Before you throw an opponent, you must make sure you are safe from his strikes, an important precaution many martial artists do not pay attention to. As shown in the video clip George could strike with his left hand if Grandmaster Wong does not control it. Secondly, felling an opponent in kungfu is not in wrestling. If you unbalance your opponent, felling him is quite easy.

This video shows the felling technique in a smooth movement. This is a backward fall, and the pattern used is called “Felling Tree with Roots”. Grandmaster Wong purposely choose a big-sized person like Geroge to fell him, showing than size and weight are not important factors when using kungfu techniques to fell an opponent.

It is important to know how to fall safely before one practices felling techniques. Participants learn how to break fall. Beginning students tend to stop their fall with their hand first, which may result in a fractured arm or dislocated wrist. The hand should be the last part of the body, not the first, to touch the ground. Avoid hitting the head on the ground.

Participants at the Sabah Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course of March 2007 practice how to fall safely. They just learnt the technique a few minutes ago, and are now enjoying themselves in the practice. Notice that they practice on hard ground.

Grandmaster Wong demonstrates again how to fell an opponent using “Feeling Tree with Roots”. Again, a tall person is chosen to be the “victim”, to illustrate that size and weight are not important. Having learnt how to break fall, Ben falls safely.

Sifu Jamie attempts to fell Grandmaster Wong backward, but Grandmaster Wong neutralizes the attempted throw by turning into a Unicorn Stance. The Unicorn is a very versatile stance, but employed skillfully it can also be very stable. Here, by using the Unicorn Stance Grandmaster Wong reverses the leverage advantage Sifu Jamie initially had. Now it is Sifu Jamie who is in an awkward position.

With a skillful application of the Unicorn Stance, Grandmaster Wong has Sifu Jamie under control. He could now strike Sifu Jamie whose hands and legs are immobilized. But Grandmaster Wong “lets mercy flow from his hands” and pushes away Sifu Jamie instead. As usual, classes in Shaolin Wahnam are full of fun and laughter. Here even Sifu Jamie could not hide his laughter.

The attacks and counters are now demonstrated in one smooth flow. Grandmaster Wong uses the pattern “Double Butterflies Flying Together” to push Sifu Jamie away. Two types of force can be applied here, namely “strike force” and “release force”. If “strike force” is used, an opponent would be injured internally. If “release force” is used, an opponent is sent falling away.

The roles are now reverse. Sifu Jamie attempts to push Grandmaster Wong away using “Double Butterflies Flying Together”. Following the pushing momentum Grandmaster Wong retreats to a Unicorn Step, separates Sifu Jamie's hands and simultaneously executes an organ-seeking kick which strikes an opponent often without his knowing. The organ-seeking kick is famous in Shaolin Kungfu.