Rigger’s index finger: a “professional illness” for bondage and shibari tops
Hands are prone to different pathologies which can also occur as a result of long…
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Why ropes smell? Let’s discover the Jute Batching Oil
Very quick video to answer to whoever tells me that on the ropes they use…
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How to tell the partner we would like to play with bondage or any other kinky game
You have no idea how many times I have heard myself say “I’d like to…
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Bondage, shibari and kinbaku: let’s get to know them
Do these three words mean the same thing? In this video we will discover the…
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How to create your first set of ropes
Sometimes, couples come to my basic courses having already experimented with bondage in their intimacy,…
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Learn more
Whether you have tried some tutorials on your own or attended one of my courses…
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Three minute Friday 20 – Job done! What’s next?
This is the last episode of Three minute Friday! In these twenty videos I have…
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The importance of aftercare
When we play with ropes it’s as if we momentarily lose our balance: we experience…
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Three minute Friday 19 – Manage the negotiation in ten steps
This is the second to last Three minute Friday and, after a lot of “theoretical”…
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Three minute Friday 18 – When consent breacks
In BDSM there is a distinction between consent “violation” and “accident”. In the instance of…
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How I discovered bondage
Why is bondage so attractive? Why do so many people like it? For years, I…
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Gote or takatekote?
Gote or takatekote? Tying someone with their hands behind their back is perhaps the most... Read More
Three minute Friday 17 – Which is the best consent model?
In this video we will take a look at the main consent models and the…
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How to use this webbook
I have often been asked to write a book on bondage, but I have always…
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Bondage – and BDSM – easily explained
Many people think of “Fifty Shades” scenarios when they think of bondage and BDSM. Well,…
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All the beauty of the bondage
All the beauty of bondage Imagine having your immobilized, helpless partner in front of you... Read More
Three minute Friday 15 – All I got about trust
Today we’ll talk about trust and we’ll try to think about what we can do…
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Three minute Friday 14 – All the advantages of assertive communication
Assertiveness is a type of communication based on sincerity, careful to avoid misunderstandings and not…
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Three minute Friday 13 – The manipulative communication
We have already touched on the subject of manipulative communication when we talked about passive-aggressive…
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Three minute Friday 12 – A triangle? I wasn’t expecting that!
In this short video we will talk about “triangular” communication which takes place when we…
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Three minute Friday 11 – The fearsome passive-aggressive communication
When “the worst” of the two communication styles we have seen in the previous videos…
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SSC and RACK: two side of the same coin
After reading again and again “I don’t like SSC. I’m a RACK player” I couldn’t…
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History of (not only) Japanese bondage
History of (not only) Japanese bondage Itoh Seiu and Sahara Kise If we try to... Read More
When something goes wrong – The survey
When something goes wrong The survey A few months ago I made a survey presenting... Read More
The four C of ropes
The four "C" of ropes Shibari is based on four interrelated aspects, namely the "4Cs".... Read More
Three minute Friday 10 – All about aggressive communication
Even if a battle can be won with force, in the long run, an aggressive…
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Three minute Friday 09 – Passive communication isn’t a good choice
I am sure that many people (myself included) will recognize themselves in the examples contained…
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Three minute Friday 08 – How to communicate in an effective and respectful way – An introduction
This is the introductory video to a series of ‘Three Minute Friday’ videos dedicated to…
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Three minute Friday 07 – All the risks of expectations
We all have expectations that we project onto things all the time, we expect things:…
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Three minute Friday 06 – Limits, agreements and rules
How can I say I trust someone? In this episode we’ll talk about limits, agreements,…
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How to have a bottom always available
Sometimes people take a long time to learn how to tie because they practice just…
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Kannukis: what they are for and where to tie them
Why do we use kannukis? What are they for? And are the notorious kannukis on the…
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A few words about consent and abuse for my friends from Latin America (SUB ENG, ESP, ITA)
If there is a legacy that BDSM can leave, it’s related to skills that everyone…
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A new commitment for all of us
I have a question for you: if at an event you see a top starting…
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NuitdeTokyo interviews Yukimura Haruki sensei
This is an interview I translated in Italian from the original in English and Japanese….
