Breakfalls on mats & jackets

Also called ukemi

Falling is a skill, and it is the first one. Slap the mat, tuck the chin, round the back — the throw you cannot prevent becomes a landing you walk away from. Judo built a whole art on respecting this.

Train it with Randori

Canon: Kharlampiev, Borba Sambo (1940) — standing, lying, and the passages between · FIAS sport rules · Rudman's ground-technique books