One spot available due to last minute cancellation!

This is the third time Alexander Ma and Natasha NawaTaNeko (Discover Kinbaku) from Berlin will visit us to teach a Semenawa weekend workshop. They will present Bodies under pressure for first time in Spain.

Workshop description:

In this Weekend Intensive, we will take a different look at the philosophy and toolbox of «Semenawa» – the style we tie. How do we use pressure – impact – to create an emotional response from our models? Doing so, we are dealing with more complex techniques in semi- and full suspension. The process of tying is slow, the figures produced are static. Rope after rope increases the challenge. The result is images that are aesthetically reminiscent of calligraphy or ikebana.

The goal is to move the tied partner to devotion and show them in all their beauty. Rope Bottoms learn the somatic skills to accept and integrate the impact, allowing for emotional transformation in ropes, without giving up the boundaries or sense of self.

Our philosophy and techniques of Semenawa are inspired by our teachers. Alexanders brings in 15+ vears of practice on martial arts and Natasha her intensive study on somatics and bodywork.

For whom is it?

This workshop is for couples (of all age and gender constellation) who already have intermediate-advanced experience in Japanese-inspired bondage and want to engage more intensively with Semenawa. Through various exercises you repetitively practice the principles and gain confidence in your abilities as well as self-confidence in applying Semenawa during your private play.

Gains and benefits

..as a rigger:

• deeper understanding of concepts and philosophy of Semenawa
• becoming more creative with your own adaptions of the standard ties getting fluent with complex line management in suspensions
• understanding important non-technical aspects, such as Ma-ai, timing, communication through rope tools to create a shared experience of intimacy

… as a rope-bottom:

• practice using your attention to connect deeper with yourself and your partner
• developing a feeling of your emotional and physical limits and positively communicating them
• learning receptivity, staying soft under the impact of the ropes
• finding a feeling of internal safety during more challenging ties

The secure mastery of a Gote (Box-Tie), designed for torsional loads and routine in the execution of (semi)-suspensions, as well as the willingness to get involved in the philosophy of Semenawa is the prerequisite for participation in this Weekend Intensive.

Bring along:

Clothing to your taste, suiting your mood for intense rope bondage (preferably not sporty clothes) and at least 12 jute ropes, 5 or 6 mm, 7 – 7.6 m long.

Content:

• Kinbaku & Semenawa: History and philosophy
• Basic Consent & Safety rules
• Creating a session
• Ma-ai: The play with distance and proximity, rhythm and pause
• Communication through the rope: intimacy, suffering, shame and aesthetics
• Refining the Gote
• Creative applications for a 3rd/4th/5th rope
• Giri-giri position
• Creative applications of waist rope
• Arm binders and strappado position
• Lacings
• Progressions
• «Predicamental» strategies
• On the bottom’s side, we introduce tools to growing your stamina in challenging positions by breathing, directing the attention, keeping soft and re-grounding in your body.

Above all, we want to enable you to apply these patterns to create a shared experience in your erotic play.

Additional information:

Dates: 30th of September y and 1st of October 2023.

Schedule: From 10:00h to 19:00h with an hour and a half lunch break.

Spots: 7 pairs.

Price: 350€/ per pair. | 300€/ per pair for regular Madrid Shibari students.

Location:  Madrid Shibari Dojo. Barrio Aeropuerto.

Language: English.

Show night: The attendance to the workshop includes free access to the intimate show Alexander and Natasha will offer on Saturday’s evening. More info is coming soon.

Bookings: By e-mail to info@madridshibari.com or by Telegram / Whatsapp / or call to +34 616741603.

Alexander Ma

Alexander is a scientist & philosopher and he was already mesmerized by the idea of capturing women and letting them suffer „beautifully“ long before he discovered rope.  www.discoverkinbaku.com / www.kinbakunoir.com

NawaTaNeko

In Kinbaku, Natasha is looking for true emotions and authenticity and sees rope bondage as deeply intimate and erotic practice that has also a profound transformational potential. Fetlife: @NawaTaNeko