2026

Learning ties is the fastest and easiest way to jump into shibari, but have you ever wondered why everyone is taught the same ties, or wondered why ties look a certain way, or even what shibari is exactly?
 
Kinbaku Minus One is an ongoing series designed to help you learn and explore kinbaku as an SM activity. In this course, we are working with the paradigm of play, starting from zero to break concepts down into their underlying elements in order to understand kinbaku play itself instead of simply creating ties.
 
Each episode will explore important aspects of kinbaku like eroticism, sadomasochism, theories of passion and beauty and perversion, fetishes, tropes, types of SM play, the visual and emotional language of shibari, and the practical application of these ideas.
 
Intended for all skill levels. Recommended skill levels are included with each class description.