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Bruce Lee might be the ‘father of MMA’ – UFC president Dana White said it, but the kung fu icon’s only official fight against a boxer was mixed martial arts

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Open the history,.;'////https://www.highcpmgate.com/i9wxe52s77?key=797d33e3786455ffce63699420e0bd3c   If such an idea seems ludicrous to modern MMA fans – who might consider the action inside the octagon a mix of kick-boxing and wrestling as opposed to kung fu – it shouldn’t. Martial art Jeet Kune Do favours “any technique or means which serves its end … Efficiency is anything that scores,” according to Lee, its creator. These words perfectly embody the current spirit of MMA, which utilises the best elements of different combat disciplines to arrive at a complete “ultimate” fighting style. This is different from UFC’s earliest days, though, when the promotion company put on fights between specialists in individual styles to settle questions like “who would win a fight between a great boxer and a great wrestler?” Philosophy aside, Lee wasn’t just about lightning quick strikes and deadly one-inch punches either. The  Tao of Jeet Kune Do  provided plenty of detailed informat...

Konosuke Matsushita. The Founder of Panasonic

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Open the history,.;'////https://www.highcpmgate.com/i9wxe52s77?key=797d33e3786455ffce63699420e0bd3c   When Konosuke Matsushita began working for himself, in 1918, he had almost nothing: no money, no real formal education, no connections. Yet, his small firm flourished under the guiding hand of a clever, wise, and inspired entrepreneur. Konosuke Matsushita began the Panasonic’s journey by inventing a two-socket light fixture. This very important, yet elegantly simple, breakthrough led to what is now one of the world's largest electronics companies. In the late 1980s, Matsushita’s revenues hit a whopping $42 billion. By many standards, he didn't look like a great leader. Early pictures of Konosuke Matsushita show an unsmiling young man whose ears stick out like airplane wings. He never grew taller than five feet five inches. Unlike his rival Akio Morita at Sony, he was neither charismatically handsome nor internationally recognised. Unlike most well-known western politicians,...