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Learning to breakfall safely is your first step on the long road to learning Aikido, Hapkido or any throwing martial art such as Judo or Jujitsu.

You don’t have to be in a fight for breakfalls to be useful. They can save your life under many circumstances.

With side breakfalls, you don’t have two arms free to slap the mat. Sometimes you won’t slap at all.

Here are some of the things I have learned over the years as both a martial arts student and as an instructor at my own clubs. These tips may save you from grief, and I hope they do just that.

Rolling Breakfalls or Forward Rolls are important with any martial art, but especially in Aikido, Jujitsu and Judo where you will need those skills constantly to prevent injury while you are training.