Finally, all the bits I needed for a prototype arrived for the great Arduino-based shibari suspension experiment. The latest arrival was six FSRs which will sense to load. This meant I could test reading all the sensors and displaying the recorded loads. It lives! As I have almost zero experience in these things, I found …
ShibariClasses.com is planning a project that will attempt to record loads at multiple points during a shibari rope suspension so we can add empirical data to the wealth of experience offered by our teachers. I will document the trials, tribulations and, hopefully, successes of our suspension experiment for your edification. As this is testing the …
I have re-discovered some early shibari photos from Japan, dating up to 70 years ago, from Kitan Club, their most popular SM magazine for decades. Unfortunately, a link to a large archive I posted some years back is no longer functioning, as is often the way with 3rd party links. However, I just came across …
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The good, the bad and the ugly There are countless shibari tutorials in books and online, plus plenty of real life classes but not all shibari tutorials are equal. The quality runs the full gamut of the good, the bad and the ugly. Some teachers can teach, some can’t, some have a wealth of sound …
What do you mean by learn shibari? “How can I learn shibari?” or “Where can I learn shibari?” are the most common questions I see on forums like Fetlife from those wanting to find tutorials in this style Japanese rope bondage. Unfortunately, although it might seem like a reasonable question, it can lead to very …
WTF are NFT’s? “WTF are NFT’s?”, you might well ask. In simple terms, a non-fungible token (NFT) is a bit of code that sits on the blockchain (basically, a computerised ledger) which establishes ownership of something. Basically, an immutable digital title deed to that thing. A massively popular area for using NFTs is digital art, …
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The inventor of entertainment SM, Mr Eikichi Osada passed away on the 12th of September 2001 at the age of 76. Eikichi has been focusing on the entertainment aspect of SM and kept fascinating fans since he established Osada seminar till the very last moment before his death. Eikichi’s intimate friends gathered for a round table …
Semenawa (責め縄): Tormenting rope, the gentle art of inflicting ‘beautiful suffering’, is latest tutorial on ShibariClasses. Semenawa means different things to different people. In it’s most literal sense, it seems to be translated as ‘torture rope’ or ‘tormenting rope’ but that’s to over-simplify a deeper and multi-faceted subject. For the purpose of this tutorial, I’m …