What you'll learn

You can often turn a disappointing bondage rope into a joy with the proper care. In this free tutorial, discover how to improve the look and feel of your bondage rope and how it handles. You'll be surprised how much difference good treatment and maintenance can make!

  • Learn about the different types of bondage rope and their maintenance

  • Get pro tips on how to improve the look and feel of your bondage rope

  • Avoid making classic mistakes and ruining an expensive purchase

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • How long is a piece of string?

  • 2

    Choosing, treating and looking after your bondage rope

    • How to choose, treat and look after your rope (13:58)

    • Not all bondage rope should be treated the same

    • Maintenance

    • Akechi nameshi recipe for rope treatment

    • Your Feedback

Meet your educator

Instructor

Bruce Esinem

Esinem is a shibari artist known for teaching in the UK and internationally at events such as Pride, Torture Garden, Erotica, Rubber Ball, Wasteland, BoundCon, Nuit Demonia, and recently represented the UK at Japan's first international kinbaku event, Toubaku. He was co-organizer of the London Festival of the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage and BOUND, Europe's premier monthly shibari event. Nina Russ joins Esinem and is a London-based shibari performer, rope artist, and educator. Nina has performed internationally, most notably and the London Festival of the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage and RopeFest in St. Petersburg. Her passion for rope has led her on a route of discovery of concepts, philosophy, aesthetics, and of the benefits behind this Japanese discipline.

What is Shibari?

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