I have to say I think the design of this MA1 jacket by Phenomenon owes more to hojojutsu than shibari (original blog post />) but, either way, it can’t be denied that it is a statement. What that statement is I will leave you to decide. Anyway, guaranteed ice-breaker at parties but maybe not ideal …
If 5 days of intensive training with Osada Steve appeals, you had better be quick as the first course for 14-20 April sold out in 24 hours! Assuming you haven’t been living under a rock or totally disinterested in kinbaku, he will need no introduction. If the former, you can find out more on his …
OK, I think we have the membership system working finally. This means that all the full paid membership options of 30, 60, 120 days or a year are now available giving you access to all areas with special early bird rates from as little as $7.45 per month. These reduced rates will be held for …
I recently came across a post on Fetlife entitled ‘Buyer Beware’ and noticed my name in the slug, so opened the thread with some trepidation thinking I might have an unhappy customer. What I found was far from that! It turned out to be somebody asking for feedback about my eBay shop who had had …
I have heard from Steve that he is planning to be in London 16-20 April to run some master classes. I hardly need to introduce him but if you want to know more take a look at his blog and web site. His classes are extremely popular so register your interest by letting me know …
I have recently been pointed to Fetbook, which is a new social networking site for kinksters. In fact, it bears some resemblance to Facebook and MySpace, so you won’t have any problem finding your way around. Quite a few of us have fallen foul of the Facebook or MySpace Police, who seem to think that …
People are keen to see more than the free public content and have been asking about full member access. It is not available yet but it should only be a few more days. Meanwhile, I have been busy loading content: videos from Toubaku, the last two year’s London Festival of the Art of Japanese Rope …
Whilst I have been galavanting around the world teaching, I am aware that I have been ignoring the opportunities closer to home. Maybe having to travel 5,000 miles or so to Tokyo for my tuition gives me the impression that travelling to London for my classes is nothing. Of course, just crossing the Thames to …
If you haven’t heard of TheAngryNawashi yet, you should do. He is a man of considerable wisdom unconstrained by the advice of “if you haven’t anything nice to say, say nothing”. Whether one agrees or not, it is refreshing to see somebody not being afraid to speak their mind. Unrestrained praise does not improve our tying, whereas …
My new tutorial DVDs, ‘Japanese Rope Bondage: Tying people, not parcels’, have been selling very well and getting rave reviews. We have exceeded all our most optimistic sales targets, in spite of a hiccup caused by some faulty media on the first NTSC version. Fortunately, I chose an excellent supplier who promptly re-pressed the entire …