Environmental Health.....

Bubbles, I like bubbles. They're soothing to watch.
Tranquil and serene...

My Fish Tank....
Soothing...

My Fish, 'Anderson', always looks Angry.....(you will either get this, or you won't)
.....He's not of course, he just looks it. He looks the opposite of the reason I bought him, and enjoy having him.

Anderson the Angry.....

I've tried keeping Fighting Fish before, but without too much luck. Because in keeping a Fighting Fish there is no luck about it.
I came to realise that there are certain things you must do to keep their environment safe and habitable for them.
So before buying the whole set up....you know....a package deal. I bought and read a book on how to...
I could then go out and buy the CORRECT package deal for what I wanted, but moreover for the fish I was to buy. Now known as  Angry Anderson......or as I prefer ....Anderson the Angry.....

As simple as it might seem, it takes a level of responsibility....pretty much like anything you want to do, have or to keep in good shape.

If Anderson's environment started to become "toxic" then it wouldn't be long before he would begin to suffer. It could even reach a level where it was that harmful that he could die.

My Regular Training Environment
My Kaimokukan Dojo.....

The Karate environment you choose to train in is important. To begin with though you have no idea what that environment is.
You have nothing to base it on. But over time and a little bit of experience things change.

Your training environment should be healthy..... physically clean, and mentally free of anything Toxic.

And environments change.
Training at a Gasshuku in the same environment where sometimes it's just you and your Sensei is not the same. The experience is very, very different.
The one on one environment is a very special place to be as opposed to a sports hall of several hundred, or even a Dojo of a handful.

Some Environments connect
You with nature.....

Your training environment is important. It needs to be something, that like Anderson, you can thrive in...
The moment you feel you can't is the moment of realization that maybe it's time for a change.

Like my good friend who used to be a firefighter that I mention in a previous blog...
He moved on......