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!

1/16/2020

Today was an okay day, I went to school like usual. After school I had a music lesson like always on Thursdays, if you were wondering what instrument I play I play the piano and the clarinet at school. I'm about to go to family class to help out and blackbelt class right now. I hope I see people there!

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Rohan Apte - Daily Journal 18 - 11620

Today was a good day. After School which was boring, I did my requirements(still in progress). I plan to go to king tiger for sparring class(Lake Norman). So have a great rest of your day!!!!!!

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1/16

I got in some requirements before school so I didn’t have to do as much after.  I am working on my new stick and staff forms.  I am going to sparring class tonight.  Ready for a long weekend!

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Hello

Dear John  I wanted to introduce myself, I am a troubled man with to much to do and not wanting to do any of it. I need some help. You seem to be always busy with work. How do you do it and how to you stay sane.   John   Dear John    I am not sane at all. in fact I think I am going crazy trying to do everything. I just keep telling myself move forward, get it done so on and sooner or later it wll get done.    John 

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Journal - Day 26

Good morning. I am sitting in my hub stop waiting for my bus. It is going to be a long day. I won’t be able to come to class today. Have a good day!

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Thursday 1/16/2020

Up early this morning for pushups, situps and burpees.  It'll be another busy day today- work, black belt class, then mentor session with Master Cavazos.  Master Cavazos will hopefully work with Master Dege and me on Double Stick 2 tonight.  I've done quite a bit of research for my essay about the Hwarangdo warriors.  The first Hwarangdo warriors were actually women!  Cool fact!

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1/15/20 - Dege

Happy Wednesday! Work took an unexpected turn today and I missed my yoga class. I heard from one friend on not so good news. Heard from another friend some fantastic news! Very much looking forward to being able to see this friend much more frequently in the near future! I hope my other friend will reach out if she needs anything. 

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Wednesday - Family night

Day started off like any other week day. Worked on some requirements before going to work. After work Erik and I worked some more on requirements and took a run with the young dog. After showers and clean clothes the whole family went up to SMG for a movie and dinner. Another good day!

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Movie Night

After school I did a training session with my mentee Gabriel and it was really good. I am really enjoying getting to do this with him and we are both learning a lot.Then I went for a run with my Far. Tonight my mom surprised us and took us to see a movie and have dinner at the new movie theatre near our house. It was really cool and the pizza was yummy.

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Jan 15 2020

The Body was feeling a little like ,[ not today ]. So I said ok we will take it slow. Still got  Those requirements in.????

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Hump Day

Had a great training this morning with a mentor session at North Charlotte.  Worked a lot on weapons forms.  I actually felt pretty good overall!  Definitely still need to work on Short Stick Form #4(just sharpen it up a bit), Staff Form #5, and Double Stick Form 2.  I will get there!  TaeKwon forms are even flowing better, I think I am ready to (re)learn TaeKwon Sa.  

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Journal - Day 25

Hello. Today has been really long. I could not write my journal in the morning. I did my mentor and mentee session. Very long day and I am ready hit bed. Good night !

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January 15th, 2020

Yet again another regular day on the cycle. Go to school, come home do whatever I have today(I had dance today), do homework, and do my requirements. Nothing special today.

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School

I had school today, it was long and hard. But I got my glasses fixed and got jersey mikes. 

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1/15

Today was very tiring for me. I had a science test, homework, and I didn’t sleep well last night. Hopefully tonight I will be able to sleep better. Class today was very good and I like working on my knife self defense a lot. Anyways have a good night everyone!

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Test

Today I had a math test and I got a 94 on it. It was pretty easy but I studied a lot and tried my best. 

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1/15/20

Today was the usual, I am stressed out on my essay though. Since its due on Friday. I got Leadership Credit 1, mentee and mentor sessions today. I am right now working on my essay that I have to finish up typing. I have a lot of things that I am doing this week. 

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Journal ??? 1/15/2020

Already lost count of my journal in my head but today I came home and ate very fast and went to King tiger to help out with class. I stayed until family class and got some requirments in while I was there. All I have to do now is run 1.5 miles!

