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Who Hanshi Stephen Kaufman Is

Stephen Kaufman delivers value.  An authority on strategy and motivation, he empowers audiences to turn every challenge: business, personal, and military, into opportunity by demonstrating definitive working models and techniques that assure advantageous results.

Author of the best-selling books, (among them: Art of War, Book of Five Rings, Shogun Scrolls, Living Tao, Sword in the Boardroom) selling in the hundreds of thousands are acclaimed as the finest interpretations done to date.  Speaking with true understanding of the lessons taught by the ancient masters, his work is considered essential reading for groups and organizations interested in progressive management strategy, motivation development, and life enhancement solutions.

A lifetime of work spanning over 50 years, he started on Okinawa in the 1950's that includes teaching and practical experience with the U.S.A.F., N.Y.C. law enforcement agencies, Board of Education, Dept. for the Aging, litigation firms, marketing groups, corporations, community centers and private schools.  Widely sought out as a teacher for the new millennium, he has appeared and spoken on radio and TV numerous times, lectured at Brooklyn College, Learning Annexes, Madison Square Garden, WPON, KLYV, KVON, etal.  Entrepreneurial experiences as a CEO of a commercial collection corporation and a computer data networking firm, he knows how to negotiate and bring about direct results.  He holds the rank and title of Hanshi, 10th Dan, the most prestigious accomplishment in the martial arts world.  He was given the prestigeous recognition in 1991 by international peer associations.  He has been presented with the Hall of Fame Platinum Lifetime Achievement and Martial Arts Pioneer awards.  His martial studies system, Dojo no Hebi - School of the Snake, is acknowledged as one of the most realistic methods in the world.