Happy new year all of you! To start out this new year in the best possible way I’m organizing a Kinbaku Essentials workshop in Amsterdam on January 24. The workshop will take place in an amazing 1,5 m-distance proof location in Amsterdam. Since we’re all still affected by COVID-19 and should we reach a point where I have to cancel, also last minute, you will be refunded in full.

Workshop: Kinbaku Essentials

When: Sun. 24 Jan. 2021
Start time: 13:00 – 16.00
Location: Amsterdam (Nieuw West)
Price: €94,95 / couple

Please sign up with the partner you’ll be tying with. You can sign up here!

The Workshop

Is 2021 the year you want to improve your rope skills? Then let me help you to build a solid base. During this workshop I will take you step-by-step through the essentials of kinbaku, (traditional Japanese rope bondage). You’ll learn how to fluently tie arms, legs, and how to combine different ties to play with the full body. The ties that you learn are beautiful, effective and most important: they are safe.

You’ll go back home with a solid Japanese rope bondage foundation and the skill to playfully combine essential kinbaku elements.

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.

For who

This course is for you if you’re just starting out, but also if you want to refresh and solidify your kinbaku base.

Program

Topics that we will address are:

• Rope & usage
• Single & double column ties
• Ichinawa (one rope techniques)
• Knots and frictions
• Untying
• Anatomy & safety
• Communication

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 topics are aimed at kinbaku essentials but this foundation can be upscaled when the level of the participants and the available time allows for this. With the simpler ties you can switch roles, with the more complex ties switching is not possible anymore.

The practicalities & COVID-19

In every workshop safety comes first. To respect the Corona measures, we are allowing a maximum of 7 participating couples. The location is approximately 80m2 and with a maximum of 7 couples we can keep enough distance from each other. The space we’re in has a powerful extraction system that completely refreshes the air every 7 minutes. On top of that we can open opposing windows for continuous fresh air.

This workshop will be held in the Dutch language, if needed we switch to English.

Please come as a rigger and bunny couple. Bring at least 4 pieces of rope, 8m in length, 6mm thick. We have coffee and tea, if you want something else to drink bring it in a bottle/container that you can close.

If you need rope, follow this link: https://www.ropemarks.com/rope/

I want to participate

Great! Public registration opens 7 Jan. 2021 at 20:00 CET (That is 8 O’clock in the evening local Amsterdam, Netherlands time).

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

After your registration you will receive an email with further details about the location.

Please consider marking yourself as going on FetLife and Facebook.

If you want to beat the queue for participating in future events consider subscribing to my mailing list. Subscribers get first opportunity to participate in our events.

Questions?

Send a mail to workshop@ropemarks.com

Who’s RopeMarks?

RopeMarks (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) a.k.a Bob Roos started studying and specializing himself professionally in Japanese rope bondage (shibari, kinbaku) in 1999. Over his career he studied under the lineage of the late Akechi Denki (明智伝鬼) and Naka Akira (奈加あきら) in the land of the rising sun. RopeMarks’ work reflects the traditional techniques taught by these leading nawashi’s but is vastly complemented with his own distinct and unique style.

RopeMarks is recognized as the leading Dutch specialist in the field of Japanese rope bondage. In the world-wide kinbaku scene RopeMarks is a house-hold name of very good reputation.

RopeMarks has been teaching Japanese rope bondage around the globe, from Europe to the USA and all the way to the country of origin, Japan.

Using the name RopeMarks Ryū he provides real, fun, hands-on, courses, classes, lessons and workshops in Japanese rope bondage (aka shibari or kinbaku) worldwide.

COVID-19 & Refunding

Since we’re all still affected by COVID-19 and should we reach a point where I have to cancel, also last minute, you will be refunded in full.  When the cancellation comes from your side, you will be fully refunded up to two weeks before the start date. Within two weeks you will receive a 85% refund, in the last week you will receive a 70% refund. You can always replace yourself for another couple, then you will then be fully refunded. This scale has to do with the costs I incur to set up this workshop. When you do need to cancel for COVID-19 reasons I will do some calculations and when I keep getting out of the costs when refunding you in full, I’ll do that.

When this workshop takes place I ask you to respect the corona rules and keep a safe distance from other participants as much as possible. The corona rules are not making workshops easier, but with this space and their ventilation system we comply with the rules. I go one step further and provide more space for you to enjoy the workshop than is prescribed by the government. From my end this workshop will take place. However, if the location itself decides to cancel then of course I go along with their decision.

This is as open and concrete as I can make it at the moment.

Looking forward to tie with you!

Updates

7 Jan 2020

Thank you, thank you, thank you very much!  Public registration opened 30 min. ago and… I sold out in seconds! I am speechless, thank you very much we’ll be seeing each other the 24th.

Remember, if you want the option for preregistration (before the public registration opens) consider subscribing to my (very low frequency) mailinglist.

11 Jan 2021

Yesterday there has been a consideration in the Catshuis about COVID-19 and our current lockdown situation. The rumour now is that our lockdown will be extended for another three weeks. If you have followed the number of COVID-19 infection in the Netherlands the extension of the lockdown should not come as a surprise. We have been expecting this and still went forward with setting up this workshop for you and us. As I said in the announcement “From my end this workshop will take place”.

To participate I expect everyone, including us, to use common-sense, follow the rules (guidelines) as good as possible; be clean, eat well, keep your distance and don’t go to crowded places. If you have symptoms take your responsibility, get tested (results in 24-48h now).

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