You know that from-across-the-room-no-words-needed kind of mutual respect? It’s the best. I’ve found it exists in lots of disparate places, but the mechanics of why this respect works comes from the same source.
Jiu jitsu is a common place I witness this. Entrepreneurship is another. Professional baseball lockers rooms have it. And, I hear that skateboarding has it, but as a poser I can neither confirm nor deny.
I promise you the mutual respect in juijitsu has nothing to do with who can beat up who.
The source of his mutual respect is simple. It’s knowing that you showed up over and over and over again to a thing that occurred to you as a hardship. That’s it.
When you see a high-level belt Brazilian jiu jitsu player, it doesn’t matter who would win in a match. There’s a knowing that this person got humbled thousands of times and still showed up.
They say the same is true about mutual respect in skateboarding. No one gets a kick flip or 360 flip without falling… a lot.
And, that knowing is worth something.
I’m always hesitant around people who quit things chronically. If you want to build character traits that hold weight in the world, string together 10, 15, and 20 years with a craft. Then, do it again.
9/16/26 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
Complete 5 rounds of the following:
3 LM Clean and Press (ea)
3 Depth Jumps to Box Jump (ea)
Complete 2 rounds for quality of:
4 SB Turkish Get Ups (total)
6 LM Bent Over Rows
Complete the following for time:
Block Run
then,
30-20-10
OH KB Reverse Lunges (53/35)
Push Ups
DEUCE Garage GPP
EMOM 5
1 Panda Pull + 1 High Hang Power Snatch
-Rest 2 Min-
EMOM 5
1 Power Snatch
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
10/10/Max Inverted Rows
10 Rev Sled Flys
12 Seated DB Presses
Then, EMOM Forever
20 Lateral Plyo Skier Hops
4, 6, 8, 10.. DB Hang Power Clean & Jerks (50/30)
**Each round’s work must be done at :50 mark