(in martial arts) a controlled fall in which most of the impact is absorbed by the arms or legs.
（武术中）减弱摔倒冲力的动作
Example sentencesExamples
He's only a bit winded because he didn't break-fall properly.
I tell you this now, it's never good to go training whilst still under any sort of influence that's not your own, those forward break-fall rolls really killed me, especially when we were trying to do them backwards.
In a classification of ju-jitsu movements the exercises and the break-falls are included.
Failing the above, I can roll with the punch or break-fall, to dissipate the energy.
When we'd finished, he could do a break-fall running at full pace and he could fall properly when I threw him.
After some 18 months of training, I was on the wrong end of some karate take downs, but judo break-falls saved me from any serious injury.
Definition of break-fall in US English:
break-fall
nounˈbrākˌfôl
(in martial arts) a controlled fall in which most of the impact is absorbed by the arms or legs.
（武术中）减弱摔倒冲力的动作
Example sentencesExamples
In a classification of ju-jitsu movements the exercises and the break-falls are included.
I tell you this now, it's never good to go training whilst still under any sort of influence that's not your own, those forward break-fall rolls really killed me, especially when we were trying to do them backwards.
Failing the above, I can roll with the punch or break-fall, to dissipate the energy.
He's only a bit winded because he didn't break-fall properly.
When we'd finished, he could do a break-fall running at full pace and he could fall properly when I threw him.
After some 18 months of training, I was on the wrong end of some karate take downs, but judo break-falls saved me from any serious injury.