Sunday link of support- A family shout out!

Hi Readers!

Here is a website that is near and dear to my heart: www.skhquest.com or www.Stephenkhayes.com

An-shu Stephen Kinryu-Jien Hayes (AKA my papa!)

We teach adventure based leadership through the martial arts. Working and learning with our family business really made me who I am today! It gave me the confidence to know I could do anything I set my mind to. Working and growing up with a family business I also learned the importance of excellent customer service and the value of hard work and dedication!

Here is a little trip down memory lane! :) My parents came to my preschool to do a demonstration

I grew up training with my parents in the Dojo and eventually earned my third degree black belt when I was in college.

On to the next generation! Here is Natalie at her first Ninja Festival (our 31st annual!) when she was 10 months old. She is wearing the silk gi I used to wear when I was her age! :) Behind her is a bo staff, she was playing with it right before she crawled away. Or as I like to say, she was having her first bo lesson! :)

Here is a family shot! My parents, sister and I were always together training in the dojo growing up and it is always so fun to put on our gis together and train again! :) Especially now that we have a 3rd generation to train!

Here is some more information! Check it out! :)

…founder of To-Shin Do Kasumi-An Ninja Martial Arts 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.

Promoting the benefits of Life Mastery Through Martial Arts, 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 and uncertainties of life. Students, readers, and seminar participants have reported that his teachings have brought them deep encouragement and empowerment, and inspired them to achieve new levels of success in their personal and professional lives.

“Hayes-san is the one who gave birth to nin-po in the USA. We should all thank him for what he has done for us.” - Togakure Ryu Ninja Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi, describes An-shu Stephen K. Hayes to participants at Tai-Kai New Jersey 1989

One of the five brightest stars in the martial arts; a legend”- Black Belt Magazine Yearbook 1998 describes An-shu Stephen K. Hayes

“One of the ten most influential living martial artists in the world”- Black Belt Magazine March 2006 describes An-shu Stephen K. Hayes

“Grandmaster Stephen Hayes is a legend in the martial arts.”- Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee, father of Taekwondo in America, describes An-shu Stephen K. Hayes at National Association of Martial Arts Professionals convention 2008