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Originally Posted by flatbutt

I am still able to ice skate and ride a snowboard...but I don't because I'm unable to protect myself in a fall. For whatever reason I just go down as though I've taken a round to the head.

I used to take Aikido classes. The sensei had an old student that was a roller derby girl. She spoke to the sensei and then brought her team in before class several times so the sensei could teach them how to fall. It seems that a lot of them got injured when they fell, and learning some basics in theory was going to be helpful.

Not that I'm recommending that you start taking aikido, just a related comment.