Kinbakushi
Japanese: 緊縛師 Kinbaku (緊縛) : See kinbaku glossary entry Shi (師): Roughly translates the "teacher" "One doesn’t boast about being a 'shi'. One gets labeled a 'shi' because they’ve overcome [...]
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Kokoro (心)
Japanese: 心 This is the anatomical heart. In the context of kinbaku this related to the "tying with heart".
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Koryū
Japanese: 古流 A Japanese term that literally translates as "old/traditional style". See also: Dōjō. Keywords: ryu, budo, kobudo
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Koshi nawa
Japanese: 腰縄 Koshi (腰): Hips / waist Nawa (縄): Rope A "hip rope", the rope used to support the hips during suspension. See also: Dō nawa
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Kōtōbu ryō tekubi shibari
Japanese: 後頭部両手首縛り Kōtōbu/Koutoubu (後頭部): Behind head ryō (両): a pair tekubi (手首): wrist shibari (縛り): Tie A ryo-tekubi shibari with the wrists in the back of the neck [...]
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Koutou ushiro te shibari
Japanese: 後頭後ろ手縛り Hands behind the head tie.
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Kubi zuri
Neck suspension.
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Kurushiinawa
Japanese: 苦しい縄 Discomfort rope
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Kuzushi nawa
Japanese: 崩し縄 A term used to describe kinbaku designs that are "calculatedly unstudied", that is, deliberately and artfully unsymmetrical or even untidy. This term is taken from Japanese calligraphy (shodō [...]
