[Lokesbrah] in "The Blade in the Crowd"

[Lokesbrah]

As I woke up from the strange dream I had, I remember looking up and see the Mentor looking at me. "A good rest I hope?" he asked. He always smiled, and I was terrified of that. I always the idea that he was constantly scheming, aware and patient. Even when he scolded me he did it so calmly that I felt he had both the knowledge and the skills to kill me in a way that I would only know when I laid to rest that day. "I'm sorry Master, I should've been aware", I responded getting up. To this day I remember his words, no matter how many years pass by. He said "It is okay because I had not planned your demise. But I could have other plans". That stayed with me. It was a warning to be ever mindful. I boy that helped me. On that day he also told me that I had a mission. A new target. I was only to engage after fully studying my target.
So... I prepared... and Packed...

 

Sequence 1: Chase and Escape (+3 DEX;+2 STR)

Same as before, Parkour training once a week. No excuses. Even though I am not fully healed, I have to at least move a bit. Some sequences, some small challenges, technical stuff. Since this didn't work before, this time let's give it an extra notch: I have to release a small video of my training session. Must be at least one minute.

Pre-challenge challenge: Get an A5 notebook and call it: Parkour Spellbook and Visions (as inspired by the Tricking Spellbook)

 

Sequence 2: Follow your Target (+2 WIS)

Also, same as before, Track the food. Right now I just want to build up the habit of tracking my intakes. I'm not even going to freaking tailor my food after every week, let's keep it simple and JUST. TRACK IT. I've already set up alarms to remind me to track it on My Fitness Pal.

 

Bonus: Take healthy snacks. Boiled eggs, protein bars, fruit, anything "healthy" goes. (+1 CON)

 

Sequence 3: The Mentor teaches, the Apprentice listens (+2 WIS)

Back to meditation as it is a practice that I am not keeping and I've proven to myself countless times that it is beneficial for me. Everyday I must meditate for at least 5 minutes. My alarm is set up to 23h (11 pm).

 

Bonus: Do NOT use any technology after it, since it seems to be messing my sleep schedule and quality. (+1 CON)

 

Sequence 4: A Friendly Competition (+2 STR)

I'm going to try and embrace my Sith personality (although I consider myself more like a Grey Jedi) and use the Mini Challenge to do some daily callisthenics and try to out-work the other guild members. Not to be THE BEST, but to be BETTER.

Sequence 5: Entertain the Crowd. (+2 CHA)

I haven't played guitar in ages. And I miss it. So, for this challenge I'm going to consciously practice guitar every other day. I need to learn AT LEAST one segment of a song (intro, verse, chorus, etc) per practice session.

 

Pre-challenge challenge: GET THOSE STRINGS. My acoustic guitar has all the strings torn and degraded, I need to buy new ones until Sunday to start the challenge.

 

[Manarelle]

/highfive fellow Sith. (I also prefer the Grey Jedi, but oh well.) Looks like you've got a good challenge, will get get video of guitar playing too?  (Yes, I'm teasing. Unless, you know, you want to show off your mad skills). 

[Lokesbrah]

9 hours ago, Manarelle said:

get video of guitar playing too?

No way jose x') I'm still very very uncomfortable exposing myself like that.  I'm still not even sure about filming my Parkour Trainings. I will only do it to force me to train XD

I still haven't done any of the pre-challenges challenges. Probably going to get my "gear" today.

[Manarelle]

Lol, all good. If you ever feel the need to show off though, we're here for you.

 

I like the idea of a tricking spellbook. We've been told to bring the checklist for the next level test (all the things you need to know to do to "level up") to each class, and it really is quite helpful. Might have to steal the spellbook idea...

[Lokesbrah]

Go ahead! I already had this for quite a while (I was an avid trickstutorials fan) but never did apply it to Parkour. Even though it's going to be hard to categorize the moves (parkour speaking, almost everything is a vault, and there is no level of difficulty per se) I am going to use it to link tricks and vaults, sketches of the spots, thoughts on training, basically a Parkour journal. Later on I am going to get my gear.

 

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[Nymeria]

On 2/10/2017 at 7:56 AM, Lokesbrah said:

No way jose x') I'm still very very uncomfortable exposing myself like that.  I'm still not even sure about filming my Parkour Trainings. I will only do it to force me to train XD

 

Here for the parkour!  Really, posting videos feels a bit weird at first, but it becomes more comfortable the more you do it.  This is all reminding me that I haven't filmed anything for awhile, and I should prioritize that a bit too.  

