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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![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/06/TMF-17-ENG-con-play-1200x675.jpg)
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
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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![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/03/Copertina-articolo-survey-ENG-1200x675.jpg)
When something goes wrong – The survey
When something goes wrong The survey A few months ago I made a survey presenting... Read More![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/Le-quattro-C-tagliato.jpg)
The four C of ropes
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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![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/Jeandel-ropes-1200x675.jpg)
Jandel’s secret ropes
Jeandel's secret ropes The translation of this post is by Ayzad, a journalist, writer, kinky... Read More![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/How-to-safely-start-rope-bottoming-1200x675.jpg)
How to safely start rope bottoming
How to safely start rope bottoming by coldeyes Versione italiana Version française The shooting of... Read More![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/Copertina-video-con-play.jpg)
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![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/09/Copertina-Cera-per-corde-con-play-1.jpg)
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![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/09/Clean-ropes-1200x675.jpg)
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![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/08/Anteprima-per-Youtube-ENG.jpg)
Safety guidelines for bondage
Safety guidelines for bondage by La quarta corda - Version 3.1 Translation: coldeyes DOWNLOAD SAFETY... Read More![](https://www.laquartacorda.it/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/Miniatura-ma-con-player.jpg)
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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