Candidate Journals

Today I went to summer camp and we had new students and this week is magic week.

Worked today at TKD. We went to Robinson park and Master Hartle helped me get a bamboo staff (they have a bamboo forest across the street). I had a great mentor session. I worked on my pal gwes. I learned Sam and Sa. Then two classes later, I had to teach it. Nothing makes you pick something up quicker than teaching it to someone. I also started my white belt challege  

For the past couple days, I was thinking about who my mentee should be. Today, all of a sudden, after summer camp's class, Alex asks me to help her with her self-defense. I asked her if she would like to be my mentee for the cycle, and she agreed. We agreed to meet daily after leadership classes. This will get most of my mentee requirements done before school starts.

Long and short crazy day at work then did not hydrate enough before my run so after run felt like I was run over by a truck - -I should know better than that.  Oh well live and learn- - -good news I did not get sick during bb class.

Today at summer camp we to what seemed to be a new park to me. I also just had a very relaxing evening.

Today, I ate breakfast and went to a shop with my dad. After that, I had Bojangles and did my requirements. Then, i went to hyper pro. I also got a leadership 2 at the family class. I had a good day

Today I did my first day of the white belt challenge. When my sisters got to class I really had to be humble. Today was a productive day any way.

Today I did all my requirements except for my running. I couldn't run because I didn't wake up on time. After my requirements I went to a movie with my friends. We went to see Legend of Tarzan in AMC Theaters. After the movie we ate at Burger King and then we roamed around in the mall for a little while. Then I came home and ate a snack. I'm about to go to Hyper class now. I hope it'll be a fun class. 

Today wasn't anything special. I worked at summer camp and every single break I had, I worked on requirements for my cycle. I was so exhausted at the end of the day but at least I'm getting closer to finishing everything I need to do.

Didn't to do much physical requirements today. My aunt took me to church (40 min drive) with her and we stayed there til 1. Then we went out to eat with her and my cousins friends. Finally came home around 5 and the AC was turned off (we been having a few problems with it, so we turned it off before we left) It was terrible hot.  But on the brighter side, I finish my reading. I work in the school library last year, and the librarian gave me any of the books she was giving away. And i happen to get The Alchemist, which is coincidentally on the black belt suggested book. Short but amazing read. After i finished reading i watched the author, Paulo Coelho, being interview on the Oprah Show. I can't wait to write my essay on the book. I did finished one of essay today, since...

My requirements have been recently getting more difficult than at the start of the cycle. My body is in constant pain and cramps more easily than before. At the beginning of the cycle, I was able to run over three miles straight, but now I'm barely able to run two. Hopefully my body gets used to this amount of exercise before testing.

Today, i woke up and went to see the Secret Life of Pet. Then, i did my requirements after lunch. I had lots of time left, so me and my friend went to the pool for a while. 

Today i finished my white belt essay and also did my regular workouts, i'm very glad to say that i can wear my black belt once again. But my left shoulder has been hurting since 2 days ago, and i am going to the chiropractor tomorrow so that's good. That's really all so good bye.

Today I studied some of the black belt test and of course me and my brother did our workout. We also worked on staff and sticks and i finished another essay, i did alot!

Good day today - -little things in life excite me - -I was done with the HT and Wally World by 10:00 this morning which left time to finish the domestics, productive on the requirements then great dinner with most of the meal prep done for the week.  Really does not take much to make me a happy camper!!

Well there's only a week until the Kukkiwon CUp. I'm very nervous since this is my first time attending. I'll be doing festival sparring and Poomsae. I practiced Taeguek Pal Jong for at least an hour. ANd when i watched TV, i stood in front and back stances to try and angle my feet correctly. My legs are still a little sore, but hopefully I'll do well thanks to it. I attempted to teach my little sister how to spar and attack me for self defenses so i can start working on them at home, but she was way too scared of me. Maybe that's how everyone at Kukkiwon will react!

Today was a normal day. I ran a mile and half. Later I had lunch then completed the rest of my requirements.  

I woke up early and ate breakfast. Then I went to my grandparents house. Next we dropped off my sister then we played our toys. I was able to finish one of essays and I did my physical requirements. Then I went home.

While I was on my run today I ran into a man walking a full sized pig on a leash like a dog and of course I had to go pet the pig so my run took me a little longer today but it was worth it. I can honestly say that I have never seen a pig on a leash until today the best run I've had in a while.

