Group Class to Resume Mid-April
Following CDC guildlines, LA Rope will be re-opening for group lessons. Participants (including instructors and demo bottoms) must be fully vaccinated (two weeks...
Emotion and Communication: Building Rope Progressions
Too often, rope classes focus on ties, patterns, and technique, without really delving into how those ties can be used to create emotion, feeling,...
Yukimura Style Predicament Ties
In June, we will be offering a new intermediate workshop introducing as style of "predicament ties," based on Yukimura's style of rope bondage. This...
Beginner Classes: LA Rope
Each month, we offer two beginner classes. These classes are designed to give a basic background in the history, context, and background for...
Feb 4th: How to Take Great Kinbaku Photos
About the Class
This class explores the question “What makes a good rope picture?”
There are almost as many approaches to kinbaku photography as there are...
Kinbaku from the Neck Up
Playing with the face is an important element of kinbaku in Japan. In this class we will break down the elements of face...
Rope Class Dec 4th, The Art of Kinbaku Photography
Kinbaku can be seen from a wide number of perspectives: connection, performance, eroticism, sexuality, and many more. One of its core forms of expression,...
October 17th: Searching for the Heart of Kinbaku: A History of Japanese Rope and...
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The history of kinbaku in Japan is a story that has been told many times. It has also been the...
Online History Class: June 30th 7:00
For those interested in the background and history of Japanese rope, I will be doing a talk "Searching for the Heart of Kinbaku" for...
September Intensive: Kinbaku 101
New to the world of shibari and kinbaku? Join us Sept. 27th for our introductory workshop, Kinbaku 101.
In this class, Zetsu will lead you...
June Suspension Workshop Sold Out
Our June suspension workshop is sold out for this month. We will be holding this particular workshop twice a year. If you are interested...
May 7th: Rope Suspension: Theory and Practice
Join us for a discussion of rope bondage suspensions. One of the most dramatic and intense forms of rope play, suspensions have a long...