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Get Started in Shibari

Shibari is a Japanese style of bondage. It is a kind of art, where you tie rope around someone’s body, while you are making different patterns and connection with that person. Shibari focuses on the exchange of emotions and feelings among partners. Read the article and learn how to get started in Shibari. In Shibari,…
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Rope Bite Pgh

Rope Bite Pgh, is a dojo in Pittsburg, PA, dedicated to facilitating quality rope and Shibari education. Its goal is to provide safe and inclusive venues to learn, practice and play in a spacious and well-equipped environment. It was born as a social group of people interested in forms of rope bondage, including Shibari and…
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Yukimura Haruki

Yukimura Haruki, the last of the four Japanese Shibari grandmasters, passed away on March 3rd, 2016. He was a master rigger, teacher, producer, photographer, and actor. He produced more than 3000 videos, book and all kinds of publications about Shibari or Kinbaku. Yukimura Haruki was a renowned bakushi, or rope artist in Japan. He had…
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ShibariCamp

ShibariCamp is a non-profit event, planned and prepared by BeyondRope, Prettodekadens & nibbles, which are 3 rope nerds from Sweden. It is a vacation in the countryside with great people and Rope!Shibaricamp’s volunteers take care of cooking, cleaning, carpeting, and making sure everything works to make it happen. Since shibaricamp is a collective effort, it…
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The Japanese Rope Kamasutra: A Modern Guide to Traditional Art

The Japanese Rope Kamasutra brings together centuries of tradition with modern artistic expression. This groundbreaking illustrated book showcases 48 traditional positions through the lens of Japanese rope art. Moreover, it bridges cultural perspectives by combining artistic sophistication with practical guidance. In this article, you’ll discover: Meet the Creator: Marc’s Journey into Rope Art Marc has…
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Zetsu

Zetsu begins his rope journey in 2006 when he took his first trip to Tokyo. There, he took lessons on Kinbaku, the Japanese art of erotic rope bondage, with Osada Steve. After Zetsu took these lessons, he began to pursue the study of Japanese rope Bondage. Zetsu studied in Los Angeles and his frequent trips…
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LA Rope

LA Rope is a Shibari Dojo in Los Angeles, founded in 2011. LA Rope Dojo’s purpose is providing safe and traditional training in the Japanese art of Kinbaku. Its head instructor, Zetus, trained in Tokyo by the late Grandmaster Yukimura Haruki, is a certified instructor. Haru Yutaka, offers personal instruction in the art of Yukimura’s…
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Butterfly

Butterfly is a female rigger and model who lives in Utrecht, The Netherlands. She regularly teaches workshops there, or wherever they call her around Europe. Butterfly bondage journey began a decade ago and brought her to Japan, England, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Sweden and Spain. While she was in Japan she took lessons with…
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Soul Shibari

Soul Shibari is a psychological practice of interaction. Actually, it is an alternative type of the Japanese art of human tying called Shibari, founded by Tati Limati. Tati Lami began her path as a Soul Shibari Master, with Aikido and Tribal dance. Both Tribal dance and Aikido started their journey. Soul Shibari is based on…
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The School of Tantric Ropes

Andy Buru founded the school of tantric ropes ten years ago. Back then, he was the only one mixing tantra with rope bondage. He met thousands of people that joined his passion, mostly practitioners, but also teachers and bodyworkers.  The school of tantric ropes is a non-profit organization that puts the human connection first. Likewise,…
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