Black belt class was good. We practice are poomsaes for kukkiwon next week.  I love doing poomsaes!!! I have definitely have gotting stronger with my moves. I won against my competitor. Later today i played pokemon go. I teaching my cousin how to play and we got caught in the rain. good thing my hairs braided, or it would be a disaster. I have walk about 25k this week and it didnt even feel like it. Anyways ... I am really excited for Kukkiwon, I am going to give it my all!   

Today, I started he day of by going to black belt class. We practiced pomsaes for the kukkiwan cup. Then, i went with my mom to go get some clothes, I also did my requirements. I had a good day 

Today I learned that i need to work on things in sparring like throwing more than 1 kick, and being the aggressor. In my poomsaes I learned that i need to have more passion when I block or strike. So sparring was good and I can't wait for kukkiwon cup!

The pain in my foot came back last night, but it was nowhere near as bad as it was the night before and it only lasted a couple minutes. This made today's sparring class easier than it would've been. It was, however, still difficult. I got some tips for sparring and I learned that I cannot perform Tae Baek at the Kukkiwon Cup. Instead, I'll be performing Koryo.

Today i was at the dojang from 8:50-2:00! First i did sparring which was my major workout. We lifted up weights, a bunch of sparring rounds and then it came to blackbelt class. In blackbelt class we practiced our forms that we were going to do at kukkiwon cup. I came home and practiced more of my stuff for the cycle. i am tired!

Today was an interesting day. I took my first Saturday black belt class at the North Charlotte location. I was a little nervous to meet new people but everyone was very nice. I worked on my Poomsae the entire class. After i got home I rested for a bit and got ready to head out. I walked to my friends house and we got some of his bikes to ride to Birkdale. As soon as we turned the corner down a big hill, it started pouring. We were supposed to meet people so we didn't want to turn around and we got soaked. After we made it we hung out and ate food. Then We went back to his house so i could work on my cycle requirements. 

The day ended up way better than planned.  Happy with what I was able to accomplish on the work front and requirements, more so on the work front as that should free up some time tomorrow.  Going to try to run in the morning so will see how that goes.  Pulled something by my ankle on Thursday and still a bit tender but nothing to loose sleep over.  When you get old things seem to snap, crackle and pop - -pull, sag, twist - -way more frequently.  All is good!!!!

Today I had sparring class. We used electronic scoring. The scorers were a lot harder on the black belts at scoring because we were not hitting with our feet directly and were using our lower part of the shin. It was a very good couple of rounds of sparring.

Today i woke up and then went to pick up E.J. to go to black belt class this morning. During black belt class we were practicing our poomsaes for the Kukkiwon Cup this week. After that I went to work.

Today was my first day of going to North Charlotte for Saturday Black Belt class and I had a great time I really loved it. I drove up there and the drive was my first time going on the highway by myself and although it was a tad stressful I loved having all of that freedom. I had a great time during sparring class and during black belt class and I learned a bunch of new stuff and learning new things makes me feel the best. During sparring class I did roll my ankle a little bit but it won't stop me from doing all of my requirements.

Today I went to a tennis tournament. I had two matches in the morning and will have two in the evening. When I come back and take a shower, I have to go to someone's house for dinner. I can't wait.

yesterday i had to baby sit these kids which they were very hipper and even though at the end the all fell asleep and then i could finally just rest. 

Last night, my right foot was in unbearable pain for two hours straight. It woke me up while I was sleeping, and I have no idea why. This morning, my dad gave me an ankle brace to wear throughout the day, and the back of it was digging into the back of my ankle. I took it off when I got home, and there's still a mark where it was. I hope the same thing doesn't happen tonight.

Today was something, i got to watch kung fu panda 3 today, and got to chill for a little bit and went over to my grandmothers house and ate there for a little bit. Then we went home but the storm was huge, there was lightning everywhere, and the sky was super dark. I just hope our power doesn't go out again!

today was my last day with my friend its sad because i might not see him until middle school

today was my last day with my friend its sad because i might not see him until middle school

Today I over slept and woke up at 12:00 noon. I did attend black belt class at Lake Norman. Afterwards we ate at Zaxby's and drove around looking at the shopping centers.

