Over-engineering (being) in rope
Sometimes people seem very keen on getting precise instructions on how to execute a specific tie (riggers) or how they should feel or act in a specific tie (models). While [...]
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05 2024
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05 2024
Pinse Camp – Denmark, May 2024
We’ve just returned from a weekend of teaching at Pinse Camp in Denmark, where we had the pleasure to spend two full days with around seventeen rope couples in [...]
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03 2024
RopeMarks Ryū weekend intensive @ Kinbaku Studio, Vienna
We - RopeMarks & the Shady Lady - are currently on an airplane that is taking us back to Amsterdam, after having spent five days at the Kinbaku Studio right [...]
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02 2024
Connective Rope or Tying from the Heart?
“Asking a bakushi: “what is the heart of kinbaku?” is like asking an artist, “what is the heart of a paintbrush?” Kinbaku itself has no “heart” to speak of, but [...]
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02 2024
A quick rope bottoming guide for beginners (part 2/2): being in rope
What should beginning (or aspiring) rope bottoms know? This quick guide aims to present some answers to that question. It’s based on my personal experience of when I just started [...]
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01 2024
A quick rope bottoming guide for beginners (part 1/2): making your way into rope
What should beginning (or aspiring) rope bottoms know? This quick guide aims to present some answers to that question. It’s based on my personal experience of when I just started [...]
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01 2024
Giving, Receiving and Relationality in Kinbaku
Kinbaku - like any other BDSM activity - is relational at its core to me. With relational I mean that things (like kinbaku) never exist in isolation, but can only [...]
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01 2024
Semenawa: what it is, and what it is not (part 3/3)
Tying or being tied semenawa-style is quite popular in today’s Japanese inspired rope scene. Semenawa is often understood as ‘torturous rope’, but is a context-dependent and nuanced term that can [...]
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01 2024
Semenawa: what it is, and what it is not (part 2/3)
Tying or being tied semenawa-style is quite popular in today’s Japanese inspired rope scene. Semenawa is often understood as ‘torturous rope’, but is a context-dependent and nuanced term that can [...]
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01 2024
Semenawa: what it is, and what it is not (part 1/3)
Tying or being tied semenawa-style is quite popular in today’s Japanese inspired rope scene. Semenawa is often understood as ‘torturous rope’, but is a context-dependent and nuanced term that can [...]
