Throw yourself backward onto the table, like a soccer player in the penalty box, while he's saying to himself, "hey, I didn't touch the little wuss?! and all the people watching are saying 'what did that guy do to him?"
Then you come back with the goods, and end it.
I've pushed people a couple of times, not one big clearing push, but moving and pushing them along until they fall over or try to square up.
They either run away, or square up, in which case, its better than copping a sucker punch, and when the hands go up, you're green lit...
Its also a rather benign application of forcen in defense, should there be further ramifications down the track. You tried! Once again, it was he who escalated...
Guangzhou Pak Mei Kung Fu School, Sydney Australia,
Sifu Leung, Yuk Seng
Established 1989, Glebe Australia