A few months ago, I worked on the ‘What lies beneath‘ shoot for LOVE magazine with a highly prestigious team: Models: Lara Stone, Mariacarla Boscono, Saskia de Brauw, Kristen McMenamy, Anais Pouliot, Guinevere van Seenus & Xiao Wen Ju. Photographers: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott Stylist: Katie Grand I tied Saksia de Brauw and Kristen …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I apologise for the problems over the weekend due to a virus attack. The source of the problem has been identified and rectified; action has been taken to close possible security holes. The symptoms were a spoof anti-virus, Smart Protection 2012, coming up with warning of a numerous alleged infections. You do not have the …
Here’s something for you to try at home. Pah! It might look really clever and dangerous but anyone who has a motorbike can do these stunts with a couple of hours practice and no formal tuition. Trust me 😉 How hard can it be? It all seems pretty straight forward, you just point your bike …
I would like to say I was surprised that the video below of me doing a demonstration of tying a box-tie (takate-kote) was deleted from YouTube but nothing surprises me when it comes to their double standards. Esinem en Fetterati from Toni Chaptom on Vimeo. In spite of not even a kiss and clothing that …
As you will know, I have done a fair bit of research into avoiding nerve injury. The main problem is the differing sensitivities and nerve paths between people. The medical diagrams are a guide, not a definitive representation of how everyone is. We all have different shapes and proportions, which, of course, is determined by …
I seem to have been able to upload most of the members from the old site. It looks like about 85% went across but some of the loss might have been duplicates. I will investigate or you can simply re-add yourself. There is only the free member category at the moment as the premium content …