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While it might help, you will be falling to much harder and uneven surfaces than the training mats in a dojo.
by esolyt 10y ago
While it might help, you will be falling to much harder and uneven surfaces than the training mats in a dojo.
- peatmoss 10y agoI've taken hard falls on concrete before. It's not fun per se, but it's way better than reacting by posting an arm and having said arm break. Road rash + bruises > pins in arm.
- Retric 10y agoEventually they teach you to do a fall from a full body height above the ground (~6 feet) which is ~22 km/h fall. Granted, the angles are diffent and forces are somewhat less. But, 20MPH with good gear and technique is generally not that dangerous. Closest I have personally experienced was a fall off the back of a large horse onto hard packed dirt / loose gravel at a fast trot ~8 - 10mph + 5 vertical feet. But, with the right technique it was basically painless and I did not end up with a bruise or anything.