As a teenager Tony finds himself using his skills in many episodes of high drama. When a drug syndicate for human trafficking kidnaps one of his cousins, Tony’s grandfather sends him alone to the city to find her and bring her back alive. Tony searches the streets and dark alleys for the brothel where it is believed she is being kept and finds himself at the headquarters of the city’s most deadly triad gang. Men come at him with knives but Tony’s deft moves and skill see him defending himself and rescuing the girl. This is just one of many ‘tests’ and eventually Cheung Ling Soo begins to enter his apprentice in competitions which take him across China and Pakistan. Continually seeking only his grandfather’s fealty, Tony becomes three times ‘World Champion’, earning a fearsome reputation and becoming a ‘Master in Kung Fu’.

Whilst intrigued by his grandmother’s superstitious practises to appease ancient gods, Tony is bound under his master’s mantra of ‘there is no god, only the god within.’ Harnessing the power of this belief he proves himself many times over and gains the attention of a private close-protection company who seek his help in training their men and women in hand-to-hand combat. This means a move to Europe which soon leads Tony into the higher echelons of society working as an elite bodyguard.