Shibaricon 2012 Favourite moments.
Learning that a photographic hero and inspiration, Norio Sugiuar would be there. Getting nervous about meeting him. Being so pleased to meet him and having the chance to get a print in person.Takeshi...
View ArticleBBB after party July 2013
First thing’s first, it’s not often we do workshops in the UK, usually we do most of our work in the US or mainland Europe. So it was a nice surprise to be asked to do a workshop at the BBB in...
View ArticleLuck, self awareness, responsibility & rope bondage injuries.
This article is one of those that you wish didn’t need to be written about. However here I am writing it anyway. So what is is that I’m going to write about here that I wish I wasn’t? Rope inflicted...
View ArticleThe film love.honour.obey
love.honour.obey A film by Raindance raw talent directed by Ate de Jong Earlier this year I had an amazing experience working on a new film. This full length feature thriller features some shibari rope...
View ArticleRobert Wilson, Lady Gaga and the Louvre
From my personal blog on WykD.com I’ve been very lucky recently to get to work with some incredible people. Most recently it was a privilege and a pleasure to work with the American director and...
View ArticleTaboo magazine cover Shibari Bondage
In an excellent round of to our working year we have a magazine cover. This is the cover of Hustler’s Taboo magazine. The model for this shoot was the lovely and very sexy MaYa Homerton. A wonderful...
View ArticleLA 2014 Shibari classes and good times.
This was our first trip to LA and we were really looking forward to it for a variety of reasons. First off this trip wouldn’t have happened without the good offices and organisation of our friends in...
View ArticleBaltimore Play House (2012)
Back in 2012 we had the great pleasure of staying with Hammer, Roxy and Lochai in Baltimore after that year’s Shibaricon. While this is something of a late blog I wanted to catch up some of the...
View ArticleBED 2014 Good times shibari Bar-b-q rope jamming cook-out!
I don’t even know where to begin with this blog. BED was a complete blast from start to finish. The people of Dallas were great to us and the people of BED especially. This event really has a special...
View ArticleHajime Kinoko (一鬼のこ) in Scotland
In excellent news we’ll be heading back up to Glasgow in 2015 to perform with Hajime Kinoko (一鬼のこ) at STORE’s January event ‘Twisted’ It’s going to be great to see Kinoko again and it’s always a...
View ArticleGood clean dirty gun fucking bondage fun against censorship!
Inspired, if that’s the right word by the new British government regulations on porn production which tries to stop UK producers making kinky stuff that has (In a broad sweep, there’s a lot more fine...
View ArticleBED 2015
Well, I’m sitting here wanting to write about my experience at BED (Bondage Expo Dallas) this year and I really don’t know where to begin. This event once again was just amazing. I really haven’t been...
View ArticleBED 2015 (part the second)
Saturday, BED is now in full swing. Breakfast at the hotel and then on to teach our first class. It’s an early one and we have to be there right at the crack of 10:45 in the morning! Pressure and time...
View ArticleBED 2015 (part the third)
The after party performance night! I wanted to give this one a blog to itself as in the end it’s a bit of a saga. To start with we’d had something like a total of 8 hours sleep over 3 days and frankly...
View ArticleUne soirée de performance, sous le signe du semenawa, à la Place des Cordes...
This was an unexpected little trip for us but a really nice one. We were asked to perform in Paris with Naka Akira and Gorgone. at Place des Cordes which is a very nice rope dojo. We live 15 minutes...
View ArticleViennese rope festival 2015 (part the first)
I meant to blog about this event right after it happened and was frankly unforgivably lazy about blogging for the longest time. Now I’ve blogged about an event since the guilt pressure is finally high...
View ArticlePerforming at the first London Festival of Rope Art
We had what I can only describe as a very intense and emotional time performing at the first London Festival of Rope Art. It was a wonderful time with my love and we’d like to thank everyone who shared...
View ArticleYoutube videos
OK so as an experiment I’ve started making some Youtube videos that aren’t tutorials as such but discussions about things that come up or answers to questions from you guys. I can’t guarantee that I’ll...
View ArticleWhy don’t I put more tie tutorials online?
Well here’s the explanation. Not always a popular thought but this is why I’ve not done it. The question seems to come up a fair bit and even though I’ve answered it in other formats over time I...
View ArticleWhat I think behaviour policy for an event should look like
Hope you enjoy these. Not being 100% serious… maybe 😉 Event Rules General Behaviour Deal respectfully with all other attendees. If in doubt see point 1. I don’t really have a point 3 as this is an...
View ArticleShibari in Brno, the Czech Republic February 2016
Well we had a wonderful time in the Czech Republic again. This time in the city of Brno. Two days of teaching and a performance night. We had a great venue in a martial arts club on the outskirts of...
View ArticleVienna Rope festival 2015 (part the second)
Here’s the long overdue second part to the blogging of the Viennese rope festival at long last. So after the great opening night and some wonderful shibari followed by some wonderful beer, there’s more...
View ArticleTeaching in Charlottesville Virginia 2016
Well we had a great time in Charlottesville. We didn’t get to see too much of the town but that’s par for the course when we make these very short trips to teach and return home. In this intensive I...
View ArticleWeird shibari related reference (Shibari not Shibari) shibari TRITON
Sometimes you come across odd things on the internet. I don’t know why this has the word shibari in it but it does and it’s something you can buy on Amazon. Shibari Triton Spray Men’s Desensitizing...
