Ali-isms

25/09/2025

Most of witchcraft is setting intentions, which is the key to the training we have done. It just used rituals to reinforce the ideas, so ignore the witchiness of this page, but read it through and think seriously about making a contract with yourself to make your own life better.

✷ A morning ritual is a way that we can slow down, and take the opportunity to be present with our mind, body and spirit.

17/09/2025

09/09/2025

01/09/2025

Someone asked me what my goal was. This. To feel like this.

17/08/2025

I was told that sempai means beginner. That every (lesser) student was in training for a black belt. When taught well, martial arts prepares students for actual blows, which come as a shock, and threats. It teaches students to stand with confidence which often prevents attacks. It teaches discipline, flexibility and response to stimuli (Dan Millman), a metaphor for important skills in life. If taught well we access the appreciation of stillness and silence. It is a system of exercise that is never boring because there is forever something more to learn, even as one's body ages. It is both more, and less, than the action movies portrayal.