RopeMarks Ryu #2, Kinbaku workshop, suspensions on single point.

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https://www.ropemarks.com/event/kinbaku-workshop-20241117/

This is a full-day workshop where you’ll learn both the art of suspending and being suspended. Suspensions are visually stunning and can be incredibly exhilarating but they do come with risks. Our aim is to equip you with essential knowledge and foster a safe shared experience empowering you to apply what you’ve learned once you return home. Therefore we emphasize safety technique and communication progressing your skills for takeoff.

We’ll prepare you for suspensions by focusing on several key aspects. First and foremost you’ll enhance your gote tying skills to ensure they are proficient and reliable. Next you’ll improve your uplines tying skills to ensure they meet the demands of your desired suspensions. Finally you’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of how forces act on the human body during suspensions keeping safety as a top priority throughout the process.

In Japanese rope bondage the gote is often the core of any suspension. In this workshop we will not only use gotes but also explore how the gote is a classic element of Japanese rope bondage and kinbaku. As this is the tradition taught by RopeMarks we find it crucial to start with the gote. During this initial part of the workshop we’ll use your gote tying and receiving skills to assess your general proficiency in Japanese rope bondage. As a famous kinbakushi once said: “Kinbaku begins and ends with a gote.”

Next we’ll build on your knowledge of the gote and uplines guiding you through three full-body suspensions. During these sessions we’ll introduce several smaller ties to add variety fun and challenges to your suspensions.

We recognize that not everyone will have the same level of proficiency with tying or being in rope. Therefore we’ve designed this workshop to accommodate different skill levels allowing each tie to be performed at a pace that feels comfortable for you and your partner. Regardless of your starting point your skills will progress to the next level. By the end of this workshop both riggers and rope models will have advanced to an intermediate or strong intermediate skill level.

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