Scot & Tanja (Namarie) – Announcing presenters

Scot got interested in Shibari/kinbaku over 25 years ago, and introduced Tanja to ropes briefly after they met in 2007.

Since 2015 they have been busy running their dedicated full-time rope venue – Kinbaku Lounge – in Copenhagen, but have also enjoyed performing and teaching abroad, when time has allowed it. Scot is teaching rope full time for close to 10 years, for classes and private tuition.

With strong bonds to Japan and Japanese rope bondage, they enjoy the traditional, aesthetic and erotic approach, with pain and pleasure as pivot point.

Find out more about them at Scot’s FetLife. and Namarie’s FetLife

Workshops

GOTCHA

(Workshop level: L1-3)

We love to play with the fantasy of the rope model being overpowered and helpless in ropes. We will test this fantasy and our skills, with 2 different exercises. Fun, interesting and usually a pretty hot experience.

Gyaku Ebi 101 – How to do backbends in ropes

(Workshop level: L3)

What is up and down in this legendary suspension. We will talk about the different tecniques, and how it impacts the body. On this workshop we demo the Gyaku Ebi in different variations. You may tie them low/partial, suspension or high suspension.

Are you as model challenged doing backbends? Tanja will guide you into how – and how not to being in, getting in and out of the back bend suspensions.

Tight ropes & pressure points

(Workshop level: L2-3)

Kinbaku means ‘Tie tight’. So we will dive in to the play with tight ropes for semenawa, and use pressure points enhancing the experience.

Bamboo challenge and exposure

(Workshop level: L2-3)

Tying a person to an object is very classic old style Japanese kinbaku. They used what ever they could find in the room to keep the body fixed in a exposed position.

In this workshop we will challenge the models with the use of small bamboo. Simple ties, but challenging for the models.