About us
We are Alexander MA and Natasha NawaTaNeko. We tie together since we became a couple in 2011. Kinbaku and especially the art of semenawa in the style of Akira Naka has become an important and enriching part of our lives. We offer coachings or private classes in Berlin and workshops internationally. We are open for invitations to perform and to collaborate in art projects.
We are founders of the Kinbaku Society and publisher, editor in chief and producer of the Kinbaku Society of Berlin (KSB) magazine, issued twice a year.
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.
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.
"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"
"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"
Inspirations and Influencers
We believe that a style, a lineage comes from respecting and cherishing the elders, the ones who walked the path before us. Therefore, we are grateful to all the people who contributed to develop Kinbaku to what it is now. Especially the encounters we had with Sugiura Norio and his muse Miho Ikeda as well as with Naka Akira were most influential for our path in Kinbaku.
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