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The Workshop
Level: Beginner / strong beginner
Prerequisite:
rigger: single column ties, double column ties and frictions are your bread and butter (these will not be explained anymore).
model: you are able to recognize and communicate good/bad bodily sensations. .
This full-day workshop aims to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge to practice safe, sane, and consensual kinbaku. Our goal is to help you create a safe and shared experience that will empower you to continue applying what you’ve learned once you return home.
The gote is a classic element of traditional Japanese bondage, known as kinbaku. Since RopeMarks adheres to and teaches this tradition, we prioritize imparting the techniques and knowledge required for tying your model’s arms behind their back in the gote style. There’s no single “correct” gote; the best one is the one that suits your model. We believe almost everyone can be comfortable in a gote-based tie.
During this workshop, you’ll be tying on a bamboo. There are various ways to tie off uplines, but which method do you choose and when? We will guide you through several exercises to help you understand these choices.
Next, we’ll apply the knowledge of the gote and uplines to three floor ties, progressively making them more intricate. Along the way, we’ll introduce you to a variety of smaller ties for added fun.
By the end of this workshop, both riggers and rope models will have advanced to a solid beginner/intermediate skill level.
Recommended precursor workshop is our Ryu #0, kinbaku foundations workshop.
Recommended follow up workshop is our Ryu #2, Kinbaku workshop, static suspensions.
Program
Timetable
10:30 Doors open
11:00 Introductions and workshop part 1
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Workshop part 2
17:00 End of workshop
Topics
The topics that we will address are:
- Gote bootcamp
- Uplines
- Three full body gote-based ties with uplines
- A handful of smaller ties to have fun with during your suspensions
- Anatomy & safety
- Communication
- Rope handling
- Aesthetics
Each topic will include safety information, details to improve your rope handling, specific techniques to improve your tying and to deepen the connection with your partner. During the workshop there’ll be plenty of room for experimenting and personal advice.
The Practicalities
- Come as a familiar rigger and model couple.
- Please wear comfortable clothing.
Our workshops are clothes on and non-sexual workshop, but no doubt you’ll be inspired to bring your new skills into your private intimate play at home.
For the models: you’ll help your rigger by choosing a tight-fitting outfit. - Bring at least 8 pieces of rope, ~8m in length, 6mm thick.
It will be helpful to have a few shorter pieces, i.e. 2m and 4m in your set.
If you need rope, follow this link: https://ropemarks.com/rope/
. - We will take care of coffee, tea and snacks.
Drinking inside the dōjō is only allowed from a bottle/container that you can close. - This workshop will be held in the Dutch language, but if needed we switch to English.
- Please also see our FAQ .
I want to participate
Great! Please complete the ticket ordering process
https://www.ropemarks.com/register/
(one ticket allows access for one couple)
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Refunding & reselling
If you need to cancel please contact us asap via workshop@ropemarks.com.
Tickets for this workshop are non-refundable, but can be sold to another couple that meet the requirements. In order to ensure fairness we kindly ask that you do not sell your workshop ticket to another couple. Instead, contact us as soon as possible. We maintain a waiting list of interested couples who are eager to participate.
If you have an interested couple that would like your ticket, please have them reach out to us directly. We will handle the ticket transfer process based on the order of inquiries received. We will do our best to facilitate the transfer but we cannot guarantee availability for your new buyers. Priority will be given to those on the waiting list to ensure fairness.
When we replace you for another couple you will be fully refunded.
If we are not able to replace you we use a refunding ladder.
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions for the ladder 
.
If the cancellation comes from us you will be fully refunded.
Questions?
We have compiled a list of the most common questions.
Follow the next link to go to our Frequently Asked Questions .
Is the answer to your question there?
If your question is not in the workshop text or our FAQ please send a mail to workshop@ropemarks.com
Presenters
| Who’s RopeMarks?
RopeMarks, also known as Bob Roos, is a kinbaku professional from Amsterdam, the Netherlands He started studying and specializing himself professionally in Japanese rope bondage (shibari, kinbaku) in 1999. Over his career he studied in the land of the rising sun under the lineage of the late Akechi Denki (明智伝鬼) and Naka Akira (奈加あきら). RopeMarks’ work reflects the traditional techniques taught by these leading kinbakushi but is vastly complemented with his own distinct and unique style. He is famous for his energetic performances in Japanese rope bondage in which he combines traditional kinbaku with his own distinct and unique style. |
Who’s Elle?
Elle, is a rope switch with over five years of experience as a rigger, model, and self-suspender. With a background in dance, yoga, and movement practices, they approach Shibari as an embodied and sensual practice, where rope becomes a tool for connection, tension, and exploration between partners. Combining solid technical skills with a fluid, intuitive style, their practice emphasizes communication, consent, and attunement, allowing space for both erotic charge and mindful presence in rope. |
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