Rope Ties I

Compiled by Jim Hughett

Alien_Jim on Fetlife
July, 2014

Remember:
Shibari is a perishable skill.
You need to review and practice.
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 What We Will Cover
NOTE: Just viewing this presentation wont help you.
You need to watch the videos.

Safety Additional Reading

Types of Rope Fetlife.com
Single Column Tie Resources
Double Column Tie Books
Chest Harness Rope Vendors
Waist Harness
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 NEGOTIATE!
Medical
Diabetes, medications, neuropathy, old injuries, marks, flexibility, other?
What and when were they in the hospital for the last time?

Psychological
Touch (what is OK?), panic attacks, claustrophobia, emotional triggers.

What do they want to do?

Why do they want to do it with you?

What you want to do? Communicate during and after the scene!
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 Safety
General guidelines - Really basic, really important, tightness-insert finger

Safety shears - Not knives, not scissors (they are pointy and will cut you).

Floor work - Falls (tripping) and being left alone, positional asphyxiation.

Fainting, Syncope, FL Discussion - Arms overhead, locked knees, lack of

sleep, lack of fluids, sick, tired, not having food and diabetic(low sugar).

Panic attack, seizures.

Suspension/floor - Blood flow, falls (drops), wrist drop, more on nerves,

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 Diagnostic Checks
Medical Apps for nerve locations:
BioDigital Human, Essential Anatomy, Anatronica
These were generally created from dissecting a cadaver, and do not represent all human variances.

Diagnostic Checks - Rope Bondage

TK Box tie and nerves by Esinem

Another post by Esinem on TK rope placement

Brachial Plexus

Another take on nerve injuries by Topologist

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 History of Rope
Rope History - Wikipedia

Rope History

Japanese Rope Bondage Terms

Japanese bondage

How to tie a knot: AnimatedKnots.com

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 Types of Bondage
Photography

Demonstration

Practice

Scenes:
Hojojutsu, Shibari, Kinbaku, Fusion ---- Predicament, Suspension, etc.

The bored bottom - work with your partner, not the technical aspect!

What and who is the focus and purpose?

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 Types of Rope
How to make rope

Rope types - Web link: About Rope

Rope types - Video (18 min): Choosing rope for shibari and general bondage,
rope burn - types of rope, not climbing rope(discuss rope stretch)

Rope width (6mm or. 8mm)- strength, knot size

Rope ends - knotted(overhand, shibari), whipped, taped, melted, custom

Rope length - have different lengths 25-30ft, 12.5 ft, 6ft?, type of tying,
rope weight(jute is lighter than hemp), speed of tying vs. strength,
size of person(top, bottom), feel of rope 8
 Joining Two Ropes
Joining two ropes three versions (in Italian, but the video is good)
Sheet Bend

Here is the basic knot everyone should know:

How to tie a square knot.

Friction ties

Rope storage - coiled, daisy chain

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 Single Column Tie
Esinem

Topologist

Bowline - Knot explanation

Bowline - Another knot explanation

Bowline on a Bight - Use on doubled lift lines to prevent fall if one breaks.

TKB (Two Knotty Boys) - A different kind of tie

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 Double Column Tie
Twisted Monk

Topologist

TKB (Two Knotty Boys)

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 Knots can Capsize
Knots are held together by friction.
Be especially careful with slippery rope!
Collapses:
Square knot - Tension at 90
Boola Boola
Reverse French Bowline
Solutions:
Double twist on Boola Boola Bowline loop
Giotto's better Boola Boola
Double loop around line bundle (Burlington Bowline)
Double Reverse French Bowline
Double Reverse French Eskimo Bowline
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 Chest Harnesses
Esinem (TK and nerve issues)

Crash Restraint

Chest Harness (Not in English)

TKB (Two Knotty Boys)

Hebari (Naturally Twisted)

Naturally Twisted 2

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 Waist Harness
MrLeto Hip Harness, Part 2 (Requires I Support Fetlife account)

Gunslinger by Lux

Reverse Somerville Bowline, Reverse Somerville Bowline by Topologist

Swiss Seat - by Lee Harrington

An excellent video by Gorgone (19 Minutes)

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 Aftercare
Negotiate before the scene how both the top and the bottom need to be cared
for after the scene is completed.

Check in with your bottom/top one to two days after the scene.

The chemistry of BDSM

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 Additional Reading
A Guide for Rope Bottoms and Bondage Models

Rope Bondage 101

All You Need is Rope

Rope Cutters

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 Fetlife.com
If you dont have an account on Fetlife, get one.

Rope Groups on Fetlife:

Riggers and Rope Sluts

Rope Bondage

Rope Incident Reports

Hardware, Hard Points and Suspension Information

Rope Tutorials and Videos by PinkMynx on FetLife

Your local-area rope group(s) 17

 Resources -
You do this yourself
Youtube.com-search for: Esinem (Bruce Argue), Nina Russ,
Two Knotty Boys (TKB), Crash Restraint, Leto Hip Harness, Shibari,
Jim Hughett Rope, also search Vimeo.com(mostly presentations).

http://www.crash-restraint.com/blog - an excellent site. The ties area has his

outline of classes.
http://twistedmonk.com - Basic ties on video.

http://www.remedialropes.com/ - A good tutorial on bondage safety.

Esinem video http://esinem.com/shop - Excellent video

http://Esinem.com also has a pay VIP area with tutorials.
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 Resources - Continued
Innovative Fiber Arts/Vermont - Check out their blog for rope videos

Osada Steve's website/blog

Free Online Basic Suspension Course by Topologist at Crash Restraint

http://KinkAcademy.com - Search for Topologist, Stefano Laforgia,

Jay Wiseman, Lee Harrington, Murphy Blue, Graydancer.

Suspended Animation Classes in Seattle.

Esinem's Online Shibari class (pay site)

Japanese Rope Bondage: Tying people, not parcels. Vols I & II 19
 Conventions
US Rope Conventions from The Devil Mask Society

There are also numerous rope conventions outside the US.

Do NOT rely on just one source of information!

Diversity is your friend.

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 Now Practice
Just do it! Practice results in skills.

Practice with a: Chair

Pillow

Big stuffed toy

Partner - Try not to bore them too much.

Manikin - Go ahead and bore them.

Yourself - Be sure you can escape or are able to call someone!

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 Final Thought
Remember this:

Diversity is your friend.

Experience and absorb information from many sources.

Make rope your own experience.

Then teach others what you know and you will continue to grow.

Finally, always remember: There is no I in rope.

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 Questions?

Also comments, criticism and discussion.

Smile and relax.

Its your time to fire away if you havent already!

Ready for Part II?

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