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679. Bruce Lee copiously illustrated martial arts book owned by him and given to his longtime friend and student, Taky Kimura. Martial Arts book, printed in Hong Kong, 62 pages, 5 in. x 7 ¼ in. In Chinese. Softcover. On the front free endpaper, Bruce Lee has drawn fingers of his hand touching an object, his hand breaking a wooden log, and his fist hitting a piece of wood. He has written six Chinese characters at the left. On the title page printed in red, Lee shaded some of the letters. The martial artist depicted in the photographs is clean shaven; Bruce Lee has added a goatee, mustache, and hair on each side of his face beneath the ears on some of the photographs. Some of Lee's penned captions: "finger thrust to sand." "claw," "claw (throw bag to left and grasp with left)," "Throw bag to right and catch with right," "finger thrust," "back of palm," "fist," "shoulder," "elbow," "head." Lee has drawn arrows on a few photos. Over 50 words penned by Bruce Lee on 34 photographs! Taky Kimura first met Bruce Lee in Seattle in 1960. He eventually became head instructor of the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute. Kimura was best man at Linda and Bruce Lee's wedding in 1964 and one of the pallbearers at Bruce Lee's funeral nine years later. Overall, fine condition.
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Bruce Lee copiously illustrated martial arts book
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