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Strep throat

I haven't been to school and tae kwon do at all this week. My mother took me to urgent care yesterday and I have strep throat. It hurt too much to eat.  I'm taking antibiotics and it looks like plastic. I can go back to school tomorrow and I'm okay about that.

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Rohan Apte - Daily Journal 17 - 11520

Today was a good day. I had school. After school I did my requirements and still in progress. I plan to go to king tiger to help out. So have a great rest of your day BYE!!!!!!

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day 26!

Hey everyone! It was the usual- school, homework, requirements. I'm planning to go to TKD to get credits and a mentee session in. The weekend is almost here- yay- 2 more days!! I actually have a lot of homework today that I have to finish- usually, I don't have as much as I have today. Well, that's it! Bye!

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1/15

Another day at school.  I’m glad it’s not raining.  Trying to complete my requirements before I go and help out at class.  I have been trying the specials form I learned as well as the new stick form.  I am also meeting with my mentee and mentor!

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Mama said there would be days like these

Have so much to do and can’t get it all done at once. 9rounds and run those are my only accomplishments of the day. Feeling overwhelmed.

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Zzzzzz

Today was a really long day. We worked on Taekwonil A LOT. We did a bit of Koryo which I kept on messing up on so I will work on that some more. I have been reading my book for my essay, so far i like it. 

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1/14/20

Today, was a festival for us. So I woke up at 5:35 am. I normally wake up between 6:30-7:45. Today, I was just happy the way I went to school. I just was astonished by myself. I got my Leadership credit and BBC Weekday today. After that, I did my homework.

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1/14/20 - Dege

I think I may have over done it yesterday with the burpees and pushups. I think I will concentrate on self-defense and poomsaes instead. Work is still with tight deadlines and it seems there is no end for months. It would be nice to be able to take a day off because the weekend doesn't seem to be relaxing.

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January 14th, 2020

Today was a rough day. I had Science Olympiad again today because it was Tuesday. I don’t like coming home later than usual because then I can’t finish my homework on time. So I have to wake up early in the morning and finish my homework. Before I started on my homework though I had to go to Tae Kwon Do to do a mentee session, get my leadership credits done, black belt class, and mentor session. When I got home I ate some tacos and went to do my homework. I stayed up til 11:30 and now doing my journal!

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Rainy Tuesday

Today started out quite rainy and boring. I worked from home today but was stuck in a good bit of webex meetings so I didn't feel like I got very much done. After work I went to the dojang alone. Erik didn't get enough sleep last night and I didn't want him to be short on sleep again. Hopefully he will be ready to go back to the dojang again tomorrow. :-)

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Tuesday 1/14/2020

Long day today.  Woke up at 5 am- 100 pushups, 100 situps, 10 burpees.  I stayed at work after 5p instead of going home so that my drive to North Charlotte wouldn't be so long.  Now I'm just getting home after a great black belt class.  I was planning on doing a few more requirements but I think I'm done for the day.  I'll be back at it at 5 am tomorrow.  

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Day 25!

Hi everyone! It was the usual- school, homework, and requirements. I got to go to TKD today and get leadership credits and mentee and mentor session in. I figured out that I need to work on my front kicks more during black belt class. Well that's it! Hope everyone had a great day! Bye!

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Jan 14 2020

Had a good day, a good black belt class and a good time with my mentees.

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today (x2)

(the title is the same bc idk man) today was a good-okay day. was really rainy, and classes were the same, although i am enjoying my free blocks. after school i had a club and it's crunch time since comp is on sunday and we're prepping for that. i fit in some requirements between that and tkd.  did class, had a mentor session, and went home. see yall, gn, bye

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Blog number 4

I didn't do a lot today, But I got an 88 on a health quiz which is good. I worked with my mentee and mentor 

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Training

I’m really happy that I’m no the black belt cycle because I also play soccer. I had a 2 month break for soccer because of winter and I trained the whole time. I also got stronger because if TKD and working hard at that, I think that this is going to be a good season with the people I know and trust. 

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Goodbye Luke

Another cloudy, rainy day.  Chiseled away at more requirements.  I found out Luke Kuechly is retiring, which stinks because I am a big fan.  Retiring at 28 years old, wow.  I wonder what other changes await the Panthers.  Next season is going to be interesting, to say the least.  

