When the Shaolin monks asked for volunteers during their demonstration, I did not raise my hand! It turns out they just wanted some people to embarass, though, not someone to beat with rakes.
The demonstration consisted of many impressive feats followed by an impossible feat: they held up a balloon behind a sheet of glass, and then a man threw a needle through the glass (without breaking it) and popped the balloon.
After the demonstration we walked through the training grounds and watched some europeans who pay huge sums for lessons from the monks.