Steve began training at the age of 6 in Bujinkai Karate under his father and Sensei Bill Hollister and took his first grading on the 4/06/76, three years later two weeks after his 10th birthday he graded and passed his Shodan under Ticky Donovan (Ishinryu) John Smith (Bujinkai) and Will Verner (Ishinryu ). Grading Dates Shodan : 24 / 02 / 79 Awarded by Bujinkai ( MAC ) Nidan : 10 / 05 / 81 Awarded by Bujinkai ( MAC ) Sandan : 23 / 10 / 93 Awarded by Swanda ( FEKO ) Yondan : 11 / 08 / 02 Awarded by Swanda ( FEKO ) Godan : 13 / 10 / 07 Awarded by Swanda ( FEKO ) Selected Competition Achievements 2007 - Legend Open Best Overall Male At all of these events he competed at both Kata and Kumite and was a member of the 3 man team competing under shobu ippon rules In May 2008 due to a serious eye injury sustained during a competition he was forced to retire. Luckily Steve's involvement with SEKU and the squad got him over this really quickly. It was around this time and after a lot of thought he and the club left Swanda and approached Sensei Dewey and moved fully to SEKU in August 2008. Steve is now the Senior Kumite Squad Coach and part of the SEKU coaching team .The team have just returned from the JSKA World Championships with World Team Champion (over 35 yrs) World Kata Champion (45-54 yrs) World Kumite Champion (14-15 yrs) World Kata Silver Medallist (16-17 yrs) World Kumite Silver Medallist (16-17 yrs) World Team Bronze (16-17 yrs) Ladies Kata Finalist "Being a part of this success is something I shall always be very proud of especially as three of these are members of my dojo." - Sensei Steve
2004 - FEKO Open Individual Kumite Gold
2004 - FEKO Open Individual Kata Bronze
2004 - SEKU Open Individual Kumite Gold
2004 - SEKU Open Individual Kata Silver
2004 - Slovakia Open Individual Kumite Gold
2004 - Slovakia Open Team Kumite Silver
2005 - SEKU Individual Kumite Gold
2005 - SEKU Team Kata Gold
2005 - SEKU Open Team Kumite Gold
2005 - SEKU Open Individual Kata Gold
2005 - Slovakia Open Individual Kata Gold
2006 - SEKU Individual Kata Silver
2006 - SEKU Team Kata Gold
2006 - SEKU Team Kumite Gold
2007 - Legend Open Kumite Gold
2007 - Legend Open Kata Gold
2007 - Legend Open Team Kumite Gold
2007 - Shotokan Open International Team Kumite Gold
FEKO Squad
Steve was a consistent member of the FEKO squad for many years and during this time amongst others, attended the following events:
2001 – WKC World Championships ( Aberdeen)
2003 – WKC World Championships ( Russia)
2004 – WKC European Championships ( Italy)
2005 – WKC World Championships ( Serbia & Montenegro )