ROPEMARKS RYŪ
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Writing about kinbaku, teaching, rope technique and the ideas behind RopeMarks Ryū. These articles go deeper into subjects that do not always fit inside a workshop.
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Technique, experience and thoughts from years of studying, tying and teaching kinbaku.
Austin Rope Symposium, 2007
You might already know, but (among others) we will be presenting during this years Austin Rope Symposium (ARS). It took Mr. Indands three year to get us to come but he succeeded [...]
R.A.R.E. RopeMarks Artistic Rope Exchange – review by Steve Indands
Our tutorial site has been reviewed by Steve Indands. Have limited access to live hands-on instruction, yet still want to learn a correct way to do traditional Shibari? Then check out the [...]
2007 pre-untangled
Since this blog is called "Bob Untangles" it's time to untangle some more instead of posting useless backstage shots 🙂 It's not 2007 yet but we have been busy for quit some [...]
Kamasutra Erotic Fair, Sep. 2006, Netherlands
It's over, actually it was over a few days ago but now I'm back to being my adhd-self again 🙂 The Dutch Kamasutra erotic fair, Hollands biggest erotic fair, we've already done [...]
Blog Entry, Jan. 2006
We had a busy month! We gave a private workshop to Marrow and Debora of BindMe and afterwards we went out to dinner with them and with Kumi Monster [...]
Guidelines and recommendation for bondage with a pregnant partner
We've had the pleasure of doing shibari-style bondage with more than a few pregnant woman. Most were close to giving birth (usually weeks)! In this article I like to share the results [...]
Femoral Cutaneous Nerve
Let's discuss the femoral cutaneous nerve and the problems that can come from this related to kinbaku. Here's the situation Consider a face down suspension where the pelvis and the upper legs [...]
Naming a Japanese bondage
I'm going for some educational guessing here, but I think you should not even try to describe the name of a Japanese bondage in any language. You should use the original Japanese [...]
Nawashi by Osada Steve
There is a lot of confusion with Western people about the meaning of Japanese words and expressions. One of these Japanese words is "nawashi". We've asked Osada Steve to give us his [...]
