Stephen K. Hayes
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| Born | September 9, 1949 Delaware |
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| Occupation | Martial Arts Instructor, Author, and Buddhist Priest |
| Spouse | Rumiko Hayes[1] |
Stephen K. Hayes (born September 9, 1949 in Delaware) is a martial arts teacher and author with over nineteen books to his credit. He has worked as an actor, notably in the TV miniseries Shogun,[2] and in 1985 Hayes was entered into the Black Belt Hall of Fame as Instructor of the Year [3]. Hayes is also an ordained practitioner of esoteric Tendai mikkyo Buddhism.[4] Hayes lives and works in Dayton, Ohio, and was once again featured on the cover of Black Belt magazine for their March 2007 issue[3]. The issue contains a chapter from his book Ninja Vol 6, Secret Scrolls of the Warrior Sage.[5] 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."
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[edit] Biography
In June of 1975 while in Japan, he met and began training under Masaaki Hatsumi,[6] the founder of Bujinkan Dōjō. Hayes returned to the United States by 1976 setting up a dojo in Atlanta, and began teaching and authoring numerous books and magazine articles [7] .
He apprenticed beneath Clark Jikai Choffy, an ordained Tendai priest and personal disciple of Archbishop Jion Haba of the Tokyo Reisho-in Tendai temple [8]. 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 [4].
In the 1990s, Hayes regularly served as personal protection escort and security advisor for 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama of Tibet [9].
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 [4]. The SKH Quest network now spans 18 schools across North America and Europe [10].
[edit] Trivia
He was the stunt double for Richard Chamberlain in the TV miniseries Shogun[2]
Hayes was featured in a Discovery Channel special on ninjutsu (Unsolved History: Ninjas)[11]
[edit] References
- ^ author profile
- ^ a b IMDB
- ^ a b http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Main_Page Warrior Education: The Classical Japanese Method of Teaching the Martial Arts From Black Belt Magazine
- ^ a b c Buddhism
- ^ ISBN 0-89750-165-X /ISBN-13: 978-0-89750-156-9
- ^ Hayes, Stephen (1989). Lore of the Shinobi Warrior. Ohara Publications, Inc.. ISBN 0-89750-123-3.
- ^ Malmstrom
- ^ Choffy
- ^ USAdojo.com Biography
- ^ Schools
- ^ Discovery
