Shibari Weekend - Tying like a Dirty Old Man

About this event

A two day in-person immersive workshop with Stuart, Martijn and Lisa.

We will be exploring the "dirty-old-man"-style of tying. Drawing heavily on the teachings of Haruki Yukimura and his students. We'll be exploring how to seduce with a rope. Taking a deeper look at our inner pervert. We'll talk about shame and the archetype of the "Dirty Old Man". We'll dive deep into finding expression and honesty in our more shadowy sides and just have some good old fashioned dirty fun with each other.

We will take you along with three different perspectives on what we do, how we tie and what effect it has on ourselves and our partners.

❥ This workshop is for:
- beginners+, you should know how to do a single column tie comfortably and hdave good rope handling skills.
- couples or people in pairs.
- all genders, every ‘body’ has a dirty old man hidden somewhere in the shadow.
- you need to be at least 18 years old
- people who understand English

Practical information:

❥ Location:
The workshop will be held at the Playground at Kanaalweg 84A in Utrecht.
It is a 15-minute walk from Utrecht Central Station, and you can park for free next to the building: https://goo.gl/maps/kRggcVAyKz9wDL2WA

The car park is closed off with a barrier. When you arrive ring the bell at the barrier. This will ring a bell inside and we can open it for you (please note: this may take a while and is only possible during the doors open time of the workshop!

❥ What should you wear?
The minimum is comfortable clothing. Something in which you can move. Jeans and denim is not ideal. Since this is a workshop including sensual tying, it might be interesting for the model to bring something with buttons or layers which can be slowly undressed in stages.

It is best to leave jewellery and bras with underwire at home. Please be mindful of body odour and perfumes and keep this to a minimum.

❥ What should you bring?
- Lunch, or something to eat in the lunchbreak.
- At least three pieces of rope, 7-8 meters long, preferably 4-5mm.
- A water bottle that can be closed off, so you won’t spill tea on our floor.
- A notebook or something to write on

❥ Times:
For both Saturday and Sunday:

Doors open at 10:00
Workshop starts at 10:30
Lunchbreak at about 13:00
The day ends at 17:00

❥ Cancellation:
Send us a message stating that you wish to cancel your ticket. Our cancellation policy in short is that you will receive a 100% refund up to 3 weeks before the start. 50% refund up to two weeks before the start. No refund in the last 14 days leading up to the event. There will always be an administrational fee of €20 for any cancellation.

❥ About Stuart:
Stuart approaches shibari as a non-verbal conversation - utilizing rope, presence, intention, and time as the essential components of a language for delving into sensuality, eroticism, and deep emotion.

He began his study of shibari more than a decade ago. He initially studied with various European and Japanese instructors to learn fundamental skills, while exploring diverse styles. Eventually, his practice narrowed, first focusing on Naka-style semenawa (torment rope) and later on aibunawa. Stuart views aibu and seme as distinct yet complementary energetic approaches, and he integrates elements of both styles into his sessions. He has had the honor of studying with six students of Yukimura-sensei.
See: https://bothhands-kinbaku.com/ or follow @a.veces.cuerdas.3 on instagram.

❥ About Lisa:
Lisa is a trainer, facilitator, and organizer of events in the fields of collaboration, improvisational theater, and sexuality. She loves to play and enjoys doing so with you (or watching you play).

❥ About Martijn:
Martijn uses Shibari and rope as an outlet for authentic expression. As means to get into contact with primal desires and sometimes shadowy aspects of our persona. He has been tying for about 8 years now has a wide range of teachers over the years. His style is creative, freeform and minimal.

Next to working with rope, he is also a certified trauma aware kink friendly Somatic Sex Educator, certified Intimacy Coach and certified Sexological bodyworker. Working in 1-on-1 and group containers exploring all aspects of sexuality.