Dunning-Kruger effect in kinbaku
Did you know? Knowledgeable people underestimate themselves while ill-informed people think they are brilliant! It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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04 2021
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07 2020
Learn kinbaku with these 3 steps
Kinbaku Elements are larger and smaller bits and pieces of information to learn and grow in your Japanese rope bondage, aka kinbaku or shibari, skill. This element will guide you [...]
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01 2020
RopeMarks is slowing down after 20+ very active years.
The year 2019 is the year that I have been doing my Japanese rope bondage activities as RopeMarks for 20 years. On April 1, 1999 (this is no joke) I officially formalized these activities under the name RopeMarks. April 1, 2019 was RopeMarksâ platinum anniversary!
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08 2017
Massad 285, Aug.-Sep. 2017, Netherlands
In response to Dutch (and English and German) media that jumped onto an informational article in the Daily Beast and made it wrongly sensational we have written and published this [...]
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11 2014
Carabineers
Carabineers A recent carabineer failure at a Circus performance has raised some important questions in the aerial arts community. While I know very little about what caused this particular failure, [...]
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12 2012
Shi, a Mai Randa column
The following text is by Mai Randa, written on 3 Dec. 2007 and perfectly translated by Faviola_Llervu. Together with Akechi Denki, Mai Randa was part of my first exposure to bondage from [...]
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08 2012
Teppo yoko zuri, an asymmetrical side suspension
I have a slight concern about some activity I see related to a teppo shibari combined with a yoko zuri. See the images below about what these mean. The [...]
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06 2012
Akira Naka’s rope of torture, primer version
RopeMarks | Club RopeMarks | Shop RopeMarks Akira Naka's rope of torture, primer version, a RopeMarks review.  When I heard about the new tutorial video of Akira Naka "rope of torture" I [...]
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02 2012
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07 2011
Muganawa çĄæçž
Something that I can very much relate to, perfectly put into words by Nawashi Osada Steve, http://tokyobound.com/blog/?p=317 Quote: "In essence, a muganawa session is set apart by its emphasis upon [...]