[Lokesbrah]

After everything was packed and ready to go, I went to see the Mentor. "I believe I have everything I need Mentor." "Then maybe I should send another man for the job!" he said smiling. I did not get it. "What?!" "If you believe you have everything you need, you are not ready. I cannot be certain of anything. There are strange events that endanger your plans. Your target finds out about you. There are always things you are not prepared for. In fact, you should always assume you are not prepared!". I stared at him, open mouth. "why...but... argh! Fine. You are right Mentor. I was a fool. I believe I have most of the things needed.". So he sent me. There I went, with my parchments under my arm, my lute and the location of the Bureau in the city. And there I went. Unprepared, but confident.

 

It's starting!!
I managed to get my pre-challenges challenges done, and so now I can focus on the challenge.
I didn't manage to train today, but we'll see what can be done.

Tracked all of my meals: 50% carbs, 26% Fats and 24% Proteins.

 

Learning the song Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I still can't play the intro at full speed, but I will get there.4

 

For the Mini did 6 one arm push ups and 5 Towel assisted One arm pull ups.

 

And the Meditation comes after writing this!

 

 

[Lokesbrah]

Quick View:

1. No parkour
2. Tracked my 3 meals as well as a light snack
3. Meditated yesterday for 8 minutes. Focused on my breath and sensations of the body. Ended up going to my "Mind Cave". Just got the room, still haven't decorated nor filled it up, however I visualized several boxes. Something tells me this is going to be a loooong process.
4. Since today was a 5x5 day, I only managed to do 3 one handed push ups.
5. No Guitar practice today, since I played yesterday. But tomorrow is time to invest in the intro again, I need to get it on the right tempo.

[Lokesbrah]

Quick

1. No Parkour
2. 3 meals tracked, no snack
3. 16 minutes yesterday. At first (3 minutes I think) I was just becoming aware of my body, the feel of the clothes and relaxing. Then I went to my "mind cave" and went to the room for the true mindful meditation. At first it was just random thoughts but then I kept remembering a quiz I did long ago for fun about which character from Cowboy Bebop I was. The result was Vicious, and the sentence I kept coming back to was "if society wants an alpha dog, you have no problem in becoming that alpha dog". After the meditation what I felt was that I have been passing around the idea that I am too relaxed and that I need to start dominating my field of action. So today I feel that I am much calmer than usual, quieter, but more focused.
4. 3 one arm push ups (But Really happy about the form, tried to do it perfectly controlled and with perfect posture. and 5 towel assisted one arm pull ups. My score sucks in this Mini Challenge. Going to push harder on the next phase of the mini.
5. Light guitar practice since time was getting short. But I think I got the Intro of Under the Bridge and did a light chord cover of Sailor's Boots by Frank Turner.

[Manarelle]

16 hours ago, Lokesbrah said:

After the meditation what I felt was that I have been passing around the idea that I am too relaxed and that I need to start dominating my field of action. So today I feel that I am much calmer than usual, quieter, but more focused.

 

Nice results from meditation. I'm biased, because that's the style I aim for as well, but calm and focused is a solid goal. Grats on the one-arm push-ups! Controlled movement is so much more difficult. 

[Lokesbrah]

1. Still no Parkour
2. Tracked my 3 meals, no snack today
3. yesterday was only 12 minutes and no particular happening. random thoughts coming up and nothing in particular.
4. Way too tired to train today.
5. no music scheduled for today.

[Lokesbrah]

Yesterday was a killer, I was dying! Thank the Gods is friday today...

so for yesterday:

1. No Parkour
2. Tracked my 3 meals
3. No meditation - too tired for that
4. No workout - too tired
5. no music - too tired

Today:

1. No parkour (weekend!)
2. tracked my 3 meals (no snack today also )
3. Meditation: going to do it afterwards
4. 12 Toes to bar; 26 Flat Leg raises - Gotta choose the Elves!
5. No music

[Lokesbrah]

