Rope School

Rope School is a School in Moscow and St. Petersburg that has been teaching rope bondage techniques, Shibari and Kinbaku since 2012. Rope School’s workshops and lessons are focused not only on technique, patterns and knots, but also on interaction, psychology, aesthetics, and many other aspects of Shibari. They believe that any bondage practitioner should know both the techniques and some general psychology. It is also important to acknowledge that safety is the most important thing in any shibari session.

Experienced Shibari masters teach the lessons. They all want to share their experience, and knowledge with new practitioners as well as with experts. They also organize seminars for the in-depth study of individual techniques. For these, they invite international specialists and shibari masters in order to expand knowledge, techniques and experiences.

Rope School has a 4 lesson program. Each lesson is taught monthly. And teachers advice students to practice between classes in order to master the techniques. Rope School believes that practice is the most essential thing in Shibari, repeating the techniques helps consolidate everything you learned during the class and will prepare you to the following class.  

Lesson number 1 is about Shibari Basics, you will learn about how and what to teach, the importance of proper tying, basic knots and the importance of safety.

Lesson number 2 is the Shibari technique. The focus of this lesson is in rope control, one fo the most important skills in shibari.

Lesson number 3 is about Shibari schemes, where you will consolidate all the skills of the previous lessons combined with basic shibari techniques.

Lesson number 4 is about Shibari suspensions, you will learn the basics of suspension techniques, the dangerous aspects and the safety aspects of suspension.

All lessons in Rope School are suitable for beginners.

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