Online School
Welcome to the online school.
This project reflects me very strongly – starting during the COVID pandemic, and I quickly realized that it was highly over-ambitious and underpriced. A friend that is more of an online person than me said; you should make it a maximum of 2 hours and a much higher phase; explosive.
Well, I didn’t listen, so I made it about halfway and realized that I like working with people, face to face, hand in hand, much more. But it still resulted in 5 hours of lectures and 15 hours of exercise. And it’s cool stuff.
So I moved away from my expensive online school platform and put the material here on my old-school website for you to enjoy. I apologize that it doesn’t have all of the fancy e-learning features.
The material covers three aspects of rope bondage that I think is important to teach; the technical, the philosophical, and the ritualistic. It also quickly introduces the idea of taking weight away from the floor, not to hang someone in ropes completely, but to play with distance and three-dimensional space. And it’s an excellent way to evaluate your technique.
I hope you enjoy it.
Week 1
Basics in deep details
Week 1 Trailer
Week 1 Curriculum
Introduction
New techniques
- Attach, wrap and lock (7:18)
- Arm positions (3:29)
- Hands in-front (0:35)
- Sitting positions (3:02)
- From upper body to the legs (1:43)
+40 minutes of exercis
Safety
- Getting to know your body (3:42)
Philosophy
- How to slow down (9:56)
- Soft and firm, gentle and strong (2:57)
+50 minutes of exercis
Ritual
- Starting in safety (2:51)
- How to setup a ritual space (3:49)
+120 minutes of exercis
Summary
Week 2
A dialogue in ropes
Week 2 Trailer
Week 2 Curriculum
Introduction
Technical recap
- Being uneven and chaotic (5:21)
+15 minutes of exercis
New techniques
- Stable ties on the upper body (7:29)
- Attaching a suspension rope to the body (5:42)
- Securing to a bamboo or beam (3:27)
- Securing to a ring or carbine (2:00)
- Making a rope shortner (1:59)
- Holding the body with ropes (2:51)
+120 minutes of exercis
Safety
- Checking your hands (20:48)
- Evaluating ropes (7:10)
- Creating a suspension point (6:29)
Philosophy
- Tying blindfolded (3:33)
- Four ways of touching (7:38)
+60 minutes of exercis
Ritual
- Pause and witness (6:20)
+75 minutes of exercis
Summary
Week 3
Telling
a story
Week 3 Trailer
Week 3 Curriculum
Introduction
Technical recap
- Tying strong on the lower body (3:42)
- Suspending yourself (6:21)
+45 minutes of exercis
New techniques
- Playing with pain (18:00)
- Stable ties on the legs (8:50)
- Using the leg tie in suspension (9:39)
- Stable ties on the butt (10:10)
- Using the butt ties for suspension (3:37)
+120 minutes of exercis
Safety
- Working with heavy load (4:42)
+30 minutes of exercis
Philosophy
- Building trust (9:14)
- Romeo & Juliette, a story (6:51)
- Miss Julie, a story (3:55)
- Handmaid’s Tale, a story (4:13)
+120 minutes of exercis
Ritual
- Warm-up, zero-100-zero (11:39)
- Can I use you like this? (10:52)
+120 minutes of exercis