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Combative Measures Instructor Class 12 · Advanced Combative Measures and Judo
Training, Class 12
Description
Advanced Combative Measures and Judo Training, Class 12 of the SAC-ARDC
program. Airman Lenwood Williams and Edmund Mede were selected as students for
this class held at the Kodokan Judo Institute.
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Kotani was SAC judo instructor at the Kodokan. The AAU Wrestling citation
confirms Class 12 was a Kodokan-held combative measures course in 1957, but does
not explicitly name Kotani as instructor for that specific class.
“Judo instruction was provided by Kodokan greats Kotani, Otaki, Takagake, Sato,
Shinojima, and Yamaguchi.”
— (2014-07-31). American airmen of the Strategic Air
Commandlink
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“LeMay brought in some of Japan's greatest martial arts masters, Sumiyuki
Kotani, Kenji Tomiki, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Isao Obata, and others, to tour SAC
bases”
— Larsen, Matt. (2025-08-28). Clubs or Culture? The
Rise and Fall of the 1950s Air Force Martial Arts Programlink
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sac-judo · combative-measures · kodokan · instructor-class
Sources
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“Airman Williams and Mede were included in the Combative Measures Intructor
class #12 scheduled for advanced combative measures and judo training at the
Kodokan Judo Institute”
— Amateur Athletic Union of the United States.
(1955). Wrestling: Official A.A.U. Guidelink
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). SAC Combatives Course, Class 12. In
Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database.
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title = {SAC Combatives Course, Class 12}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
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