:40ish so now im trying to cram in all my homework. im currently doing my lit work so yay. okay goodnight

Today was another good day. ​I got in another great workout before work today and stuck around to put in a little extra effort. Right after, I went to King Tiger, picked up Joe and the little bus, and headed to Enso to load everything out. We eventually got it all packed up and moved over to storage. ​I had a fantastic lunch with Dad and Joe at City Barbeque, followed by a nice workday—the time goes by so quickly compared to summer camp! ​After work, I came home and spent about an hour writing my 30-day challenge essay. Later on, I met up for dinner with someone who used to work for me and is now out in the world flourishing. It’s always refreshing to catch up with him. ​Now I’m back home, showered, and relaxing. Got a long day ahead tomorrow, topped off with sparring in the evening!

Today was a good day. At school I was very productive and got most of my work done for the whole week. I had math after lunch and it was kind of boring because its basically all the same stuff we learned last year. Last year I was in AP precalculus and this year I'm in math 171 which is college precalculus so the stuff we learn is pretty much exactly the same. My dad picked me up from school so I got home earlier than usual. I finished my requirements and went to help out with the junior tigers class. The junior tigers are always fun, they have so much energy its very contagious. I also had a mentor session with master knight and took high belt class after. 

26 Today is a wednesday. I was informed that I have and Ap math test tommorrow and I'm both panicking and not panicking at the same time. In computer science ap class we did coding with python to make a physical hardware piece light up. It was pretty cool.   Overall it is a 5/10 day.