Stephen K. Hayes
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An-shu Stephen K. Hayes has spent his entire adult life in the pursuit of perfection through the study of the Asian martial arts and spiritual traditions, living and traveling throughout North America, Japan, Europe, the Arctic, China, Tibet, Nepal, and India. He began his martial arts career in Ohio as a teenager in the 1960s
He was awarded the honor of ju-dan 10th degree Black Belt by Bujinkan Dojo Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi of Chiba-ken, Japan, in 1993.
Hayes was elected to the prestigious Black Belt Hall of Fame in 1985, and Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame in 2004, for his pioneering introduction of the Japanese ninja martial arts to the Western world.
Stephen K. Hayes founded the martial art of To-Shin Do in 1997, 30 years after beginning formal training in the martial arts; he is known as An-shu, founder-director of the Kasumi-An
His 19 books have sold over 1.3 million copies - many volumes published in different languages around the world, translating the timeless knowledge of the East into pragmatic lessons for contemporary Western life.
Stephen K. Hayes has demonstrated self-protection skills to military and law-enforcement groups including the U.S. Air Force Academy, the FBI Academy, the American Society for Law Enforcement Training, and members of Britain's elite SAS.
He has worked on special assignments with the United States Department of State Dignitary Security Services, and under contract with the United States Defense Intelligence Agency.
Stephen K. Hayes is an ordained teacher of 1,200-year-old Japanese vajrayana meditation tradition - As spiritual head of the Kasumi-An Dojo, he offers instruction in both the meditation and martial arts traditions of Japan.
He is the chairman of the Board of SKH Quest, dedicated to promoting the benefits of martial arts training for self-development, he travels the world as teacher, seminar leader, and lecturer, inspiring others by translating his extensive background in martial arts and meditation into practical lessons for handling the pressures, uncertainties, and stresses of life.
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