# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-arneil
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:45:23.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-arneil"
name: "Steve Arneil"
slug: "steve-arneil"
description: "Steve Arneil was a South African-British master of Kyokushin karate. He learned directly from Masutatsu Oyama and was a senior instructor in Oyama's International Karate Organization (IKO) until 1991, when he resigned from the IKO. Arneil was the founder and President of the International Federation of Karate (IFK), held the rank of 10th dan, and held the title Hanshi. He and his wife settled in the United Kingdom in 1965."
tagline: "Martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hanshigood.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1934-08-29"
deathDate: "2021-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.443344000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB"
    title: "Стів Арнейл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ستيف ارنيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Arneil"
    title: "Steve Arneil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Arneil"
    title: "Steve Arneil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "استیو آرنیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Arneil"
    title: "Steve Arneil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Arneil"
    title: "Steve Arneil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2"
    title: "Арнейл, Стив"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562024"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump