Matthias Grimme - Japanese Bondage Workshop

Japanese bondage is an effective and fast possibility to bind a person with rope and to attach the rope in a way that looks good. Developed from 400 years old samurai techniques, Japanese bondage today is well known in the meanwhile all over the world since Araki's pictures were spread over the western countries.
In this workshop we give beginners and advanced the possibility to learn the basics of Japanese rope bondage. We will give tips and tutorials and will help if something seems obscure. If you ever want to know how it feels if the rope touches your skin, her you can have your first experiences. Exercise ropes can be lent during the workshop, so no need to bring own rope. Please wear comfortable clothes during this workshop.
Beside general information about bondage and rope bondage, we will teach "THE knot" that is basic for all kinds of Japanese rope bondage. In addition we will show some upper and lower body bondages and how a suspension rope is fixed. And you can try out together.

Maximun numbers of participants: 20
Workshop fee: 10,- €
Registration please at office@pornfilmfestivalberlin.de

Matthias T. J. Grimme, aka Drachenmann aka Tatsu Otoko aka Ryu-Jin was born 1953 in Hamburg, Germany. After highschool he studied nursing and sozialwork, afterwords he worked about 15 years in psychiatric institutions. He worked as organizer for the german men's movement and was a co-leader of man's groups. He published several books and stories about men and there relations to themselves. Since 1989 he is copublisher of the SM-magazine Schlagzeilen (www.schlagzeilen.com). Here he published many articles about BDSM. He is also wellknown for being the author of "The SM-Handbook" and "The Bondage-Handbook" (the German standard handbooks for BDSM people). He also organizes since about 15 years SM-Parties in Hamburg. He works as intimite piercer (www.stahl-stich.com), BDSM-performer and SM- and bondage teacher with own workshops in Hamburg and Europe. He is the owner of the online supply of Bondage Project. Since 5 years he also works as a photographer and filmer, rigger and ropeartist in japanese style (Shibari). He lives with his wife Dana DeLuxe in Hamburg.
More informations about him at www.bondageproject.com and www.ropeart.de.