Right now I kind of fall into the Wine and cheese bracket but as of tommorrow I will be back on a bare minimum of at least solo breakfalls every day.
In BJJ class I see a lot of white belts like me who do not think about falls as important practice. Infact a while back I saw one guy break his collarbone in free sparring because he refused to accept a hip throw that was already on and so had his little shoulder joint accelerated into the mat by the weight of the two heavy weights combined!
If a martial artist doesnt have interest in learning how to accept throws he might as well not bother with things like turning the lead toe in, tucking the chin into the shoulder or a rear hand guard. We should all accept we may be taken down just like you should accept you will be hit at some point. Denying it is like trying to cut the earth in half.
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