Mentor,
I write to you tell you how the mission is going. You told me to wait for instructions but I did not wanted to wait for the news of the mentor of the Bureau to reach you. This has been an informative week. I see that you protected me more than you said. I was constantly told to mind my actions. I remembered you. The feeling I always got that you were doing things no one would know. I see now that you are teaching by example. But on to my mission: The target seems unaware that I have been following it. I though I had to run a few times, but each time I was proven wrong. I do feel this is making me loose my focus though. Is it weird to ask for confrontations and challenges? The mentor here and everyone is doing their best to teach me. I have been foolish enough to take the knowledge you were giving me for granted. Rest assured this will not repeat itself. The Bureau here also has an interesting system. Every Week there is an objetive to be attained, and if you do attain it you are given a score. The Mentor here told me it was a way to keep the senses sharp as well has promoting good fun. Even though I had not been so active, I will strive to compete. It seems quite an enjoyment. And speaking of enjoyment, the nights here are full. When we are not on the watch the living quarters are full with jokes and music. I like it. I have discovered a passion for pleasing the crowd that I did not have. I guess we truly cannot live without being in a society and alone. Thank you for showing this to me.
Without further ado,

 

Nothing is true, Everything is Permited.
-Lokesbrah

Week 1 Recap:

 

Sequence 1: Chase and Escape (+3 DEX;+2 STR)
No Parkour This week. I thought I could train today, but no Training Session happened. However, the same will not be said for tomorrow, when I am going to train in the afternoon. Hopefully I'll get some shots, make a small video (I hope I can get to 1 minute), as let you all know this is happening.

 

Sequence 2: Follow your Target (+2 WIS)

Tracked every meal except one. However very few snacks were made, and therefore if I still want to complete the bonus (3/4 to count) I'll have to invest for the rest of the challenge

 

Sequence 3: The Mentor teaches, the Apprentice listens (+2 WIS)

Meditated everyday except for two days. I enjoy my visual style of meditation, and the fact that I always go to my mind cave (yes, I have a cave, not a palace) is going to help me on the long run. I still have lots of unopened crates, for some reason, but I believe everything will set up nicely. Bonus quest is holding up though.

Sequence 4: A Friendly Competition (+2 STR)
This was a bit lacking, I did tried to workout everyday, but apparently is simply not enough. Let's get competitive, and try to beat my score everyday. So let's say that if on one day I get 1 points, on the next day I need to have more than 1 (so that would be 2.something on the sheet).

 

Sequence 5: Entertain the Crowd. (+2 CHA)
Learned the intro and I am now learning the verse chords. I had forgotten how good it felt to play. I am happy.

[Lokesbrah]

Another Week another Challenge!

 

1. Parkour! Went to what turned out to be a small Jam (it was supposed to be a simple training with a few friends, lots of people came over). Didn't record as much as I could, still.... https://youtu.be/4cAguG4eQDo
2. Tracked both my meals (today I skipped breakfast)
3. yesterday meditation session was "meh". Hard time focusing, did it for 12 minutes though
4. Toes to Bar: 12|12|10|8
5. Still getting the verse bit of Under the Bridge.

[Nymeria]

Nice Kong precision jumps!

[Manarelle]

Love the video, congrats on getting out and moving! The opening scene with one-legged hops up the giant stairs... man... very impressive. Don't sell yourself short!

 

Grats on a successful week 1 as well! 

[Lokesbrah]

1. No Parkour today
2. Tracked my 3 meals (still no snack because I'm a lazy bastard)
3. Yesterday I meditated for 12 minutes, and even though the "visions" were not clear I kept seeing the AC Black Flag symbol and kept hearing the Bioshock speech of "A man chooses, a slave obeys". I've been trying to figure it out the whole day and I still can't seem to understand why I saw/heard both of these. Maybe today's session will clear it up.
4. Toes to bar 12|12|10|10 (Trying to get a sense of that freaking forest xD)
5. No music today.

10 hours ago, Nymeria said:

Nice Kong precision jumps!

Thank you! Still a long way to go though!

 

3 hours ago, Manarelle said:

Love the video, congrats on getting out and moving! The opening scene with one-legged hops up the giant stairs... man... very impressive. Don't sell yourself short!

 

Grats on a successful week 1 as well! 

Thanks! Before I stopped training I could get all of the stairs in one go, with both legs. This is now one of my main milestones, to know that I am able to do it again.

