Steve "Nasty" Anderson (March 29, 1955 - January 24, 2020) was a Canadian-American Point Fighting and Sport Karate competitor.
[1] Anderson appeared on the covers and in articles in many martial arts magazines[2] and won numerous world championships.
[5] Anderson got involved in karate in 1969[6] and received the nickname Nasty from his instructor Chicken Gabriels mother.
Anderson was famous for his backfist and blitz attack[6] and as a brown belt won 92 consecutive tournaments.
[7] Since mid-2018, Anderson’s health had been gradually deteriorating as he had been battling Parkinson's disease undetected, notably losing his speech, strength, and balance over the course of 2 years.