Spring 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!
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April 25th

Today was an awesome day for me. I got to sleep in late today and I definitely needed the rest. Once I finally awoke from my beauty rest I brewed a strong pot of coffee and watched ESPN for a little while before the talking heads became too annoying. My Pops and I are watching several series on Apple+. We caught up on the one with John Hamm as its main protagonist. He is one of my favorite actors and he always brings his characters to life. He is playing a hedge fund manager (not a banker) who lost his wife to his best friend a former basketball player. While his life is unraveling around him he also finds himself embroiled in a scandal at work that leads to his subsequent firing through no fault of his own. Looking to reclaim power in his life he begins to rob the very neighborhood in which he resides. Richard Millies, Hermes bags and Chanel pearls he finds himself quite adept in this new world as he knows what has value and has the nerve to extract it. I really enjoyed watching the show and found myself enthralled in the adventure of stealing luxury items and having to claw for success despite being surrounded by affluence. I took a break from the tube and got in my usual MMA workout for the morning. Afterwards my father and I started back watching Black Mirror on Netflix. I had to pause the 3rd episode midway through because I forgot that SmackDown was on tonight. I enjoyed the show thoroughly it's always fun to have something low stakes to watch to reset your mind. I'm finishing the 3rd episode of Black Mirror now with my Pops. Hopefully y'all have an awesome weekend take care.

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