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","summary":"Bruce Lee was a young man willing to fight for what he believed. When he opened his gung-fu school, that belief was put to the test.","url":"https://alvinsoon.com/2025/04/16/no-way-as-way.html","date_published":"2025-04-15T23:53:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Alvin Soon","url":"http://alvinsoon.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F16%2F670.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Alvin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-15 23:53","date_timestamp":1744761204,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"61959344","content_html":"The starfighter: alvinsoon.com
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