My first reaction when I found the pictures was to get really upset. I mean, there was my daughter, barely nineteen, half-naked, all covered with ropes. In one of the pictures, she even had some kind of corset made of ropes around her chest. It mustn’t have been comfortable, and yet, you could tell by…
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I was doing some research for a study in the exchange between American and Japanese cultures. You know: they like Elvis, we eat sushi. Anyway, when a very old woman told me this story, I knew I had to write it down. It proved how Shibari in postwar America began to tak shape. Here it…
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This was back in the 80s, when we barely knew anything about Shibari. We were young and arrogant, the perfect yuppies. And we though that Japanese bondage was simply the fact that some Japanese are so weird as to tie their girls before sex, instead of just enjoying things. Later, I would find out that…
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My name is David and I’m a gameholic. I admit it, I have a problem, an addiction, actually. I’ve tried to get rid of it, I’ve really tried, but it is stronger than me. It almost cost me my marriage, but thanks to Shibari it is not a problem anymore. And that is because Shibari…
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It was awful. I thought it was normal. And I thought everybody did it. Damn! I should have thought twice. Had I know Shibari is not humiliating, it would have saved me a lot of trouble. My girlfriend and I went to a hotel to have some quality time together. While she was getting comfortable…
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I had an unlocked memory from the time I was twelve. We were playing some silly game of spaceships and laser beams. After all, we were all fans of the new Star Wars trilogy. I used to play with the boys because, even though I liked dolls and pony toys, I was a big girl.…
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They say men are visual and women are sensitive to smell and touch. Now, I’m sure about my part of that story. If my girlfriend is wearing a low cleavage or if she surprises me in the bedroom with some lingerie, I get immediately turned on. I won’t deny it. However, even though she likes…
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It happened when we were kids. it’s not unusual, actually. You would be amazed at how many people discovered their taste for bondage at an early age. Mike was 14 and I was 12. We saw a “bad guy” in some silly cartoon tying the hero and we decided we should try it out. We…
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I would have never done it, but she asked me to. And I just can’t say no to her. I like to keep things for myself, especially the things that happen when we are alone, but she’s a few years younger and she firmly believes we should share our joy with the world. Who can…
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Forget 50 Shades. It is not sexy. It is dumb. Let’s be honest, it just didn’t get it. It took things literally, and when pain is pain, and submission is submission, there’s nothing sexy about it. You see, I know this because I practice Shibari, the ancient Japanese art of tying and getting tied. I…
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