Falling well requires technique, timing and tension - kind of like, well, everything else we do really.

I’ve noticed over about 20 years of martial arts practice that people who are too tense and too rigid - often big, strong guys who instinctively try and muscle things - fall like bricks. They don’t have long careers. They apply all of their tension to avoiding being thrown in the first place.

But the people who can accept a fall (which involves going from rigid to relaxed), tuck in and then refocus their tension on impact and hitting off - bounce back and keep coming back.