Group Class to Resume Mid-April
Following CDC guildlines, LA Rope will be re-opening for group lessons. Participants (including instructors and demo bottoms) must be fully vaccinated (two weeks...
New Class: Yukimura Style Single Rope Ties
Starting in August, LA Rope will be offering a new class of single rope ties in the style of Yukimura Haruki sensei.
This...
Feb 4th: How to Take Great Kinbaku Photos
About the Class
This class explores the question “What makes a good rope picture?”
There are almost as many approaches to kinbaku photography as there are...
May 7th: Rope Suspension: Theory and Practice
Join us for a discussion of rope bondage suspensions. One of the most dramatic and intense forms of rope play, suspensions have a long...
Online History Class: June 30th 7:00
For those interested in the background and history of Japanese rope, I will be doing a talk "Searching for the Heart of Kinbaku" for...
Come Celebrate The Beauty of Kinbaku: Jan 22, 2015
Ring in the New Year with the LA Rope Dojo!
To celebrate the release of Master K's new, updated, and expanded version ofThe Beauty of...
Kinbaku from the Neck Up
Playing with the face is an important element of kinbaku in Japan. In this class we will break down the elements of face...
Akechi Denki and the Secrets of Shibari
Tickets available here
One of the most important figures in the history of shibari is Akechi Denki. Akechi sensei passed away on July 17, 2005...
Schedule for Murasaki and Iroha
We are very happy to have Murasaki san, Iroha san, and Alice san visiting next month from Tokyo. We are offering a wide range...
New Class Structure at LA Rope
Over the next few months, LA Rope will be restructuring its core mission to focus exclusively on the teaching of Yukimura Ryuu.
The new structure...
Murasaki san and Iroha san in LA
Thursday, March 16th, LA Rope hosted Murasaki sensei with Iroha for an advanced workshop on Yukimura Ryuu.
We began the evening with a ceremony remembering...
October 17th: Searching for the Heart of Kinbaku: A History of Japanese Rope and...
Tickets on sale here: https://studiokokoro.co.uk/tickets/
The history of kinbaku in Japan is a story that has been told many times. It has also been the...