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Rohan Apte - Daily Journal 16 - 11420

Today was a good day. After school which was no different from most days I did my requirements and still in the process. I am planning to go to king tiger to help out and take black belt class.

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1/14

Today I had PE and we did a ton of push ups and sit ups.  After school I had to work on my Valentine poems for school.  I am almost half way done. Today I gave soccer practice so I’ll get my running in there.

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15th Journal, 1/2 Way There!

Nasty day today, I wasn't able to catch the gym this morning so I will go later in the evening. I am going to be 1 tired person! I finished my White Belt Challenge essay last night, starting on another one today. I look forward to teaching tonight and then going to Master Evins' school for Black Belt class. I slept better last night than I have in a few weeks so hopefully I am getting back on track with my sleep schedule. Not much else going on, back to work!

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Journal - Day 24

Good morning. Yesterday was a good day. I had PE and I finished my run and physical requirements at school. Went to class and got both my Leadership 1 and 2 credits. My mentee has been sick. Off to school now. Have a good day.

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Practice Makes Perfect

Dear John I saw yesterday you got some good poomse practice in. I hope you finally figured out some time to spend on it. I know a lot is going on so please keep it up and practice. You need to be ready for April and have no excuses so keep going and work hard.   John 

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1/13/20

Today was rough, my essay is due on Friday and I am not that done I got my Leadership credits 1 and 2. It was fun in TKD today. I didn't have homework today because I finished it in school but I was working on my essays.

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A warm and humid Monday

Today was not a great day for our solar panels and they only produced around 6% of our total usage. It was however nice not having to wear a jacket going to and from the office. This weird weather is really odd. I keep hearing that winter is coming but so far I see no sign of it. :-) Work was good today and afterward Erik and I went to the dojang to help out with class and get some leadership credit and I got a mentee session in. All in all it was a good day.

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today

i think it's safe to say that today was a good day. we had midterms today which seemed difficult atfirst but when i actually got it was pretty easy. after that i ate lunch w my friends and went to the rest of my classes, and the best thing about midterms is that after i took it (i only had 1) i have a couple of free blocks to substitute for my classes up in the hs for the rest of the week. got home, chilled/did requirements, and i'm gonna go to bed now. goodnight & sleep well

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1/13

Today we started learning about Charlotte history in school.  It rained a lot, but it stopped after school and I was able to get my run in.  I met with my mentor and mentee today.  I am feeling pretty good about my requirements.  I try to get some done in the morning before school so I don’t have as many after school.  Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow!

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Jan 13 2020

Rain , rain ,rain, ok I will take that over ice or snow.  But I thought it was  April showers bring may flowers. Not January showers.????‍♂️????‍♂️????‍♂️

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Can't Think of a Title Today

Short journal today, I am pretty tired today. I haven't been sleeping very well, even after taking an over the counter sleep aid. I may have to get the heavier stuff to get my sleep patterns back on track. This happens sometimes when I am very stressed. The lack of sleep is making getting my requirements difficult to get through, which is driving me nuts because at this point, it should be getting much easier. This morning's run wasn't too bad, I took my time today so my running time was long. I wasn't going for time today, just the miles. Still working on my pull-ups, I realized from the pre-test I needed more strength training, so here I go! Ok, time to watch the Tiger bowl! 

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Sick Today

I missed going to school and class in tae kwon do today. I was not feeling well from my fever of 102.8. I have a sore throat, my upper left leg was sore so it made it hard for me to move when i woke up. I have some catching up to do.

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First Mentee Session

Today I went to school and it was ok. I did a few requirements while I was there. After school I met with my mentee Gabriel, and we did our first mentee session. I am proud of him and he did really well. We worked on self defense 1, 2, and 3 and I gave him some tips on how to get better kicks. 

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Humid

Wow was it humid today. Yesterday was gorgeous. Luci and I set up a circuit in the driveway and did 1 minute rounds of sparring, jump rope, push ups, sit ups and poomsaes. It was really fun. Then the girls played outside the rest of the afternoon without complaining. That doesn’t always happen. Also got to break in my new softball glove with Jocelyn. Boy am I rusty. We have to get out and play catch more! Password troubles yesterday so didn’t log. Broke my streak.

