HogTies & Quick Restraint with Nox & Air

VoxBody is so pleased to welcome Nox and Air back to the studio for back to back classes just in time for your Folsom fun! Join us September 23 as Nox leads a class on Hogties & Quick Restraint.

• Learn quick and effective bondage play in this hands-on class. We'll cover key principles of hogtie anatomy, rope placement, tension, and communication, with a focus on creating secure and immobilizing ties that support both immobilization and connection at a variety of intensities.
  
  Quick restraint is a skill of its own: ties that go on fast, hold with confidence, and come off just as quickly when needed. We'll practice rope work designed for spontaneity and momentum rather than slow, methodical builds, well-suited to take-downs and struggle play, where speed, control, and responsiveness matter as much as the tie itself. You'll learn harnesses adapted for this pace, then use them in a hogtie position to transition smoothly from a struggle or take-down into a controlled restraint.
  
  Suitable for attendees with foundational rope experience, this class will include step-by-step instruction, live demo, and time to practice. The last exercise will be demonstrated with the option to add an upline or two to increase intensity. If you have suspension experience, bring your suspension gear! This is NOT a class to practice your first suspension uplines. All the exercises and ties are suitable as floor ties.

• Prerequisites: Humans planning to tie for this class must know a non-collapsing single column. Humans planning to bottom for this class should have some body awareness, and the ability to communicate their needs when tied. This class is not adapted for self-tying. Tickets are available for tying pairs. 
  
  
• Materials: 4-8 ropes, a cutting tool. Optional: carabiners and/or a ring.

If finances are a barrier for your attendance, please email us at voxbody@gmail.com; we have limited scholarship observer spots available for this class!

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About the presenter: Anoxia (they/them) is a Chicago-based rope educator and performer with over a decade of dedicated practice in primarily Japanese-style rope bondage. They've trained extensively with instructors across North America, Europe, and Japan, drawing on a range of traditions to shape their own teaching approach. As an educator, Anoxia teaches from both sides, covering suspension concepts and anatomy alongside the language of emotional skills and collaborative scene-making. In play, their rope tends toward intense, creative, and emotionally charged scenes, with strong currents of sadomasochism. Anoxia now works in rope full-time, touring to teach workshops, offering private instruction, and working at Shibari Study. They're also active in event organizing, helping run conferences and tours in Chicago and at venues across the US and Canada.