And we will prove it for free! Rope handling skills are fundamental to the difference between tying people and parcels. In my opinion, far too much teaching is orientated to painting by numbers and that’s not what it’s all about for me. Until about 12 years ago, when I first visited Japan for lessons with …
It has recently come to my attention that another rope supplier is attempting to benefit by using my ‘Amanawa™’ trademark for a product he is launching! I suppose that I should be flattered that they chose my brand out of all the names out there. It clearly stands out as the ‘gold standard’ and the …
10 tips for the single column tie: What you didn’t know you didn’t know We have just produced a new free tutorial for ShibariClasses: ’10 Pro tips: The single-column tie’. You might be surprised at what you didn’t know that you didn’t know as we go into greater depth than other tutorials. The single column …
We have just uploaded Part XII of ‘Suspension Techniques’ making this the most in-depth shibari suspension course ever! These are not just 10 minute YouTube demonstrations but full multi-media tutorials with every step shown and explained in detail. You’ll learn not just the ties but the engineering behind them in the ‘Suspension Techniques’ series. Here …
ShibariClasses must be the biggest selection of shibari tutorials on the net with over 40 now! We started ShibariClasses just over 3 and a half years ago when we were trying to make the sequel to the best-selling ‘Japanese Rope Bondage: Tying people, not parcels’ DVDs and now we teach thousands of students. When ShibariClasses launched, …
Our latest tutorial, ‘Mastering ingredients’, will teach you how to master the ‘ingredients’ of shibari, i.e. the components that are used, to create your own ‘recipes’ (ties).The objective is not simply to teach a tie but how to create ties. Teaching ‘ingredients’ that make up the ‘recipes’ and how they can be varied and substituted …
We are delighted to announce two one-day intensive classes with the legendary Osada Steve at a south London venue in mid August! Initially, we only announced a single workshop for Sunday, 19 August, to our ShibariClasses students but this sold out, bar a couple of tickets, within hours so I suggested an additional day. I …
As we hinted at before, we will be rigging in Riga, Latvia, at the end of June. Flame Hel has invited us for the last weekend of the month. I have to say, he sounds like an excellent host since we have been offered dungeon apartment with our own personal slave girl! We might not …
I expect, like us, you have been deluged by emails about GDPR. Ironically, the new legislation, designed to reduce spam and give you more control over personal data, is producing even more dull and unwanted emails! We are sorry to have to add to them but it’s the law. Anyway, I’ll keep this brief. In …
Over the past year, we have been busy creating the most comprehensive shibari suspension course ever produced. We are now are up to Part XI with lots more to come. If you haven’t already tried our tutorials, we think you’l be surprised as they are far more detailed than anything you have seen before. These aren’t …