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12/13

Today I went to school and came back with almost no homework and went to 5:25 class to help out until family. I am all done with my requirments right now and all I got to do is some homework and sleep!.

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Monday

Wow, what a warm, humid, soggy day!  Definitely did not do any running outdoors today, had to use the treadmill.  I think I successfully worked out my soreness from Saturday.  It is hard to tell.  During the black belt cycle, sometimes EVERYTHING is sore!  

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Monday 1/13/2020

Gloomy day.  Not really feeling it.  I did some modified pushups, some situps, poomsaes and self defense when I got home from work.  Now I need to psych myself up to do some burpees and kicks.  This is going to be a really busy week for me at work and I'm feeling stressed.  I'll have to work hard to get everything done.  

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1/13/20 - Dege

I didn't do much yesterday other than get out to the Greenway and take Monty for a walk. It was too nice to not do something outside. Work is very busy at this time of year and will be for the next few months. I didn't think I would get to walk tonight with my friend, but she surprised me and offered about half an hour. Thank goodness her time wasn't exact. When weather is not what we want to go outside in, we have a work building that has a loop in it that is about a tenth of a mile. I had already decided that I need to up my burpees or I'll never reach my goal. I did 3 burpees after reach loop and two loops I did 5 for total of 58 burpees and 2.36 miles. Okay, I might have skipped a loop or two, but I...

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January 13th, 2020

Today was another day at school where I suffered a major headache. When I got home I ate fish and rice then started on my homework. The homework took a long time, which caused another major headache because the large equations and hard questions that I had to answer. After that I did my requirements and then ate dinner.

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Today was a nothing special day. I had school nothing different. When I got home I did my requirements and also worked on homework. Then I had dinner and went to bed. Told you, nothing special.

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Day 24!

Hey everyone. Today was the usual. School. Homework. Requirements. I’m planning to go to TKD today to help out and earn some credits. Well that’s it! Hope everyone had a good Monday! Bye! 

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Blog number 3

Today was had a sub in math, she said she was a biology teacher which was weird. I'm finally beginning to understand french and health was cool, I have been tracking my food so that's cool. We had soccer workouts which were fun.

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Journal - Day 23

Good Morning! Yesterday was a good day. After I finished my assignments and school projects I did my requirements. Then my brother and I went for a run while my parents walked. We did a 2 mile run. The Chiefs were losing in the first quarter and came back and won the game. Now I am eating breakfast and getting ready to go to school. See you in the evening! Have a good day!

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Day after

Today was the day after the pretest and I expected to be way more sore than I actually was. I expected to struggle getting through most of my requirements but it went rather smoothly. Other than that both Erik and I worked on some essays. It was a beautiful day and it was very nice to walk the dogs in shorts and a t-shirt this evening, very unexpected for January. Tomorrow the work week starts again, good thing I kinda like my job.

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Progress!

Today was a light day, I didn't hit all my goals for my requirements but I got some in. My lower back was really hurting me late yesterday and into today so I didn't want to overdo it and further irritate my back. I was very proud of Taylor and myself. We ran our fastest mile since the beginning of this adventure back in December! Taylor ran a 12 minute mile (was over 27 seconds) and I ran a 13:53 mile! That's faster than last week! Guess this gym membership is paying off. I have started working on my essays, I hope to have about 4 of them completed by the end of this week. Tomorrow starts the beginning of the end of my long wait for my house to be mine and I can start the moving process! 

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Sunday

Today I was sore and I had my piano class and my dance class. Today dance was fun I got to different things. Also, I finished up my painting for my teachers. That was all for today but I am a little sore still.

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Soccer soccer soccer

Today I did a lot of soccer. I mean a TON of soccer. First I had early morning training and TKD exercise. Then my friend came over and we hung out for a few hours. Then it was off too the gym for some team practice for about 2 hours. Today was very anticlimactic, I normally do lots more things to get prepped for my tournament this weekend, I’m very scared but all and all I’m ready to slay. Stay positive and be kind. alex 

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Jan 12 2020

Sunday . It was a nice  Warm day  for January. But every thing is still to wet . Had a good  Down poor lass night. 

