Judo and falling damage.

[Winged]

Hi all, first let me start out by saying I do not possess the gurps product known as Technical Grappling, so if my question is addressed there, it is not necessarily helpful to me at this time.

In the entry for the skill judo it says that if a takedown attempt is successful the target falls into a couple of hexes nearby. Since it is a fall it seems reasonable that the falling guy should take falling damage (and assuming they are normal height their center of gravity would have them falling about a yard).

Given the above do you think that the damage is justified and happens in addition to the health roll against stun, or would that be double jeopardy and the word "fall" in judo was just a case of a word in the rules having more than one use?

Additionally, if the falling damage is a fair and legitimate in the case of a judo throw should an acrobatics roll negate it, or would the circumstances of a throw not permit the "free to move" condition for that to be the case? In real life break falls do exist and are practiced to distribute force in the event of a throw, but at the same time it seems that the judo practitioner who was grappling prior to the throw and will continue after the throw should have some level of control over this.