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Exploding harnesses are something ive never played around with but i do love the drama of that "oh shit" moment when everything suddenly falls apart. One of my favourite things in rope is playing with contrasts and this really is an example of the extreme contrast of restraint and freedom 

Aspero oh thats awesome, love that you were exploring ways that you can use rope to demonstrate its impact on the body in such an inventive way, and using such an allegorical song is really quite brilliant.

ø Zero ø its definitely a deep topic to get into, but as Gorgone mentions in the Geeking about TK collection, the TK/Gote is one of the ties that really touches upon all areas of your rope craft. If you can tie a really good gote, then your other tying will dramatically improve too, from rope handling, to problem solving, body awareness and friction choices.  

Aspero Seme by any means necessary 😂 haha

This sounds super interesting. How did you combine the singing and shibari? Im intrigued, were you both singing? What were you singing. How did it relate to the rope scene... so many questions 😂

I would highly recommend these videos to delve into this further.Start off with Fuoco bottom focus TK Lab. Although aimed at bottoms, tops really need to have this knowledge too. This delves into the body mechanics to be aware of and how to make the right choice of TK for your partner.https://shibaristudy.com/programs/bottom-tk-labThen take a look at Gorgone  Geeking about TK, this delves into the theory behind certain choices that you might want to make in the TK. The Theory video really helps to add context to my comments above.https://shibaristudy.com/programs/geeking-about-the-tkFinally having a look at Fred's TK Lab is a great way to compare the two familys of TK, Stemmed and Stemless. This demonstrates the "base" form of these two types of ties in a really clear way. There are slight variations in approach (e.g reverse tension vs forward tension, L-Frictions or Half Moon etc) to the base form but generally these are the two start pointshttps://shibaristudy.com/programs/tk-lab

that's a great question and happy to lend my thoughts on this. Essentially there's no "standard TK" as such, many people find they tweak the TK to suit either their bottoms body mechanics (*which we all should really be doing) or to their tying style and preferences. In some cases there can be preferential choices, but the majority of decisions in my opinion is driven by your bottoms body. However there are some commonalities that will help to understand the varying patterns. Most TK's start with two ropes, or blocks, the first being a single column tie on the wrist, followed by a wrap on the upper chest. The second being a wrap around the lower chest, and kannuki's (cinches). Beyond this there's a tonne of third rope options depending on what you want to do. Some make vertical suspension more sustainable, some provide additional structure, some restrict breath or movement, some distribute load into wider areas of the body.

that's a lovely aftercare idea, my partner is actually trained in bamboo massage and its a super cool technique, have never really thought about it as an aftercare choice though

Welcome Alex, which skills are you currently focusing on and want to dive deeper into?