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Hot webcam rope sessions
Nina and I have been doing some webcam sessions with MaYa recently on Cam4. These consist on one hour play sessions with rope as the primary tool. I will give Nina credit, she really works hard and...
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Nerve injuries and wrist ties
The usual caveat with wrist ties is to leave a little wiggle room to avoid cutting off circulation. However, this is by no means the biggest problem, at least not in the sort of time frames we are...
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Why tension is all
One day, whilst chewing the fat with a certain hirsute German who happens to know a thing or two about kinbaku, I asked whether, if he were forced, would he chose good tension or accurate wrap...
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Do we even know what a takate kote is?
It seems most of us are unknowingly abusing the term ‘takate kote’ when we use it describe the version of the chest tie that has forearms parallel. I understand that, strictly speaking, it refers...
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Preparing for BOUND on Friday 31 May
It’s been an interesting week, apart from the usual grind. I can now add canoes to the list of inanimate objects I have tied which already included handbags, shoes, shop dummies and more parcels than I...
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Wholesale natural fibre bondage rope
If you are a business looking for the widest choice of natural fibre rope, I’m your man! I have a huge range of jute specially made for bondage, plus linen hemp (an incredible 40 thread per ply yarn...
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Which direction to tie a gote/takate-kote?
Like many of us who have been influenced by Osada Ryu, tying to the left has been the direction to go according to the technical specification. Some of us have debated at great length whether tying one...
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Naka Akira is our star performer at LFAJRB
I am beside myself with delight to be able to disclose that our star act at the London Festival of the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage will be none other than Naka Akira. Those of you who know of him will...
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What you think you know about shibari suspensions
Everyone is rushing headlong into suspension these days and sadly this often means that the vital knowledge, which makes for safe(r) and more elegant suspensions, is often skimped along the way. It...
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Psychology Today: A Loving Introduction to BDSM
The myth is that it’s abusive. Actually it’s about trust and communication. In the child’s game, Trust Me, one person stands behind the other. The one in front falls backward, trusting the other to...
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New shibari suspension guides online
There has been endless controversy about whether one should produce tutorial material covering suspension, the argument being is that it is a subject that should only be taught hands on. I believe that...
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20% off Tossa Lite shibari rope for 7 days only!
You can get 20% off all purchases of untreated Tossa Lite from midnight tonight GMT for 7 days only. Click here and see ‘On Sale’ on the top left or navigate to Jute>Tossa Lite. That’s like one rope...
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All change! New web site
As my avid readers will be aware, for many months, I’ve been battling to trace the cause of some random performance issues and to iron out the membership glitches which require me to manually activate...
View ArticleJune 28, 2013 – A press conference of the Shibari festival «RopeFest 2013»
June 28, 2013 – A press conference of the festival Shibari «RopeFest 2013» | sensless.ru. This is an automated translation, so forgive the odd English. Good day, reader. How do you feel about “BDSM”?...
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The Wonder of Untying
I have re-posted this from Fetlife with the permission of the author, NaughtyHelen. Obviously, I’m dead chuffed that I was instrumental in inspiring this article but it also confirms my assertion that...
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Romanian and Russian shibari
As you might know, we have been away in Romania running the first ever shibari workshop up in the Transylvania mountains at Bran in the shadow of the castle that inspired the Dracula story. It was a...
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Rope in Japan: Venues & lessons
This is work in progress but hopefully we can all add to it for a useful resource: VENUES This is by no means exhaustive or any guarantee there will be shows on any given night. Mistress bars usually...
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KinbakuMania: The embracing rope harmony
KinbakuMania is an interesting site for Osada ryu aficionados which is in Portuguese, Spanish and largely in English.The post KinbakuMania: The embracing rope harmony appeared first on ESINEM .
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Great source of Sugiura Norio photo books and manga with free shipping
I see Best-Japan sell Sugiura Norio’s wonderful photo books and a whole raft of manga. Best of all there’s free shipping. As postage usually doubles the prices of orders from Japan, this is a real not...
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New members area
Impatient as always, I am throwing open the doors to the new members area somewhat early. The builders (PKS Consulting) are still in, the decorators (PKS Consulting) haven’t been yet and the removal...
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