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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭Chris Peak


    cowzerp wrote: »
    Gary is a black belt so understands that! but your hardly thinking of break falling when your cycling-:confused:
    i could think of better reasons for doing judo..

    They cross your mind when you come off! :D

    The great thing with Judo is that you practice your falls so much in class that if you do slip on a wet floor or trip over something, the break fall is a reflex action.

    You also get so used to falling, that you relax on the way down (if you've got time e.g. coming off a bike), and you're much less likely to break something.

    A teacher in the club would, now and again (usually when there were a few new members), bring in a piece of wood and a tea towel to illustrate the difference between something hard hitting a hard surface as opposed to something soft hitting the same hard surface. The wood would break but the tea towel just absorbs the force.

    I've already stated in an earlier post other great reasons why someone should consider taking up Judo. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭Judomad


    Chris Peak wrote: »
    It was a push bike.
    I know a few people who came off theirs in similar situations and broke collar bones or wrists.

    If you learn how to break fall properly, this shouldn't happen.

    with all due respect chris, im 15years in judo and have fought internationally for years but when i was pulled off my push bike bout 4 years ago(very good and funny, but long story behind that haha) but i still didnt do a jackie chan and somersault off the bike and breakfall, i went flat on my head and scrapped my head all of the ground(dunno how i still have a half decent face after that haha) but anyway the point im making is that no matter how long ur doing breakfalling if your pulled head first off a bike your gonna go SPLAT like i did haha


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,549 ✭✭✭✭cowzerp


    Chris Peak wrote: »
    A teacher in the club would, now and again (usually when there were a few new members), bring in a piece of wood and a tea towel to illustrate the difference between something hard hitting a hard surface as opposed to something soft hitting the same hard surface. The wood would break but the tea towel just absorbs the force.

    Did anyone actually think the tea towel was going to break? that was a terrible example! and your bones are hard anyway, not like a tea towel i hope!

    Rush Boxing club and Rush Martial Arts head coach.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭Chris Peak


    cowzerp wrote: »
    Did anyone actually think the tea towel was going to break? that was a terrible example! and your bones are hard anyway, not like a tea towel i hope!

    He would do that for the kids / juniors class, so your guess is as good as mine. :)
    The point he was trying to make was that if you're flexable and relaxed, you shouldn't be injured.
    If you tighten up, you probably will.

    :confused::confused:

    I guess I must have been very lucky with my rolling break falls, as I've crashed the bike a few times and only ever got scratched hands. (Touch wood)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,549 ✭✭✭✭cowzerp


    Chris Peak wrote: »
    I guess I must have been very lucky with my rolling break falls, as I've crashed the bike a few times and only ever got scratched hands. (Touch wood)

    I came off my motorbike a few times at speed, once into a car! and got up with minor bruises, sometimes just been fit helps but luck plays the biggest part in these things..

    Rush Boxing club and Rush Martial Arts head coach.



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭Chris Peak


    cowzerp wrote: »
    I came off my motorbike a few times at speed, once into a car! and got up with minor bruises, sometimes just been fit helps but luck plays the biggest part in these things..

    You're absolutly right there.
    On one of those 999 programs recently, a tri-athlete got hit square on while riding to work.
    Came away with a cut on his elbow.
    The Doc said his muscles acted like shock absorbers.

    And, also because of where he came in contact with the car probably saved his life. He landed exactly on the windscreen. And, luckly missed the upright bar (Window frame).


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