Semenawa/Kink Play/Predicament/Supporture Fun, Kanna Style! Weekend Intensive

For Nawashi Kanna aesthetics and patterns are what comes after deeply connecting to your partner and giving them sweet consensual torment, delicious suffering and sweet relief. In Kanna’s school of rope / Kanna-ryu every rope, every placement, every tension and action should have an intention that the person tying is controlling.

In this weekend intensive workshop, you will learn rope for playing and interacting with your partner in the modes of seme (“torture” rope), predicamtent, rope for kink play and “supporture” (seme rope with extra care to make it supportive for all bodies and abilities). Kanna and Kagura will show you how to tie and control your sessions in multi-faceted ways depending on your intention. They will also teach you techniques, tricks, and ways of thinking about tormenting your partner by managing the placement, lines, tension , timing, direction, distribution of the weight, gravity, body structure and limitations.

This workshop supports and encourages your understanding of the structure of the body and your partner’s abilities, states and preferences, reading the tension and your partner’s face and body language, predicting what will happen with your ropes and your partner’s physical feelings in them, as well as putting your own preferences into efficient and meaningful ties.

In Kanna & Kagura’s own words:

Whether it’s the first time to meet you, or it’s been a while, or you’ve met us online but never in person, no matter what level you are, we really couldn’t wait to enjoy the ropes in the same space with you all! We’ve always been hoping to be committed to providing safe, respectful, equitable, and enjoyable learning environments for queer or gender diverse students while supporting their development and interaction with their partner. So we are super excited to share these with you!

If you’ve taken a workshop in the past or an online class, you’ve learned the basics and you are probably familiar with Kanna-ryu! Some of the content may overlap, but this series would be instructive for upgrading your skills or polishing off your knowledge!! In-person workshop classes, we’re offering skills development training workshops [*not professional teacher training workshop], with direct instruction such as checking, correcting, and suggesting to each person.

Our education plan puts students focusing on lifelong learning (the long-term benefits for sustainable rope activities) first, along with exploring a variety of approaches and methods or diverse possibilities, while prioritizing developing step-by-step skills, creativity, knowledge, and experience, rather than pushing new patterns practice as many as possible.

The content and instruction of the class will be tailored on a case-by-case basis, based on the level of the class, the student’s progress and speed, reflecting the student’s interests and demands, and/or the partner’s fatigue, as well as what is needed and what is good to know. In multi-level classes, the class may have a division in the middle sometimes flexibly depending on the student’s choice: skill practice, reteach or mini-lesson, and play with partners.

Please don’t compare yourself to other students. There are no rankings, no comparisons, or competition between students or schools in Shibari and workshops. Shibari is available for every body of all ages, genders, and abilities. Differences that vary from person to person could be valued as individual characteristics, and grow creativity with special needs. Our doing rope activities Shibari or Kinbaku is interpersonal communication even in group learning. Focus on yourself, your partner, your interests, and your goals!

Event Details

Date & Time:  September 25th & 26th, 2021, 10 am – 6 pm (lunch break included)

Format: hands-on workshop

Audience: LGBTQIA+ & WOMÊN

Language: Japanese, English live translations by Kako

Minimum Knowledge Level: you must be familiar with and able to solidly tie single & double column ties, box tie, and have knowledge of all common frictions

What to Bring:  a full set of ropes (8-10 ropes), safety equipment, a partner who consents to this kind of play, solid negotiation skills, a sadistic-mind to enjoy watching the partner’s suffering reaction or a masochistic mind that enjoys to suffer and be watched

Solo or Partnered:  the ticket price is per PAIR

Price: 450€/pair

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.

Womên describes people who are identifying themselves as female in their gender identity. People that fit this category can be part of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum or not. We created this category specifically to indicate that we also invite cisgender, heterosexual womên.

The word is our own creation and serves as a replacement for the word “womxn” which is now being (ab)used for transmisogynist statements. The ^ in womên represents a marker (similar to the “x” in womxn) that wishes to give emphasis to the fact that womênhood is an intersectional umbrella term that holds many different people and experiences and is not biologically predetermined.

If you are not part of the LGBTQIA+ you are not eligible to purchase a ticket.

If you consider yourself a Friend, you may put yourself on the waiting list for any leftover spaces. If you wish to do so, please email us at info@karada-house.de with your rope name, profile (FL, insta etc.) if you have one and intention as to why you would like to participate.

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 acknowledgment 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.

Payment Plans

We offer the possibility to pay in instalments for this weekend intensive. If you are interested in a payment plan, please fill out this form. We will get back to you asap.

Scholarship

We are offering one scholarship (100% reduction of the workshop fee) to one pair of rope practitioners. In order to be eligible, both of you must be part of the LGBTQIA+ community. If you would like to apply for the scholarship, please send an email to info@karada-house.de with your rope name, profile (insta, FL etc.) if you have one, and your intention for participating in this workshop. We will consider all applications that arrive until August 10th, 2021.

Covid-19 Safety Concept

You need to bring proof of testing (not older than 24 hours), or proof of vaccination in order to be let inside.

Hand disinfectant provided in multiple places. All surfaces are disinfected and will be disinfected in between use.

Space is limited to give more space for everyone.

We frequently air the space and also use fans for more circulation.

You must wear a mask at all times.

Our safety concept may vary depending on the official regulations at the time. We will update ticket holders on a regular basis.

What elso to know

You are asked not to switch during the workshop.

No video recordings are allowed. Photos are only allowed of your own work (with no other participants in the photo) and of Kanna’s work as reference.

You are not allowed to share any of these photos with other people or online. Same goes for any notes you take.

After taking this workshop, you are not allowed or entitled to teach the content you have been taught to others as an instructor.

There will also be a  weekend intensive on September 4-5, 2021, teaching the fundamentals of Kanna style.