Braxas
Kinbaku teacher who began in 2016 at Kinbaku Dojo Berlin, owns Belfast Kinbaku Dojo according to a Daruma bio, and co-teaches workshops with Nëya in Belfast, Berlin and Vienna.
Braxas, also credited as Andrew Braxas, is a kinbaku teacher who co-teaches workshops with Nëya at studios in Northern Ireland, Germany and Austria.
Background
The biography on Daruma’s event page says Braxas started with kinbaku in 2016 at Kinbaku Dojo Berlin, beginning in the Osada style. The Daruma biography identifies Braxas as the owner of Belfast Kinbaku Dojo and says Braxas has taught there weekly for several years, treating patterns as tools rather than ends in themselves. Daruma attributes to Braxas the view that kinbaku can express an inner emotional experience as a dialogue.
Teaching
Belfast Kinbaku Dojo listed “Foundations of Kinbaku” with Braxas and Neya for 24 and 25 February 2024 as the second instalment of its workshop series. Daruma in Neukölln, Berlin, listed “Building a Session” with Braxas and Nëya for 30 May 2025 as a three-hour evening class for couples who knew the single column tie. Querverbindungen’s archive in Vienna lists two Braxas and Neya workshops from the weekend of 7 and 8 December 2024: “Over-tying” on the Saturday and “Breaking Aesthetics” on the Sunday.