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General Instruction Notes:

Custom classes can be developed depending on your local community interest. In general, I can cover any of the following topics in great detail:

Nerves and Bondage Safety
Using rope creatively for play
Exploring movement in rope
Suspension and advanced techniques

There are a few topics that I teach only as privates. Among these are upper body harnesses, harness adaptations, and TK trouble-shooting. If you would like to have private instruction on any upper body ties, please reach out, and I'll let you know if I can help.

If there are other topics that you're looking for, just ask! I will tell you if I don't have the background to teach something. Otherwise, my list of classes on offer is below, organized by length:

Short Classes (best suited for conferences)

Microbondage:
tying fingers, faces, and toes

Tying delicate structures can require a delicate touch, but there are few things as satisfying. We’ll cover the basics on how to tie fingers and toes to avoid injury, and teach a collection of the best structured micro-bondage ties we’ve picked up from all over. This class is lecture, demo, and tying.

Rope Handling:
get better with rope

Often when people get started with rope, the first thing they focus on learning are knots and patterns. While these are really good fundamentals to get you started, these skills often don’t translate into making good scenes or good performances. This class will cover some of the basics of great rope handling, and will focus on two primary parts: the biomechanics of rope handling, and the techniques that usually equate to better connection. This class is lecture, demo, and hands-on tying.

Painful Rope:
sadistic ties, processsing, and safety

Rope can be a sadist’s best friend. From quick and easy painful ties, to slow and deliberate torture, this class will cover some basic ties for inflicting pain on your partner, and some of the safety risks associated with this style of tying. We'll discuss different kinds of pain, from skin to muscle to bone, and will also discuss pain processing, from a bottoming perspective, and how to stay safe while suffering. This class is lecture, demo, and hands-on tying.

Tengu:
quick & dirty guide to the demon tie

Tengu harnesses come in a variety of patterns, all accomplishing the same shape: hands up by shoulders, and arms tied in against the body. This class covers the basics of the shape, how to use it in play (both on the ground and in suspension), and how to tie one of the common suspension-worthy patterns. This class is a combination of lecture, demo, and hands on tying.

Partial Suspension:
exploring loaded ties through movement

While many think that partials are a good way to begin with suspension, these ties can often be the most challenging for bottoms and tops alike. We’ll talk about partial suspensions, and some of the unexpected challenges that come with this territory. Expect to learn more about upline management, body manipulation, safety concerns, and bottoming skills for when things are “tied up”. We'll cover active-bottoming and micro-adjustments, especially in the context of predicament ties. Class includes lecture, demo, and hands-on tying.

Rolling in the Air:
how to have fun with slack uplines

This advanced suspension technique introduces controlled drops, by rolling through transitions on slack uplines. Learn the how and why this works, and see a demo of what we mean. Then try it out on your own! This class is lecture, demo, and hands on tying. Attendees will need to be familiar with suspension, top and bottom lock-offs, and have an upper body harness that can be loaded from more than one side.

Longer Classes (best suited for weekends/evenings)

Rope Handling

This class goes deep on the drills and skills needed for great rope handling, and will focus on two primary parts: the biomechanics of rope handling, and the techniques that usually equate to better connection. This class is lecture, demo, and hands-on tying.

Partial Suspension

This class explores the mechanics and possibilities that come from taking load from the body into uplines. A combination of lecture, demo, and hands on tying, this class is a great intro for folks getting started in suspension, or a deeper dive into movement in partial suspension for folks familiar with uplines already.

Torsion Theory

Get really really nerdy about the body, and learn about the biomechanics of torsion. This class will cover how to get in and out of torsions, how to prepare and protect your body, and offer some hands on exercises to understand torsions more deeply. This class is a combination of lecture, demo, and hands on tying.

Emotional masochism

This class is currently a work in progress in collaboration with @Valley_Roses, and will be ready in Fall of 2023.

Intensives Only

Improvisation

This is an intermediate weekend intensive for folks with suspension experience and a strong technical background, who are looking to uplevel their creative skills. We'll spend the weekend playing on the ground and in the air, exploring unstructured movement and collaborative decision-making.

Taught with @Kasm.of.rope, only as a teaching pair

Moving Bodies Through Space

Adapted from a 6-week series (currently on offer in Chicago), this weekend intensive brings pairs together to work through dynamic transitional suspensions. We'll spend the weekend discovering the how (and why) of moving the body through the air, and play with athletic dynamic shape-making.

Taught with @_flesh_hound_, only as teaching pair

Hashira Techniques

Class under development, expected Fall 2024.