Steve Arneil
Steve Arneil (born August 29, 1934 in Krugersdorp , South Africa ) is a British budoka and pioneer of karate (10th Dan Hanshi ).
Life
He first studied Judo and Kempō in South Africa before moving to Gōjū-ryū Karate under Gogen Yamaguchi in 1960 and finally to Kyōkushin under Mas' Oyama. Arneil, who opened the first English dōjō of the Kyōkushinkai in 1960 after spending two years in Japan, successfully fought a 100-man fight (Hyakunin-kumite) in 1965 . He is a co-founder of the European Karate Organization (EKO), was its chairman from 1988 to 1991 and a successful trainer within the World Union of Karate Dō Organization ( WUKO ). As a former national trainer (1968 to 1976) he won the team competition of the 3rd WUKO World Championship in Long Beach, USA with the British team in 1975 and was subsequently honored as "the world's best karate teacher". After irreconcilable differences with Mas' Oyama, he left his International Karate Organization (IKO) in 1991 and founded the independent International Federation of Karate (IFK) in 1993. Arneil is married to Oyama's daughter Tsuyuko.
Arneil teaches at Wimbledon Kyōkushinkai Karate (Raynes Sports Ground) in London, Great Britain.
Works
- Steve Arneil and Brian Fitkin (1982): The Fundamentals of Kyokushin Karate ISBN 91-7260-698-3
- Learn karate more easily, BLV-Verlagsgesellschaft ISBN 3-405-11767-4
- Better karate
- Modern karate
- Karate - a Guide to unarmed Combat
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arneil, Steve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British budōka and pioneer of karate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krugersdorp , South Africa |