Learn Judo Break-fall skills: BREAK FALL CONFIDENCE & SKILLS to save you

0:00 Ushiro Ukemi (back)
0:07 Yoko Ukemi (side sweep)
0:19 Zempo Kaiten Ukemi (Forward Roll)
Tobikomi Yoko Ukemi (Jumping side fall)

Judo falling video to encourage joining, showing it doesn't hurt when judoka fall over.
No bruising and no broken bones.....
It doesn't hurt (much) either because we relax on impact, fearless regular falling in training, we safely land 20-30 times each training, and for me with over 50 years training this in 2nd nature
learn how, enrol at your local judo/jiujitsu/aikido club.

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[SarielSol]

I did only a couple of years of judo when I was a kid. Rolling and braking falls is the best and most useful skill they teach in judo. We repeated so much every class, i remember being dizzy from rolling so much :) It helped me with my skying, mountain biking, every time I fall. Braking falls and avoiding injuries is much more useful in adult life than fighting.

[HappyBirthday]

Today I fell. Luckily my body still reacted the way I learnt from judo classes when I was 22. Not bad for someone who is 88. If every school taught children about breakfalls then there soul eater fear broken bones.

[jackmcdouglas]

Man. What a fall. Right there on the asphalt.

[violinoscar]

I did judo from about the age of 5 until I was 16. It was a family thing. We lived in a big city and our club had branches in many suburbs. We were regulars at a number of these and subsequently trained about 4 times per week.
When I was very small I came 3rd in the state championship. The other day I was looking at the certificate I won. It said 3rd place, Queensland under 3 stone boys. That's about 20 kilos, or 45 lbs.
I am 57 now and I still remember much of my training although I cannot remember many of the Japanese names for the throws, breakfalls, hold downs etc.


I have often heard the argument that judo is not very good in the real world, ie off the mat. The following is a true story.


When I was about 17 I was attacked by a man. There is a throw where your right arm goes around the opponent's neck and he goes over your upper hip and back. As he is about to leave and hit the deck you slip your feet out and come down on top of him. It is like a Seonage but the end result is that both fighters are on the mat.
Anyway, I used this throw, and, not knowing how to fall cost my attacker a couple of broken ribs and the air in his lungs. Winded, he was unable to fight any longer.

[MegaSolidGK]

0:49 HE JUST DID THAT... ON CONCRETE!!!

[michaelwilliams]

Break falls are designed to stop you from breaking bones and are not designed to stop you from getting bruises, we're taught to jump shoulder height and break falls on wood and concrete.

[konstantinos-antoniosbme-m]

Im 2 dan degree judo black belt owner. Your students must be very proud and lucky having you sensei. My truly respect.

[tanegmamagetan]

by seing you doing it on the street, amaze me so much and makes me believe that I also can do it one day, by the permit of Allaah. Thank you sir!

Respect from me here Indonesia, south east asia 😊

[mrv]

I've been doing judo for years. Every time I've fallen in real life instinctively I've never hurt myself it truly is amazing especially as you get older.

[cinimatics]

This skill likely saved me my legs or even my life. I lost my footing on a ladder and fell 12 feet onto my back in my driveway. Walked away unhurt.

[Deuger]

Wow. Impressive. Was actually thinking if breakfalls work on concrete and it does ... amazing

[palatoy]

I took 2 years of Judo. I recently picked up parkour, it really helps with doing PK rolls and other things such like that.

[pianogiovanna]

When I started bjjin 8th grade I was so annoyed when all they taught me for the first 2 weeks was breakfalling. I thought it was useless. But when I got hip tossed, my body just did it by itself and Im very thankful for it.

[aasmith]

Gotta get rid of my instinct to stick out my elbow if i fall sideways.

[zorsesse]

I've had a number of potentially dangerous falls when roller-blading and snowboarding (which i practise with a lot more enthusiasm than skill :-). Each time the reflexes acquired over my years as a judoka kick in and save my skin (and possibly my life). Even when i once flew down a hill on roller-blades completely out of control and unable to brake at about 30 miles per hour, I escaped with only a large bruise on my backside after I finally crashed into a heap at the bottom! To tuck in your chin is probably the most important thing I learned on the tatami! And yes I did make it my business to become proficient at braking on roller-blades :-)

[agalvan]

Thanks for the video! I was just discussing this with my sensei: how would someone break a fall on the pavement. He advised to disregard the slap and instead to do the Zenpo Kaiten without it, to avoid getting your arm hurt (it won't break of course, but it must bur, I can imagine). He said you can slap anyway, as long as you can stand it, as you did. He fell from a motorcycle when he was young and nothing happened to him because of judo ;)

[WaynePerry]

I just made a short breakfall video but your one makes me look weak! I love that you did the most dynamic one outside on hard terrain.

[baithanglife]

Judo breakfall save my life while I was riding my motorcycle around 90 km per hour I hit with a truck and I got out of balance but I manage to perform judo breakfall techniques to land in ground safely

[black]

To me, this is about coolest trick in judo!

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