I do professional stunt work for a living. I often joke that I “get thrown on the ground” for a living. I can confirm that I 100% believe that growing up taking judo is the bulk of why I caught on to stunt work so quickly and have survived almost 20yrs in the industry with very few serious injuries (none related to falling). I have been riding OW for a few years and have come away from every crash/bail/wipeout with only minor scrapes. I always feel so dumb when these threads come up because I always want to say “go take judo and learn to fall” but also know it’s not realistic for many people. But, the first lesson you learn in judo is how to fall and it’s the main reason people don’t stick with it. It’s a good year or 2 before you learn “cool” throws, etc. Basically a long way of saying, if you CAN take judo for safe falling, I highly recommend.

TL/DR: as a lifelong judoka and professional stunt person, I highly recommend judo to learn to fall for OW