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Clubs or Culture? The Rise and Fall of the 1950s Air Force Martial Arts Program
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calendar_month2025-08-28
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Larsen, Matt. (2025-08-28). Clubs or Culture? The Rise and Fall of the 1950s Air Force Martial Arts Program
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- AuthorLarsen, Matt
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History of Curtis LeMay's SAC Combative Measures program and its impact on American martial arts, including judo, karate, and aikido instruction at SAC bases.
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sac-judo · lemay · usaf
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- Self-publishedYes
- Accessed2026-09-04
- Archived2026-10-18
- Languageen
- URLhttps://mattlarsen511756.substack.com/p/clubs-or-culture-the-rise-and-fall
- Archived copyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20261018093927/https://mattlarsen511756.substack.com/p/clubs-or-culture-the-rise-and-fall
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Clubs or Culture? The Rise and Fall of the
1950s Air Force Martial Arts Program. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M1MCD2PCMC4GYA322PVVQF0F - CC BY-SA 4.0.
Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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title = {Clubs or Culture? The Rise and Fall of the 1950s Air Force Martial Arts
Program}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year =
{YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M1MCD2PCMC4GYA322PVVQF0F}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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