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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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• Edmund MedeStudent

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  The AAU Wrestling Official Guide (1955, cited in user's note) directly names 'Airman Williams and Mede' as included in Class 12.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Airman Williams and Mede were included in the Combative Measures Instructor 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. Guidelinkinfo
• Kotani SumiyukiInstructor

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Kotani was SAC judo instructor at the Kodokan (1949+ per Place.instructors; E-Judo forum roster confirms he led the SAC instructor group 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.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Judo instruction was provided by Kodokan greats Kotani, Otaki, Takagake, Sato, Shinojima, and Yamaguchi."

  — (2014-07-31). American airmen of the Strategic Air Commandlinkinfo

  "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 Programlinkinfo

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