‘Shibari Quick Start Guide’ now on-line Another tutorial, the ‘Shibari Quick Start Guide’ , is now on-line. This is a concise tutorial for those of you who can’t be bothered with the whole manual and want to cut to the chase. You know, when you are the sort to just dive for the quick start …
Here and now Climate change is very much in the news, which got me thinking about eco-friendly shibari tuition and how our businesses stand in this respect. I’ll come back to that later but I want to talk about what’s happening now. It’s all well and good protesting, expecting somebody else to solve the problem, …
SPECIAL OFFER: See bottom of page Like the original Ford, I have only been offering rope in one colour: natural. You will be delighted to know that we now offer coloured jute shibari rope at ESINEM-Rope…or should that be ‘rope of colour’ these days? I can’t keep up 🙂 Ten colours available We now offer …
Osada Steve tuition dates From the second week in August, I will be hosting private shibari tuition and exclusive master classes by Osada Steve in London. He will be available from 14-21 August for private tuition at my studio in south London and will be holding intimate master classes to ensure individual tuition for maximum …
The question to answer before ‘How can I learn shibari? I decided to make a new video, ‘What is shibari?’, because I see so many posts on Fetlife asking “Where/how can I learn shibari?”. The problem being that nobody ever clarifies what they mean by shibari. If you follow these posts, you’ll see all manner …
New tutorials on-line at ShibariClasses Osaka Dan’s Kazami influenced kinbaku tutorials are now on-line at ShibariClasses. I wrote more about the shoot and Dan’s credentials a couple of weeks back. As you will see, he has something for all levels from a free mini tutorial, showing over 12 ways to tie a single-column tie, through …
Over the past few days, we have been working on a series of Kazami-ryu kinbaku tutorials with Osaka Dan for ShibariClasses. As you can see, we have shot quite a lot of material, which will be available as both individual tutorials and discounted bundles. Thankfully, Dan can edit so has been a great help with …
And we will prove it for free! Rope handling skills are fundamental to the difference between tying people and parcels. In my opinion, far too much teaching is orientated to painting by numbers and that’s not what it’s all about for me. Until about 12 years ago, when I first visited Japan for lessons with …
We have just uploaded Part XII of ‘Suspension Techniques’ making this the most in-depth shibari suspension course ever! These are not just 10 minute YouTube demonstrations but full multi-media tutorials with every step shown and explained in detail. You’ll learn not just the ties but the engineering behind them in the ‘Suspension Techniques’ series. Here …
Beyond ‘Tying people, not parcels’ In my first shibari tutorials for beginners, ‘Japanese Rope Bondage: Tying people, not parcels‘, my focus was on teaching ties and how to perform them with connection. In ‘Shibari: The Easy Way‘, we develop this approach further by both simplifying learning by explaining the basic building blocks and by teaching …