The performer seems to be wearing a sash, and can clearly be seen to be one of Master Funakoshi's students, rather than Funakoshi himself as in some other footage that looks to have at least been shot in the same location (a university; maybe Keio (noted by a club of Sensei Ohshima's Shotokan Karate of America) or Waseda), if not also at the same time (around 1935 for the other films), as he is wearing glasses and has short gi-trousers. It's a good example of an older version of Funakoshi pin'an nidan. It is very Okinawan in style.
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