Category: Riggers

Zee Maitri

Zee Maitri is a French artist, who learned the art of bondage in Tokyo. He is a recognized photographer, rigger and rope artist who resides in Paris and New York. Zee has been tying knots since he first learned to tie his shoes. And his passion is to travel around the world working on a…
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Naka Akira

Meet Naka Akira, a prominent Nawashi master hailing from Japan, born in 1959. He is regarded as one of the youngest and most skilled kinbaku masters in the world today. Therefore, he has garnered a reputation as a favorite among enthusiasts and artists worldwide. Discovering Japanese Bondage At the age of 30, Naka Akira stumbled…
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Pedro Cordas

Pedro Cordas is a Rope Artist, performer, video editor, inspiring rigger and educator who resides in  Lisboa, Portugal. Pedro has performed mainly in Portugal, especially in Lisboa, where he resides. However, he has also participated in events across Europe, including the famed London Festival of the Art of Japanese Bondage. In the US, he has…
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Tamandua Kinbaku

Tamandua Kinbaku is a full-time rope artist and Kinbaku instructor based in Berlin. Tamandua has a passionately sadistic streak and a deep love for the aesthetic realm of kinbaku. He believes Kinbaku or Shibari is a practice that requires continuous exploration. In Shibari, you can connect with your partner during a session or over the…
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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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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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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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Andy Buru

Andy Buru is a teacher, bodyworker and bondage artist. Moreover, he is a student of theatre, a medical massage therapist, a conscious kinker, and a teacher of rope bondage. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden. He believes that aesthetic beauty in rope bondage is not the purpose, but there is no reason to make things ugly.…
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Davide La Greca

Davide La Greca is an Italian rigger, Shibari artist ,and rope bondage teacher.Davide tried Shibari for the first time, back in 1990. Helped by a few pictures and a lot of imagination, he tied his partner. Later, in 2001, Davide started studying, and he finally decided to turn his passion into a profession. In 2004,…
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Riccardo Wildties: The Shibari Italian Master

Riccardo Wildties is an Italian rigger and rope artist who has gained international acclaim. Indeed, his journey in Japanese Rope Bondage has led him to become a respected performer, teacher, and innovator in the field. Now, let’s explore the fascinating story of this rope virtuoso. In this article, we’ll cover: Wildties’ Beginnings Riccardo Wildties discovered…
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