London festival of the art of Japanese bondage (2)
OK so the cases are nearly packed, the show music is nearly ready, we even have a bit of an idea what might be in the show itself. We've got thankfully minimal teaching to do and a good chance of...
View ArticleLondon festival of the art of Japanese bondage (4)(Saturday)
After the excitement of performing on the Friday night we were ready to just enjoy watching the shows on Saturday. One of the great things about the festival is that you see so many different...
View ArticleLondon festival of the art of Japanese bondage (6)(Monday)
OK so my memory is far from perfect so right here I'm going to apologise to anyone that I've left out by accident in any of my blogs. The published schedule is by now nothing but a vague guide as is...
View ArticleTo the left or to the right starting TakateKote shibari
So which way should you start? This has come up a few times in recent times and for me it’s a bit of a puzzle as to why it does. Akechi Deneki started to the left, so does Osada Steve (長田スティーブ) and so...
View ArticleThe 2012 festival of Japanese bondage in London
We’ve always had an amazing time performing in London at the Festival of Japanese bondage. We have been lucky enough to make some great friends over the years and we’re looking forward to doing so...
View Articlelove.honour.obey
A film by Raindance raw talent directed by Ate de Jong Earlier this year I had an amazing experience working on a new film. This full length feature thriller features some shibari rope bondage. It was...
View ArticleChimuo Nureki
Very sad news. It seems that Nureki Chimuo has passed away. He was 83It is an often overused phrase but in this case I think it is fair to say that we shall not see his like again. Chimuo Nureki has...
View ArticleLondon Festival 2013 performance
This was a special performance for us. We were going to do something that people hadn’t seen before. Nothing world shaking but we weren’t going to use a TK/Gote of the conventional kind. We were going...
View ArticleIn celebration
This has been a sad year for Kinbaku as one of it’s greatest Grand Master Nureki Chimuo has passed away. Now Yukimura Haruki, Randa Mai and Osada Steve have all been or remain unwell. Rather than take...
View ArticleJ.P. Rakehorn
Our best congratulations go to the incredible artist J.P. Rakehorn for his triumph at the recent International Juried art show this year in Sin City Gallary Las Vegas. I am always knocked out by his...
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