Club Kink Jacksonville
Jacksonville · United States
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Shibari
🖤 BDSMJapanese-style decorative rope bondage, tied in intricate patterns with several lengths of natural-fibre rope. In Japanese the word simply means binding; the BDSM sense is closer to kinbaku, and reached the West in the 1990s.
The naming is worth getting right. In Japanese, shibari just means binding or tying. The style itself is kinbaku — tight binding — or kinbaku-bi, the beauty of tight binding. Shibari became the word for it in the West in the 1990s and has stayed.
The rope is part of the definition: jute, hemp or linen, usually around 6 mm thick and seven to eight metres a length, several lengths at a time. In Japanese that natural-fibre rope is asanawa.
Its ancestor is hojōjutsu, the samurai practice of restraining captives with rope. Seiu Ito, generally credited as the father of kinbaku, studied it; the style reached a wide Japanese audience through magazines in the 1950s, and its performers are called nawashi or bakushi, rope masters.
It is taught, not picked up. Club Kink Jacksonville runs weekly rope classes and practice under the name The Shibari Experience, hosted by Kinbaku Cardinale and the Jacksonville Rope Collective, with a demo and photo workshop twice a month. Attendees bring their own rope or use the demo ropes provided.
Frequently asked questions
Is shibari the same as kinbaku?
Close, not identical. Kinbaku names the style; shibari is a broader Japanese word for tying that the West adopted for it in the 1990s. Practitioners differ on how firmly to hold the distinction.
What rope is used?
Natural fibre — jute, hemp or linen — generally about 6 mm across and seven to eight metres long, several pieces at a time. The Japanese name for it is asanawa.
Where does it come from?
From hojōjutsu, the samurai art of restraining prisoners with rope. Seiu Ito, who studied it, is generally recognised as the father of kinbaku.
Can I learn it at a venue?
Yes — Club Kink Jacksonville runs weekly classes and practice sessions with a rope collective, and asks attendees to bring their own rope or use the demo ropes. Rope safety is taught in person, which is the right way to meet it.
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