- Stephen K. Hayes
Infobox Person
name = Stephen K. Hayes
image_size = 250px
birth_date = Birth date and age|1949|9|9|mf=y
birth_place =Delaware
occupation =Martial arts Instructor,Author , and Buddhist Priest
spouse = Rumiko Hayes [ [http://www.skhquest.com/articles/skhbio.php author profile] ]Stephen K. Hayes (born
September 9 ,1949 inDelaware ) is a martial arts teacher and author of over fifteen books. He has worked as anactor , notably in the TV miniseries Shogun, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371230/ IMDB] ] and in1985 Hayes was entered into the Black Belt Hall of Fame as Instructor of the Year [http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/521 http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Main_Page Warrior Education: The Classical Japanese Method of Teaching the Martial Arts] FromBlack Belt Magazine ] . Hayes is also an ordained practitioner of esotericTendai mikkyo Buddhism . [http://www.bluelotusassembly.org/ Buddhism] ] Hayes lives and works inDayton, Ohio , and was once again featured on the cover ofBlack Belt magazine for their March 2007 issue [http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/521 http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Main_Page Warrior Education: The Classical Japanese Method of Teaching the Martial Arts] FromBlack Belt Magazine ] . The issue contains a chapter from his book "Ninja Vol 6, Secret Scrolls of the Warrior Sage". [ISBN 0-89750-165-X /ISBN-13: 978-0-89750-156-9] The magazine’s opening editorial as well focuses on Hayes, and describes him as "one of the 10 most influential living martial artists in the world."Biography
In June of
1975 while in Japan, he met and began training underMasaaki Hatsumi , [cite book
last = Hayes
first = Stephen
title = Lore of the Shinobi Warrior
publisher =Ohara Publications , Inc.
year = 1989
isbn = 0-89750-123-3 ] the founder of the Bujinkan martial arts organization. Hayes returned to the United States by 1976 setting up adojo in Atlanta, and began teaching and authoring numerous books and magazine articles [http://www.bujinkanatl.com/about-bud.html Malmstrom] ] .He apprenticed beneath
Clark Jikai Choffy , an ordained Tendai priest and personal disciple of Archbishop Jion Haba of the Tokyo Reisho-in Tendai temple [http://www.tendai.org/i_around_the_world/north_america/mistugon-an-texas.html Choffy] ] . He received empowerments and teachings from Rev. Choffy, and received transmission in the Homan-Ryu school of Tendai esoteric Buddhism, and in1991 he receivedTokudo priesthood ordination inTendai Buddhism from Rev. Choffy .In the 1990s, Hayes regularly served as personal protection escort and security advisor for 1989
Nobel Peace Prize winner,Tenzin Gyatso , the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. [ [http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/stephen-hayes.htm USAdojo.com Biography] ] .dubiousIn
1993 , Hayes was awarded the "judan" (tenth degree black belt) degree from Hatsumi and in1997 , he founded the martial art ofTo-Shin Do , an art based in his experience ofbudo taijutsu . Hayes has also founded a Buddhist Order based on his teachings and experiences withTibetan Buddhism andTendai called theBlue Lotus Assembly . The SKH Quest network now spans 18 schools across North America and Europe [http://www.skhquest.com/schools.php Schools] ] .On 14 May, 2006 George Ohashi (administrator of the Bujinnkan Honbu Dojo in Japan) was ordered by Masaaki Hatsumi to remove Stephen Hayes' name from the board of recognized judans of the Bujinkan. Hatsumi said that Hayes' own conduct had removed him from the Bujinkan. [http://www.ichinendojo.com/article6.html Hamon] ]
Trivia
He was the stunt double for
Richard Chamberlain in the TV miniseries ShogunHayes was featured in a Discovery Channel special on ninjutsu (Unsolved History: Ninjas) [http://shopping.discovery.com/product-56036.html?jzid=40588004-59-0 Discovery] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.stephenkhayes.com Stephen K. Hayes.com]
* [http://www.skhquest.com Stephen K. Hayes Quest Center]
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