PSA: You do not "need" to train martial arts.

If a car hits you hard enough you're not using a breakfall, and falling on a bike is very different from falling from your feet, there's no guarantee you'll breakfall. Even regular falls can happen so fast that you're often on the ground before you even realize.

In my experience most falls happen when a person is very drunk or acting stupid and I guarantee you that represents a sizable percentage. Slipping on ice is a failure to be cautious as well, so if anything the real take away is to be cautious and not put yourself in a position to fall in the first place.

And to be honest if a fall is something for you to be concerned about then you probably have bigger issues to worry about because you're probably not ready to survive any significant type of emergency in the first place.

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