What is Shibari? That’s a debate that still continues. Some say Shibari can only be performed by the Japanese, some say it’s any bondage that’s influenced by their style. No matter your definition, Shibari, or Japanese rope bondage, is a beautiful and powerful style of rope play. So what is Western Shibari? I don’t know about You but I have never had the opportunity to tie up a 4’9″ 95 pound professional Japanese bondage model. I have spent the last several years doing bondage on a wide variety of sizes and shapes on both Men and Women, with an even wider range of health issues, flexibility issues, experience levels and conceptions and misconceptions about what Shibari is. This class is simply about taking some of the great images we associate with “Shibari” and applying them to the people we bind in real life. We will be covering safety, a few knots, some positioning, and how to put it all together to create a fun scene from beginning to end. This class will focus on the basics of rope harnesses, on the chest, crotch and other areas of the body, and how to combine them with Your rope play. Bring rope or buy some at class.

BossBondage has been involved in the BDSM community for over a decade. He is the founder and president of The West Coast Assholes an edge players advocacy group that focuses on edge-ucation within the community. He also serves as the vice president of the Portland leather Alliance. Boss recently received mainstream attention, working as the bondage consultant on the music video for def jam recording artists Electrik Red. For almost 4 Years Boss has operated His own professional dungeon The Asylum. Born from his love of hemp bondage rope, He started BossBondage.com in 2004. Boss has also been a body piercer since 1995. Boss does not get too tied down to titles and just considers Himself to be a bondage artist. In the last several years through intensive performance of bondage, in particular suspensions, he has developed a unique style. He is self-taught. Boss was the winner of the 2006 In the woods Bondage contest, and has been nominated for a Pantheon of Leather award. He has taught at such events as In The Woods, COPE, Truly Bound, octroperfest, Kinky Kollege, Kinkfest, the Folsom Fringe, spanksgiving, Shibaricon and MVK in vancouver, Canada.

If you miss advance registration, call Sexploratorium at 215-923-1398 after 12pm noon to register the same day as this class.