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The Accused: in the Case of a Consent Incident
I found this post on Fetlife by chance. At this time I’m deeply thinking about…
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The prime directive
If you ask a nerd what’s the “prime directive”, probably he will mention the first…
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In the words of a bottom
I knew Swirl during a workshop. After a little online conversation, we met at my…
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Ipponnawa – 一本縄
Ipponnawa (一本縄) means “to tie using a single rope”. I heard this word for the…
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Interview with EDO Shibari Nantes
An year ago I was in Nantes to teach and performing. It was really a…
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Some impressions after Xplore Roma 2019
Dionysian, orgiastic, free and antidogmatic. And all of this was clear to me at the final…
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Music for shibari performances
As you probably know, I’m both a rope artist and a professional musician. Probably because…
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The wheel of consent
During the “great quarantine” of 2020 I thought a lot about consent and negotiation. In…
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Offline and online learning
“Why should I attend classes and spend money when everything is already free online?”. “I…
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Don’t do suspensions if…
This is probably the first rant! Since suggesting to study isn’t enough, since you can…
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Don’t be the Prince of the Realm of Almost
Often it happens to me to hear a bottom saying “I cannot stay in a…
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Japanese rope bondage glossary
In this dictionary I collected more than one hundred fifty of the most used terms…
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Ropes for bondage
Ropes for bondage In this post we’ll see the characteristics of some kinds of rope... Read More
Jandel’s secret ropes
Jeandel's secret ropes The translation of this post is by Ayzad, a journalist, writer, kinky... Read More
How to safely start rope bottoming
How to safely start rope bottoming by coldeyes Versione italiana Version française The shooting of... Read More
How to find a rope partner for bondage and shibari
A research made in Italy in 2008 and another more outdated one made in the…
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Eight hours, just communication – The communication through the ropes in the words of a student
Last winter a couple from Barcelona came to Florence to have a shibari intensive weekend…
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Five false myths on Japanese bondage
In this post I will show you five false myths about Japanese bondage that a…
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La quarta corda goes green
In this video I don’t speak about Japanese bondage, but I deal with something I…
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Interview to Akechi Denki by Osada Steve
You can read this post directly on the original website here: Interview to Akechi Denki…
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Nawa shigusa: the good manners of ropes
“Edo shigusa” in Japanese means “the good manners of the city of Edo”. They are…
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Haiku: when semplicity becomes poetry
Haiku: when simplicity becomes poetry Did you know that the word “haiku” was born only... Read More
How to make your rope wax
In this quick tutorial I’d like to share the recipe of my homemade rope wax. It’s…
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Interview for Murmur magazine at Bound and embraced (Dublin)
Bound and embraced was an event organised by GalleryX in Dublin (Ireland). During the weekend…
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A glimpse into Yukimura sensei’s private life
During the last trip to Tokyo, I had the chance to meet Higure Keisuke, Yukimura…
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Ten minutes with La quarta corda
After a workshop for Ecole des cordes in Paris, I did a little interview with…
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Rope jam, peer rope, salon, nawakai…What are they?
Playing with ropes is really beautiful, both in an intimate situation and with other people…
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The chemistry of ropes
The chemistry of ropes We call “adrenaline” a strong emotion and we know that eating... Read More
How to clean ropes
Ropes can get dirty in two ways: touching the floor or other surfaces and objects…
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Nerves and bondage
This flyer was prepared by Place des Cordes, a space dedicated to bondage now closed,…
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Bondage and deep venous thrombosis
Bondage and deep venous thrombosis After an accident which I got to know recently, I... Read More
Safety guidelines for bondage
Safety guidelines for bondage by La quarta corda - Version 3.1 Translation: coldeyes DOWNLOAD SAFETY... Read More
The importance of ma
I heard about “ma” (間) during a workshop with Otonawa a few years ago. Otonawa…
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Paris and Toulon workshops with Ecole des cordes
In 2018 I did a couple of workshop with coldeyes in Paris at Place des…
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La quarta corda’s workshop in Montpellier with Art des cordes sud
In the first days of 2018 I went to Montpellier to hold a workshop with…
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From Yanaka with love
Enjoy the video of my trip to Tokyo with coldeyes! You can discover some unknown…
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Interview with Akira Naka
During my trip to Japan I took lessons with Akira Naka sensei. He was very…
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