Prague Shibari Festival, Sep. 2023
Hello beautiful rope aficionados! The Shady Lady here, part-time secretary (RopeMarks is a busy man!) & rope model for RopeMarks. Here I will write a little story about what we [...]
Hello beautiful rope aficionados! The Shady Lady here, part-time secretary (RopeMarks is a busy man!) & rope model for RopeMarks. Here I will write a little story about what we [...]
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. You've started learning a skill [...]
Did you know? Knowledgeable people underestimate themselves while ill-informed people think they are brilliant! It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Upper body ties, especially a "gote" are a fundamental element of kinbaku, Japanese rope bondage. Learning a "takatekote" can take years to master
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 [...]
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 [...]
One of the more interesting bookings I got this year was a booking to do workhops interspersed with Japanese bondage demo's for the Dutch Nemo Science Museum during the [...]
I've had the pleasure to teach Marith Iedema the essentials of Japanese rope bondage for an article in the Dutch newspaper "Algemeen Dagblad". Assisted by Daisy we had a [...]
My phone wanted attention, a message from Andrea Ropes. If I was interested to do a one day RopeMarks Ryū masterclass for the members of the Bologna Project in [...]
For my second time on AnimeCon I have been asked to do three one hour activities, a lecture and demonstration, a beginners workshop and a essentials workshop. AnimeCon is a [...]