RopeMarks goes Yakuza style
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12 2019
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04 2019
RopeMarks’ 20 year anniversary
A few months ago when I knew this day was getting closer I came up with big plans, Big, BIG plans! But I live in a roller coaster and [...]
10
08 2017
I just set my rope on fire…
Here is something new: I just set my rope on fire... No, I was not using a lighter or any other fire starter. I was playing with my girl, rope [...]
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02 2017
Kaidan Chibusa Enoki – The Ghostly Tale of the Wet Nurse Tree, by Ito Seiu
Every August, as Japanese spirits return en masse from the otherworld, Tokyo's Zenshoan temple (map) exhibits a spine-chilling collection of 19th-century ghost scroll paintings This painting by Ito Seiu, the [...]
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03 2016
Sun light – mobile first, responsive, micro services
Alright… Sunlight… Sort of, since it’s around midnight in my beloved Amsterdam. The last two months I’ve been hiding in my man cave… Not a bad place to be considering [...]
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03 2016
In Memoriam: Yukimura Haruki
The newaza grandmaster Yukimura Haruki has passed away. He is joining Osada Eikichi, Akechi Denki, Ito Seiu and Chimou Nureki. With the passing of Haruki Yukimara it is safe [...]
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12 2015
Wiltdties and Red Sabbath @ Manita’s party
Some time ago already (2013!) Wildties and Red Sabbath visited the Netherlands, an opportunity we could not let pass by: We spend some time together including a nice Japanese dinner. [...]
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12 2015
The backlog game
Christmas time... that is usually that time of the year... *uhm*, that we here at RopeMarks HQ get a changes to get rid of our backlog of the past [...]
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12 2015
In hindsight
For RopeMarks 2015 has been a year where we have taken things slower. If we look back and you see what we ended up doing it doesn’t feel like that at all, but we really did slow down a bit! To me that only goes to show for we have been doing way too much in the years before 2015. The last 4, perhaps 5, years have been a continues rollercoaster of activities
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12 2015
Hibiki-ism, the awesome Hibiki
Before we publish the full fledged review of the previous Dominatrix, EuroPerve and Wasteland (all three *beyond* kick-ass events!) we want to take a moment and thank Hibiki-sama! Hibiki [...]
