 Kuo also studied Baguazhang with Chang Hsin Zhai and Chung Ting Hua.Kuo Lien Ying reportedly was a bodyguard for a while on the gold caravans through China, protecting the caravans on horseback with his unrivaled rope-dart techniques.He allegedly became a governor of a province in China, and later a general in the army of Chiang Kai-shek.