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Quite a few people have emailed me recently asking for information on my shibari classes. In fact, almost all the questions are answered on my bookings page, click here. You’ll see ‘+ Tuition, demonstrations & private classes’ near the top of the page. Click on that and it will expand showing details, FAQ’s, booking for …

I have recently decided to reformat my classes to accommodate the widely varying skill levels that now abound. The classes will now be short modules in specific subjects rather than general classes. I feel this will allow students the flexibility to ‘mix & match’ based on their individual needs and preferences. To facilitate this, classes …

I have just received 6,000m of some 6mm Asanawa from a new supplier. I was expecting 220m reels of the same 15 yarn per ply rope which I had some years ago in, but only in 15m lengths. However, rope suppliers seem to be somewhat capricious and, like hairdressers, tend to come up with their …

Everyone keeps asking me about this year’s festival. The problem is that Garry, Murakawa and I are the world’s worst procrastinators. Garry has little time as it is as his Lucha Britannia Mexican-style wresting project has become massive and he’s filming with Jonathan Ross. Add to that the fact that Mack has moved house, is …

Amongst the highlights of Boundcon was seeing Kinoko get tied separately by both Nina and Jenis. In spite of some none too vigorous initial protests, he seemed to enjoy it judging by the translation of some of his comments, e.g. “Hmmm, this isn’t so bad”. Although, to be fair, I can’t see many men passing …

Due to my teaching trip Down Under, possibly catching RopeFest in Russia and the Secret Garden Party here, it won’t be possible for me to host The Knot in July, so you had better get your fill on Sunday 3 June. Of course, there is BOUND on Friday 1st June, so you can get a …

The popularity of self-bondage seems to be on the rise. In addition to the usual fans, it seems to be augmented by a mixture of riggers testing ties and rigger-less bunnies having fun. A recent conversation about the model of a friend of mine, who was found dead after exhausting herself failing to release a …

The second BOUND was a resounding success even though a lot of people were attending Torture Garden and Office Hours. It wasn’t long before people started tying, the suspension points came into use and the place was buzzing. Our star performers were WykD-Dave and Clover, who were on stage at LFAJRB and Shibaricon. They did …

I have just unearthed one from the archives of a session which I shot with Eden about 3 years ago for Fetish Movies. I had forgotten what fun it was and quite how nicely shot. Anyway, this was my second session with her after the soft and fluffy African Rose video and I decided to …

There appear to be quite a few incidents due to failures of suspension line tie offs. We had a minor one on a course I was running where a student failed to tie off and merely used frictions. Luckily, no harm was done apart from a bruised ego and severly ‘bent ear’ from me. We …

I have just added a video of Kazami Ranki’s triple suspension with Gestalta, Nina and Jenis from the end of course party. I had a heart-stopping moment when I deleted it from my SD card prematurely and had to recover it with some rather clever software, Photorec. This seemed to work after several others failed …