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Sunday 1/12/2020

I woke up a little bit sore today to say the least, but I was still able to fit in requirements while I cleaned my house.  I'm doing pushups on an incline, but I am unable to bend my elbows very much without putting too much pressure on my right shoulder.  I'm getting nervous about testing in Korea.  I don't want to disappoint Master Evins or Grandmaster Lee, and I don't want to let myself down, either.  The best I can do is continue to practice, practice, practice.  

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Weekend

It’s Sunday, I’m very sore from my soccer workouts. I haven’t done much today. But I helped clean and paint our new mail box. I have to track my food for my health project so I’ve been more conscious of the calories 

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Not a Thing

Dear John    I did not do a thing today except help out around the house and paperwork.  I need to get some more letters do and yours is the first one. Tried to get the rest of  my Spartan Races set up but having no luck with registration something seems off with the web site. So will try tomorrow. Look to see me in 4 Trifectas this year and one Ultra. Good luck if you decide to join me.   See you soon    John 

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Day 23!

Hey guys! It felt good to sleep in today. I had church though in the morning. After church, I started on my requirements. I also watched some tv today. We have school tomorrow- I’m not ready yet to go back:((( hope everyone had a great day today! Bye! 

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Making Me Stronger

This is the hardest thing I've done in my life. I do feel great working out with others instead of by myself because it makes me feel someone else's struggle.

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1/12

Today is a chill day!  I did some requirements, but I spent most of the day outside playing with friends.  We even had a water fight!  I got so soaked I had to change clothes.  Ready for a great week!

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Wow

Wow, what a day yesterday!  Any time I get a chance to train with Grandmaster Lee, I consider it a great privilege.  Whether it is training, history, or even just listening to stories, it is awesome to be able to listen to him.  I also feel like I did a great job on my pre test & physical test.  Still have a lot of work to do, but off to a great start!  I already got into the gym today, and knocked out most of my requirements.  Just a few more, and then time to watch some football!

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January 12th, 2020

Today I went to church in the morning then had people over for lunch. After that I did my requirements. Nothing much to talk about the pretest was yesterday. Today was kinda a chill day.

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Pride

Yesterday I did my pretest and I was shocked of how well I did. I had an awesome partner to support me, because it really helped when she said you've got this taylor! My favorite part of the pretest was my run. When I started running in December, it took me about 20 minutes to run just 1.25 miles. Yesterday I ran 1 mile in 12:27 minutes! WOW! After the pretest was done, I could not believe how well I did. I hope everyone was proud of what they got yesterday, it was a lot of hard work. 

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1/12

Today I'm going to finish all of my daily requirements, read, and play some games. I got nothing to do really but I might put in a few extra requirements so its just a little less more to do later. I am just about to get started on the work so.. what am I waiting for?

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Journal - Day 22

Good Day! Yesterday was really tiring. After I came home from pre-test I took some rest. Then I started working on my assignments. My brother went to his friends house to play. I still kept going with my assignments when my dad was watching the 49ers game. Then my mom and I went to pick my brother from his friends home. After I came back I started working on my school project "Book Club". I finished it by 8PM and then crashed into the bed. I have 2 more assignments this morning and then will be working on my requirements. Have a good day all!!!

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Pretest day

Today was the pretest and it was of course tough. Since this is my second cycle I knew what to expect so I wasn't terribly nervous. It was of course tough but now I have a benchmark and it will be nice to see how much I can improve by the actual test. I am sure I will be sore tomorrow. Afterward it was time for a nice shower and some lunch. Dinner consisted of pizza and a movie with the family.

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Pre-test

Today I had to wake up really early because we had black belt pre-test. It was really tough. After I came home I had some ramen for lunch. I was tired today so I mostly relaxed. My parents got Hawthorne's pizza for dinner and we watched Shazam! It was funny. At the start it was a little confusing but it was a good movie. 

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1/11/20

Today was the pre-test and l was honestly so scared and nervous. But I think l did pretty well and I felt way more relaxed than I thought I would be. After I came home from the pre-test, I ate and then was on my phone because I was pretty tired. Then I wanted to do something so I thought of painting. I painted a painting for my teacher in school. That's all I did today.

