Online Guidance | How to Submit Your Video
You do not need to upload your video file directly to the IBMA website.
When a video is required for online guidance,
please upload your video to
Google Drive or YouTube
using your own account and submit the viewing URL to IBMA.
You will submit a link to your video, not the video file itself.
Basic Video Submission Process
1. Record your training video
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2. Upload the video to Google Drive or YouTube
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3. Adjust the sharing settings so the video can be viewed
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4. Copy the sharing URL
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5. Paste the URL into the Online Guidance Application Form
Option 1 | Using Google Drive
Upload the video to your own Google Drive account.
- Open Google Drive.
- Upload the video you recorded.
- Open the sharing settings for the video.
- Under General Access, select “Anyone with the link.”
- Set the permission to “Viewer.”
- Select “Copy link.”
- Paste the copied URL into the IBMA Online Guidance Application Form.
If the file remains set to “Restricted,”
the assigned IBMA instructor may not be able to view your video.
Please check the sharing settings before submitting the URL.
Option 2 | Using YouTube
Upload the video to your own YouTube account and set its visibility to
“Unlisted.”
- Upload your video to YouTube.
- Set the video visibility to “Unlisted.”
- Copy the video URL.
- Paste the copied URL into the IBMA Online Guidance Application Form.
Normally, please use the “Unlisted” setting
when submitting a video for online guidance.
Basic Video Submission Rules
- Normally, one video may be submitted for each guidance request.
- The video should normally be no longer than 3–5 minutes.
- Please limit each request to one or two main areas of guidance.
- Please make sure the assigned IBMA instructor can access the video before submitting the URL.
- After the guidance has been completed, you may change or disable the sharing settings if you wish.
When a Video Is Not Required
IBMA KYOKUSHIN KAI Online Guidance is not limited to technical instruction.
Depending on the subject, a video may not be necessary.
For example, guidance may also cover:
- Teaching methods
- Training methods
- Etiquette
- Riho (principles)
- Approaches to Budo
- Preparation for Dan promotion
- Preparation for IBMA Certified Instructor qualification
If a video is not necessary,
please describe your question or the area in which you would like guidance
in the application form.
Privacy and Handling of Submitted Videos
Submitted videos will be viewed by Headquarters
or an assigned instructor only to the extent necessary
to provide online guidance.
Submitted videos will not be published on IBMA websites,
used as instructional materials,
posted on social media,
or otherwise made public without the participant’s permission.
After the guidance has been completed,
the participant may change or disable the video’s sharing settings as needed.
Please check before submitting:
- Can the video be opened using the shared URL?
- Is the video within the recommended 3–5 minute length?
- Have you identified the main point or points on which you would like guidance?
- If using Google Drive, is the permission set to “Viewer”?
- If using YouTube, is the video set to “Unlisted”?
Please make sure that Headquarters or the assigned instructor
can access your video before submitting the URL.
