LA Rope Shoots with Lana Del Rey for Italian Vogue
Recently, I was lucky to spend the day shooting with famed fashion photographer Steven Klein for a layout in Italian Vogue magazine.
The theme for...
LA Weekly Article: LA Rope
LA Weekly has just published a fantastic article profiling our classes at LA Rope! I think they did a great job.
From the article:
"Launched in...
Murasaki san and Iroha san in LA
Thursday, March 16th, LA Rope hosted Murasaki sensei with Iroha for an advanced workshop on Yukimura Ryuu.
We began the evening with a ceremony remembering...
January Intensive Sold Out
Our January intensive, Kinbaku 101 is currently sold out. Â We will be offering it again in April.
50 Shades of Rope?
Recently we have witnessed the emergence of BDSM and kinky sex into mainstream culture. Thanks to works such as 50 Shades of Grey selling...
New Book by Yukimura Sensei, Preface by Master “K”
I'm delighted to report that a new Kinbaku book featuring the rope and photography of the great Yukimura Haruki has just been published by...
Master K Photoshoot with Michael Helms
As some of you know, I do most of my professional bakushi work through two organizations I helped found: The LA Rope Dojo and...
LA Rope collaborates with Marielle Tepper on Lapalux Album Cover
Lapalux has just released a new album, featuring cover art by award-winning photographer Marielle Tepper. Â The shoot was an ambitious one, with the goal...
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...
Art Social and Mixer
On the first Sunday of each month, we will be hosting an Art Social and Mixer to provide a space for members of the...
Yukimura’s “Secrets of Shibari” available as digital download
Now available at Japanese Bound.
This video is the last work produced by Yukimura sensei and features the basic components of Yukimura ryuu. Â This is...













