Osaka Dan

Osaka Dan is a Australian teacher in the Kazami-ryū.

Era: 2010s

TEACHER · ORGANIZER

Australian rope teacher and organizer active in Toronto in the 2010s. Founded the first Toronto Kinbaku Salon space in 2013 and brought Kazami Ranki to Toronto for a five-day intensive in March 2014; Toronto Kinbaku Salon describes him as Kazami Ranki's only gaijin deshi at that time. Tifereth began exploring Kazami-ryu through Osaka Dan in 2013. He left Canada in 2015 and returned to Australia.

School: Kazami-ryū

Teachers / direct apprenticeship lineage: Ranki Kazami.

Influences (mutual or directional): Tifereth.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Toronto Kinbaku Salon.