Yes, that's possible. A few things to be mindful of how much bulk is in the back of this harness, which might not make it the best candidate for hashira suspension. (Something you'll notice in Tamandua's Hashira Session is that he starts with a simple harness for the body and builds a "third rope" around both his partner and the pole. This can be really supportive, and so choosing harnesses that are easy to layer on top of can be a nice choice.) Also, the way that Kinoko builds his uplines in this video would likely not translate to a hashira suspension. If you're quite familiar with the techniques for tying onto a hashira, then experiment and let us know! If hashira is newer to you, we would probably recommend starting with something simpler. (And of course, we always encourage in person learning, especially for very advanced techniques!)

At 16:25 Kinoko shows the point at which he would go back up the stem rather than tie across the butt! Hope this helps :)

We didn't film a tutorial on this specific Tengu but check out Tamandua’s Tengu for a similar pattern, and remember that shibari is like Lego. Maybe you can use his pattern as a starting point and this harness as inspiration to create something you love :)

Hi! Thanks for your question. How would you bring the arms into position? Simply changing the position of the arms (without wrapping them independently of the body) would likely not be something that a model could hold. The arms would want to return back to a more neutral position. But we always encourage safe, thoughtful experimentation and believe that shibari is like Lego (meaning you can create all sorts of things with just a few building blocks). Check out Armbinders for Everyone for some ideas on how to modify the strappado/armbinder position for different bottoms. And if you're feeling inspired by something in the mayfly harness that you want to try out, give it a go and let us know what you discover.

Yes! Great question. These hangers are sometimes called Epsilons (which reference the loopy, circular nature of both how we tie the hanger and how that letter is often written). They are also sometimes called Y hangers because, when finished, they look like a Y from a Latin alphabet. 

Hi! Thanks for your question! This tie is designed to be pretty torturous, and the easiest suggestion for how to keep it more sustainable would be to simply play with it as a partial. However, you could try incorporating a Hip Loader into it (as you see Gorgone do with the Butterfly Harness). It's possible that just that extra support would be helpful, and if not, you could more directly load the hips with an epsilon that you could pull from the front (like you see in the Study on Falling class, but loading from the front of the body not the back). If you give any of these things a try, come back here and let us know how it goes!

You're right! Back in the day we edited videos differently than we do now. Now we make sure to show you everything that happens. But you're totally right that something was edited out here :)

Where Gorgone adds two half hitches, you could add more to bring the yuki knot more center between the two cuffs and load them more evenly. Give that a try and let us know how it goes! If you're not on Discord yet, you could also join our members only Discord space. It's a great place to ask questions like these. The community there is super helpful and it's nice to be able to share pics as well. 

We would love to hear advice from other self suspenders here! This would also be a great question to ask the folks in Discord. Are you a part of that space yet? So much great advice on adaptations over there. Something you could try would be to friction the top wraps into the diagonal passes of rope that are opening up your diamonds. So bringing the rope around the body and into the diamond, pulling the diamond open, and then half hitching around the first diagonal pass and the top wrap as you come back around the body. This might create some uncomfortable pressure points, but if you experiment with it, let us know how it goes either here or on Discord! 

Great question! The answer really is to talk with your bottom and figure out what works for them. A few landmarks you could use though for initial experimentation: try placing the top wrap below the shoulder blades and also below the tip top of the armpit on the back and front (so you can see where the skin of the arm/armpit meets the upper body on both sides. You could also use the base of the deltoid as a landmark and try placing a top wrap there initially. Anna Bones also has a few tips for laying your top wrap in her Forms and Ropes class.