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HOW BRUCE LEE CONQUERED THE RAT

According to Chinese astrology, 2020 was the Year of the Rat — which kind of explains the bad luck we all had! Turns out rats are not compatible with and can be countered by goats. Consider: When Bruce Lee enchanted the world with Fist of Fury in 1972, he gave legitimacy to kung fu cinema, as well as a sense of identity to Asian-Americans and Chinese. Lee, while living and after passing, has done more to spread martial arts than anyone in history. In my book, that makes him the GOAT, the greatest of all time, in the martial arts world, and via several projects inspired by him, he managed to counter the rat that was 2020. Specifically, he did this through and the work that will be covered here: the poignant second season of

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