rope bondage

woman tied up on the hashira vertical pole suffering

Futomomo pain

  This week in class, there was a discussion about futomomo / tibia pain. It’s a big one. Most of […]

Nawataneko kinbaku model and performer being tied in Gote hands on the back in the red dress presenting in San Francisco

Is that all you can do?

  I was asked the other day: “would you like to be tied in other forms than Gote?” After some […]

a man is tying a woman, great feeling of intimacy, couple closeness, black and white

Tying a Gote

Have you ever just slowed down and watched two people tying Gote? If you really look, you can see the […]

Kinbaku teacher demonstrating rope technique with a model during photoshoot

Semenawa starts with an offering

If you have been to any of our workshops, you probably heard me saying that. It is somehow very important to me, to […]

Participants carrying a mikoshi shrine during the Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo — enduring heat and heavy physical strain

Why suffering?

I was asked at our last Kinbaku Salon after the performance was over. It’s funny how you get the deepest […]