with Braxas & Nëya
Partials can be more challenging than full suspensions and sometimes offer more versatility. This gives us the options to use both our ropes and also the ground to create different sensations and a variety of emotional responses from our model. The ground can be your friend, but it can also be the enemy.
By understanding how load is transferrable and the mechanics of partials we unlock the ability to play with more complex shapes in the future, giving us a strong foundation upon which we build our Kinbaku journey.
This workshop will have a focus on improving your TKs; perhaps you are struggling to find a way to make them work for you. We will troubleshoot and problem solve common issues, such as shoulder pain, to find the most sustainable TK variant for you and your partner. There will be a strong focus on the model’s perspective and their understanding throughout.
While there will be a detailed technical component, tying with emotions cannot be overlooked. Throughout the two days, we will introduce a variety of techniques that you can add to your bondage to ensure that your sessions are connective and fulfilling for both parties, which of course, is the most important part of bondage.
Having fun.
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Andrew Braxas
Andrew Braxas first fell in love with Kinbaku in 2016 when he attended the Kinbaku Dojo Berlin. Since then, his life has been a whirlwind of private tuition, workshops and rope events. He began his journey in Osada style and although he has evolved a lot since then, he owes a lot to the incredibly detailed and thorough education that he received.
As the owner of Belfast Kinbaku Dojo, Braxas has been teaching bondage on a weekly basis for a number of years and places a strong emphasis on technical understanding combined with emotional interaction.
To Braxas, Kinbaku isn’t about patterns or pretty shapes. Patterns are a tool, and pretty shapes are the by-product. Kinbaku is about taking your own internal emotional monologue and turning it into an external emotional dialogue. The journey is the goal. By taking elements from a number of different styles, combining it with his own techniques, Braxas is developing his own, unique, approach.
Nëya
Even though Nëya found herself firstly in the role of the rigger and she still ties in active role more often than the passive one, in the last couple of years she started focusing on the model role a lot as well. Nëya went through several not just technical but also emotional styles of tying and gathered a lot of insights about her way to experience rope from the other side.
The thing that matters to her the most, when it comes to rope bottoming, is authenticity. Nëyais trying to find that very aspect within all her sessions as well as teaching. Emotional and physical safety has many ways and rules and are the most important when models learn about rope but at the end it all comes back to the goal we have. Which could vary from aerial shows to emotional one rope sessions. All of this is valid if we are true to ourselves and our partners and Nëya’s goal as a teacher is to show this to her audience.
She has been teaching at Subspace studio in Prague since 2018 and she has also taught on both sides of rope throughout Europe.
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This workshop is tailored towards those who want to deepen their understanding of TKs, playing in partial suspensions and learn methods to connect with their partner on a deeper level.
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Efficient Single Column ties
Basic understanding of a TK
Good rope handling skills
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8 or more 5/6mm Jute or Hemp ropes (synthetic ropes cannot be used)
Your preferred cutting tool
Water bottle
Notebook and pen, if necessary
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Regular
300€ per couple (includes VAT).Supporter
320€ per couple (includes VAT). This option supports the space, and helps us to make more low income tickets available.Low Income
280€ per couple (includes VAT). We don’t ask for proof of low income, but please use this option mindfully as we are only able to make a limited number of these tickets available.