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 …
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 …
I discovered this video in which Randa Mai shows how he rigs a suspension point and discusses kinbaku. There are also links to various other videos of his work in this article. [private] Here’s a link to his web site. You’ll find the photo gallery here and video here. [/private]
The first nine photo galleries are up. Now we have the UUGallery system running, it should be fairly fast to upload content. After a few glitches and some great help from Paul at UUG, we cracked it. Anyway, I have uploaded shoots with the diminutive Miss Pixie, the bendy Emelia ‘Foldaway’, the beautifully inked Adreena, …
Just a quick note to remind you that there are still places on Saturday 3 December for my introductory Japanese bondage class in south London. You can book for this course or future ones, jut click on your preferred one below to pay immediately or contact me to request further information and payment methods. The …
I’m delighted to say that all the hard work seems to be paying off and the sales of my shibari tutorial DVDs have got off to a flying start. We have already exceeded a target that I thought optimistic by Christmas and the huge piles of boxes of DVDs look less daunting. Sales have gone …
I was with Kinoko a little while back and we got to discussing westerners doing kinbaku. I was saying whilst it’s nice to accessorise our shows with beautiful Japanese elements, e.g. kimonos etc., I think there’s a line between doing this and the whole ‘kimono boy’ (those who try to be more Japanese than the …
As some of you might already be aware, I have been working with Bob Bentley, a BAFTA winning documentary maker, on a kinbaku project. This started last year after his chance visit to LFAJRB which kindled his interest. Since then, he came to Toubaku with us, been to Berlin and interviewed a whole host of …
I will be doing two shows at the Wasteland Party with Ika Noire, my model from LFAJRB. One will be more of a classic Japanese style show and the other will be the polar opposite. Hopefully, we will be able to capture the intensity of our last performance, the first few minutes of which can …