Emotion and Communication: Building Rope Progressions
Too often, rope classes focus on ties, patterns, and technique, without really delving into how those ties can be used to create emotion, feeling,...
LA Rope Shooting with Victor Lightworship
Shooting at the dojo with Victor Lightworship and rope by LA Rope. Behind the scenes by EMS.
JADE KUSH X LIGHTWORSHIP X EMS #15 from...
Murasaki San Teaching in LA (March 14-19, 2017)
Murasaki san (春晏, Haru An) will be visiting Los Angeles March 14-19 and will be offering classes and workshops, focusing on Yukimura Ryuu shibari...
LA Rope Featured in Gavin Gaitan’s Down Town
Gavin Gaitan's new film, Down Town, features a scene with LA Rope's shibari. "Down Town" is an action comedy that follows the stories of...
Master “K” interview with KinkWeekly.com
KinkWeekly.com, a new website devoted to exploring BDSM, interviewed Master K in October, discussing his background, his approach to kinbaku, and his involvement with...
Private Sessions with Murasaki and Iroha
Wednesday and Thursday, Murasaki san and Iroha san are available for private lessons or sessions.
This is a chance to work with one of the...
Remembering Yukimura and the Origins of LA Rope
This month holds a special memory for me. In June of 2010, I met Yukimura sensei for the first time. As luck would have...
The Affection of Kinbaku: Yukimura Book for Sale
Sanwa has been very generous in providing us with a limited number of copies of Yukimura Sensei's latest book The Affection of Kinbaku, with a...
Learn Shibari in Los Angeles
LA Rope has been teaching shibari in Los Angeles since 2011. Trained in Tokyo by the late Grand Master Yukimura Haruki, the head...
Yukimura Style Study Group
Beginning in September, LA Rope will offer monthly meetings for the opportunity to study the style of Grandmaster Yukimura Haruki in greater depth.
Rather that...
LA Rope Collaborates with Celebrity Fashion Designer Ashton Hirota
LA Rope has been working with the famous fashion designer Ashton Hirota, the designer behind Ashton Michael fashion to integrate shibari into the look...