The bad news… Unfortunately, the new arrangements for BOUND shibari night are not working out so we have had to make the sad decision to cancel this year’s planned events and have a re-think. As you know, we had to raise prices eventually as we were not covering the costs of bringing in international talent. …
BOUND shibari night is back on Friday 21 April with performances, tutorials and socialising created by Esinem, Nina Russ & MoSaru, in collaboration with the Flying Dutchman London. Performers BOUND – Friday 21, April 2017 Koikunawa (DE) Dark Shibari & Kitty Rea (RO) Nina Russ & Adreena Angela Like Butoh dance, shibari is finally emerging …
Here’s our latest tutorial: ‘Hishi patterns made easy’ Teaching the method, not just ties In this course, you will learn a versatile technique to create the iconic diamond (hishi) pattern that can be used on almost any part of the body. Most importantly, Nina explains how the pattern is formed and the rules involved …
I have been kindly allowed to reproduce this excellent article on shibari performance from Amekitsune’s blog which talks about reactions to performances and, in particular, from mainstream audiences. By the way, if you are already a performer, model or considering becoming one, ShibariClasses have started a new series just for you to help you on your …
I wrote some years ago ‘Bondage for people, not parcels’ for Rope, Bondage, and Power by Robert J. Rubel, Ph.D. and Lee Harrington to try to explain the psychology of bondage. I think it still stands up well today, in spite of the fact that the art of shibari is evolving exponentially in the west. Even five years is …
I have edited and uploaded the latest BOUND shibari show photos and videos. Well, more correctly, I edited the videos that I shot and Mo edited some of his photos. They are a lot more to come. Since I’m in a benevolent mood this month (see ShibariClasses and rope discounts in previous posts), a free preview gallery …
It’s been a good year for the Esinem empire, so I thought I’d share the love with 20% off shibari tutorials at our on-line school, ShibariClasses. They offer is limited to the just 100 lucky folk. It’s first come first served, so grab this offer while you can. All you need to do is to …
40% off jute shibari ropes is our special Mad March Hare promotion for ESINEM-Rope this month! This means you can get a full set of 8 x 6mm Tossa Lite Natural for only £47.40! Sorry, UK customers only. Just use Coupon Code ‘MARCH-HARE’ at checkout. Of course, you don’t have to buy eight ropes as the offer …
We have just uploaded Performance techniques: Part II ‘Stagecraft for shibari models’, a very comprehensive tutorial by Kitty Rae. Kitty is an international bondage model who has performed with many of the the west’s best shibari artists and also has extensive exposure as a fetish model. Combined with her developing skills as a rigger, this …
This experiment shows the effect of tension in a gote (TK). Correct tension and wrap position are key to tying a safe gote/TK. It is a common error to tie unnecessarily tightly, often to try to make poorly positioned wraps stay in place. This somewhat crude experiment shows how the forces increase exponentially with wrap …