Stevens formerly taught Eastern philosophy at Tohoku Fukushi University in Japan.
resides in Honolulu, Hawaii where he instructs at Aikido-Ohana dojo.
He moved to Sendai in Japan in 1973 in order to study Buddhism and began practising Aikido soon afterwards.
[2] He has created his own system of Aikido, which he calls Classical Aikido, which is a complete system emphasizing misogi, kotodama, and the unity of aiki-ken, aiki-jo, and taijutsu (body arts).
[3] Stevens has written over thirty books on Buddhism, Aikido and Asian culture, including: