Originally posted by Pete Clark
This is what happened to me last August when a pedestrian "clotheslined" me (stuck his arm out, elbow facing back to make it unbendable, fist balled.) It happened so fast, and I don't remember anything between being hit and getting up.
All I know is I went over the bars and landed on my face/head. (If you see this strange move, don't try to block it, you will go down FAST. Do anything but that.)
Expect the unexpected. My advice is, it's good to learn how to fall, but don't depend on that. Look for trouble before it happens
(like riding three feet away from car doors, for instance.)
Even so, accidents can happen anyway! (Go ahead and wear that helmet--better the helmet get trashed than you head.)
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That's when you grab his tricep and wrist and use him as a breakfall. He'll break an arm, you might get a few scratches, and he has only himself to blame.
I studied grappling for about three years, and the learning-to-fall part has saved me a number of broken bones, torn ligaments, and generally borked joints. I'd highly reccomend just six months playing Uke (spelling?) at a Judo school somewhere.