RopeMarks’ (Floating) Bamboo; Immersion workshop.

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The Workshop

Level: Intermediate / strong intermediate, 
Prerequisite:
    rigger: You are confident with a gote, any style. A plus is knowing the RopeMarks style gote. You know how to safely perform a basic suspension. A plus is experience with dynamic suspensions and transitions.
    model: You are able to recognize and communicate good/bad bodily sensations and are familiar with the differences between nerve and circulation impingement. You are comfortable in a basic gote. A plus is experience being suspended in basic suspensions.

This is a full day workshop in which you will learn to tie and suspend with bamboo and get introduced in floating bamboo ties.

On the floor and floating

Bamboo is hot! Many of us know how to tie on a bamboo beam, but what else can we do with bamboo? Do you want to use shorter pieces of bamboo in your play and are you curious how to play with ‘floating bamboo’? Than this workshop is for you!  Bamboo is not only aesthetically pleasing, there are also quite some ways you can use it to make your suspensions more interesting, challenging and creative. You can use it for a pretty sight, to give your model more support, or – if that’s appreciated – some nice “semenawa”.

Within Japanese rope bondage the gote is an iconic and classic part of kinbaku and generally at the heart of any tie or suspension. Since RopeMarks teaches in the lineage of kinbaku we’ll generally work gote-based ties. We will start this workshop with a short refresh and refine of your gote before we continue with some basic bamboo-tying-skills. How can we attach bamboo to a body?  Which knots to use and how to tie safely with bamboo in general.

Of course we can have lots of fun on the floor, but we’ll also go flying. You’ll learn how to work with separate bamboo pieces and how to use them in/during transitions. We’ll also introduce you to the quite spectacular floating bamboo!

Program

Topics that we will address are:

• Gote refresher
• Basic bamboo skills
• Safe tying with bamboo 
• Using bamboo for ties with arms and legs
• Floating bamboo introduction
• Anatomy & safety
• Communication
• Rope handling

Each topic will include safety information, details to improve your rope handling, specific techniques to improve your tying and to deepen the connection with your partner. During the workshop there’ll be plenty of room for experimenting and personal advice.

The Practicalities

• Come as a familiar rigger and model couple.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
  This is a clothes on, non-sexual workshop, but no doubt you’ll be inspired to bring your new skills into your private intimate play at home.
• Bring at least 12 pieces of rope, 8m in length, 6mm thick.
  If you need rope, follow this link: https://ropemarks.com/rope/ .
  (at this level you need your own set, no more borrowing)
• We will be tying on bamboo (provided).
• The bamboo needed for the workshop will be provided.

• We will take care of coffee, tea and snacks.
  Please bring your own lunch.
  Drinking inside the dōjō is only allowed from a bottle/container that you can close.
• This workshop will be held in the Dutch language, but if needed we switch to English.
• Please also see our  FAQ .

I want to participate

Great! Please complete the ticket ordering process. Each ticket grants access for a couple. 

https://www.ropemarks.com/register/

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Refunding & reselling

If you need to cancel please contact us asap via workshop@ropemarks.com.

Tickets for this workshop are non-refundable, but can be sold to another couple that meet the requirements. In order to ensure fairness we kindly ask that you do not sell your workshop ticket to another couple. Instead, contact us as soon as possible. We maintain a waiting list of interested couples who are eager to participate.

If you have an interested couple that would like your ticket, please have them reach out to us directly. We will handle the ticket transfer process based on the order of inquiries received. We will do our best to facilitate the transfer but we cannot guarantee availability for your new buyers. Priority will be given to those on the waiting list to ensure fairness.

When we replace you for another couple you will be fully refunded.

If the cancellation comes from us you will be fully refunded.

Questions?

We have compiled a list of the most common questions.

Follow the next link to go to our Frequently Asked Questions .

Is the answer to your question there?

If your question is not in the workshop text or our FAQ please send a mail to workshop@ropemarks.com

Presenters

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