Today, i played my xbox, did my requirements , and played with my friends. We tried going to the pool and the tennis court, but it was thundering so we went back home

Today was another day of watching children at the summer camp. It wasn't a hard day today, we went to the library and park. During my break I went to McDonalds and i felt awful afterwards. It was not worth it at all. After camp ended I took black belt class and learned Bocho Dan special self defense. When I left class I found at that my grandma was visiting. Now I am super tired and ready to sleep.

Excited about the self defense class tomorrow. I think we will have a lot of donations for the battered women's shelter. Women who can't come to the class, have donated items. These thing are so helpful for shelter. Many women have to leave their homes with just the clothes on their back. Basic supplies are so important.  My niece is here to take the course. She is 13, so she is old enough to take the class. Love spending time with her. She is growing up and has less time for "old Aunt Rochelle." Still running every morning. Keeping up with requirements the best I can. Jury duty Monday and Tuesday put a little kink in my plans and really disrupted the office, but I hung in there. I'm not used to sitting for hours on end. 

Today at summer camp we went to the library and the park and then went back to show off our staff skills that weve been practicing on and then I went on a run with a few friends and then took black belt class.

This morning i went for a 2 mile run followed by some working out, after all of that I went and got a haircut. I went to black belt class and worked out a lot during class. So far today has been pretty good.

Today, there was a family exhibition at our summer camp because this is the last day of this weeks camp. It was really fun showing all the parents what we did over the course for a week. I hope I can go next year as well. Now I will do my requirements and try to do as many as I can because I will not be able to do them tomorrow and maybe not Sunday either.

hello there, today i went to defy gravity for 2 hours and it was fun, i really only played dodge ball the whole time. Then i went to help out the little tigers and that took A LOT of patience. Then i took black belt class and went home for the night, and now i am going to bed.

hello everybody!i had another great day with my friend. we went to defy gravity came back went to blackbelt class and then home. only a couple days left on my white belt challenge!

Today, Master Knight surprised me during summer camp class. After leading the warm-ups as usual, he had me stay in the front of the class and had me test some of the students for their black stripes. I then broke the class into groups and we practiced physical activities; push-ups, burpees, etc. Today was my first time doing this and it felt great. It made me extremely nervous, but I would like to do this once a week or so.

Today I went to summer camp an we played whale and a few other games and i did a front flip we also went to the energy explorium and then took regular and sparring class.

Today was a pretty boring day because I did not go to any camps, I just stayed at home and completed requirements for the cycle. The day got better once I attended black belt class. The class was good as I got to practice staff self defense. Lastly, I have thought of a really good idea to consider for my empathy requirement. I will get started on it tomorrow.

Today, i had a normal day doing requirements and some other stuff i have to do every day. i did nothing much 

today was so good because i could actually talk because i had to be mute for 12 hours yesterday. Me and my friends went on a bike ride through out our neighbor hood.

Today at summer camp we went to this place called Bounce U.  It was really fun, Bounce U is a place where they have a bunch of bouncy houses.  We also ate lunch at a new park. 

Hey everybody today i woke up ate some breakfast, and later on went to defy gravity, it was fun bouncing around but i did get tired. After that we saw the secret life of pets, that movie was ok. Then we went to tae kwon do and i did some of my requirements got a mentor session done and helped out in class. so that was my day.

hello every one first i woke up ate went to defy gravity with my friend then i did some other stuff that i did yesterday and that's all good night!

Today was a fun day. First I woke up at 7:30 A.M. and ran 1 mile around the neighborhood. I came back and did my requirements. After that my mom said that we're going to the pool so I got ready fast. Me and my brother played in the pool for 1 hour and then came back. We ate lunch when we came home. Then I went upstairs and played xbox for 2 hours. After that I went to sparring class, ate dinner, and now I'm going to sleep. Good night!!

The leadership credits I've been getting have really helped me as a young instructor. I'm able to learn a lot of things that I would not normally pay attention to, such as the order of the warm-ups and what they're called. I'm also learning the color belt curriculum, which has changed since I became a black belt.

Today I went to summer camp and took class and staff training and we also went to the movies and then did requirments and we played ball games.

Today I learned that there is a second sparring class on Wednesday at king tiger north charlotte. I got my first mentor session done today. I had a very productive day.  

Today I went to camp and we did lots of activities. They wear really hard and challenging. We had to make geospheres out of cardboard squares. When I came back, I had 1 mentor session, did normal class and got leadership 2, did sparring, and helped out in a class. I had a long day today.

Today we went to the movies for our field trip. The movie we saw was The Peanuts Movie, it was about Charlie Brown proving to everyone that he is not a failure. I also got my requirements done this morning with my friend Nicholas. 