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"agjkjsfjkhgjkfhdjhg"

hi guys  i took a break from journaling for a while j bc it's been a long week. a really, really long week n sometimes i need to take a lil break from all the rush. today was the pretest and i was tired, i was sore, but it's cool cause i'm not dead yet. i feel muy woozy so imma head to bed see yall tmrw gn

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TO MUCH STUFF TODAY

TODAY WAS THE BLACK BELT PRE TEST BUT BEFORE THAT I HAD A BASKETBALL AND IT WAS OUR FIRST GAME AND WE CRUSHED THE TEAM WE PLAYED GUESS WHAT THE SCORE WAS IT WAS 46-15 WE BEAT THEM BY 31 POINTS.THEN I HAD TO GO TO TAEKWONDO FOR MY TEST THEN WE WENT TO HAVE DINNER AT A KOREAN PLACE WITH MASTER LEE AND OTHER SCHOOL OWNERS.WELL I GOT TO GO,YEET  

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Training

Dear John    I see you trained hard today but understand you still need to work on your poomse's so you need to work on it. You need to take that calendar of yours and set some time aside before March and definitely before April trip . I wish you the best and look forward to seeing you train hard and do well.    John

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1/11/20 - Dege

What a great training day! It started with junior tigers and many stick/star during that class. Then I worked with Rohan on stick form 2, bolo form and bo cho dan self defense. Black belt class brought poomsae pretest and much work on front kicks. After class, I went home and ate lunch, did some pushups, sit ups, and jump rope, then went back to the dojang to train with Grandmaster Lee with most of the other candidates testing in Korea and the school owners and many other masters. Enjoyed my first visit to a Korean restaurant. Thank you for the ride Master Tucker and Master Cavazos. Now it's time for a few requirements before sleep.

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Jan 11 2020

What awesome day,   Having the opportunity to spend a few hours with grandmaster Lee,.????????????

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Saturday 1/11/2020

I.  Am.  Exhausted.  I trained harder today than I have in a long time.  I helped in Junior Tigers class, worked on requirements before black belt class, survived a very strenuous black belt class and then trained with Grandmaster Lee for 2 hours.  I made myself breathe and I pushed through, even when I thought I was going to pass out!!  I just kept thinking, "This is my black belt cycle.  It's supposed to be hard and I'm going to do it!"  I didn't log my requirements yesterday so I will add them to today's log.  I have to count up everything I did today, but I think it's going to be a pretty high number!!  Now I am in bed at 8:15 pm after taking more Advil and I could not be happier about it!  

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1/11

Today was my pretest.  It was tiring!  The best thing I did was push ups.  I was able to do 39 in 1 minute.  The written went ok.  After the test I got to relax and eat some sushi.

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January 11th, 2020

Today I had to wake up at 6 to get ready for the pre-test. It was pretty great, in black belt class we had our poomsae test. And after our poomsae test we practiced front kicks. When I got home I ate some lunch then did my chores and ate dinner.

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Day 22!

Today was the pretest! It went really good. I feel like I did good, but I still have more too improve on. I know I got the most obvious answers wrong on the written portion of the pretest- I need to study the study guides more.  I also need to work more on my front kicks and stances. Once I came home I took a long nap, I was very tired because I had to wake up early in the morning to get ready for the pretest. Good job to everyone today! 

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1/11

So today was the Black Belt pretest. I did well on most of my physical requirements but I hope to improve especially on my running time. During the Black Belt class we focused especially on both front kicks and talked a lot about back stances. I will be putting more time and effort into my back stances because I know that sometimes when I don’t think about it I slip side ways without noticing.

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Pretest

Really good day! Woke up actually feeling better! Ran fine. Physical test went well. Learned a ton in Sparring and plan to work on those combinations. Learned I need a lot work on front kicks and also how to make better use of working on requirements. Excited for the next few weeks to improve on everything! Now to have some family time. Luci and I are logging and putting Books away for the night.

