Kinbaku tutorial books
When I teach workshops or when I'm at events one of the many questions I get is "are there any good kinbaku tutorial books to learn from?". Learning kinbaku is [...]
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01 2025
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04 2021
Dunning-Kruger effect in kinbaku
Did you know? Knowledgeable people underestimate themselves while ill-informed people think they are brilliant! It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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03 2021
Upper body kinbaku ties
Upper body ties, especially a "gote" are a fundamental element of kinbaku, Japanese rope bondage. Learning a "takatekote" can take years to master
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07 2020
Learn kinbaku with these 3 steps
Kinbaku Elements are larger and smaller bits and pieces of information to learn and grow in your Japanese rope bondage, aka kinbaku or shibari, skill. This element will guide you [...]
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11 2014
Carabineers
Carabineers A recent carabineer failure at a Circus performance has raised some important questions in the aerial arts community. While I know very little about what caused this particular failure, [...]
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12 2012
Shi, a Mai Randa column
The following text is by Mai Randa, written on 3 Dec. 2007 and perfectly translated by Faviola_Llervu. Together with Akechi Denki, Mai Randa was part of my first exposure to bondage from [...]
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07 2011
Muganawa 無我縄
Something that I can very much relate to, perfectly put into words by Nawashi Osada Steve, http://tokyobound.com/blog/?p=317 Quote: "In essence, a muganawa session is set apart by its emphasis upon [...]
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02 2007
History of Japan: Amaterasu
Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters, 712). The stories tell of the formation of the Japanese islands and the founding of human society. One of the most important stories in this [...]
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02 2007
History of Japan: Origin
The origins of Japanese civilization are buried in legend. The legend, myth, about the origin of Japan can be read in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki. The Kojiki is one of [...]
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02 2007
Short introduction into the history of kinbaku
One thing that must be understood about kinbaku is that it has a long history before it developed into the shibari that is practised in Japan today and has a [...]
