Guided Yukimura-Style Session with Michael Ropeknight (from improver)

Doors open: 6:30

Join us for an evening of immersive, hands-on Yukimura-style tying with Michael RopeKnight and Anna Noctuelle.
This guided experience is designed to help you deepen your understanding of Yukimura-style and develop a natural, flowing approach to tying.

Throughout the evening, Michael and Anna will lead two interactive sessions.
Each session begins with a short demonstration, where Michael explains his choices and shows a pathway you can use to guide your own practice. You’ll then have time to explore, tie, and experiment with your partner—putting new techniques into action through real-time practice.

After each session, we’ll come together in a sharing circle to reflect, ask questions, and exchange experiences in a welcoming, supportive atmosphere. Michael and Anna will offer personalised feedback and insights to help you refine your style and deepen your connection through rope.

Between and after the sessions, enjoy a relaxed rope-salon vibe—a perfect space to socialise, connect, or continue tying at your own pace.

Come learn, explore, and grow your Yukimura-style practice in a friendly, inspiring setting.

About Ropeknight:
Michael Ropeknight was able to experience and get to know different styles of Shibari on various trips to Japan. He studied with various well-known Bakushi before finally becoming an official student of Osada Steve. It was he who introduced him to Yukimura Haruki Sensei. In the following years MIchael spent a lot of time with these two masters and studied their techniques and philosophies.

Yukimura Sensei and Osada Steve describe his emotional abilities in dealing with his bondage partners and his use of energetic components (Ki) as extraordinary. It was not only because of these special strengths that both masters honored him to teach their styles as an official instructor. His appointment as a licensed Osada Ryu instructor illustrates the development of this bondage style from a technical to a comprehensive teaching system that focuses on communication and the actual bondage partners.

Ropeknight combines the major bondage schools of Yukimura Ryu and Osada Ryu in an undogmatic way. Through his creative and powerful, with a great deal of emotional depth, he gives these styles an independent touch.

As the owner of the Fourelements Kinbaku Lounge, he regularly organizes events for beginners and advanced learners and can be booked for workshops and individual lessons.

PROGRAM

6:30 PM | Doors open, welcome, settle in
7:00PM | Start

• First guided session
• Sharing circle
• Break, socialise, tie
• Second guided session
• Sharing circle
• Socialise, tie

Tickets are non-refundable, as once they’re sold we often have a waiting list and are happy to help contact those guests to assist with reselling where possible🎟️💛. For our regularly occurring classes, we’re also very happy to rebook your ticket for a different date when needed 📅✨