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Journal - Day 21

Good Day everyone. Pre-test is done and I just came back. I ran my 1.5 miles in 14.25 minutes. I have been maintaining a steady pace in my daily run and I am happy with my time. I am sure I will be able to beat this time in my final test. We did a lot of kicks today and I am sore. I will be sleeping very well tonight. Good job everyone on the pre-test. Have a good day.

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1/11 in the morning?

Good morning I don't you will be seeing this at 7 am but today is the Pretest!. half of my body is excited while the other half is just waiting to die. I'm looking forward to see everyone at the Pretest and hope they do great for it but not to great that you can't beat your last score!!

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1/10/20 - Dege

I have had a few days this week including late nights, which makes getting requirements done daily. Last night after black belt class I went home to work until I got kicked off the system at midnight. Looking forward to training tomorrow with Grandmaster Lee. The end of the first official week of the cycle, and I don't feel that I've accomplished what I should. Days are flying by. Well, more requirements to complete today and then get some sleep. Tomorrow!

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January 10th, 2020

Today was an exciting day because it was Friday! I had electives at the end of the school day, it was actually really boring. After I got home from school I went to the gym with my dad to run a mile or two. Then we went to go pick up a treadmill for the cycle so we don’t have to go to the gym everyday. But they said it was already gone, so we had to drive all the back home and we almost ran out of gas. When I got home I ate something then did my requirements. Good luck on the pre-test tomorrow everybody! I hope I do good too.

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End of the first full work week of the year

This morning I went to the office as always and had some coffee. I ended up going to get a spicy lamb salad from the halal food cart for an early lunch at 11:30. When I finished it my wife texted and asked me if I wanted to go out to lunch with her. We then went to Lupie's Cafe and I had a bowl of Texas chili. After work we went to the Lake Norman dojang for a black belt class. I think we are ready for tomorrow. For unknown reasons I wasn't terribly hungry for dinner. :-)

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Cake Friday

Today I went to school. It was better than the other days this week. After I came home, I checked on the snake but she wasn't very active today because she ate yesterday. We went to the Lake Norman school for a black belt class and then when we came home my mom had a surprise. She got us some cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes. I am a little nervous about the pretest in the morning.

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Wasn’t goi...

Wasn’t going to journal today. Exhausted. I don’t feel well and could have gone to bed at 4 after work. Got to class. did a few requirements, took the kids to dinner. Came home prepped for tomorrow. Just had to keep moving because if I didn’t that would have been it for the day. Here’s hoping to feel better for test tomorrow.

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Ready For Tomorrow

Had a great black belt class with Master Chelley at the Lake Norman dojang today!  Went over all color belt forms and self defenses.  Also got a chance to work with my mentees on the same right after class.  I was almost late to class (which never happens)!  I didn't realize with traffic it takes me an hour to get there from my house.  I will definitely leave earlier next week.  Tomorrow---physical test, sparring class, black belt class, and training with Grandmaster Lee.  Whew!  I am going to get some incredible sleep tomorrow night!  Good luck to everyone tomorrow!  Hopefully no one needs it.

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Rohan Apte - Daily Journal 14 - 11020

Today was a great day. In the morning I had vex robotics. After that I had math. Next I had ELA. Then I had lunch. After lunch I had recess. Then after my mom picked me up from school I did my requirements. Finally I had dinner and went to bed.

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Jan 10 2020

Was able to get some walking miles in today.????‍♂️????‍♂️????‍♂️ looking forward for tomorrow  Session with Grandmaster Lee.

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Day 21!

Today was a good day. Came back from school. Had no homework. Started on my requirements. Ahh tomorrow is the pretest!! I’ve practiced my poomsaes and self defense many times. I think I’m ready for this pretest. Let’s hope it goes good! Hope everyone has a great day! Bye!

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Friday 1/10/2020

Tomorrow is the pre-test!  Master Dege and I completed our physical pre-test at the beginning of our audit cycle, so tomorrow we will be helping with the morning classes.  We will definitely be in black belt class for the poomsae and self defense pre-test, though.  I've practiced my poomsae's and self defense so much that they sometimes run together in my mind.  Let's hope that doesn't happen tomorrow in front of Master Evins.  Good luck tomorrow, fellow candidates!

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