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Japanese: 縄師 Nawa (縄): Rope Shi (師): Roughly translates the "teacher" "One doesn’t boast about being a 'shi'. One gets labeled a 'shi' because they’ve overcome huge barriers with their own [...]

28 03 2025

Neokinbaku

By Bob Roos|2025-03-28T18:34:17+01:0028th March 2025|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

Japanese: ネオ緊縛 Neo (ネオ): New Kinbaku (緊縛): Tight binding, see Kinbaku Kinbaku done with the "neo" elements like blacklight reactive rope, body paint, as performance art and more. Kinbaku done [...]

Newaza
Newaza

13 07 2018

Newaza

By Bob Roos|2022-02-21T08:16:46+01:0013th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

Japanese: 寝技 From martial arts; Floor work. Any tie where you are sitting/lying on the floor. In the words of Master "K": "Newaza" is the technique of erotic floor shibari/kinbaku that's [...]

Ninoude shibari
Ninoude shibari

13 07 2018

Ninoude shibari

By Bob Roos|2025-03-14T16:05:45+01:0013th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

Japanese: 二の腕縛り Ninoude (二の腕): Two upper arms Shibari (縛り): Tie Tying the hands and upper arms behind the back without any of the rope passing around the body. Rope only [...]

Nodome
Nodome

6 08 2018

Nodome

By Bob Roos|2020-04-16T20:25:55+02:006th August 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

Japanese: の止め A technique (stop/twist), hitch, to change direction of a rope, it resembles the Japansese character "no" (の). Also know as: Nonoji (のの字 ) See also: Tomoe

13 07 2018

Noren

By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:48:42+02:0013th July 2018|Categories: Japan|0 Comments

Noren (pronounce by stressing the "e") are traditional Japanese curtains made of cloth used to separate areas. They function as a subtle divider between public and private areas. The print [...]

13 07 2018

Nureki Chimuo

By Bob Roos|2023-01-26T09:18:01+01:0013th July 2018|Categories: Kinbakushi|0 Comments

Japanese: 濡木痴夢男雨 Born in Asakusa, Tokyo in 1930. Passed away Sep 9, 2013. He was 83. Chimuo Nureki had perhaps the longest and most varied history of bakushi. His reputation as [...]