One of the people who influenced my martial arts study would adamantly say "It's not 'training' it's 'practice'"! Though similar, the message was that a practice (vs. training) has a different approach and mindset. With that being said, anything that you want to develop and master takes time, dedication, sacrifice, discipline, and a sincere approach and honesty with oneself.
There are several terms you tend to hear from our teachers when visiting their dojos in Japan.
Keiko 稽古 is used as a way to say "practice", but literally means "consider [the] old", which can be interpreted as learning from whats been passed down in an effort to discover and develop skills for the present.
Renshu 練習 a term where the fist character 練 (ren) means to practice, drill, polish, refine, and the second character 習 (shu) means to learn.
I've been told these two phrase at different times, depending on the context and circumstance. When leaning something new "Renshu" is needed. To drill, refine and polish a skill, but in general to remind people to practice with sincerity, the term "Keiko" has been used. Both aspects are important! What's important to internalize is that the dojo is where the student is exposed to the movement, concepts, strategies, principles, etc. The instructor makes sure that you have this information. This is (for lack of a better term) the classroom. The expectation is that the student will take that information and practice it on their own (homework) in order to integrate it into their body then the instructor can continue to provide more information that will help the student develop. If the student stops this process (or never begins), then the instructor is forced to stop. This is the symbiotic relationship between a student and his teacher.
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