I am running a class for those who need to be brought up to standard or wish to learn the 3-rope takate kote. Students will require a basic understanding of authentic techniques, i.e. as taught by Kinoko Hajime, Osada Steve etc. A solid understanding of the takate-kote (aka gote, aka box tie) is the basis …
Full members will get 15% off anything from my Ebay store this month. So for example, if you buy my shibari tutorial DVDs, you will save the cost of a month’s membership and have some change left over. The discount coupon is available below if you have subscribed as a paid member. [private] Thanks for …
Jenis, Nina and I had already been invited to join the UK riggers’ stage by Kobal1 but I have just heard from Andreas that I have a slot on the main stage too. The UK riggers’ contingent will include: Riggers: Kobal1, Captive Kink, Cuffkey1, Esinem, Nina, Jenis & Footman John Models: persephone13, bratt, whitecell, Jenis, …
FDL are still trying to get some sense out of PayPal but meanwhile they have signed up with WeGotTickets. WGT did a great job for us with the ticketing for London Festival of the Art of Japanese Bondage, so I’m very happy FDL are using them. You can get tickets here Just scroll down to …
Bound is a show and social night for shibari fans at the Flying Dutchman, near my studio in South London. The FDL is a fantastic new venue that recently hosted the official Torture Garden after-party. It is a historic London pub, whose interior has been completely restyled with fabulous décor including dungeon, wet room and …
This cultural event is Bunka-sai’s fund-raiser for Aid for Japan, which is a charity for the orphans of the earthquake and tsunami disaster. It should be of interest to all of us Japanophiles and at only £3.50 you can’t plead poverty. There’s no shibari…yet but who knows about future events as I am going to …
As some of you will have noticed, we recently suffered a virus attack which caused a fake anti-virus, Smart Protection 2012, to be offered and a number of error messages to appear. It worked by adding malicious code to WordPress’s php files. As fast as I deleted the code, it reappeared. It seems the infection …
Last weekend was a long weekend for Nina and I, in more ways than one but we arrived home happy and tired. In fact, it took several days for Nina’s grin to subside, so high was she on that much rope and the chance to perform. I’ll be posting some photos of her impish and …
Having, I hope, got to the root of the recent virus attack, I now have a bit more time to upload footage. There’s Nina’s first session with my long-time model Electric Fairie in which she breaks the mould and does some Yukimura inspired suspensions. You’ll be seeing a lot more of Nina’s work on this …
My daughter, Kezia, has always had a great sense of style and, as she says, is never knowingly under-dressed. Consequently, she and her splendidly moustachioed husband, David aka Mr Wax of Wax Industries (purveyors of fine grooming products for gentlemen), are frequently photographed at Torture Garden and retro events. Over the years her passion for …