Workshops
and Demos
Event
Producers
Master
Tatu is available for
workshops, demonstrations, public or private performances, and
conventions; as well as personal instruction, training, and lifestyle
coaching for individuals or couples.
The
Way of Rope / Weekend Dojo is a
12 - 16 hour intensive rope education weekend.
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The Following Class Descriptions are for courses
available to be presented at your event. If you have an interest in
having Tatu for a couple of presentations for your Convention, or an
intensive Nawa Dojo (12 - 16hr - Rope Weekend Workshop) for your group
of bondage enthusiasts, please contact Tatu at
Private
Tuition
Instruction is available
for private students.
Course Overviews
"The Way
of Japanese Rope"
Tatu's Nawa Do
"Nawa
Do" literally
means in Japanese The Way of Rope.
Tatu's
has been
presenting Nawa Do clases since 1998.
Master
Tatu’s Classes – (Revised November 2012)
Hands
– On
Classes - Taught is
traditional dojo format
- Japanese Styled
Chest Harnesses I – Basic Gote
& Ushiro Takate Kote
- Japanese Styled
Chest Harnesses II – Tasuki &
Hon Kikkou
- Japanese Styled
Chest Harnesses III – Hishi
Gote & Kikkou Gote – Integrating a Hishi (diamond)
form or
Kikkou
(tortoise) shape with a classic Gote Shibari.
- Japanese Styled
Chest Harnesses IV –– Binding
Arms in Front in a box arm (Zenpou Gote Shibari), in cross arm position
(Zenpou
Takate Shibari); and
in a straight arm
position (Maete Hiji Shibari); a class the flexibly challenged will
love!
- Japanese Styled
Chest Harnesses V - Ushiro
Gassho (2 forms) & Teppou Shibari (Warning: not for the
flexibly
challenged.)
- Japanese Styled
Body Weaves – 3 different
techniques to weave the body in a hishi or kikkou nawa &
various
western adaptations.
- Yukawaza I
– Basic Floor Art – \Arm and Leg
Laddering the Japanese way.
Mae te Nawa - Arm ladder to front
Ryouashi Gattai
Ichimonji Shibari is binding the legs
/ leg laddering.
- Yukawaza
II – Advanced Floor Art – Covered will be basic to
Intermediate
techniques such as the Futomomo, “Kani”
(crab position), the “M” position,
“Gyaku-ebi”,
and Osuinu shibari
- Japanese Styled
Hip Harnesses
- Binding Limbs
– Knots and No-Knots / Sword Hilt Wrap /
Single limb binding /
Binding two wrists - Ryo Tekubi
- Hojojutsu I -
Hayanawa - A brief history,
learning the “Hojo bundle & 3 “fast
rope”
techniques
- Hojojutsu -
Part II - Hon nawa - Learning
"main rope" techniques using the long rope used for restraining and
transporting a prisoner or suspect securely
Advanced Kinbaku - Suspensions
- These hands on classes are only taught with private tutition with a
maximum of 3 couples at a time. who have first mastered
pre-requisite basic and intermediate forms. Students should tie on
the floor for 3 or 4 years before attempting to take someone into the
air. ~Tatu
Combination
Demo / Hands – On
- Take to nawa -
Bamboo & Rope
- Learning techniques
of
“Bo-Shibari” or
being bound to a pole.
- Sex Shibari
Style I - A look at three Japanese
forms that are useful in more intimate rope encounters.
- Sex Shibari
Style II - Three More Kinbaku forms are
taught that can make your sex life come alive.
Experiential Classes
- Nawa-aikido:
The Way of Harmonious Energy
with Rope
- The Way of Rope
- Defining your personal
journey with rope.
Demonstation
Classes
- Beauty in
Suffering: The Way of Torturous
Rope - Semenawa techniques developed from traditional Japanese
Torture
techniques adapted for our erotic and rough pleasure. Includes
pressing,
hugging stones, riding he Japanese pony, kinky uses of bamboo and much
more.
- Japanese
Aesthetics - Understanding the
Aesthetics of Japanese culture & how it is basic to Kinbaku.
(Combination
of live demonstration and Powerpoint.)
Academic
Courses
- Torture to
Erotic Surrender: A History of
Rope Bondage From a Japanese Cultural Perspective -
PowerPoint
/
Lecture - Learn the journey
of rope in Japanese culture and
it's
development from its martial & penal uses to its modern
development
into
and erotic art
- The Basics of
Rope Bondage - Materials,
safety, style etc.. A 30 minute introduction for newbies to the rope
world.
- East vs West: A
history of style – A powerpoint
presentation demonstrating the history of rope bondage comparing styles
and
techniques. (currently in development)
Discussion
- Merinthophila
- Do you have
sexual urges or preferences for being tied up? Then you may
suffer from Merinthophila? If so you may need "rope therapy" to help
you embrace and enjoy your fetish. Why do you like rope? Is it the art?
The energy? The embrace? The struggle? What is it about being tied up
or tying others that flips your switch? Join us for this round table to
understand our rope diverse journey.
Full
Weekend
Workshops
- Basic
&
Intermediate levels of Kinbaku 9-12hrs of
instruction.
- Advanced
levels of Kinbaku (Suspensions) are only offered to private
students /
maximum
of 3 couples per weekend class.
Community
/ Non
Rope Classes
- NOTE: The
following are classes based upon Master Tatu's academic and
professional background in psychology and
counseling.
- Building
Community &
The ARt
of the Apology – What is a Community? How do we find a
sense
of
meaning and
cooperation is what it is that we do? How do we finding a resolution to
relationship problems and other community issues.
- When Is
A BDSM
Environment Actually a Cult? - What
is a healthy environment for participants in the BDSM world.
- Being
True To Yourself -
Adventures in living
outside the box!
- Organizing
your local BDSM Education and Support Group -
A
class based upon the experiences of helping to organize a fairly
successful
group in the 90s and studying groups that failed and why. Issues will
be presented such
as:
should we
follow the rules and be
legal or fly under the radar?
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