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Getting to Know You: Top, Bottom, Switch or Self-Tie? How do you identify in rope, are you predominantly a top, a bottom or do you happily switch. Or are you one of those amazingly talent people who does all at once by self tying?
Hi Everyone and Welcome to the brand New Shibari Study Community,This community space is designed with you in mind, a space for you to seek advice, share your photos and stories, keep up to date with Shibari Study News and get to know your fellow Shibari Study students. The team will also be joining you on the community so don't forget to give their profiles a follow (and any of your friends you already know on here)If its your first time checking out the community, please familiarise yourself with the Community Guidelines and introduce yourself in the General Chat Channel. We want to remind you that your "Display Name" on your Shibari Study profile is how you will be seen on the community, so if you need to update it to your scene/preferred name, head over to your profile before your first community post.If you have any questions or feedback please let us know, or DM our Community Manager Mo. We look forward to being able to connect with our community more, set some fun challenges (dont forget for our Student of the Month challenge, you could win a free Quarterly Subscription) to help you develop your rope practice.ThanksShibari Study Team
December 03, 2025
Travelling for work = a good moment to revisit some basic frictions ;-)
December 03, 2025
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Hi community, my name is Alex. I am a 45-year-old non-binary rope-switch from Düsseldorf. This picture was taken at Iridescent studio Amsterdam in March. Rigger:Gorgone
Model:me
Feel free to connect with me!
November 30, 2025
Hi everyone!
I'm Chris, or tfae. I'm a baby rope top (started this year) based in Gadigal / Sydney. I love embodiment and touch and approaching rope as a collaboration 🫶
My question is: what are some good resources for tying in unconventional places, like furniture or the outdoors? I love this car bondage and I'd love to explore in this direction!
Pic 1 is from a self-suspension workshop; pics 2 & 3 is from some improvisational tying on a friend 😌
November 30, 2025
Tutorial Requests
Hey Fuoco, you mentioned we could drop classes/tutorial requests here. I would love to see more classes into different suspension sequences. I guess many of us enjoy playing publicly and it would be nice to know more transition sequences we could use when performing/playing in front of an audience :)
November 27, 2025
Hello, Everybody! Happy Thanks Giving, to all who celebrate.
My name is Ash. I go by Frosty Cucumber on Discord. I've technically been tying for 9 years, but with a lot of breaks and varying levels of intensity. My latest round of intensive study has been going for about two years now and part of what's kept me so excited through this time is the community I've found through Shibari Study. You all are awesome and I'm very happy to have found such a passionate, supportive, and friendly group of kinky friends.
I've been working on a few things lately, but one that really stands out is vertically loading harnesses. The live class on this topic a while back was awesome and helped tremendously, but I still run into problems sometimes. Most recently, I vertically loaded the ShSt Fishermans Harness and the waist rope loaded like crazy. My tying partner said she's been in other vertically loaded fishermans harnesses before that didn't load it so intensely and I'm wondering if there are different patterns for that or if maybe I just did something wrong.
It makes sense to me that that wrap would always load heavily in the ShSt pattern because it's the lowest wrap and is fairly tight. I guess I could really intensely tighten the other wraps, add more wraps to the waist, or maybe I'm find a pattern that doesn't have the waste rope?
In the moment in question, I just added some rope to her legs to push against and take some of the load, but I'd love to know what other modifications I could make in this situation.
November 26, 2025
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Hello everyone! You can call me Rainbow, i'm a rope switch, and I've been tying for several years now, but have been really intensifying my study for the past year or two as I try to get more of a rope "Scene" going in my local area. I am part of the leadership of our local kink group, and I've somehow become the de-facto rope "expert," despite still having plenty left to learn. My big goal for 2025 was to hold monthly rope events at our local group and I'm happy to report that I've done that! I look forward to interacting with everyone here and absorbing all the great knowledge and vibes.
Pictured here is a tie i did at our most recent play event, on one of my lovely partners. Im constantly learning by tying on a pretty wide variety of bodies and this was a prime example of when what works for one of my bottoms is less than stellar for another!
Oh, editing to add! I am also a fat rope bottom and beginning self tier and am always happy to commiserate about adaptation to larger body sizes or tips for self tying!
November 23, 2025
Hello, I'm MochaDude. I'm based in southern California, and I've been tying for five years now. I've added suspensions to my toolkit about a year ago, and am looking to start creating more transitions during my suspensions.
Looking forward to learning from the community.
November 23, 2025
Dear ShibariStudy, I am interested in hashira ties. What of all the hip harnesses on your site would you recommend as practical for use in a hashira context?
Thanks!
November 23, 2025
Hi everyone,
I'm David (he/him), based in Cologne, Germany. I've been rigging for about a year now, though I'm also open to bottoming. I've immersed myself in the art through online resources like Shibari Study, Cologne's wonderful shibari community, and occasional workshops at our local dojo. This Tuesday marks an exciting milestone — my first suspension workshop!
Since my life partner doesn't share this kink, I've been fortunate to connect with several rope models along the way who inspire me to keep pushing my skills.
Like many beginners, I initially felt overwhelmed by the variety of techniques that seem to achieve similar results. When I started, I couldn't decide whether to master the square knot single column tie, somerville bowline single column tie, lark's head single column tie, chain stitch single column tie, burlington bowline single column tie... so I tried learning all of them simultaneously. I quickly realized this wasn't sustainable — especially when I reached TKs and faced a myriad of options!
I'm working on developing a more intentional learning strategy. How do you decide which variation of a new pattern to learn first? Do you commit to one version until you find a compelling reason to adapt, or do you explore multiple approaches from the start? I'd love to hear how more experienced practitioners navigate this — especially those who've successfully moved beyond the "paralysis by analysis" phase I find myself in time and again.
Beyond my technical focus on starting full suspensions, I currently work mostly to improve the emotional dimension of tying: creating conversations through rope, reading my partner, and learning to lead with intention and sensitivity.
Looking forward to learning from this community and sharing the journey ahead!
David