The first meeting of The Knot was a great success with quite a few familiar faces and some new ones. It ran very much as I intended with a lot of creative trying by the more experienced riggers and the newbies learning a lot. Jenis and Nina were a great asset as they were also …
We are in the early stages of setting up a show night for shibari fans at the Flying Dutchman in South London, near my studio. In fact, so early that we haven’t even come up with a name for the night. The FD is a fantastic new venue that recently hosted the official Torture Garden …
An expose of what really goes on inside Japanese Love Hotels 🙂 This is so wonderfully wrong! Abused Room : D⚡I from Remo Camerota on Vimeo. Abused Room: Harajuku Girls meet Aphex Twin! This Video is Produced & Directed by Remo Camerota and Roger Bolton. It was commissioned by D⚡I and is their Debut single. …
Some of you will have already seen the video of the performance at Legarti in Rome that I did with Nina, aka fiammi. If you haven’t here it is. Click on the image to see the video. As you’ll see, she is an amazing performance model who clearly loves rope. We will be doing a …
Written by Rida after a newaza session with me at Kinoko’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ happening bar during the Toubaku week. I take her words as a great compliment as they echo my feelings about the session and express very eloquently what effect kinbaku can have when one uses the rope and doesn’t just tie mechanically. It …
The time has come to establish an ‘inner circle’ for those with a serious interest in kinbaku to enable them to further their skills under expert guidance. The idea is for a mentored workshop, where participants can practice, ask advice, watch and meet others or have their work critiqued. This goes beyond the peer workshop …
In my experience, side suspension carries a higher risk of radial nerve injury in the upper arm area on the side nearest the ground. It seems logical that since all the weight is transferred to one side, rather than distributed across the torso and both arms, that this would be so. I suspect most problems …
For years, my site has been run on shared hosting but the time has come to get more professional, especially now I have paying members to look after. So, I have taken the plunge an ordered a VPS (Virtual Private Server) account from Eurovps, who have come highly recommended. The move will mean greater speed, …
At the time of writing, there is only one place left on the series starting 14 April and seven for the classes starting 9 April. The classes have only been very selectively marketed so far, so if you are still thinking about it, you should not delay. They will sell out before long. All prices …
I am always a sucker for pictures of beautiful tattooed Japanese girls in rope, so this guy’s work caught my eye. Tr@sh, with typical Japanese modesty, hasn’t given me much information about his work, but he has kindly allowed me to publish a series of kinbaku photos taken at “Elfen Lied”, an SM bar in …