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- ↑ IKO Kyokushinkaikan: Kancho & Committee Members Retrieved on 21 December 2009.
- ↑ International Karate Alliance Kyokushinryu: Kancho Retrieved on 19 September 2019, Archived from the original on 7 January 2019 on the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ Singapore Oyama Karate-Do Kyokushinkaikan: Penpicture of Shihan Patrick Teo Archived 25 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 12 January 2010.
- ↑ International Kyokushinkaikan Karate Organization, Pakistan: Pioneer in Pakistan Archived 16 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 31 January 2010.
- ↑ Pak-Kyokushin: Kyokushin kaikan & Shihan Archived 4 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 4 February 2010.