Erotic Rope with Akuaku & Babycash (Tokyo, Japan)

Welcoming Marc/Akuaku & Babycash for the very first time!

About the teacher

Marc/Aku Aku is an experienced teacher and an established performer, having taught or performed in Tokyo (Studio Kicolit, Ubu & Onawa Asobi), Paris, Athens, Hong Kong, Berlin (Eurix) and Portland (Kinkfest). His performances are either sensual or have a strong focus on visual and story.

Marc/Aku Aku has been living in Japan since 2004. Throughout this time, he has had the chance to explore many aspects of Japanese lifestyle, tradition and culture. In 2006, he ventured into the underground world and encountered Japanese bondage, aka shibari or kinbaku.
He began studying under Japanese rope artist Hajime Kinoko and with his Ichinawa rope group. In 2012, he graduated to become a rope instructor. He has been practicing, teaching, performing and helping Hajime Kinoko in various projects ever since.

His interest in rope originates from its potential in the bedroom. Here he developed his personal sensual style with his strong focus on connective rope. Encouraged by his friends, Aku Aku wrote a practical book from his journey into erotic rope bondage: The Japanese Rope Kamasutra (2020).

About the model

While living in Tokyo in 2020, Babycash (@Babycash.instax) was introduced to the world of Shibari through a rope photoshoot. As a dancer of 10+ years Babycash was instantly attracted to the beauty of this “new” artistic discipline that enabled exploring deeper levels of the senses, human connection, and movement. Over the past two years she has had the pleasure of collaborating with many talented artists and enjoys developing her own Shibari skills on the side.

About the workshop

In this workshop we will tie intimately, therefore we will start with some essential discussions about consent. We start with some warming up about fast tying with specific drills and exercises and move quickly into how to make connection and create stimulation using rope as the medium. We ll give tips about how to create a session and listen to your partner.

You will learn to work with various types of rope play, from one rope to full suspension, from simple sensuality to sexual content and rope for sex. For those who are not yet fluent in suspension we will try to adapt the content to your level, transforming the full suspensions in partial ones. Marc will take many examples from his book The Japanese Rope Kamasutra, explaining and showing how to execute these positions with a good flow.

Requirements

A partner who is ready to explore the intimate side of rope with you and who is okay with doing so in a group setting. You will not perform explicit sexual acts during the workshop, but you should be comfortable with touching or being touched sensually with others present.Technically you need to be comfortable with TK and partial and/or full suspension.

What to bring

You will need 12 lengths of rope if you do suspension, 8-10 ropes should be enough if not. Optional but required : 4 carabiners.

Disclaimer

The workshop is taught from the perspective of a heterosexual couple, with a male top and female bottom. It may use heteronormative language. Please be aware of cultural differences with regards to the way rope is practiced in Japan and how gender norms may play into this. Please consider this before booking.

Please come along with someone you are physically and emotionally comfortable with. The workshop deals with content of an intimate and sexual nature.

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