Tuition

Authentic Yukimura-ryû training by licensed instructors is being offered in Japan. The teachings of the “caressing style of kinbaku” are based on a structured approach, a kyû-system complete with exams to certify each student’s progress. This system allows for the authentic transmission of the increasingly complicated and intricate techniques passed down by kinbaku grandmaster Yukimura Haruki (雪村春樹).

Osada Steve

Osada Steve has been covering Yukimura Haruki’s live performances and filming activities since 1999 and was accepted as sensei’s first formal student in 2006. He received his bakushi name Harumine (春嶺) in 2009 and his teaching license in 2012. In 2014 and 2015, Osada Steve was the main rope artist in two videos produced and directed by Yukimura sensei: Bakushiden (縛師伝) and Nawa (縄).