Do you "practice" or "train"?

[Kacey]

As defined in the dictionary:
Practice:
To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: practices courtesy in social situations. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill: practice a dance step. To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill: practiced the students in handwriting. To work at, especially as a profession: practice law.
To carry out in action; observe: practices a religion piously.
A habitual or customary action or way of doing something: makes a practice of being punctual. Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill: Practice will make you a good musician.
A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill: goes to piano practice weekly; scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.

Train:
To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance. To make proficient with specialized instruction and practice. See Synonyms at teach. To prepare physically, as with a regimen: train athletes for track-and-field competition. To cause (a plant or one's hair) to take a desired course or shape, as by manipulating

[Em MacIntosh]

Both. Whatever helps me learn.

[theletch1]

I'm with Em on this one...with maybe just a little emphasis on train.

[RITFencing]

Both. Whatever helps me learn.

Yup. :)

[terryl965]

both we have to

[JBrainard]

As defined in the dictionary:
Practice:
To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: practices courtesy in social situations. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill: practice a dance step. To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill: practiced the students in handwriting. To work at, especially as a profession: practice law.
To carry out in action; observe: practices a religion piously.
A habitual or customary action or way of doing something: makes a practice of being punctual. Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill: Practice will make you a good musician.
A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill: goes to piano practice weekly; scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.

Train:
To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance. To make proficient with specialized instruction and practice. See Synonyms at teach. To prepare physically, as with a regimen: train athletes for track-and-field competition. To cause (a plant or one's hair) to take a desired course or shape, as by manipulating

All of the above.

[Yeti]

Yes.

[Blindside]

Depends on my focus, right now I "practice" kenpo, and I am "training" in Kali.

Lamont

[morph4me]

Yes

[tshadowchaser]

Both depending on mind frame and where I am and what I am doing

[kidswarrior]

As defined in the dictionary:
Practice:
To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: practices courtesy in social situations. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill: practice a dance step. To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill: practiced the students in handwriting. To work at, especially as a profession: practice law.
To carry out in action; observe: practices a religion piously.
A habitual or customary action or way of doing something: makes a practice of being punctual. Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill: Practice will make you a good musician.
A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill: goes to piano practice weekly; scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.

Train:
To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance. To make proficient with specialized instruction and practice. See Synonyms at teach. To prepare physically, as with a regimen: train athletes for track-and-field competition. To cause (a plant or one's hair) to take a desired course or shape, as by manipulating

Interesting differentiation, Kacey. I guess according to these definitions, I mostly train. But if I had more time, I'd probably balance them equally.

[kidswarrior]

Yes
:lol2:

[Steel Tiger]

Its clear to me from these definitions that I do both, though I could probably should do a little more practice.

[stickarts]

As defined in the dictionary:
Practice:
To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: practices courtesy in social situations. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill: practice a dance step. To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill: practiced the students in handwriting. To work at, especially as a profession: practice law.
To carry out in action; observe: practices a religion piously.
A habitual or customary action or way of doing something: makes a practice of being punctual. Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill: Practice will make you a good musician.
A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill: goes to piano practice weekly; scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.

Train:
To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance. To make proficient with specialized instruction and practice. See Synonyms at teach. To prepare physically, as with a regimen: train athletes for track-and-field competition. To cause (a plant or one's hair) to take a desired course or shape, as by manipulating

Both

[Drac]

both we have to


Well said...

[Touch Of Death]

Zen Quotes:

"Conditioning and Guts take over wher knowledge and Skill end," Ed Parker.



Sean

[qi-tah]

I guess i would say that i practice various forms and exercises and train in ba gua. Training for me means both practicing and attending class. Practicing by itself only i find to be of somewhat dubious value (at my level anyway!).

[Hawke]

Currently I practice my katas, self defense techniques, foot work, blocking, kicking and striking sets.

I train in sparring, reflex drills, and getting more fit (endurance, speed, power).

[Christina05]

Its never enough to just pratice so you must also train. I do both for learning purposes.

[LawDog]

I practice my art form,
I train to fight.

[tradrockrat]

looks like I could use some more of both! Just yesterday I was going through some drills when I realized that I was screwing up the order of my blocks. This is the first drill I ever learned!!!!

[Lynne]

I'm a newbie but I do both. I practice my forms almost daily. I practice wrists grips and one-step sparring "in the air." I practice whatever I've just learned until I get it right or at least improve.

Wow, has it made a difference in my forms. My shoulders weren't square, my front stance looked like a high-wire act, and so on. I just need to get the fist right! But I'm practicing that.

I enlist my daughter to train me. She taught me preparation (arm and defensive/offensive stepping) and constantly corrects me when I'm doing something wrong or sloppy. She was a terror when I was first learning forms. She insisted on preparation when I was just trying to get the stepping right! I thought my head would explode from the mental overload. Now, I'm glad she was insistent. And I have to listen to her, don't I? :whip1: (She's 17 and I'm 49)

[Ping898]

I have always kind of viewed it as when I am in class I am training, but when I am on my own I am practicing what I was taught.

[Jade Tigress]

I have always kind of viewed it as when I am in class I am training, but when I am on my own I am practicing what I was taught.

I would say the same.

[bushidomartialarts]

i was training pretty hard for the past 18 months in anticipation of the rank test i just past.

taking this month off from training, and merely practicing.

most of the time, i both train and practice

[CoryKS]

Training conveys to me a sense of learning new material, whereas Practice suggests maintaining or refining known skills. So I would say that first you train and then you practice.

[Darth F.Takeda]

I practice my art form,
I train to fight.


I like this one the best.

SHUGYO!

[Karjitsu]

Every day I train, Just by the way I work ,Eat, Lift, Its just the WAY

[Sensei Payne]

Do I practice or train...hmmm well I am just going to answer with a...

YES

[Langenschwert]

I find the distinction between the two somewhat artificial. I'm not sure what to call my regimen. All I know is that I suck a little less every day. That being said, when I was doing a lot of music, I took a lesson with a respected jazz teacher. His view of "practice" is more like a doctor who "practices" medicine, and advised me to view my musical training in the same way, since it was that level of dedication and intensity that would get me where I wanted to go. I've taken that advice with me ever since, and tried to apply it to my HEMA training. Unfortunately, since I've got a day job (I left my life as a full-time road musician a few years back), I have to temper it somewhat, but during my training, I try to approach it as if I were "practicing" in the highest sense of the term. Whether that means I'm actually "training" or "practicing" doesn't really matter to me at that point. I just do what needs to be done in order to solve whatever problem I'm trying to get through.

Best regards,

-Mark

[Xue Sheng]

By the definitions supplied it would seem to me that you cannot train unless you practice but you could potentially practice and not train.

And with that said I would have to say train... which is both.