Everybody makes mistakes

Falling.

Everyone has done this in their lifetime. Everyone at least has tripped on something or accidentally lost their balance. The most important thing after a fall or accident is to regain your balance and stand again.

In fighting, if you go to the group involuntary, you have a higher chance of getting pummeled. Basically, if you go down to the ground, you lose.

Also if you lose your balance, you have a higher chance of injuring yourself. Like you can break your wrist if you land on it. So in any situation, you have to learn to protect yourself when you lose your balance, and try to regain you balance as quickly as possible. In Bujinkan, this is called "Ukemi" or break falling. The chinese word - I have no idea. (If anyone has an idea what's it called, let me know)

I'm quite deficient in this area, but I have learnt quite a few techniques. I'll follow it up in the upcoming posts like for example rolling.

Ninja0