This video includes two segments: 1. Eliminations of the USA Team 2. 1972 Paris World Championship highlights. Qualification tournament held on March 5th; 1972; at Los Angeles and organized by AAKF. Mainly followers of traditional Japanese karate are selected. The team members are James Yabe; James Field Jr.; Tonny Tulleners; Jerry Morrone; George Byrd; Frank Smith; Dave Vaughan and John Gehlsen.The Championships take place in Paris; in the Stade de Coubertin; on the 21st and 22nd April ; 1972. Teams tournament: The England team eliminates Japan. The French eliminate the English; before beating the USA. In the finals; France meets Italy. Fran‡ois Petitdemange beats his opponent; as Alain Setrouk. The Italian Guy Falsione beats Guy Sauvin. Valera gets a draw. Gilbert Gruss beats Schiappacasse. France wins the gold medal. 1: France (Gilbert Gruss; Fran‡ois Petitdemange; Guy Sauvin; Alain Setrouk and Dominique Valera) 2. : Italy (Parisi; Schiappacasse; Munda; Fassione; Falsoni?) 3: United Kingdom 4: Singapore Individuals: According to some versions; Americans; Canadians and Japanese would have withdrawn; given the problems encountered with the referees; during the teams tournament. The results: 1st Luiz Tasuke Watanabe/Brazil 2nd William Higgins/G.B. 3rd Guy Sauvin/France 4th Schupter/Yugoslavia This video does not include all of the matches. Running time 54 minutes

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