I found this on Fetlife by Kanso 9 days ago: As Riggers and bottom, the more mindful and educated we are about our craft, the less chances of injuries or mishaps we’ll encounter in this wonderful world of rope. This is a free online course that explores musculoskeletal anatomy of the Upper Limb, and common …
As you might recall, I questioned the old “Mind the Gap” rule of safer rope placement (‘The Gap’ is the dip between the muscles on the outside of my arm above the red dot in the right hand image below) some while ago after blindly believing it myself for many years. I’m now convinced that, whilst …
I’ll start out with a disclaimer: I am not an engineer or physicist! That said, I have a logical mind and can apply it practically…and there’s Google. I started thinking about rope breaks and it seemed to me that friction is a big factor. It has been speculated, not unreasonably, that the ‘sawing’ action of …
We were doing an experimental shoot with this evening with MaYa as model and, as is often our practice, a dog-earned copy of one of Sugiura’s books for tying inspiration. As most of his photos seem to feature old style rigs on bamboo, we set up the pole and the newly recovered backdrops I had …
I recently received an email from a self-professed “local known expert” and veteran educator of some 20 years experience after making my post asking what could be done, if anything, to protect people from incompetent teachers. His reply was strewn with personal insults and made light of my concerns over nerve damage saying: “Nerve issues …
Although not directly relevant to bondage, it has some quite close parallels since it involves the upper arm and I suspect similar pressure could be exerted by wraps on a box-tie. The lesson that seems to be shown is the importance of the vulnerability of the lower part of the upper arm. I think this …
Last night at BOUND, we had a rope break incident. Fortunately, nobody got hurt. Wildties was finishing an astounding show, full of energy and dramatic transitions, when he decided to end on a single ankle suspension but as he began the lift, the rope snapped. Here’s exactly what happened. Gorgone, his model, was on the …
Out of curiosity to see how others do things, I was present at a beginners’ introductory class presented by a well-known figure on the scene, who I also know socially. Not long into the class, I was surprised to see him show a spread-eagled tie to a bed commencing with 4 or 5 wraps around …
Like many others, I have been constantly frustrated by the instability of the standard shibari knot, often called a ‘boola boola’, used to close things like single and double column ties. In my experience, it has been something of a hit or miss affair whether this knot locks or collapses into two half hitches. In …
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 …