Soptik & Sansei – Announcing presenter

Soptik is a bondage teacher and event organizer. He created his first educational website with information on rope bondage in 2000. After ten years of self-education, had met Kinoko Hajime who became his first teacher of Japanese bondage. Afterwards, his tying was shaped by Osada Steve and Kanna; however, Kinoko Ryu is still his first choice for most of his rope partners. A year later, he started teaching regular bondage workshops and have kept this hobby till today.

In the meantime, he met two other teachers who influenced him greatly. The first was Yoroi Nicolas who taught him movement, intimacy, and simplicity in ropes. The second and the most influential was Riccardo Wildties. He introduced Naka Ryu to him. The more he studies with Riccardo and Naka Akira, the more he falls in love with this style.

You can find out more about his workshops at www.soptikshibari.com.

Sansei is enjoying ropes as a rope bottom since 2017. Her approach is defined by her devotion and surrender to the rigger. She enjoys exploring (often dark) emotions and natural living through ropes. She started to to tie as a rigger recently. Her prefered style is Naka ryu in both roles.

Workshops

Monoblock

(Workshop level: L3)

Monoblock (sometimes also called Basket tie) is a very versatile and strong harness that can be used in many different ways. It provides a mostly comfortable and stable support for many types of suspension. In this workshop we will explore different ways how to tie it and most importantly how to use it in suspensions.

Strappado in partial and full suspensions

(Workshop level: L3)

Strappado offers many possibilities, but few people are able to use arm-binder to its full potential. In this workshop we will explore different ways to use it in both partial and full suspensions. Participants are expected to know how to tie an arm-binder as this will not be covered in the workshop.