We are Alexander MA and Natasha NawaTaNeko. We tie together for more than 10 years. Kinbaku and especially Seme-nawa in the style of Akira Naka has become an important and enriching part of our lives. We share our passion by performing and teaching Kinbaku together.

We teach principles and elements, not fixed, rigid forms. Alexanders’ background as a scientist and Martial Arts practitioner as well as his teaching experience from his day job feed into our teaching method.

Alexander is a researcher, philosopher and experimentator. Since a long time he is fascinated by Japanese history and culture. Alexander studied Japanese martial arts on-off since 1986 and holds a black-belt in Aikido. He is also a scientist and member of an exclusive club of rope nerds that hold a PhD.

He already phantasised about captured and tortured woman in young age – but his journey into rope bondage was bumpy. Initially he experienced rope bondage as presented in the late 1990ies as the most boring part of the BDSM scene and not emotionally or aesthetically pleasing. A perfromance Sylvester 2008, followed by the chance to witness the private session of the performers later the night got him hooked. In 2009 Alexander started to tie. But only after Natasha became his partner in life and ropes in 2011 his practice intensified.

After experimenting with several teachers and styles, Alexander found his home in traditional Kinbaku and the Art of Semenawa of Akira Naka. He intensively studied the style as a student of Riccardo Wildties between 2016 and 2021.

“Kinbaku is a journey for me, a path I walk with my partner and a few close people, people whom I trust to open up to. Kinbaku happens between two people, it is communication and emotion – and highly erotic. I am interested in playing with sensations to induce emotions: suffering, pain and pleasure … in beauty. When I tie then that’s definitely a challenge for the person in my ropes”

Natasha is a truth seeker and embodiment enthusiast. In Kinbaku, she is looking for true emotions and authenticity and sees rope bondage as deeply intimate and erotic practice that has also a profound transformational potential.

Building on her background in Sexological Bodywork by Joseph Kramer and her studies of “Wheel of Consent” by Betty Martin, Natasha brings different somatic aspects as breathing, movement, posture, non-verbal communication, and placement of attention in our teaching. She developed “Somatics for rope bottoms” to deepen their experience in ropes and make it more internal, conscious and safe.

I love rope for that it’s honest. Real. Tangible. With rope, you can learn to surrender, you can learn integrity. You can learn to be generous – and grateful. If you engage in a rope play – I mean really engage, with the full heart, it will inevitably transform you. I’m into a challenge of two people coming close, very close together, a challenge of exchanging a gift of a focused attention and connection, becoming vulnerable in showing themselves as they are and letting other see them”

We believe that a style, a lineage comes from respecting and cherishing the elders, the ones who walked the path before us. We are grateful to all the people who contributed to develop Kinbaku to what it is now.

We feel especially inspired by the following individuals, we have the privilege to learn from.