Today was a very busy day. On top of doing my cycle work, I also helped my mom clean the garage and put my TV up on the wall. After that I went to sparring class and watched TV on my new wall TV.

Today was a long day because i was half awake when i was running and doing all my requirements, and my brothers 2 friends came over and they are exhausting when you have to wrestle them and go to the pool with them after they had a Slurpee and are really hyper, and i had to help out in class from 6:10 till 7:20 and stay at tae kwon do till about 9:25. so yeah you could say i was tired.

Today i did some running played with my friends at the pool and did all of my stuff at tae kwon do

The black belt classes always become more rigorous during the cycle, and this cycle is no exception. Master Evins is going to make we pass. I was able to get a lot of requirements done, so it wasn't bad at all. Since school starts in the second week of August for me, I'm going to as many classes as I can in the month of July.

Today was a productive day. I got a lot of requirements done. I was with my sister for her first black belt class.  It was good for me and her.

Today, i went to my friends house to play. I did all of my requirements there. Then, i played on my xbox till it was time to go to class. i took the 6:45 class for leadership credits. Then, i took black belt class 

Today I will do some of my requirements. I'll start at 12:00 and end around 5:00. After that I'll play outside with my friends for 30 minutes. At 6:45 I have to go to the family class and help so that I can earn my leadership credits. Hopefully I could do the warms-ups today so I could get my Leadership 2 credit.   

I did 200 push-ups and sit-ups, my personal best. I really pushed it today and i am so happy!! i can feel the soreness now. Tonight i'm going to have a good sleep :)

Today was a really good day at summer camp. The kids were having lots of fun, which means I was having fun. I'm glad I got a break, but I'm also glad I'm back. I'm still trying to work on a project for the summer camp's Board Game day, but I don't have much time now. It will, however, get completed for them to enjoy.

Today i did all my requirements for the day and started my white belt challenge so that's great, not really but i'm trying to get all my essays done before school starts. Helping out in class today was kinda like a refresher for me to listen more, master Evins told us only to show the first six steps of the poomsae and i almost went through the whole thing so that was something!

Today was a very long day. I woke up at 5:45 so i could get ready and walk to summer camp at King Tiger Lake Norman. The kids were pretty well behaved today but I was out in the heat and doing stuff for my cycle all day. It was pretty exhausting. I'm glad to be back in class and helping out though. It feels like this is when my cycle really begins.

Sooooo I am off to a slow start with auditing the cycle however I will definitely get in the groove.  Took a week off work now it's time to play catch up so not many hours in the day for anything else.  Random experience tonight - -got to class early and decided to go for a run - -great idea except when the two lightening strikes that were real close sent me like a gazelle back to the dojang.  Note to one self not a good idea to run when storm is approaching - - must remember that one next time.

hello every body my day was with a lot of friends we went to the park came back did home work and we also did some water gun fights and then i did all of my black belt stuff and then i helped out came back home and ate.

Today i really didn't do anything except for TKD and practicing all sorts of things for training. 

Today I went to a summer camp and it was really fun. After I came back, I went to TKD and had a normal class, then Hyper, and then helped out in a class. I got both leadership credits today.

Today was my first day of Hyper. It was a really fun class because I got to learn a lot of new stuff. After that I got to play with my brother and some Xbox. We're going to eat in a little while. My mom made awesome food.  

Today, i did nothing special. I  had a normal day of doing requirements, going to hyper pro class, and playing my xbox 1

Today was a normal summer Monday for me. It was not like a school Monday where something bad always happens. It was a summer Monday. Where every thing is laid back and fun.

Today was the last day of my 4th of July break. Tomorrow, I'll be working at the North Charlotte King Tiger location. It will also be my first with a job and on the cycle at the same time. I'm interested to see how things will go.

hello every body i did the same old thing as yesterday but the good is i am going to have a friend over for a week its to wear me out because ill tell you this he is very hipper so its going really fun

Today i celebrated my grandmothers birthday and we went to Fridays for lunch so that was nice. Even though it was freezing inside the place they still had good food, i got my grandmother a plant for her birthday, and she got some money so that was my day. :)

I met my college roommate yesterday. It was great, we hung out at white water center. That place is AMAZING, i need to there again.

