Body Bamboo 201

Instructors: Ropeosaur & LilService Goblin

Saturday July 6th, 10AM to 4PM

price per tying pair: 

BOUND Members $100 |TIED Members $120 | WRAPPED Members $150

Let’s build off the information we learned in the 101 class to create dynamic suspension bamboo ties. (Note: 101 is not a prerequisite, but it would be helpful to take 101 if you are newish to rope. There will be a fast review of the skills from 101 at the beginning of this class, so if you can pick up these ties quickly you should be ok )

We will discuss how suspending with body bamboo compares to standard suspensions, and how this can increase accessibility for different body types and experiences levels. After learning the icicle hitch, we will examine how to determine which of the two hitches we’ve learned (clove & icicle) are chosen for uplines in suspension. We will then be learning 1-2 upper and lower body ties that utilize bamboo as the suspension component. Breaking the ties into two parts, we will return to demonstrate two learned harness combinations with our partners. Feedback will be provided by the instructor as participants employ all the knowledge and tools we’ve learned to bring our partners into the air for a completely new suspension experience.

*Lunch break 12-1pm - lunch provided by Studio Friction

Things to bring:

• Rope kit consisting of your safety shears, at least 6 uplines, 12 complete lengths (~26/30feet), and ~2 half lengths. We encourage you to bring your “shorties” to experiment with what lengths work best for you for tying to bamboo!

Prerequisites:

• Note: is is helpful but not required to attend the 101 Friday class
• clove hitch
• hojo cuff
• perpendicular and parallel bamboo 

• For tops: Experience and confidence with chest, hip, leg harnesses and some experience with suspension including upline safety and management.
  

• For bottoms: Experience and confidence being in harnesses/suspended, stress & pain management skills.
• For both: skilled negotiation and vetting of partners, specific communication and problem-solving skills.

About the Instructors:

Ropeosaur (They/Them)

A genderfluid rigger whose dynamic style keeps Bottoms on their toes.

Their current passions are trans inclusivity, gas masks, and power exchange. Ropeosaur values developing long-standing relationships with their play partners, and deeply enjoys finding the things that make their partners cringe…and using them intentionally to create elements of fear and suffering. Ropeosaur is passionate about teaching concepts and practices, especially with mixed-kinks, rather than patterns and hard rules, particularly with rope. Taking advantage of their ADHD, Ropeosaur brings creativity to their scenes, utilizing their chaotic energy to bring imagination, passion, and playful sadism to any space they share. Outside of kink, Ropeosaur is a full-time healthcare professional with a Master’s degree and is a Plant Daddy to their garden. Ropeosaur has had the pleasure of teaching at Dark Odyssey, Unabashed, SMIRC, as well as hosting several intensives. Ropeosaur’s home involvement in kink-world includes running Cyrenaics rope for RISQUE, where they mentor other Tops in their local community, as well as running private Queer community events from their home. Ropeosaur hopes to inspire others to explore and embrace Topping, regardless of size or gender expression.

Instagram: @ropeosaur_public
Fetlife: @ropeosaur

LilServiceGoblin (she/her)

Has a deep love and passion for all things service, but mainly serving wine and charcuterie. When she is not serving she is often finding herself in some masochistic ropes for a sadist to enjoy their suffering. LilServiceGoblin also has a passion for gas masks of all kinds and when she not being LilServiceGoblin she can be found as Creature, a gas mask wearing critter who also loves to serve and suffer.

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