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 …
We have been upgrading production standards further at ShibariClasses. I have recently bought my own second camera, a Canon 700D, since before I was borrowing one previously from Mo, who helps out with BOUND. Having my own second camera should mean that I can calibrate them closely and leave them that way to give consistent …
Sorry, Kelis, but my shibari brings all the girls to the yard 🙂 Your boys are welcome to your milkshake, as delightful as it might be. I just realised how easily her song, ‘Milkshake’, lends itself to a parody about shibari teachers. I only had to change three words…erh, I mean, it’s simply a case of …
Over the past few months, I have been working with a major yarn and rope manufacturer to create the perfect shibari rope. What’s perfection? The highest quality fibre is needed for starters since you can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. This is why I have gone to source and to a supplier …
We have just uploaded Part V in our ‘Suspension techniques’ series which is an in-dept tutorial for the yoko-zuri (side suspension). Yoko-zuri (side suspension) is one of the classic shibari suspension ties which is typically based on a 3-rope gote. It is undoubtedly a core tie which everyone should learn. It is the first suspension …
Yes, it’s time for free rope at the next BOUND again. On Fri 17 Feb, we will be giving away a whole heap of free rope: we are having a clear out of reel ends, discontinued stock and anything generally surplus. Get there early to grab the best but remember we open early at 6pm …
There’s an informative article about the preparation of Okinawa jute rope by Steamybedtime on their site which they wrote about after receiving some from ESINEM-Rope. It has an illustrated guide showing their first, and seemingly very successful, experiment in treating rope, plus links to my free video tutorial and a couple of other guides. There’s …
As you will know from an earlier post, I have been exploring ways of achieving deeper connection in shibari with Frank aka Bandit650, a tango teacher, and two students. Very recently, I was approached by another tango fanatic, Semreh, who lived in Argentina for 6 years immersed at a pro and grass-roots level. We had …