The dominance and submission is a negotiated relationship where each person takes a role: these are shibari scene roles. Typically, one is the dominant, the person who is the leader, makes decisions, and drives the force. Complementarily, the other person takes the role of the submissive, the one who obeys. Why they do this, you…
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BoundCon Munich 2021 will be back on 2021 from May 21st to May 23rd. If you do not know about this, but are a bondage enthusiast, keep on reading. This is exciting news, so join in the fun! BoundCon BoundCon is an international bondage, fetish, and BDSM convention. It has taken place since 2004 every…
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ROPECRAFT is a bondage-focused hotel convention that occurs several times a year all around the United States. Austin, New Orleans, and Chicago have been hosts of this now very famous convention. It was born out of the simple ideas of making a multicultural rope environment where everyone would like to go. ROPECRAFT includes shibari, Western…
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Black Heart’s Kinkabu workshop is a two level course for learning the discipline of shibari. If you have an interest in this practice, you should definitely have knowledge beforahand. Previous to delving into a description of the courses, let us make a review of what shibari or kinbaku does and its cultural significance in its…
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Shibari helps relieve stress. Thinking about BDSM and the intensity and pain associated to it, it is no one’s first thought that there is something relaxing about whips and handcuffs. But there definitely is. Everyone experiences stress and anxiety throughout life. Whether in good times or bad times, most people say that stress interferes at…
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As it happens with every practice that is fundamentally about dissidence, there are a lot of shibari myths. That is, information that is either totally false or incomplete about this discipline and its workings. Shibari’s Initial Truths Shibari, kinbaku and rope bondage are the different names of an erotic art from Japan. It has gained…
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Shibari is a discipline that, due to its erotic nature, necessarily implies emotional exchange. It has become popular amongst women because it is the most artistic and delicate type of BDSM. This discipline is where you can safely explore your fantasies. For example, some women have the fantasy of someone dominating them in bed. Letting…
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El club rosas cinco is the oldest and most famous BDSM association in Spain. It has more than 3,500 partners. This club was born with the aim of deepening the search and exchange of BDSM experiences, as well as towelcome all those who wish to participate and practice the exciting world of BDSM, in all…
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Shibari is so beautiful and artistic that it has been studied by various photographers—and Agustin Tentesion knows it. In Spain, there are several photographers that are affectionate to this art, such as Tentesion himself. He is one of the most famous shibari photographers worldwide. Originally from Barcelona, he has been portraying fetichism and BDSM scenes…
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Atypical sex was first known as sexual perversion. That is, a desire in which you experience intense sexual excitement to “atypical” situations, such as fantasies, behaviors, or objects like rope leather and other artifacts. People now mainly associate atypical sex to BDSM, which stands for bondage, discipline, domination, submission, sadism, and masochism. There are still…
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