{"id":321,"date":"2023-05-02T09:41:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T13:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2025-05-30T18:39:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T22:39:19","slug":"renshu-kai-%e7%b7%b4%e7%bf%92%e4%bc%9a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/renshu-kai-%e7%b7%b4%e7%bf%92%e4%bc%9a\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Toronto Wado-Ryu Karate Renshu-Kai \u7df4\u7fd2\u4f1a<\/h1>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"row bg-editor-hr-wrap\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">What does Renshu \u2013 Kai \u7df4\u7fd2<span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"ja\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"ja\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"en\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">\u4f1a mean?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Renshu<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"JsGRdQ\">simply means practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">When you breakdown the Japanese&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">kanji<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">, however, the meaning becomes deeper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">The first kanji in this word is&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">ren&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">\u7df4:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">The right hand side of the kanji combines<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"JsGRdQ\">the meaning of bundle and dividing or<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"JsGRdQ\">sorting things, and only keeping the good ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">The left hand side of the&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">ren kanji&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">implies polishing and refining.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Together it means polish, forge, temper, drill, train, discipline.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"mod-reset\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-545 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dojo.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">The second kanji is&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">shu&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">\u7fd2:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">The kanji combines \u7fbd (wings)<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"JsGRdQ\">with an abbreviated form of\u81ea(self).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">It symbolizes movement; wings repeatedly moving.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">R<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">enshu<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"JsGRdQ\">is the idea of studying and repeating something over and over again, to learn it<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"JsGRdQ\">(to know it).<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"JsGRdQ\">One wing of training can be considered the aspect of studying, the other wing is the practice; without both, there is no flight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Toronto Wado-Ryu Karate Renshu Kai <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">started as a practice group and is now a dojo which focuses on repetitive practice in order to find balance, peace, and harmony.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Wado-Ryu Karate Renshu-Kai \u7df4\u7fd2\u4f1a What does Renshu \u2013 Kai \u7df4\u7fd2\u4f1a mean? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Renshu&nbsp;simply means practice. When you breakdown the Japanese&nbsp;kanji, however, the meaning becomes deeper. The first kanji in this word is&nbsp;ren&nbsp;\u7df4: The right hand side of the kanji combines&nbsp;the meaning of bundle and dividing or&nbsp;sorting things, and only keeping the good&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/renshu-kai-%e7%b7%b4%e7%bf%92%e4%bc%9a\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template\/page\/fullwidth.php","meta":{"bgseo_title":"What does Renshu \u2013 Kai \u7df4\u7fd2\u4f1a mean?","bgseo_description":"Renshu simply means practice. 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