FH Jujitsu: a solution to slip and fall injuries?

A petite young lady is walking her large,
Wildly powerful German shepherd, named "Ali", down the hill outside her house...
Ali gets excited, and things get bad...
Ali takes off,
She's still holding onto the leash for dear life when she floats seemingly weightless,
like a leaf drifting in the wind...

Then she lands hard, face down!

She came away with nothing more than scuffed boots, and an invisible scratch on her chin.
(which she had the nerve to whine about lmfao)

Why'd she come out unscathed?

I trained her for an hour one day at ukemi: Japanese term... refers to art of Tumbling, falling, and landing.

And the kicker is..(drum roll please.. no really. Are you doing it? Then do it now... ok.)

She wasn't that good at it when I taught her, yet it saved her beautiful "grill".

Oh by the way, just in case you're wondering, FH stands for "Fannul Harb" Jujitsu founded by Professor Tanwir Sahib. It simply means "the Art of combat" in Arabic. The system is rooted in part, in Sanuces Ryu Jujistu under the late great Moses Powell... But more on that later.

Facts:
Falls are common:

* 30% of people over the age of 65 fall each year—most of these falls happen at home during everyday activities
* Falls are the number one cause of accidental injury in adults 65 years and older
* 2 out of 3 visits to the emergency room by older adults involve falls
* The number and severity of falls increase with a person’s age.

Falls have serious consequences:

* 40% of older adults who are hospitalized with a hip fracture require nursing home admission
* Hospital stays in older adults after a fall are twice as long as those in older adults hospitalized for other reasons

I believe that learning it early is important, but one can begin improving balance,
bio-feedback and kinesthetic awareness

at any age.

There is a step by step process to introducing ukemi based on the individual.
Watch this to see some kids I worked with who may never have to worry about being devastated by slip and fall incidents.