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Every source cited on MasterJeffSmith.com, grouped by type. Independent and period sources (contemporaneous magazine reports, The Washington Post, Black Belt, Wikipedia) are listed first; sources affiliated with Jeff Smith, Stephen Oliver, Mile High Karate or Martial Arts Wealth Mastery are listed separately.
Independent and period sources
- “Kickboxing World Championships (WAKO, 1987),” contemporaneous magazine report reprinted at Backkicks
- MA-Mags martial arts magazine cover index, search “Jeff Smith”
- Backkicks, “All-Style Karate 1974”
- Backkicks, “STAR System World Kickboxing Ratings”
- Los Tres Dragones de Occidente, “Biografía de Dominique Valera”
- “Top 10 Nationals 1972,” contemporaneous magazine report reprinted at Backkicks
- “Top 10 Nationals 1973,” contemporaneous magazine report reprinted at Backkicks
- “U.S. Championships 1973,” contemporaneous magazine report reprinted at Backkicks
- Karate in English (Lewis–Wallace history blog), “Jeff ‘DC Bomber’ Smith” fight chronology
- “World Professional Karate Championships 1974,” contemporaneous magazine report reprinted at Backkicks
- Jeff Smith’s Mile High Karate, “Who We Are”
- MixedMartialArts.com, “Kickboxing & Martial Arts Legend Jeff Smith President of Sports Operations, PKA Worldwide”
- PKA Worldwide, “About”
- Kido Kwan, “How Tae Kwon Do Won the West”
- Black Belt, “Allen Steen: A Giant Among Warriors”
- John Worley, “Fifty Years of Martial Arts: What I’ve Seen, Chapter Two,” National Karate
- Black Belt, “The Flying Side Kick”
- Doug’s Comic World, martial arts magazine inventory
- Japanese Bruce Lee fan blog translating a Linda Lee statement on the Bruce Lee trophy
- PKA Worldwide, “History”
- Karate in English, “Introduction in History of Full-Contact”
- Mike Miles, “A History of Kickboxing, 1950s–1970s”
- Karate in English, “Wally Slocki, Canadian Against USA”
- Karate in English, “Dominique ‘King’ Valera”
- American Bando Association, “Friends of Bando”
- Black Belt, “Benny ‘The Jet’ Urquidez and the Golden Era of Kickboxing” (2025)
- Black Belt, “The Greatest Kickboxers of All Time”
- Lynn Darling, “Fleet Feet Fantasies,” The Washington Post, May 13, 1982
- Arlington Kicks, “The Jhoon Rhee Story, Part Six: Expansion and Innovation (1962–1972)”
- “Young Black Belts: Triplets,” The Washington Post, June 15, 2003
- “It’s an Adventure in Persian Cuisine at Darya Kabob,” The Washington Post, August 15, 2004
- Black Belt, “Before Hollywood: The Untold Legacy of Chuck Norris”
- PKA Worldwide, “Team”
- Taekwondo Life Magazine, “BLEAV in PKA Worldwide”
- Dan Kuhl, “PKA Worldwide Set to Launch Rebranded Kickboxing Events in 2023,” Combat Press
- “Kapower Politics!,” The Washington Post, June 25, 1986
Encyclopedias and reference
- Wikipedia, “Jeff Smith (martial arts)”
- Wikipedia, “Professional Karate Association”
- Wikipedia, “Joe Lewis (martial artist)”
- Wikipedia, “Dominique Valera”
- Wikipedia, “W.A.K.O. World Championships 1990”
- Wikipedia, “National Association of Professional Martial Artists”
- Wikipedia, “Jhoon Rhee”
- Wikipedia, “Allen Steen”
- Wikipedia, “Joe Corley”
- Wikipedia, “Bill Wallace (martial artist)”
- Wikipedia, “Chuck Norris”
- Wikipedia, “Thrilla in Manila”
- Wikipedia, “Capital Centre”
- Wikipedia, “Texas A&M University–Kingsville”
- Wikipedia, “World Association of Kickboxing Organizations”
Interviews and profiles
- “Jeff Smith Interview,” Professional Karate magazine, reprinted at Backkicks
- Herb Borkland, “The Champion Who Conquered the Ring and the School Business,” MAIA Hub
- Ripple Effect Martial Arts, “Grand Masters Jeff Smith and Mark Glazier”
- International Kickboxing Federation, “Jeff Smith” biography page
- Go2Karate, “Congratulations Grand Master Jeff Smith”
- Martial Arts Who’s Who Directory, “Jeff Smith” listing
- USAdojo, “The History of Karate in America”
- Go2Karate, “Jeff Smith Interview”
- YouTube, interview with Grand Master Jeff Smith, “7x PKA Light Heavyweight Champion”
- USAdojo, “Jeff Smith” profile
- Taekwondo Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame page
- MAIA Hub, “John Corcoran: The Pen Is Still Mightier Than the Sword”
- USAdojo, “The Gathering: Celebrating 50 Years of Sport Karate”
- Taekwondo Hall of Fame, Hall of Honor page
Martial Arts Professional, MAWM and affiliated sites
- Martial Arts Professional, “Stephen Oliver’s Mile High Karate: Background Information”
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Stephen Oliver”
- LinkedIn post by Stephen Oliver on his 10th-degree promotion
- Martial Arts Professional, “Press” page
- Martial Arts Professional, “Lifetime Achievement Awards”
- NAPMA home page
- Martial Arts Professional, “Mike Anderson, c. 1942–2026: Architect of Sport Karate” (September 2026)
- Martial Arts Professional, “Nick Cokinos”
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Worst Location Rotation: The Owner Turnaround Assignment”
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Extraordinary Teaching” page
- Mile High Karate, “Founding Members”
- Mile High Franchise, “Team”
- Mile High Karate, “Franchise Inquiries”
- Mile High Karate, “Grand Master Jeff Smith, Chief of Instruction”
- Mile High Karate, “The Jhoon Rhee Lineage Behind Mile High Karate”
- StephenCOliver.com, “Martial Arts Lineage of Grand Master Stephen Oliver”
- LinkedIn, Grand Master Jeff Smith profile
- Stephen Oliver on X, posting William Clark’s review of Extraordinary Teaching
- MasterJeffSmith.com
- Martial Arts Professional, “The History of the Martial Arts School Business in the United States”
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Leadership Lessons from Grand Master Jeff Smith”
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Lineage: Jhoon Rhee”
- Martial Arts Professional, “Zero Renewals? You Talked to Zero People”
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Who Is Stephen Oliver?”
- Martial Arts Professional, “Jhoon Rhee”
- Martial Arts Professional, “Jeff Smith Interview”
- Martial Arts Professional, “Elvis Presley and Karate: The Documented History” (2026)
- LinkedIn, Nick Braaksma profile
- Martial Arts Professional, “Nick Cokinos Turned Martial Arts into a Profession”
- Mile High Karate, “Founding Members” page 2
- Martial Arts Professional, “Stephen Oliver Biography”
- Martial Arts Professional, “The PKA and Joe Corley: Full-Contact Karate History”
- Martial Arts Professional, “Who’s Who in NASKA and Sport Karate: The Key Players” (2026)