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 in Delaware) is a martial arts teacher and author of over fifteen books. He has worked as an actor, notably in the TV miniseries Shogun, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371230/ IMDB] ] and in 1985 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] From Black Belt Magazine] . Hayes is also an ordained practitioner of esoteric Tendai mikkyo Buddhism. [http://www.bluelotusassembly.org/ Buddhism] ] Hayes lives and works in Dayton, Ohio, and was once again featured on the cover of Black 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] From Black 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 under Masaaki 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 a dojo 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 in 1991 he received Tokudo priesthood ordination in Tendai 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] ] .dubious

In 1993, Hayes was awarded the "judan" (tenth degree black belt) degree from Hatsumi and in 1997, he founded the martial art of To-Shin Do, an art based in his experience of budo taijutsu. Hayes has also founded a Buddhist Order based on his teachings and experiences with Tibetan Buddhism and Tendai called the Blue 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 Shogun

Hayes 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]