We welcome back Berg Borg for another deep dive into the pioneer years of Kinbaku. Historical materials such as artworks, books, magazines, films and original texts translated from Japanese serve starting points for reflection and inspiration. This time, special attention will be given to Tsujimura, Osada Eikichi, Akechi Denki, including quite a lot of material from the “models” perspective, giving a profile for example of one of the pioneers who worked with Tsujimura in the 1950s, named Kawabata Tanako.

08-09 February 2020: Teaching Intro to Seme-Nawa workshop in Munich, Germany

15-16 February 2020: Presenting at “The Other Side of Ropes” Unconference for Rope Bottoms, Prague, Subspace

29.02-01.03.2020: Teaching Elements of Seme-Nawa workshop in Milan

06 – 08. März 2020: Assisiting at Naka Akira Special Edition workshop in Turin, Italy

03 – 05. April 2020: Assisting at Naka Ryu I workshop in Krakow, Poland

06. – 12. April 2020: Presenting at EURIX, Berlin

25 – 26. April 2020: Teaching Intro to Seme-Nawa workshop in Antwerp, Belgium

This is the best and most effective way to discover Kinbaku. You will notice: the private lessons is the turbo to tie faster, more safe and thus really focussed on your partner’s emotions. For the people in the rope, we provide valuable tips on breathing, body tension and stress management. Only in private lessons we can respond individually to your wishes. Depending on your current level, we give you exactly the input you need to get to a new level in your bondage. It does not matter where you stand on your path to Kinbaku. ==> Details & Booking

This 2.5 hour introductory workshop is for all people who are interested in Bondage and want to learn about how to get started. We will cover some important topics about intentions, consent and safety. But most of all: you will lern your first tie! Come as you are – you don’t need rope nor a partner. You can partner up with another enthusiastic person at the workshop. Wear comfortable, flexible clothing. ==> Details & Booking

This is the workshop for enthusiastic beginners who want to explore Kinbaku (Japanese-inspired bondage). We address both partners who take an active, albeit different, role. After a brief introduction to safety, you will explore qualities of contact through the rope. We will introduce a few basic principles and you will learn how to combine them, developing “real” patterns for play with your partner. We will emphasize movement, control, non-verbal communication, intention-based consent. The goal is to be able to create beautiful shared moments in ropes. ==> Details & Booking

This is the workshop for advanced beginners who want to expand their exploration into Kinbaku (Japanese-inspired bondage). We address both partners who take an active, albeit different, role. We will repeat and expand on the known basic principles and introduce new ones. You will learn how to combine them, developing “real” patterns for play with your partner. We will emphasize movement, control, (non-verbal) communication, emotional and physical limits, as well as intention based consent. The goal is for you to be able to create beautiful shared moments in ropes ==> Details & Booking

With this series of evening classes we provide an opportunity to establish the ground for Seme-nawa on a regular basis. We will deepen already familiar principles and patterns and learn to apply them to create new ones forming the tied body into aesthetic and challenging positions. Playfully and gradually, we will progress from the ground into partials and first full suspensions. In doing so, we do not deal with the techniques as stand alone, but repeatedly ask for the intentions and give impulses to the rope-bottoms to bring their attention to their feelings and sensations… ==> Details & Booking

This series of regular evening classes in Seme-nawa is the next level after „EARTH”. After first patterns and routines are established, we are raising up and getting more fluid. In WATER we are dealing with fluid management of (semi) suspension techniques and suspension with torsion. Rope-Bottoms learn the somatic skills to master more challenging positions in a healthy and enjoyable way. In doing so, we deepen our understanding of Seme-nawa, scrutinise our intentions and learn strategies how to create a scene.  ==> Details & Booking

In this advanced Kinbaku course, we use the Gyaku-ebi position to teach techniques that go deeper into the somatic body of the tied person. Increasingly we focus on intention and emotion. The rope and the physical-mental challenge it creates are means to an end to push into emotional depths. The process of tying is slow and the generated figures are static. Rope on rope increases the challenge. The goal is to move the tied partner to surrendering and show her in all her beauty.  ==> Details & Booking

In the element air we are dealing on the basis of the so far learned with technically more complex positions and the transitions between them. This requires a lot of routine and good communication between the partners. We address flow and dynamics, but also ideas how to develop a “scene”. We show elements and principles of the Kinbaku that we tie “for us.” In doing so, we pick up positions from the water or fire elements, and develop paths of transformation between them. The result is images that are aesthetically reminiscent of calligraphy or ikebana. ==> Details & Booking

In this workshop we will put aside rope for a moment and focus on the soma or “the body as perceived from within.” We will learn to feel ourselves in the moment and to contain our experiences without freezing or running away. We will learn to pay attention to what is happening in the moment. We will reconnect to our sense of safety. We will learn to verbalize our desires and choices and recognize when it doesn’t feel good anymore. Increased somatic awareness and access to the wisdom of your body will lead naturally to deepening your bottoming experiences and making it more internal, conscious and safe. ==> Details & Booking