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681. Bruce Lee inscribed book How to Protect Yourself presented to his prot é g é Taky Kimura with his personal philosophy: "Learn the Rules, Abide by the Rules, Dissolve the Rules". Booklet inscribed and signed "To Taky / Bruce / [personal Chinese signature]" inside front cover. Bruce Lee has added his advice in Chinese: "Learn the Rules. / Abide by the Rules. / Dissolve the Rules." The softcover book, How to Protect Yourself on the Streets and in Your Home, by Gene Accas and John H. Eckstein, 60 pages, 5 ½ in. x 8 ½ in. New York: Pocket Books, 1965. With "An open letter from the Director of the F.B.I.: J. Edgar Hoover / Warning to U.S. Teen-Agers" on pages 56-58. Fine condition. Taky Kimura was 36 when he first met 18-year-old Bruce Lee in Seattle in 1959. In 1963, Bruce Lee established his first Gung Fu school in Seattle. Kimura eventually became head instructor at Seattle's Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute; Lee's name at birth was Lee Jun Fan. 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.
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Hollywood Auction 40 - Day 2
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