Impact Play & Rope

This workshop is about impact play and the ties that go well with this practice. We will look at how to use your body and the rope as implements for impact play in a safe and pleasurable way for all parties involved. We will also go through two ties that go well with impact play.

CW: The workshop will include punching and kicking (not mandatory for participants).

Date & Time:  May 09th, 2024, 12 pm – 5 pm (with lunch break)

Format: Workshop

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & Friends

Language: English

Minimum Knowledge Level: a solid understanding of a single-column tie, basic knowledge of frictions

What to Bring:  A full set of ropes for suspension, note-taking supplies, and anything you need to help keep your nervous system regulated (stim toys, blanket, fluffy socks..).

Solo or Partnered:  partnered or in groups, everyone needs a ticket

Price: 30 Euros per person

Contents include

• Impact play safety and negotiation

• Basics on different kinds of pain

• Suspension & floor ties for impact play

• Deep, thuddy impact with body and/or implements

• Surface, stingy impact with body and/or implements

Safety Concept & Regulation

Please consult our safety concept and regulations for this event here.

Accessibility Note

The workshop is held in spoken English. The space, KARA, is on the ground floor but has three steps to enter the house. A ramp for wheelchairs is available at all times. There is also a parking space available right in front of the door if needed. KARA has an accessible bathroom available. There are no thresholds in the entire house. The garden is only partially accessible at the moment. During the workshop, we will sit on the floor. Sitting in a chair can also be provided. Adaptations for physical needs will be shown and can also be provided upon request. If you participate in this workshop and need more assistance please message us at info@karada-house.de beforehand.

Who is this event for?

LGBTQIA+ describes the full spectrum of non-mainstream sexual orientation and/or gender identity, meaning: lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer/fluid, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, agender.

Friends describes people of any and all kinds of gender and sexual identities who are aware and respectful of the necessity, needs, and boundaries of a queer safe(r) space and its marginalized community.

When you consider yourself a friend you show acknowledgement to and are respectful of everyone’s self-expression and do not assume, presume or project non-consensual ideas onto others. You actively request and use people’s chosen pronouns. You remain mindful of the fact that Karada House is first and foremost a space for queer people that you are also invited to attend. You have a genuine concern for the well-being of LGBTQIA+ people and remain in awareness of heterosexual and gender straight privileges.

Friends don’t have to be perfect. None of us are. We request that we all pro-actively work and strive to be good friends and allies to marginalized people.

Photo: Sam Jamsen, model: Nana