There is a widespread misunderstanding: “erogenous zones aredirectly connected to the genital area and other primary sex-identifying features (such as the breasts)”. However, fact of the matter is that some 25 percent of the body surface (slightly more on the male body) can be identified as an erogenous zone. And the brain no doubt is […]

About Shibari Fumo Ryu Shibari is a very ancient, sometimes complex art and lifestyle. Nobody really knows when it started. It is assumed that the art originates from other arts, Kinbaku (pre-medieval and medieval Japanese policing techniques) and Hojo Jitsu (the art of arresting and transporting prisoners of war). However, Japan is far from the […]

Shibaru The Tradition of Shibari (To Tie) Japanese rope bondage is constructed in layers. I’ve recently learned that while some of the individual layers have Japanese names, the combinations usually do not. Each harness is artfully and uniquely created. Like snowflakes, few are ever the same. The rope is usually 1/4″ or 3/8″ in diameter, […]

The G-String Tie The method of doing the tying is very simple but very hard to describe. You drape a long cord round the back of the neck with the two ends falling over the shoulders in front (see fig. 1). It doesn’t go round the throat but is just draped over the neck. Then […]

(KOTOBU RYO-TEKUBI SHIBARI, MOMO SHIBARI & USHIRO TAKATE KOTE SHIBARI) So far we have mainly concentrated on the simplest rope technique, predominantly explaining bondages based on simple rope. The real Japanese bondage Master however will frequently use a second technique, called the loop technique. In this case longer ropes are used and these are doubled, […]

An important factor in Japanese bondage is erotic stimulation by the ropes through the use of so called pressure points on the body that will reated a certain amount of erotic stimulation. This is the schematic chart of where the pressure points can be found on the female body. You may have to search for […]

Japanese bondage is almost always – as explained – a combination of different techniques. The following techniques and bondages make great “support acts” to your bondage. They are very rarely used as single bondages. The picture shows a great example of combined bondage techniques. Layer on is an adapted version of KARADA (the body harness), […]

Japanese bondage is a technique that is difficult to combine with other forms of erotic power exchange play. Because of the constant need for balance and the effective use of shiatsu pressure points some forms of play, such as whipping, will only work counterproductive. Your best bet is to stick to the proven complementary techniques, […]