道場で泣き戦場で笑う dōjō de naki senjō de warau Cry in the dojo - Laugh on the battlefield

道場で泣き戦場で笑う is a martial-arts wording of a Japanese maxim of training: hard training now, for the sake of the real thing later. The maxim is a coach's precept in Japanese sport, and men who trained in the war recalled it in later years. The tears are the ones spent in training, and the laughter is kept for the day that counts. Where your battlefield lies is yours to say.

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