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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
"The Golden Age of Japanese Restrained & Tortured Artworks" collects the masters of Japanese kinbaku rope bondage and torture artworks by nine artists. This book shows many extreme artworks by [...]
In Memoriam: Randa Mai March 25, 1959 - Sep.4 2022 With sadness I got news that Randa Mai has passed away, he suffered a heart attack and did not [...]
We met up with Milena for preparations to do a future live drawing session... and we did a live drawing session :-) Â Enjoy the art of Milena / Mikidou [...]
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 [...]
In Memoriam: Miura Takumi 1960 - Oct 31 2021 After fighting cancer for a very a very long time Miura Takumi finally lost his battle last Sunday, 31 Oct. [...]
This book is beautiful combination of images that can be labeled "classical" kinbaku with a few "modern" (2021) interpretations throw in. First edition with obi + DVD Photographer: Norio [...]
