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If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option "solidarity" for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de.
A two-day deep dive into the building blocks of shibari: how structures are created, and how they shape bodies.
This weekend brings together two complementary workshops based on our Rope Structures series, that move from understanding how ties work to exploring what they do. On day one, Building Blocks & Design Choices focuses on the foundations of structure: harness construction, frictions, and the design decisions that make ties stable, adaptable, and expressive. You’ll develop a modular way of thinking about rope, moving beyond fixed patterns into understanding the logic behind them. You will learn a gote (arms behind the back tie), a mermaid tie, and a hip harness.
On day two, Restricting Bodies, we apply those same building blocks to create intentional restriction. We’ll explore how rope can shape posture, limit movement, and create specific physical and emotional experiences, working with positions, connections, and simple setups that bring structure into the body. You will learn Ceci’s arms front harness, a futomomo, a crab tie, and how to connect body parts to harnesses and furniture.
Together, these workshops offer a practical and exploratory approach to shibari: not just learning ties, but learning how to build and use them with intention. The focus throughout is on adaptability, body awareness, and making informed choices, whether you’re tying for aesthetics, play, or deeper exploration.
You can join for one day or both, but attending the full weekend will give you the clearest sense of progression from structure to application. Buy a full weekend ticket here, or navigate to the descriptions of each day for a one-day ticket.
You can absolutely join solo, but we can’t guarantee that you will find a partner to tie with at the event. A lot of the workshop contents are possible to self-tie (excluding the gote and arms front harness). Watching the parts you can’t actively tie for also offers great learning opportunities as you have the possibility of witnessing all the feedback Ceci gives other students.
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