The inverted ‘Y’ connection for hooking into the two wraps of the box-tie (takate-kote), taught by the likes of Osada Steve, seems to be used pretty much universally. I much prefer the version where the line is locked into a short bight thus avoiding ‘burning the bight’. This is a definite improvement over the way …
I’m doing an absolutely crazy offer on ‘Japanese Rope Bondage: Tying people, not parcels’ shibari tutorial DVDs! Due to the massive success of our on-line school, ShibariClasses.com, we are moving away from physical media of DVDs, which means clearing stock. So, here’s your chance to pick up a total bargain with over 65% off at …
As you’ll see there’s an interview with me and also with Nina Russ about BOUND in this issue: Founded six years ago, Sang Bleu proposes multidisciplinary investigation of the body. With an eponymous magazine at center, the project encompasses a range of artistic activity spurred by the interests of its members. Fashion, fetish culture, visual …
It was only after receiving yet another copyright infringement notification from Fetlife for the picture below that I realised that I hadn’t actually posted the series here. In fact, it happens almost every week with the same picture so I can’t imagine how I overlooked posting such a popular shoot in the galleries. The shoot was for …
I have kindly been given permission to re-post this excellent article by AmeKitsune addressing some of the prejudices that we sometimes encounter from those who misunderstand what we do: On Rope Performance Reactions Lucero and I recently performed at an event. It was the second year we’ve performed there, and the second time the organiser has received …
As you might have heard, I’m setting up a ‘Virtual Dojo’ where you can participate in live on-line classes either as a group or individually for personal mentoring regardless of where you are, so long as you have an Internet connected PC with web cam and headset (below for exact specifications). I will be running …
This site, Bio Digital Human, is a great resource for getting to know the human body from the inside. It provides a 3-D view of the body which can be rotated and zoomed into. One of the uses is to get a good visual appreciation of roughly where the important nerves run. Note that I …
A recent discussion on my Fetlife kinbaku group threw up an interesting misnomer concerning the potential nerve vulnerability on the inner side of the arm. It’s quite possible we were talking at cross purposes but since “The TK” (actually a whole family of ties) is getting some undeservedly bad press, I think it’s worth clarifying where …
Nina and I were fortunate to be invited to Ciprian’s studio upon our arrival in Bucharest for a shoot with Gorgone. Apart from being a very successful professional photographer, Ciprian is amongst the best Romanian riggers and also runs a Japanese bondage photography site: Shibari.ro. These series certainly seem to have hit the spot with …
I was reminded, by a Fetlife thread by my friend MasterMHatter, of a video that I watched some while ago which led me to the surprising revelation that I didn’t know the right way to tie my shoelaces. That’s something we all think we mastered shortly after discarding the services of our mother, isn’t it? We …