I had a blast today doing rope with the folks that came to the first rope club gathering!

In total there were 10 of us which I think actually fit well for the living room. (If we get more in the future we may end up breaking into two groups). 🙂 It was an interesting mix of people, most of whom were still very new to rope bondage. There were some bright young students from classes I have done at Vassar, one person from the local kink community (another couple had to cancel late due to illness) my new Tantra friend from MA (who drove almost 3 hours to get here) and my buddy and fellow rope enthusiast Murphy Blue (who I will see again at Shibaricon in 2 weeks!) Yayy!

We went over the basic single limb cuff (wrap wrap wrap over under tie) and explored a couple of ways to morph that into other bondages. I am really fond of modular ties that can be adapted and transitioned into others with ease. We also worked on a hojo jutsu inspired tie that can be adapted to people of any size, shape, or flexibility yet is easy to learn and quick to implement.

After a short break we started playing with some Japanese style shinjus or chest ties, also known as a box tie, where the wrists are bound behind the back with a band or two over the nipple / breast line and one or two under. We rifted on that a bit adding a pretty twist tie that cinched the chest ropes as well as one on each side that pulled the diagonal bands off the collar bones. Some of us also played with adding diamond “karadas” from the chest tie down the rest of the torso.

There was a lot of great learning go on, some excellent practice time and all in all a great time was had by all. I plan to try to keep this going on a monthly basis and will post in a couple of weeks as to a date for the June gathering and hope that more rope lovin’ folks will join us.