Remembering Miura Takumi
Miura Takumi passed away on November 1st, 2021 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was best known as one of the...
The New Sex Police
For the past five years, I have run websites that have provided Japanese rope bondage videos for streaming and for download.
This month, I am...
So You Are New To Shibari? How To Get Started
Over the past few years the interest in Japanese erotic rope bondage has exploded. Whether you call it shibari or kinbaku or just...
Announcement: Discovering Kinbaku
In 2006, I took my first trip to Tokyo as well as my first lesson in kinbaku, the Japanese art of erotic rope bondage....
Edo Not Dead….
Editor's Note: This post is a repost of NuitdeTokyo's post from his Fetlife Group (Japan SM), reposted with permission.
Dear all,
A recent post was making...
Remembering Yukimura Sensei
Today, March 3rd, is the fifth anniversary of the passing of Yukimura Haruki, a man I was proud to call my teacher and my...
Kinbaku – An Evolving Era – Part 3
KINBAKU TODAY CHRISTMAS DEBATE
This is the final part of the virtual discussion between Ugo san of SMpedia, Marc BeShibari and Sin. I’d like to...
Kinbaku – An Evolving Era – Part 2
In the second part of the virtual discussion with Ugo san of SMpedia, Marc BeShibari and Sin, I asked them more about their perspectives...
Kinbaku – An Evolving Era – Part 1
KINBAKU TODAY CHRISTMAS DEBATE
The COVID crisis has given us all pause for thought. Seeing how Kinbaku has evolved, is a new era appearing on...
Amatsunawa World Rope Bondage Report 2020
A third online survey of 20 questions was to establish a limited reliability snapshot of, e.g. demographics, material usage, terminology, methods of learning, attitudes...
Decompressing: Reflections after “Aesthetics in Kinbaku” Workshop with Norio Sugiura in Copenhagen
We dived deep that
weekend. Three days in a basement studying from a legend. Sugiura Sensei
witnessed and greatly influenced modern Kinbaku over the last (almost)...
Kinbaku Vocabulary 101: Sitting Positions in Japanese
If you are taking lessons in Japan or working with a Japanese model, it can be very helpful to know the Japanese words for...