Kurogami & Shiawase - Class #1
This workshop is now sold out! You can still fill out the registration form at the bottom of this page if you would like to be put on the waiting list, in case a spot becomes available.
Practical info
When: 15-16 June 2024
Where: Knot Here Amsterdam
Our location is a 5 minute walk from Weesp train station, the exact address will be provided to participants after registration.
Price: €375 per couple
You will be asked to pay €100 when your registration is confirmed, and the remaining €275 will be due 1 month before the workshop. Tickets are non-refundable, but may be sold to another couple that meets the workshop requirements after receiving approval from us. You must contact us to discuss this first.
About the workshop
We will start with the study of the gote in Kinbaku LuXuria’s style by Riccardo Wildties and we will go through different exercises in order to better understand how it works. We will study, understand and apply simple principles in order to create or change our bondage.
All the exercises that will be proposed will be offering our personal interpretation of semenawa and every day we will also study one iconic tie of Riccardo’s style. We will introduce the concept of semenawa and step by step we will deal with the beauty of suffering, which is the core of the style.
We will also introduce some variations to the patterns showing how to tune your bondage in order to make you build your own personal taste.
This workshop is recommended both for people who already have some basics and want to start their journey into semenawa and also for people who already attended our class last year: they will have the chance to refine what already learnt and to study new variations of the basic kata, with particular emphasis on how to mix the skills already acquired to build something different.
The workshop will cover:
Gote (2-3 ropes) as adapted by Wildties from Naka-ryu to improve safety without losing the spirit
Semenawa floor-work ties
Basic suspensions of the style
Variations of the basic kata
Traditional Japanese style aesthetics
Prerequisites
Rigger must be able to tie a stable 2-ropes gote in any style
Rigger must be able to efficiently tie any kind of double and single column tie
Rigger must be confident with some basics structures, such as example futomomo and ashi-shibari (lower leg harness)
Models should be confident with TK / gote
10 ropes (natural fibre) will be required. Suggested size: 5-6mm diameter and 7-7.5m length
Educator
Andrea Kurogami, 33 years old. In 2014 he met Shiawase and they became partners in life. Together, they started to study Japanese bondage at the end of 2016, with Riccardo and Red Sabbath. From that moment on, their way of living bondage changed. In 2017 Kurogami and Shiawase gave life to Kinkyphilia, a project for sharing their way of living alternative sexuality and especially the way in which they live kinbaku. In February 2018 Kurogami became a Kinbaku LuXuria’s educator, definitely matching Riccardo’s educational values, and still today is one of the few people in the world that Riccardo acknowledges as an Educator for his style.
In December 2019 Kurogami and Shiawase performed at the 25th Nawa Naka Kai in Tokyo, together with Riccardo and Naka-san.
Kinbaku
Kinbaku LuXuria is a traditional style, which directly descends from Naka-ryu.
Riccardo introduced a technical re-engineering in order to make the style fit with Western body types that didn’t undermine the original spirit of the style. Semenawa, the tormenting rope, is the word that better resume the mood of this style.
Riccardo is Naka-sa’s Ichi-ban deshii and according to the will of his sensei he is the one who is designated to convey the style. In addition to several workshops and shows that Riccardo held in Europe and North America with his partner Red Sabbath, he performed several times in very important Japanese events in Tokyo, such as Maniac Festival and Nawa Naka Kai.
Workshop registration
Registration is open to all couples who meet the prerequisites, regardless of whether or not you have attended any of our previous events. Please ensure that you have carefully read all of the workshop information above. For safety reasons & to ensure optimal learning for all workshop participants, it is very important to us that participants meet the workshop prerequisites. We will manually check each application. Registration confirmations & payment information will be sent by email, so please keep an eye on your inbox & spam folder (we recommend adding our email hello@knothere.nl to your email contacts).