Posts about my teaching activities.
They can be found in the ryu/blog section.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
