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Semenawa
Semenawa

16 07 2018

Semenawa

By Bob Roos|2025-03-30T10:29:46+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

Japanese: 責め縄 Seme (責め): See "Seme" Nawa (縄): rope Torture bondage / Torture rope Semenawa is closely related to kinbaku ("tight binding"), one hardly exists without the other. We have [...]

Sensei
Sensei

16 07 2018

Sensei

By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:47:28+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Japan|0 Comments

Japanese: 先生 Teacher, Master, Doctor; he who has gone before. While teaching RopeMarks ryū RopeMarks is the sensei. Keywords: rope marks

16 07 2018

Seori zuri

By Bob Roos|2018-07-16T08:39:48+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

Back bending. See also: Aomuke zuri.

16 07 2018

Shibararetai

By Bob Roos|2018-07-16T08:40:13+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

A sub indicating his/her desire for bondage action.

16 07 2018

Shibari

By Bob Roos|2025-03-30T10:43:04+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

Japanese: 縛り Fabric weaving; Tying ("things"); The action of tying someone up Shibari literally means "to tie decoratively". The term came into common use in the West at some point in [...]

16 07 2018

Shibari Sensei

By Bob Roos|2018-07-16T08:42:14+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

A term invented in the western world to describe a Oriental rope master/artist.

16 07 2018

Shibaritai

By Bob Roos|2025-03-30T10:45:21+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

Japanese: 縛りたい A top indicating his/her desire for bondage action. See also: Shibarite

16 07 2018

Shibaru

By Bob Roos|2018-07-16T08:41:37+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

Japanese: 縛る Tie or bind with a rope.

16 07 2018

Shikominawa

By Bob Roos|2018-07-16T08:42:44+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|0 Comments

The rope used as anchorpoint for a tsuri. This rope is attached to the ceiling and lowered for attaching the nawa zuri('s). Also known as "Tsuri shiro" (suspension castle/fort).

Shimenawa
Shimenawa

6 08 2018

Shimenawa

By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:46:00+02:006th August 2018|Categories: Japan|0 Comments

Japanese: 標縄 "Enclosing rope". Shimenawa are lengths of laid rice straw or hemp rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion. They can vary in diameter from a few centimeters [...]