Taking falls while wearing Gloves

I've always been very gymnastic and good at tumbling and flips, so I've never really had problems taking most falls. Thru my wrestling career (even in college) & my sanshou experience, breakfalls were taught almost like another technique, and very rarely practiced with any serious enthusiasm.

With my introduction to judo, I learned the humbling importance and grace of good ukemi. My first month of judo was spent perfecting the subtle nuances of good breakfalls. Though I had been doing them in a similar manner before, looking back I'm amazed that I was not seriously injured after some high amplitude throws.

The devil is in the details. and it is not uncommon in my dojo after a very big throw, to congratulate the uke for taking a good throw and doing ukemi with good form. (it's equally as important if not more so, and while I can count the number of times I've used a judo throw "on the street" with one hand, the number of times I've needed to use a breakfall has to be in the scores..)

I have no disrespect towards any other method of taking falls, but I've experienced a very high level of instruction and example in judo breakfalls and I'll continue to use them.