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!
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Lots of poomsae

This past week and a half I have been drilling down my creative form, Yuk, Koryo, Keumgang, Taebaek, and Pyeongwon since those are the poomsaes that I and the other 3rds and higher are performing for Grandmaster Lee next Saturday. I feel ok-ish as of now but I'm sure later in the week stress will be high. I went to TKD for about 2.5 hours today and worked on kicks and poomsae. Straight to a birthday party for a few hours and then back home for my requirements. I went on another 3 mile run in the evening and I definitely prefer running in the morning. Its just too hot and muggy outside after 10a.m. Anyways had dinner, watched some TV, played ping pong, and ate ice cream the rest of the night. I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great start to the week tomorrow! ~ Peyton

8/9/26
Black Belt Cycle Day 23