By Bob Roos|2018-07-16T09:05:03+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|
The main suspension rope." See also: Nawa zuri.
By Bob Roos|2018-07-16T09:05:32+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|
Japanese: 吊り落とす Suspension drops. Where you cut the main suspension line to let the model drop, head first.
By Bob Roos|2018-07-24T16:10:56+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|
Being bound and suspended by rope. See also: Tsuri.
By Bob Roos|2018-08-03T13:52:11+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|
Japanese: 襷(タスキ)縛り Tasuki is a kimono string. The ushiro tasuki shibari is a hojojitsu inspired bondage and named after the tie/pattern to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono. In this [...]
By Bob Roos|2018-07-16T09:25:39+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|
A sideway "strappado" suspension. See also: Ushirode shibari, Yoko zuri.
By Bob Roos|2025-03-04T20:21:51+01:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|
Japanese: 後手 合掌 縛り Reverse prayer hands. Gassho, from buddhism, means the hands pressed together with the fingers pointing upwards in prayer position. A tie usual referred to in English as [...]
By Bob Roos|2025-03-28T16:03:53+01:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|
Tying to a chair. The classic chair tie where the hands/arms are bound in a Ushirode Takate-Kote and the legs/feet are pulled up, spread and tied to the two arms [...]
By Bob Roos|2020-07-11T17:45:01+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Ryu|
By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:50:57+02:0013th July 2018|Categories: Japan|
Japanese: 侘寂 A Japanese philosophy that extends into all parts of life based in Zen and built on three principles: nothing lasts, nothing ends, and nothing is perfect. "Wabi" means a [...]
By Bob Roos|2025-03-29T18:16:59+01:0013th July 2018|Categories: Japan|
Japanese(Hiragana): わろうそく Japanese Traditional Candles Candles where brough into Japan during the Muromachi period (1336-1573) Warosoku, providing warm candlelight, comprise one of the three elements of simple Buddhist [...]