Bruce Lee Signed Document Promoting Mike Stone to First Rank of the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute
A superb highly ornate partially printed document. Dated "April 8, 1968". The certificate is signed by Bruce Lee using his chop signature stamp in red, and his hand drawn signature symbol in Chinese for the dragon as well as his traditional signature, all in a fountain pen. Mike Stone is filled out in the hand of Bruce Lee as well.
Dimensions: 10.25" x 13".
Fair condition, with water damage, holes, creasing, autograph fading and other condition issues.
Bruce Lee opened The Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute in 1967, after filming one season of The Green Hornet. Mike Stone was a legendary instructor and good friend/training partner to Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee personally instructed him and personally signed the certificate for Mike Stone, only doing so for one other person, Chuck Norris. The spectacular early document comes from the first year of operation of Lee's Institute, and names Stone to the first rank in the discipline of Jun Fan Gung Fu (or Kung-Fu). The institute's Taijitu yin-yang emblem is printed at top center in red and bronze, and is flanked by red and bronze dragons and flames which run vertically along the outer left and right margins.
Incredibly rare and a must-have for any serious Bruce Lee collector.
For reference, the additional picture on the lot of Bruce Lee's personal journal is NOT included in this lot. It is there for a reference to show Bruce Lee wrote about signing this certificate in his personal journal.
Authentication: Gotta Have Rock and Roll Certificate of Authenticity.