Today, i helped clean our garage. My dad was cleaning the car while i was cleaning the garage. Then, i started cleaning the cabinets in the living room. i found lots of things in there. I ran 1.5 miles and i did my requirements.

Today I changed my schedule. I am doing requirements in the morning and afternoon so I have more free time.

Today I went to my basketball training, and I am improving a lot. I also can't wait to go to the park at summer camp tomorrow.

Feeling good with keeping up with requirements. Liking these early morning runs, particularly since I figured out walking up the hill and running down the hill. Can't believe Kukkiwon is in 2 weeks! Time flies. Jury duty tomorrow. Hope I don't get picked. Rescheduling patients would not be fun, not to mention expensive. 

Today we went to see the movie The Secret Life of Pets. It was a great movie. It was also very funny. Before we went, I ran 2 miles and all my requirements. I wonder what we might do for the rest of the day.

After about a week of struggling with this website, everything seems to be working very well. I'm ahead on my requirements and I'm working on the essays. I finished reading A Long Way Gone for my book report today, and it was a very interesting book, but I'm not sure if I mean that in a good way or not. Nevertheless, the essay will explain more of this.

Hello there, today my brother did the empathy challenge and is going to write about it tomorrow, unfortunately he did run into me 3-4 times so not the best thing. Yesterday i couldn't journal because our power went out when there was a big storm and the WiFi went out and we couldn't journal and we also had to use candles as light and my phone light. but the power came back up at 12:00 AM so we were fine.

hello everybody today i did me black belt skill witch it terrible expecouly in the sparing and then i did my work i ran into some walls wile i was blind it was just the strangest day ever

Today was a bit of a stressful day. I woke up early and couldn't fall back asleep. I also did extra push ups, sit ups, and kicks to make up for yesterday. Lastly, my TV wall mount finally came in the mail, only for me to discover the drill was nowhere to be found! I did get to have a couple relaxing hours at the pool though, and we ordered pizza for dinner. I guess my day wasn't that bad after all.

Today, i went to a 1 day sports camp. I had so much fun! It had lots of running in the sun, so i was very tired

Today I can edit in my requirements. I am super glad but there is one small problem, the days are all mislabeled. All and all it was a great day. I saw the movie The secret lives of pets. I spent time with family and worked out.  

Today, I went with my dad and sister to lowes for a build and grow. Today's theme was the Avenger Falcon. After that, we went to Walmart to grab a couple of things. Also in the morning, I ran 2 miles. Later in the day I will do the rest of my requirements.

Finally back from Pensacola. It was great to family, and I got to go to the beach. was a total beach bum (heavy on the bum). Not having th strongest start to the cycle. Didn't do as much as I could, but this week I'm going in hard!!!!!

Today I woke up extremely tired and cranky. I felt completely out of it. I tried going back to sleep, but I couldn't. So I decided instead of laying around, I would clean and redesign my room. I put up some paintings and pictures I have, dusted and cleaned the windows. Later I took my sister and we went on a short walk to get some fresh air. It was a relaxing day but I wish I had dedicated more time towards my cycle.

Today was a slow day. I did not do much but watch TV. I got hooked on a show were people were fighting. I was about to go to Lake Norman for class but it was closed. I am glad that I was at my house when I found out. 

Today has been a great day so far. I ran 2 miles in the morning. Then I did my poomsaes, self defenses, and other requirements. I need to work a lot on my pull-ups. In the evening my sister and I are going to go to the pool. I can't wait.

Hello everybody today i did all my usual workouts and poomsaes but at 1 o'clock my mom, Greg, Bethany, and me went bowling. My brother couldn't get higher than 63 points, but Bethany beat me every time except for the last game, I beat her 104 to 97. I felt proud since the other six games i lost badly!! After that we went and got food but there was a huge storm, and we tried going to get my brother food but the restaurants power kept going out and we couldn't get anything. So we headed away from the storm and got food there. Then we went home and got into bed.

today i did the same thing as yesterday except today i went boling with my brother mom and my brothers friend.

Today was a slow and boring day. Me and my sisters had stay quiet because my mom was teaching a class over the phone. I am starting to do pull up and almost have my weekly goal.

Today was a very relaxing day. I didn't have to cook any real food today and I took a very nice nap with my cat. I read the news a lot today because I like to stay updated and that took up a couple hours of my day. I also made plans to hang out with my friends one last time before my life is consumed by the cycle. After this weekend, it's going to be Tae Kwon Do all day and all night for me.