I used to post on this particular forum a lot, then got worn out by the anger. Reviews of my posts will show you I've been on BF a while.

Not a troll. Just wondering about this. I'm not the best on a bike, but I like learning new things. I tried taking up skateboarding in my 20s, and had one major meeting between my face and the pavement that ended the experiment. I learned from the experience that I should maybe go out and practice/learn this stuff, but after taking a month to recover, just dropped the whole thing. Now I've been riding bikes for the past two years and realized maybe I should give myself a quick primer. Never having played a ton of sports growing up (single mom, no siblings--not all are like that, but some are), and being well into my 30s, I'm not a good natural crasher/body sacrificer.

Thanks for the suggestions, BTW. I think I might just look into some judo/jujitsu/aikido. Did kung fu when I was a kid, but mainly learned lots of offensive-minded activity there.