Tokyo Japan-1971: The Proper Foot Position To Begin An Attack – Karate

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationTokyo, Japan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Tokyo Japan

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The Proper Foot Position To Begin An Attack – Karate — Clip Details

TOKYO JAPAN-1971: Two men in white karate gi practice a technique on a mat. One man, wearing a black belt, demonstrates a precise foot position and hand attack on his partner. The grainy black-and-white 8mm film captures the focused, instructional moment in a simple indoor dojo setting. The footage shows the fluid motion of the technique, highlighting the discipline and form of traditional karate practice from the early 1970s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127390551

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1971 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Tokyo, Japan Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s documentary or educational edits needing Japanese karate training, martial-arts instruction, or indoor dojo practice footage.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, plain training mat, and white gi may show an early 1970s instructional karate setting in Tokyo, as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage observes two adult practitioners repeating a controlled technique, giving the scene a direct practice-room value rather than a staged performance feel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men in white karate gi, one black belt, a matted floor, plain indoor wall, close hand contact, and shifting foot positions.
Film character: The clip has soft black-and-white 8mm grain, modest contrast, slight blur, and contact-sheet framing that add useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or transition for karate instruction, martial-arts history, discipline, or embodied training sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually documents adult martial-arts practice in a simple indoor setting, with attention on stance, grip, and controlled partner movement.
Research note: Adult faces and likenesses are visible, so copyright research should be separated from any needed personality or performer-release review.
Research search match: Relevant search matches include 1971 Tokyo karate practice, black-and-white 8mm martial arts training, Japanese dojo instruction, and karate foot position attack.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel karate instruction, then other Tokyo 1971 footage, then broader archival martial-arts training or dojo practice material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the Tokyo 1971 karate practice footage, two adult men in white gi face each other on an indoor mat with their arms engaged. — Two karate practitioners begin a controlled partner technique on the mat.

Two adult karate practitioners in white gi hold close arm contact while adjusting stance during the Tokyo practice sequence. — The partners hold contact as the stance and foot placement are demonstrated.

The black-belt practitioner appears to guide or control his partner's upper body during a karate technique in the indoor dojo setting. — A controlled hand and arm position is shown during the partner drill.

One adult practitioner bends low under the other's arm as the karate demonstration moves into a lowered, controlled position. — The technique progresses into a lowered partner-control position.

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