— by Connor Goodwin: Before Bruce Lee was Bruce Lee, he was an energetic adolescent studying Wing Chun kung fu under Yip Man in Hong Kong. Ever a competitor, Lee was an aggressive sparring partner, but Yip Man was constantly instructing him to be more gentle, and shared the parable of the oak and bamboo: In a windstorm, the oak tree will eventually snap, but bamboo survives because it moves with the wind…
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