Originally Posted by
Oostal
.... How on earth would someone "curl up" when he is flying like a superman towards the obstacle?
Well, ya know, fall enough and it becomes instinctual. At 53 I've lead a pretty rough and tumble life style....skiing/motocross/white water kayaking/skydiving/etc. and believe it or not the majority of time I 'don't see it coming' I end up doing a shoulder roll [always the right shoulder] and ending up on my feet. As evidence, 3 time I've had a horse fall at the canter and all three time I shoulder rolled out of it and ended standing up before the horse even got up.
Adjust you ball cap.....do you think about which hand, which fingers, where to hold the brim? No, you just do it thought muscle memory. Same deal with falling but a vastly more helpful ability. Athletic people tend to fall in a controlled manner while non-athletic people go ker-splat.