Kinbaku: Finding each other in rope
The Shift: Underground to More Public Spaces Kinbaku today isn’t underground like it used to be. It’s not mainstream either, but it’s definitely more visible—on Instagram, Fetlife, in [...]
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06 2025
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05 2024
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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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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12 2023
Why active rope bunnying requires dominance (over yourself)
It’s time for a guest blog, written by one of RopeMarks’ rope models, the Shady Lady. All thoughts presented in this post are her own, but RopeMarks supports them. “Do [...]
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12 2023
What is Japanese about Japanese rope bondage?
It’s time for a guest blog, written by one of RopeMarks’ rope models, the Shady Lady! All perspectives and thoughts in this post are her own, but they are supported [...]
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03 2023
Kinbaku vs Shibari
One of the many confusions I see in my students and people trying to understand Japanese rope bondage is the difference between shibari and kinbaku. Is it the same [...]
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02 2023
The History & Myths of Japanese Bondage
I came across an article from Midori. Her article resonated extremely with me, for one that it puts Japanese bondage (kinbaku, shibari) in a realistic context. It's an approach that I support and follow.