View ArticleShibari (not shibari again)
As I can’t help but find these a bit weird and funny and after the delay spray post it got pointed out to me that there was more of this stuff… Shibari intimate lubricant! From a recent review Taste –...
View ArticleShibari intensive in Memphis Tennessee April 2016
This was our second visit to Memphis Tennessee USA and it was even hotter than the last time. That’s saying something. Coming over from a wet and windy UK it was more than a little bit of a contrast in...
View ArticleLA Shibari intensive 2016
It's always interesting starting a new shibari intensive, you never know what people are going to need to improve their rope bondage and it's a fascinating moment of discovery. Lots of hard work to...
View ArticleTop drop, melancholia and coming down.
I wanted to point out that the feelings and emotional reactions we have with shibari are normal human feelings, we all have these feelings and we all need to be able to recognise those feelings and be...
View ArticleTeaching in London At Anatomie Studio on January 28th & 29th 2017
It's not often we teach in the UK but this year we're going to at London's Anatomie studio. We're really looking forward to it. This should be a great weekend of rope. Great though it is to be in...
View ArticleShooting for Taboo magazine with Adreena Winters 8th January 2017
This shoot had some good caning gagging, asphyxiation, penetration as well as some spectacular suspension bondage too! Adreena is always lovely to work with and a pleasure to tie.
View ArticleBondage Expo Dallas 2017
Memories of our great time at Bondage Expo Dallas in 2017. We had a great time tying, teaching and performing our brand of shibari bondage a great kinbaku performance and a fun shibari show to round...
View ArticleSouth Coast Shibari Group July 2017
We had a one day rope bondage intensive in Brighton (or the magnificently named Rottingdean near Brighton) at the invitation of the South Coast Shibari Group. We had a really good day and covered a lot...
View ArticleLondon shibari intensive at Anatomie studio in 2017
Earlier this year on the 28th and 29th of January we did a two day shibari intensive at Anatomie Studio in London.
View ArticleTokyo Shibari Osada Steve, Otonawa, Kinoko & Naka Akira, Iroha Shizuki,...
Tokyo Japan in March 2016. The weather find, the cherry blossoms beginning to bloom. My memory of these events is at one and the same time vivid but probably incomplete due to the time elapsed since...
View ArticleWykD TK 4 Week Course
A unique course on the WykD method TK over 4 weeks with 2 hours of tuition every week. In this unique course you will receive in depth information and tuition on every aspect of the TK with personal...
View ArticleA love letter.
If I could be sentimental for a moment... Without a doubt, without question my partner in life Clover is the best part of that life. I cannot imagine life without her and cannot imagine I'd be the...
View ArticleSWAMP Shibari Show
Shibari bondage frame made by Handrolld of McKinney, Texas. For a long time our friend Jahc has been trying to get us to come and do a performance at SWAMP in Bristol. A long time in this instance...
View ArticleTattooed Art
We have had some amazing compliments in our time but there is something amazing beyond normal description about learning someone has had your work tattooed on their bodies. We have been told by some...
View ArticleLuck, self awareness, responsibility & rope bondage injuries.
This article is one of those that you wish didn’t need to be written about. However here I am writing it anyway. So what is is that I’m going to write about here that I wish I wasn’t? Rope inflicted...
View ArticleUne soirée de performance, sous le signe du semenawa, à la Place des Cordes...
This was an unexpected little trip for us but a really nice one. We were asked to perform in Paris with Naka Akira and Gorgone. at Place des Cordes which is a very nice rope dojo. We live 15 minutes...
View ArticleWhy don't I put more tie tutorials online?
Well here's the explanation. Not always a popular thought but this is why I've not done it. The question seems to come up a fair bit and even though I've answered it in other formats over time I...
View ArticleTeaching in London At Anatomie Studio on January 28th & 29th 2017
It's not often we teach in the UK but this year we're going to at London's Anatomie studio. We're really looking forward to it. This should be a great weekend of rope. Great though it is to be in...
View ArticleTokyo Shibari Osada Steve, Otonawa, Kinoko & Naka Akira, Iroha Shizuki,...
Tokyo Japan in March 2016. The weather find, the cherry blossoms beginning to bloom. My memory of these events is at one and the same time vivid but probably incomplete due to the time elapsed since...
View ArticleTokyo and Kyoto 2018
It was wonderful to be back in Tokyo again. We’ve been to Japan a few times and really enjoy it. We were excited but relaxed as we made our way from Narita airport to our accommodation. We like using...
View ArticleA week of bondage at BeachBind 2018
We were very happy to be invited back to BeachBind and we were very much looking forward to it. This is really a unique event taking place over a full week at a beautiful inclusive resort in Jamaica...
View ArticleBondage Expo Dallas 2018
BED (Bondage Expo Dallas) is a special event for us. We’ve been involved with BED right from the very beginning and have been a part of it every year since. We count the BED organisers as friends and...
View ArticleShibari in Warsaw Poland 2017 (Shibari Dojo Warsaw)
We had a wonderful time at the Warsaw Shibari Dojo in Poland. Our visit was short but very enjoyable (and a bit exhausting). We hope we'll be going again soon. The weekend began with a bit of a shock...
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