[Lokesbrah]

1. No Parkour
2. Tracked my 3 meals (Bought a pack of "healthy" crackers though! That counts to me!)
3. Tried to get it yesterday. I visualized the Hidden Blade, which I guess can somehow relate to striking with precision and swiftness, however I still can't quite figure out the Black Flag symbol and the Bioshock speech... another attempt today.
4. Toes to Bar 12|12|12|12 Because competition is making me work out and I'm loving seeing those numbers pile.
5. Should've played today... way to tired though.

[Lokesbrah]

1. No Parkour
2. Tracked my 3 meals, no snack
3. Didn't meditate yesterday :'(
4. Toes to bar 14|12|12|12 and a bonus 7 reps to get to that 50 score (my OCD couldn't let it be at 49 xD)
5. No practice today neither, going for it tomorrow.

AH, take that Mini!!

[Lokesbrah]

1. No Parkour
2. Tracked my 3 meals (and Snacks! Yey!)
3. Didn't meditate neither yesterday. Going to do it right to this!
4. LEGS LEGS LEGS. Advanced Shrimp Squats (Each Leg) : 8|8|8
5. Today I wanted a change of pace so "If it means a lot to you" Chords by A Day to Remember

[Manarelle]

Nice progress on the meals and guitar stuff! Hope you get to go out and do parkour this weekend! 

[Lokesbrah]

RECAP:

1. Parkour only on Sunday (The video I posted). Rest of the week was a complete mess full of work and tiredness.
2. Tracked most of my meals, but didn't ate that much snacks. So this is now something I'll strive to do but I can't reward myself the Bonus.
3. This week was a bit off in the meditation thingy. But every time I did it I at least completed the bonus requirements and did not engage in any technology devices! And My sleep has indeed get better!!
4. Missed a lot of the mini this week :'( But alas, a new week dawns upon us!!
5. Practice was a bit off as well. Overall this week didn't went as good as the one before.

 

As for sunday:

1. No parkour
2. Tracked 2 meals (skipped breakfast)
3. no meditation :'(
4. no mini engaged.
5. light practice, just jamming a few chords and lines.

Today:

1. No Parkour (maybe tomorrow morning?)
2. Tracked 2 meals, but dinner was not tracked because it was All you Can Eat Sushi and... well... I always eat too much xD
3. Meditation is after posting!
4. 8 Shrimp Squats and 4 One Arm PushUps. I don't feel like I can do much more today.
5. Practice the intro and verse of Under the Bridge.

[Manarelle]

17 hours ago, Lokesbrah said:

Parkour only on Sunday (The video I posted). Rest of the week was a complete mess full of work and tiredness.

 

Hey, at least you got to it the once! Just have to build on that now.  All you can eat sushi sounds bloody amazing, don't blame you for not being able to track that. Good luck with the next week, you got this!

[Lokesbrah]

Today (28th February)

1. No Parkour: Ended up not training. I'll suffer for it, I'm sure. I need to think about how to change my methods in order to be sure to go out and train.
2. Tracked 2 meals, lunch and dinner.
3. Yesterday's meditation was for 10 minutes, and ended up being more of being aware of my body than being aware of my thoughts. Yet, it felt relaxing and I enjoyed it.
4. Today's "training" was 2x6 Shrimp Squats and 2x6 Toes to Bar.
5. No practice today.

[Lokesbrah]

Yesterday (1st March)

1. No Parkour
2. Tracked All 3 Meals (and Snacks!)
3. Meditation of 28th Feb, led to the realization that I need to contain myself. I can be way to extroverted at times, and that usually leads to me talking too much and get out of a certain situation badly. So I need to learn by the class and become more "Assassin"ish. I need to shut up more, and listen more. I need to have my own "secrets".
4. Shrimp Squats 8|6 and One Arm PullUps (T,A.) 4|4
5. No music.

Today:

1. No Parkour
2. Tracked all 3 meals (and snacks)
3. Meditation of March the 1st led to realize that I don't have a strict code of conduct. I lack discipline of the Soul and the Mind.I am currently working on this and creating my code. So far the two values I hold are in line with the 9 Noble Virtues: Truth and Discipline. I'll see what else I find.
4. Toes to Bar 9| 9 and One Arm Pull Ups (T.A) : 5|3
5. Light Chords (Sailor's Boots by Frank Turner and "Homem do Leme" by Xutos & Pontapés